Ronald Reagan carried Tennessee R+16.3.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Tennessee, 1984. The state ran 2.0 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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Tennessee result

1,711,994 votes counted

Mondale (D)

711,714

41.6%

Reagan (R)

990,212

57.8%

All others

10,068

0.6%

Margin

R+16.3

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1984 presidential election

Tennessee, 1984

ReaganR+16.3

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	57.8%	990,212
Walter MondaleDemocratic	41.6%	711,714
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	10,068

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1984

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−23.3%	10,415	16,783	27,374
Bedford County	R	−2.2%	4,499	4,699	9,296
Benton County	D	+15.6%	3,398	2,481	5,897
Bledsoe County	R	−19.3%	1,316	1,950	3,286
Blount County	R	−38.0%	9,188	20,525	29,859
Bradley County	R	−45.5%	6,085	16,322	22,502
Campbell County	R	−9.5%	4,692	5,685	10,444
Cannon County	D	+5.0%	1,846	1,669	3,560
Carroll County	R	−13.6%	4,568	6,017	10,662
Carter County	R	−47.5%	4,642	13,153	17,933
Cheatham County	R	−15.4%	3,007	4,109	7,169
Chester County	R	−20.1%	1,854	2,793	4,680
Claiborne County	R	−21.8%	2,870	4,474	7,371
Clay County	R	−2.2%	1,281	1,338	2,634
Cocke County	R	−52.1%	2,068	6,665	8,828
Coffee County	R	−14.9%	5,691	7,695	13,468
Crockett County	R	−12.2%	1,937	2,479	4,429
Cumberland County	R	−32.3%	3,605	7,083	10,756
Davidson County	R	−4.6%	89,498	98,155	188,814
Decatur County	R	−8.1%	2,031	2,390	4,441
DeKalb County	D	+6.1%	2,645	2,337	5,010
Dickson County	R	−0.3%	5,809	5,846	11,805
Dyer County	R	−24.6%	3,991	6,610	10,642
Fayette County	R	−1.3%	3,634	3,733	7,401
Fentress County	R	−24.8%	1,755	2,922	4,699
Franklin County	D	+1.2%	5,846	5,705	11,621
Gibson County	R	−6.4%	8,334	9,484	17,992
Giles County	R	−0.8%	3,812	3,875	7,739
Grainger County	R	−34.2%	1,565	3,212	4,814
Greene County	R	−46.8%	4,763	13,215	18,065
Grundy County	D	+29.9%	2,596	1,396	4,015
Hamblen County	R	−38.5%	4,922	11,144	16,158
Hamilton County	R	−25.2%	41,449	69,626	111,622
Hancock County	R	−40.9%	619	1,491	2,134
Hardeman County	D	+1.1%	3,797	3,712	7,626
Hardin County	R	−20.3%	3,051	4,632	7,773
Hawkins County	R	−34.2%	4,802	9,863	14,793
Haywood County	D	+7.6%	3,308	2,839	6,166
Henderson County	R	−37.5%	2,426	5,362	7,821
Henry County	D	+0.3%	5,407	5,376	10,837
Hickman County	D	+10.7%	2,941	2,370	5,334
Houston County	D	+31.8%	1,716	882	2,619
Humphreys County	D	+23.9%	3,668	2,249	5,933
Jackson County	D	+30.1%	2,894	1,544	4,486
Jefferson County	R	−41.3%	3,185	7,721	10,975
Johnson County	R	−58.6%	999	3,853	4,871
Knox County	R	−27.7%	43,448	76,965	120,987
Lake County	D	+15.0%	1,191	878	2,092
Lauderdale County	R	−0.8%	3,506	3,566	7,099
Lawrence County	R	−5.0%	5,458	6,034	11,563
Lewis County	R	−5.4%	1,556	1,733	3,306
Lincoln County	D	+1.5%	4,103	3,982	8,114
Loudon County	R	−37.3%	3,227	7,113	10,405
Macon County	R	−31.0%	1,747	3,330	5,105
Madison County	R	−19.5%	12,006	17,819	29,880
Marion County	R	−4.7%	3,942	4,337	8,331
Marshall County	R	−7.5%	2,935	3,416	6,393
Maury County	R	−12.8%	6,950	9,008	16,033
McMinn County	R	−30.1%	5,141	9,604	14,813
McNairy County	R	−11.0%	3,825	4,776	8,631
Meigs County	R	−21.6%	1,012	1,575	2,602
Monroe County	R	−22.3%	4,223	6,665	10,947
Montgomery County	R	−14.1%	9,939	13,228	23,365
Moore County	R	−3.3%	808	863	1,680
Morgan County	R	−15.4%	2,121	2,903	5,076
Obion County	R	−14.4%	4,769	6,384	11,252
Overton County	D	+14.4%	2,749	2,054	4,830
Perry County	D	+16.2%	1,316	948	2,267
Pickett County	R	−27.6%	706	1,246	1,957
Polk County	R	−13.6%	2,112	2,785	4,960
Putnam County	R	−9.4%	7,443	8,999	16,541
Rhea County	R	−33.6%	2,804	5,692	8,587
Roane County	R	−28.3%	6,623	11,882	18,614
Robertson County	D	+2.8%	5,756	5,445	11,263
Rutherford County	R	−25.1%	11,618	19,503	31,469
Scott County	R	−26.1%	1,810	3,107	4,961
Sequatchie County	R	−18.0%	1,238	1,785	3,042
Sevier County	R	−56.9%	3,384	12,517	16,041
Shelby County	R	−1.1%	165,947	169,717	337,302
Smith County	D	+15.2%	3,258	2,393	5,691
Stewart County	D	+25.5%	2,174	1,285	3,490
Sullivan County	R	−36.4%	16,925	36,516	53,835
Sumner County	R	−22.9%	11,535	18,442	30,186
Tipton County	R	−20.8%	3,895	5,945	9,874
Trousdale County	D	+18.7%	1,142	781	1,935
Unicoi County	R	−42.7%	1,696	4,249	5,979
Union County	R	−23.9%	1,495	2,447	3,978
Van Buren County	D	+6.0%	810	718	1,535
Warren County	D	+0.0%	4,813	4,811	9,691
Washington County	R	−39.2%	9,452	21,762	31,368
Wayne County	R	−36.9%	1,534	3,332	4,879
Weakley County	R	−15.3%	4,752	6,480	11,287
White County	D	+2.3%	3,033	2,895	5,958
Williamson County	R	−44.2%	6,929	17,975	24,997
Wilson County	R	−20.6%	8,433	12,858	21,449