Ronald Reagan carried Virginia R+25.2.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Virginia, 1984. The state ran 7.0 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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Virginia result

2,146,635 votes counted

Mondale (D)

796,250

37.1%

Reagan (R)

1,337,078

62.3%

All others

13,307

0.6%

Margin

R+25.2

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1984 presidential election

Virginia, 1984

ReaganR+25.2

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	62.3%	1,337,078
Walter MondaleDemocratic	37.1%	796,250
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	13,307

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1984

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	R	−29.6%	4,355	8,047	12,466
Albemarle County	R	−28.7%	7,982	14,455	22,530
Alexandria city	D	+5.3%	23,552	21,166	45,253
Alleghany County	R	−17.4%	2,828	4,032	6,913
Amelia County	R	−23.8%	1,432	2,336	3,804
Amherst County	R	−34.1%	3,409	7,004	10,530
Appomattox County	R	−38.3%	1,498	3,386	4,932
Arlington County	D	+3.0%	37,031	34,848	72,242
Augusta County	R	−59.0%	3,899	15,308	19,323
Bath County	R	−32.5%	727	1,434	2,175
Bedford County	R	−34.7%	5,751	11,924	17,790
Bland County	R	−35.1%	867	1,812	2,693
Botetourt County	R	−29.2%	3,243	5,959	9,289
Bristol city	R	−34.6%	2,429	5,012	7,468
Brunswick County	D	+1.5%	3,040	2,950	6,073
Buchanan County	D	+21.3%	7,828	5,053	13,053
Buckingham County	R	−16.3%	1,879	2,627	4,580
Buena Vista city	R	−29.5%	724	1,335	2,073
Campbell County	R	−50.3%	4,380	13,388	17,924
Caroline County	D	+2.6%	3,111	2,949	6,138
Carroll County	R	−41.2%	2,914	7,056	10,042
Charles City County	D	+38.7%	1,776	776	2,584
Charlotte County	R	−24.5%	1,811	2,999	4,856
Charlottesville city	D	+2.6%	7,317	6,947	14,306
Chesapeake city	R	−24.2%	16,740	27,542	44,684
Chesterfield County	R	−59.8%	13,739	54,896	68,811
Clarke County	R	−34.9%	1,215	2,529	3,763
Colonial Heights city	R	−67.7%	1,218	6,387	7,630
Covington city	R	−10.5%	1,391	1,722	3,162
Craig County	R	−16.1%	845	1,173	2,033
Culpeper County	R	−42.2%	2,255	5,596	7,926
Cumberland County	R	−23.7%	1,237	2,027	3,329
Danville city	R	−34.7%	5,846	12,141	18,161
Dickenson County	D	+10.5%	4,848	3,921	8,844
Dinwiddie County	R	−13.1%	3,485	4,547	8,114
Emporia city	R	−21.4%	807	1,252	2,078
Essex County	R	−23.8%	1,300	2,120	3,440
Fairfax city	R	−31.1%	3,263	6,234	9,538
Fairfax County	R	−26.1%	107,295	183,181	291,298
Falls Church city	R	−5.6%	2,398	2,684	5,101
Fauquier County	R	−43.3%	4,056	10,319	14,451
Floyd County	R	−36.1%	1,599	3,431	5,069
Fluvanna County	R	−25.3%	1,332	2,247	3,612
Franklin city	R	−0.8%	1,537	1,561	3,130
Franklin County	R	−21.8%	4,903	7,684	12,762
Frederick County	R	−56.0%	2,671	9,542	12,267
Fredericksburg city	R	−17.8%	2,439	3,500	5,973
Galax city	R	−30.9%	814	1,548	2,375
Giles County	R	−17.3%	3,047	4,340	7,460
Gloucester County	R	−42.7%	2,830	7,109	10,025
Goochland County	R	−21.8%	2,178	3,404	5,617
Grayson County	R	−31.8%	2,319	4,508	6,890
Greene County	R	−48.5%	760	2,216	3,000
Greensville County	D	+1.0%	2,352	2,304	4,772
Halifax County	R	−24.4%	5,205	8,625	13,996
Hampton city	R	−16.7%	18,180	25,537	44,068
Hanover County	R	−58.9%	4,831	18,800	23,718
Harrisonburg city	R	−37.0%	2,384	5,221	7,661
Henrico County	R	−49.8%	21,336	63,864	85,448
Henry County	R	−28.7%	6,976	12,693	19,906
Highland County	R	−42.6%	398	997	1,406
Hopewell city	R	−37.3%	2,564	5,661	8,292
Isle of Wight County	R	−21.4%	3,650	5,664	9,412
James City County	R	−33.9%	3,486	7,104	10,677
King and Queen County	R	−9.3%	1,201	1,449	2,664
King George County	R	−23.6%	1,450	2,356	3,841
King William County	R	−31.6%	1,448	2,803	4,284
Lancaster County	R	−36.8%	1,559	3,416	5,044
Lee County	R	−2.7%	5,085	5,365	10,554
Lexington city	R	−11.6%	946	1,197	2,163
Loudoun County	R	−36.5%	8,227	17,765	26,128
Louisa County	R	−16.6%	2,703	3,789	6,543
Lunenburg County	R	−21.2%	1,754	2,713	4,526
Lynchburg city	R	−35.5%	8,542	18,047	26,772
Madison County	R	−35.0%	1,302	2,723	4,055
Manassas city	R	−43.1%	1,824	4,613	6,466
Manassas Park city	R	−44.3%	375	975	1,355
Martinsville city	R	−17.8%	2,942	4,234	7,254
Mathews County	R	−44.0%	1,106	2,868	4,005
Mecklenburg County	R	−32.4%	3,438	6,777	10,316
Middlesex County	R	−36.2%	1,206	2,612	3,885
Montgomery County	R	−26.4%	7,202	12,428	19,765
Nelson County	R	−15.6%	2,021	2,777	4,853
New Kent County	R	−37.8%	1,204	2,679	3,899
Newport News city	R	−21.1%	21,834	33,614	55,698
Norfolk city	D	+3.4%	38,913	36,360	75,516
Northampton County	R	−13.1%	2,226	2,906	5,207
Northumberland County	R	−38.0%	1,407	3,166	4,628
Norton city	D	+2.2%	842	806	1,668
Nottoway County	R	−19.4%	2,296	3,418	5,793
Orange County	R	−32.2%	2,285	4,483	6,821
Page County	R	−34.4%	2,437	5,021	7,519
Patrick County	R	−41.9%	1,908	4,703	6,674
Petersburg city	D	+23.2%	9,248	5,753	15,074
Pittsylvania County	R	−33.4%	7,791	15,743	23,824
Poquoson city	R	−69.8%	647	3,667	4,328
Portsmouth city	D	+6.6%	21,623	18,940	40,801
Powhatan County	R	−47.7%	1,381	3,921	5,327
Prince Edward County	R	−14.1%	2,589	3,454	6,156
Prince George County	R	−39.9%	2,136	4,999	7,178
Prince William County	R	−38.1%	15,631	34,992	50,803
Pulaski County	R	−30.5%	4,364	8,242	12,699
Radford city	R	−23.0%	1,781	2,855	4,669
Rappahannock County	R	−25.7%	999	1,696	2,707
Richmond city	D	+12.0%	49,408	38,754	88,628
Richmond County	R	−38.1%	830	1,869	2,730
Roanoke city	R	−4.7%	17,300	19,008	36,492
Roanoke County	R	−37.5%	10,569	23,348	34,054
Rockbridge County	R	−31.8%	2,098	4,067	6,194
Rockingham County	R	−52.0%	4,220	13,480	17,807
Russell County	D	+8.1%	6,760	5,738	12,599
Salem city	R	−31.3%	3,347	6,419	9,810
Scott County	R	−19.3%	3,904	5,804	9,821
Shenandoah County	R	−52.7%	2,771	9,048	11,900
Smyth County	R	−35.1%	4,102	8,593	12,811
Southampton County	R	−17.0%	3,300	4,669	8,051
Spotsylvania County	R	−34.1%	4,012	8,207	12,297
Stafford County	R	−39.7%	4,429	10,293	14,782
Staunton city	R	−50.3%	2,012	6,137	8,196
Suffolk city	R	−6.7%	8,842	10,128	19,119
Surry County	D	+12.3%	1,875	1,462	3,370
Sussex County	D	+4.8%	2,408	2,183	4,731
Tazewell County	R	−9.1%	8,014	9,645	17,896
Virginia Beach city	R	−49.0%	24,703	72,571	97,594
Warren County	R	−32.3%	2,551	5,016	7,631
Washington County	R	−36.8%	5,573	12,132	17,826
Waynesboro city	R	−47.5%	1,579	4,465	6,079
Westmoreland County	R	−15.1%	2,363	3,219	5,663
Williamsburg city	R	−13.1%	1,469	1,913	3,402
Winchester city	R	−41.8%	2,064	5,055	7,152
Wise County	R	−3.9%	7,303	7,909	15,399
Wythe County	R	−38.3%	2,996	6,773	9,866
York County	R	−42.9%	4,063	10,214	14,337