Ronald Reagan carried North Carolina R+24.0.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in North Carolina, 1984. The state ran 5.8 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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North Carolina result

2,175,361 votes counted

Mondale (D)

824,287

37.9%

Reagan (R)

1,346,481

61.9%

All others

4,593

0.2%

Margin

R+24.0

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1984 presidential election

North Carolina, 1984

ReaganR+24.0

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	61.9%	1,346,481
Walter MondaleDemocratic	37.9%	824,287
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	4,593

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1984

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−39.7%	11,230	26,063	37,370
Alexander County	R	−40.6%	3,581	8,502	12,107
Alleghany County	R	−12.5%	2,013	2,589	4,617
Anson County	D	+14.8%	5,015	3,719	8,760
Ashe County	R	−24.4%	4,009	6,611	10,645
Avery County	R	−60.2%	1,159	4,702	5,886
Beaufort County	R	−21.5%	5,987	9,284	15,304
Bertie County	D	+15.6%	3,953	2,879	6,870
Bladen County	D	+3.7%	5,064	4,701	9,779
Brunswick County	R	−17.6%	6,774	9,673	16,488
Buncombe County	R	−23.5%	23,337	37,698	61,183
Burke County	R	−28.8%	10,353	18,766	29,178
Cabarrus County	R	−45.2%	8,477	22,528	31,058
Caldwell County	R	−39.8%	7,311	17,024	24,394
Camden County	R	−8.8%	1,075	1,282	2,363
Carteret County	R	−32.8%	5,882	11,637	17,557
Caswell County	D	+2.0%	4,157	3,992	8,174
Catawba County	R	−45.7%	11,700	31,476	43,250
Chatham County	R	−7.1%	7,458	8,595	16,099
Cherokee County	R	−27.6%	2,776	4,894	7,679
Chowan County	R	−11.1%	1,736	2,171	3,918
Clay County	R	−25.4%	1,340	2,259	3,619
Cleveland County	R	−24.8%	10,288	17,095	27,472
Columbus County	R	−2.4%	8,728	9,150	17,904
Craven County	R	−28.3%	7,186	12,893	20,134
Cumberland County	R	−16.5%	22,614	31,602	54,319
Currituck County	R	−26.7%	1,668	2,885	4,562
Dare County	R	−44.0%	1,839	4,738	6,596
Davidson County	R	−45.2%	11,469	30,471	42,001
Davie County	R	−47.6%	2,911	8,201	11,125
Duplin County	R	−6.0%	6,830	7,708	14,555
Durham County	D	+5.0%	32,244	29,185	61,584
Edgecombe County	D	+4.5%	10,545	9,635	20,216
Forsyth County	R	−23.3%	36,814	59,208	96,211
Franklin County	R	−11.3%	4,766	5,984	10,768
Gaston County	R	−46.9%	14,142	39,167	53,392
Gates County	D	+13.5%	2,225	1,694	3,930
Graham County	R	−25.4%	1,494	2,514	4,014
Granville County	R	−9.4%	5,217	6,302	11,580
Greene County	R	−7.1%	2,772	3,195	5,975
Guilford County	R	−22.7%	46,027	73,096	119,336
Halifax County	D	+2.5%	9,278	8,832	18,153
Harnett County	R	−22.3%	7,106	11,198	18,323
Haywood County	R	−12.1%	7,958	10,146	18,131
Henderson County	R	−45.5%	7,222	19,369	26,697
Hertford County	D	+17.2%	4,498	3,176	7,695
Hoke County	D	+13.5%	3,214	2,449	5,677
Hyde County	R	−8.7%	1,004	1,195	2,202
Iredell County	R	−40.5%	9,999	23,641	33,704
Jackson County	R	−12.2%	4,367	5,582	9,974
Johnston County	R	−34.8%	7,833	16,210	24,080
Jones County	R	−0.9%	2,025	2,062	4,099
Lee County	R	−35.2%	3,925	8,198	12,151
Lenoir County	R	−21.7%	8,556	13,321	21,914
Lincoln County	R	−35.5%	5,996	12,621	18,659
Macon County	R	−30.1%	3,570	6,661	10,256
Madison County	R	−10.1%	2,988	3,666	6,689
Martin County	R	−4.9%	3,870	4,266	8,153
McDowell County	R	−30.4%	4,076	7,639	11,736
Mecklenburg County	R	−25.6%	63,190	106,754	170,337
Mitchell County	R	−57.2%	1,286	4,737	6,034
Montgomery County	R	−14.3%	3,831	5,109	8,952
Moore County	R	−35.0%	7,063	14,681	21,782
Nash County	R	−33.6%	8,588	17,295	25,917
New Hanover County	R	−30.7%	12,591	23,771	36,452
Northampton County	D	+22.8%	5,094	3,198	8,330
Onslow County	R	−41.7%	5,713	13,928	19,687
Orange County	D	+13.7%	20,564	15,585	36,277
Pamlico County	R	−8.5%	2,152	2,554	4,717
Pasquotank County	R	−9.3%	3,854	4,646	8,513
Pender County	R	−7.7%	4,354	5,079	9,453
Perquimans County	R	−14.7%	1,441	1,939	3,385
Person County	R	−24.8%	3,528	5,854	9,397
Pitt County	R	−16.9%	13,481	18,983	32,526
Polk County	R	−30.0%	2,169	4,046	6,251
Randolph County	R	−54.8%	7,511	25,759	33,299
Richmond County	D	+4.8%	7,494	6,807	14,330
Robeson County	D	+8.2%	15,257	12,947	28,291
Rockingham County	R	−25.5%	10,605	17,895	28,539
Rowan County	R	−40.6%	10,643	25,207	35,907
Rutherford County	R	−24.7%	6,862	11,369	18,268
Sampson County	R	−7.8%	9,115	10,665	19,796
Scotland County	R	−0.6%	4,028	4,077	8,117
Stanly County	R	−36.2%	6,138	13,116	19,289
Stokes County	R	−31.5%	4,950	9,515	14,498
Surry County	R	−29.9%	7,188	13,340	20,562
Swain County	R	−0.3%	2,000	2,012	4,022
Transylvania County	R	−30.1%	3,733	6,956	10,717
Tyrrell County	D	+2.1%	807	774	1,583
Union County	R	−41.0%	7,048	16,885	23,968
Vance County	R	−7.5%	5,880	6,836	12,734
Wake County	R	−23.5%	50,323	81,251	131,871
Warren County	D	+19.4%	3,946	2,664	6,618
Washington County	D	+6.5%	3,114	2,731	5,852
Watauga County	R	−28.9%	5,163	9,370	14,579
Wayne County	R	−28.4%	10,011	17,961	28,008
Wilkes County	R	−46.2%	6,852	18,670	25,564
Wilson County	R	−18.9%	8,343	12,243	20,643
Yadkin County	R	−48.9%	3,075	8,976	12,070
Yancey County	R	−8.1%	3,651	4,296	7,961