Walter Mondale carried Minnesota D+0.2.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Minnesota, 1984. The state ran 18.4 points more Democratic 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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Minnesota result

2,083,726 votes counted

Mondale (D)

1,036,364

49.7%

Reagan (R)

1,032,603

49.6%

All others

14,759

0.7%

Margin

D+0.2

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1984 presidential election

Minnesota, 1984

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Walter Mondale ✓Democratic	49.7%	1,036,364
Ronald ReaganRepublican	49.6%	1,032,603
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	14,759

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1984

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+7.0%	3,943	3,422	7,416
Anoka County	D	+3.8%	50,305	46,578	97,440
Becker County	R	−16.0%	5,456	7,553	13,101
Beltrami County	D	+0.4%	7,481	7,414	14,998
Benton County	R	−16.1%	4,922	6,830	11,883
Big Stone County	D	+4.5%	1,994	1,821	3,847
Blue Earth County	R	−9.2%	11,877	14,298	26,347
Brown County	R	−30.3%	4,469	8,399	12,977
Carlton County	D	+30.4%	9,189	4,877	14,203
Carver County	R	−27.8%	6,725	11,963	18,809
Cass County	R	−16.1%	4,773	6,619	11,470
Chippewa County	R	−12.9%	3,047	3,964	7,085
Chisago County	D	+3.1%	6,683	6,279	13,049
Clay County	R	−5.8%	10,294	11,565	21,978
Clearwater County	R	−3.7%	1,917	2,066	4,025
Cook County	R	−3.8%	1,129	1,219	2,361
Cottonwood County	R	−16.3%	3,073	4,275	7,385
Crow Wing County	R	−13.1%	8,719	11,362	20,232
Dakota County	R	−5.7%	49,125	55,119	104,911
Dodge County	R	−22.6%	2,786	4,428	7,262
Douglas County	R	−24.5%	5,444	9,005	14,543
Faribault County	R	−17.4%	3,993	5,690	9,736
Fillmore County	R	−18.5%	4,351	6,342	10,760
Freeborn County	D	+5.2%	9,338	8,413	17,867
Goodhue County	R	−12.5%	8,679	11,171	19,978
Grant County	R	−6.1%	1,867	2,111	3,995
Hennepin County	D	+3.5%	272,401	253,921	529,234
Houston County	R	−23.1%	3,512	5,645	9,245
Hubbard County	R	−24.3%	2,806	4,621	7,482
Isanti County	R	−2.5%	5,378	5,660	11,117
Itasca County	D	+10.3%	11,455	9,306	20,948
Jackson County	D	+4.6%	3,437	3,131	6,623
Kanabec County	R	−6.4%	2,660	3,027	5,724
Kandiyohi County	R	−6.3%	8,402	9,539	18,104
Kittson County	R	−3.2%	1,610	1,716	3,349
Koochiching County	D	+10.0%	4,238	3,466	7,742
Lac qui Parle County	R	−0.8%	2,685	2,731	5,497
Lake County	D	+37.8%	4,468	2,003	6,529
Lake of the Woods County	R	−13.9%	824	1,094	1,940
Le Sueur County	R	−8.6%	5,070	6,033	11,151
Lincoln County	R	−2.1%	1,827	1,905	3,803
Lyon County	R	−14.1%	5,389	7,170	12,659
Mahnomen County	R	−3.4%	1,241	1,328	2,597
Marshall County	R	−11.7%	2,705	3,433	6,207
Martin County	R	−21.9%	4,673	7,308	12,045
McLeod County	R	−28.1%	4,864	8,728	13,727
Meeker County	R	−13.9%	4,156	5,511	9,720
Mille Lacs County	R	−3.5%	4,011	4,307	8,371
Morrison County	R	−9.6%	6,225	7,556	13,880
Mower County	D	+21.5%	12,498	8,054	20,647
Murray County	R	−0.7%	2,741	2,780	5,575
Nicollet County	R	−12.6%	5,789	7,472	13,349
Nobles County	R	−2.7%	4,619	4,876	9,605
Norman County	D	+1.1%	2,202	2,152	4,377
Olmsted County	R	−26.3%	16,335	28,129	44,823
Otter Tail County	R	−23.3%	9,714	15,664	25,551
Pennington County	R	−9.6%	2,913	3,536	6,489
Pine County	D	+7.5%	5,223	4,493	9,779
Pipestone County	R	−11.9%	2,391	3,043	5,501
Polk County	R	−10.0%	7,033	8,617	15,782
Pope County	R	−5.2%	2,757	3,064	5,862
Ramsey County	D	+19.2%	141,623	95,667	239,443
Red Lake County	D	+4.4%	1,294	1,184	2,493
Redwood County	R	−33.8%	2,957	6,020	9,059
Renville County	R	−16.6%	3,972	5,571	9,629
Rice County	D	+2.0%	10,880	10,456	21,525
Rock County	R	−15.1%	2,188	2,971	5,196
Roseau County	R	−19.4%	2,319	3,445	5,811
Scott County	R	−14.1%	9,452	12,573	22,133
Sherburne County	R	−11.4%	6,140	7,738	13,960
Sibley County	R	−25.1%	2,761	4,638	7,468
St. Louis County	D	+38.6%	77,683	34,162	112,858
Stearns County	R	−18.0%	20,944	30,216	51,645
Steele County	R	−26.7%	5,060	8,780	13,910
Stevens County	R	−13.9%	2,451	3,251	5,746
Swift County	D	+9.8%	3,531	2,893	6,488
Todd County	R	−17.1%	4,657	6,585	11,305
Traverse County	R	−2.7%	1,325	1,399	2,743
Wabasha County	R	−15.4%	3,872	5,299	9,247
Wadena County	R	−27.3%	2,454	4,306	6,792
Waseca County	R	−21.8%	3,527	5,509	9,091
Washington County	R	−0.9%	28,527	29,046	57,942
Watonwan County	R	−18.4%	2,425	3,526	5,978
Wilkin County	R	−25.2%	1,410	2,367	3,796
Winona County	R	−11.0%	9,577	11,981	21,770
Wright County	R	−10.4%	12,486	15,399	28,090
Yellow Medicine County	R	−11.6%	3,018	3,819	6,916