Ronald Reagan carried Washington R+13.0.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Washington, 1984. The state ran 5.3 points more Democratic than the nation (R+18.2 nationally).

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

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Washington result

1,883,910 votes counted

Mondale (D)

807,352

42.9%

Reagan (R)

1,051,670

55.8%

All others

24,888

1.3%

Margin

R+13.0

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1984 presidential election

Washington, 1984

ReaganR+13.0

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	55.8%	1,051,670
Walter MondaleDemocratic	42.9%	807,352
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	24,888

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1984

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−44.5%	1,311	3,449	4,809
Asotin County	R	−11.9%	3,042	3,876	7,021
Benton County	R	−39.7%	13,784	32,307	46,631
Chelan County	R	−31.9%	6,978	13,667	20,994
Clallam County	R	−16.4%	9,701	13,605	23,735
Clark County	R	−7.1%	35,248	40,681	76,957
Columbia County	R	−34.9%	673	1,404	2,095
Cowlitz County	D	+1.6%	15,361	14,858	30,968
Douglas County	R	−34.2%	3,127	6,443	9,698
Ferry County	R	−13.4%	935	1,232	2,210
Franklin County	R	−27.7%	4,328	7,724	12,268
Garfield County	R	−29.4%	493	913	1,428
Grant County	R	−33.6%	6,298	12,888	19,584
Grays Harbor County	D	+10.8%	14,050	11,286	25,671
Island County	R	−32.5%	6,850	13,548	20,616
Jefferson County	D	+0.6%	4,602	4,543	9,334
King County	R	−5.4%	298,620	332,987	639,261
Kitsap County	R	−9.6%	29,681	36,101	66,713
Kittitas County	R	−15.2%	4,830	6,580	11,531
Klickitat County	R	−17.7%	2,712	3,910	6,757
Lewis County	R	−34.3%	7,634	15,846	23,931
Lincoln County	R	−34.7%	1,671	3,474	5,193
Mason County	R	−9.0%	7,007	8,410	15,650
Okanogan County	R	−16.4%	5,330	7,476	13,059
Pacific County	D	+12.7%	4,679	3,613	8,421
Pend Oreille County	R	−17.6%	1,655	2,374	4,075
Pierce County	R	−17.1%	79,498	112,877	195,108
San Juan County	R	−7.0%	2,514	2,900	5,526
Skagit County	R	−14.7%	13,947	18,840	33,326
Skamania County	R	−5.5%	1,552	1,736	3,339
Snohomish County	R	−14.9%	66,728	90,362	158,995
Spokane County	R	−19.0%	59,620	88,043	149,336
Stevens County	R	−30.6%	4,304	8,211	12,771
Thurston County	R	−12.3%	26,840	34,442	62,045
Wahkiakum County	D	+8.9%	930	776	1,739
Walla Walla County	R	−28.6%	6,804	12,361	19,398
Whatcom County	R	−9.0%	22,670	27,228	50,686
Whitman County	R	−20.2%	6,621	10,021	16,849
Yakima County	R	−24.1%	24,724	40,678	66,182