Ronald Reagan carried Kentucky R+20.7.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Kentucky, 1984. The state ran 2.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+18.2 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1984 ballot here.

Nominees: Walter Mondale (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)

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Kentucky result

1,370,461 votes counted

Mondale (D)

539,589

39.4%

Reagan (R)

822,782

60.0%

All others

8,090

0.6%

Margin

R+20.7

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1984 presidential election

Kentucky, 1984

ReaganR+20.7

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	60.0%	822,782
Walter MondaleDemocratic	39.4%	539,589
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	8,090

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1984 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1984

120 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−42.4%	1,812	4,500	6,344
Allen County	R	−38.4%	1,521	3,427	4,964
Anderson County	R	−32.9%	1,717	3,425	5,185
Ballard County	D	+9.2%	2,002	1,663	3,685
Barren County	R	−26.2%	4,503	7,717	12,277
Bath County	R	−6.3%	1,781	2,020	3,820
Bell County	R	−13.6%	5,490	7,249	12,961
Boone County	R	−44.4%	4,853	12,690	17,649
Bourbon County	R	−18.1%	2,649	3,836	6,553
Boyd County	R	−6.4%	9,601	10,925	20,621
Boyle County	R	−25.3%	3,378	5,675	9,076
Bracken County	R	−22.7%	1,136	1,812	2,976
Breathitt County	D	+9.2%	3,435	2,855	6,309
Breckinridge County	R	−24.7%	2,669	4,432	7,132
Bullitt County	R	−31.0%	5,005	9,556	14,676
Butler County	R	−49.3%	1,055	3,121	4,191
Caldwell County	R	−13.0%	2,427	3,162	5,653
Calloway County	R	−12.3%	5,028	6,442	11,515
Campbell County	R	−40.4%	9,068	21,473	30,679
Carlisle County	R	−1.2%	1,277	1,308	2,608
Carroll County	R	−7.6%	1,564	1,824	3,400
Carter County	R	−7.7%	3,985	4,656	8,675
Casey County	R	−58.7%	1,122	4,356	5,513
Christian County	R	−32.5%	5,432	10,708	16,209
Clark County	R	−26.0%	3,595	6,130	9,758
Clay County	R	−48.8%	1,634	4,772	6,426
Clinton County	R	−60.6%	838	3,459	4,322
Crittenden County	R	−18.7%	1,483	2,167	3,663
Cumberland County	R	−55.9%	766	2,729	3,509
Daviess County	R	−18.6%	13,347	19,495	33,086
Edmonson County	R	−42.6%	1,200	3,001	4,224
Elliott County	D	+47.2%	1,683	601	2,294
Estill County	R	−37.5%	1,593	3,512	5,122
Fayette County	R	−28.2%	28,961	51,993	81,746
Fleming County	R	−27.1%	1,616	2,824	4,459
Floyd County	D	+32.4%	10,259	5,218	15,543
Franklin County	R	−17.2%	7,790	11,057	19,024
Fulton County	R	−7.4%	1,534	1,780	3,330
Gallatin County	O	+0.0%	1,042	1,042	2,093
Garrard County	R	−35.2%	1,566	3,284	4,886
Grant County	R	−25.1%	1,685	2,840	4,603
Graves County	R	−3.7%	6,759	7,287	14,170
Grayson County	R	−42.7%	2,200	5,524	7,777
Green County	R	−33.1%	1,611	3,210	4,838
Greenup County	R	−3.7%	6,923	7,451	14,462
Hancock County	R	−20.6%	1,287	1,967	3,301
Hardin County	R	−38.3%	6,329	14,293	20,771
Harlan County	D	+4.8%	7,663	6,959	14,762
Harrison County	R	−18.0%	2,405	3,467	5,890
Hart County	R	−14.7%	2,278	3,065	5,372
Henderson County	R	−4.2%	6,795	7,389	14,242
Henry County	R	−10.2%	2,279	2,802	5,110
Hickman County	R	−13.6%	1,049	1,380	2,437
Hopkins County	R	−16.2%	6,743	9,368	16,166
Jackson County	R	−75.1%	542	3,856	4,413
Jefferson County	R	−15.7%	122,133	167,640	290,750
Jessamine County	R	−49.2%	2,379	7,081	9,556
Johnson County	R	−25.7%	3,078	5,225	8,349
Kenton County	R	−39.9%	14,642	34,304	49,245
Knott County	D	+44.2%	4,487	1,728	6,248
Knox County	R	−32.2%	2,932	5,730	8,699
Larue County	R	−30.9%	1,514	2,873	4,400
Laurel County	R	−49.1%	3,267	9,621	12,929
Lawrence County	R	−9.9%	2,223	2,713	4,959
Lee County	R	−41.4%	768	1,862	2,640
Leslie County	R	−51.6%	1,075	3,385	4,475
Letcher County	D	+7.2%	4,707	4,073	8,830
Lewis County	R	−39.6%	1,484	3,445	4,947
Lincoln County	R	−23.0%	2,498	3,996	6,522
Livingston County	D	+3.6%	2,007	1,866	3,891
Logan County	R	−18.6%	3,347	4,889	8,310
Lyon County	D	+13.4%	1,272	969	2,255
Madison County	R	−26.8%	6,509	11,309	17,926
Magoffin County	D	+11.3%	2,942	2,343	5,298
Marion County	R	−7.6%	2,835	3,305	6,159
Marshall County	D	+5.2%	5,725	5,152	10,917
Martin County	R	−37.1%	1,471	3,238	4,760
Mason County	R	−16.9%	2,663	3,751	6,446
McCracken County	R	−1.4%	12,535	12,903	25,765
McCreary County	R	−42.4%	1,609	4,028	5,707
McLean County	R	−0.6%	1,917	1,942	3,882
Meade County	R	−20.7%	2,503	3,820	6,347
Menifee County	D	+9.7%	956	785	1,770
Mercer County	R	−28.9%	2,516	4,592	7,189
Metcalfe County	R	−19.6%	1,575	2,349	3,944
Monroe County	R	−63.5%	1,052	4,760	5,843
Montgomery County	R	−21.5%	2,490	3,864	6,377
Morgan County	D	+14.9%	2,481	1,834	4,330
Muhlenberg County	D	+0.5%	6,157	6,094	12,277
Nelson County	R	−17.9%	4,199	6,044	10,319
Nicholas County	R	−16.0%	1,107	1,535	2,675
Ohio County	R	−22.2%	3,253	5,119	8,417
Oldham County	R	−47.8%	2,857	8,112	10,991
Owen County	R	−4.9%	1,612	1,778	3,408
Owsley County	R	−58.9%	375	1,466	1,851
Pendleton County	R	−28.5%	1,529	2,767	4,340
Perry County	D	+0.4%	5,258	5,218	10,537
Pike County	D	+14.2%	15,817	11,869	27,812
Powell County	R	−18.0%	1,575	2,269	3,857
Pulaski County	R	−53.2%	4,384	14,434	18,893
Robertson County	R	−9.6%	467	567	1,043
Rockcastle County	R	−59.7%	1,089	4,328	5,428
Rowan County	R	−14.7%	2,748	3,698	6,470
Russell County	R	−50.9%	1,448	4,476	5,954
Scott County	R	−26.0%	2,606	4,461	7,144
Shelby County	R	−23.6%	3,326	5,390	8,739
Simpson County	R	−17.8%	2,140	3,073	5,236
Spencer County	R	−23.0%	910	1,456	2,372
Taylor County	R	−28.6%	3,286	5,932	9,245
Todd County	R	−20.1%	1,505	2,364	4,280
Trigg County	R	−13.7%	1,905	2,512	4,436
Trimble County	R	−12.1%	1,088	1,389	2,490
Union County	D	+10.0%	3,090	2,524	5,637
Warren County	R	−34.0%	7,937	16,167	24,178
Washington County	R	−21.9%	1,786	2,804	4,655
Wayne County	R	−32.2%	2,277	4,449	6,741
Webster County	D	+9.6%	3,042	2,504	5,580
Whitley County	R	−37.1%	3,575	7,851	11,516
Wolfe County	D	+5.1%	1,394	1,257	2,693
Woodford County	R	−34.5%	2,290	4,746	7,112