Ronald Reagan carried West Virginia R+10.5.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in West Virginia, 1984. The state ran 7.7 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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West Virginia result

735,742 votes counted

Mondale (D)

328,125

44.6%

Reagan (R)

405,483

55.1%

All others

2,134

0.3%

Margin

R+10.5

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1984 presidential election

West Virginia, 1984

ReaganR+10.5

How it voted

Share of the 1984 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	55.1%	405,483
Walter MondaleDemocratic	44.6%	328,125
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	2,134

D+60

R+60

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

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West Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context

West Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+2.4%
1896	−5.4%
1900	−9.5%
1904	−13.2%
1908	−10.2%
1912	+21.3%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−12.0%
1924	−5.4%
1928	−17.4%
1932	+10.0%
1936	+21.4%
1940	+14.2%
1944	+9.8%
1948	+15.1%
1952	+3.8%
1956	−8.2%
1960	+5.5%
1964	+35.9%
1968	+8.8%
1972	−27.2%
1976	+16.1%
1980	+4.5%
1984	−10.5%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+13.0%
1996	+14.7%
2000	−6.3%
2004	−12.9%
2008	−13.1%
2012	−26.7%
2016	−41.7%
2020	−38.9%
2024	−41.9%

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County results — 1984

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Barbour County	R	−11.0%	3,108	3,877	6,995
Berkeley County	R	−35.1%	6,181	12,887	19,092
Boone County	D	+20.9%	7,121	4,656	11,821
Braxton County	D	+7.2%	3,350	2,902	6,265
Brooke County	D	+15.8%	6,636	4,819	11,498
Cabell County	R	−16.8%	15,513	21,815	37,445
Calhoun County	R	−8.9%	1,473	1,765	3,276
Clay County	D	+11.9%	2,117	1,667	3,796
Doddridge County	R	−47.2%	836	2,343	3,195
Fayette County	D	+22.5%	11,650	7,360	19,086
Gilmer County	R	−13.3%	1,494	1,953	3,452
Grant County	R	−63.4%	828	3,715	4,554
Greenbrier County	R	−13.4%	5,599	7,337	12,974
Hampshire County	R	−31.7%	2,102	4,065	6,187
Hancock County	D	+8.6%	8,708	7,326	16,124
Hardy County	R	−28.3%	1,641	2,938	4,587
Harrison County	R	−12.9%	14,969	19,400	34,437
Jackson County	R	−26.3%	4,147	7,117	11,310
Jefferson County	R	−16.5%	4,216	5,884	10,134
Kanawha County	R	−15.3%	37,832	51,499	89,542
Lewis County	R	−32.4%	2,693	5,297	8,031
Lincoln County	D	+10.7%	5,467	4,405	9,902
Logan County	D	+25.7%	10,892	6,425	17,382
Marion County	D	+2.7%	13,833	13,106	27,020
Marshall County	R	−4.0%	7,947	8,615	16,616
Mason County	R	−7.6%	5,701	6,648	12,393
McDowell County	D	+33.1%	8,546	4,284	12,883
Mercer County	R	−20.5%	9,164	13,910	23,155
Mineral County	R	−31.1%	3,832	7,291	11,138
Mingo County	D	+32.7%	8,434	4,275	12,726
Monongalia County	R	−6.1%	13,236	14,972	28,274
Monroe County	R	−21.5%	2,333	3,612	5,954
Morgan County	R	−40.8%	1,457	3,469	4,932
Nicholas County	R	−0.7%	4,588	4,656	9,273
Ohio County	R	−13.9%	10,163	13,447	23,662
Pendleton County	R	−16.6%	1,464	2,047	3,518
Pleasants County	R	−21.4%	1,458	2,255	3,725
Pocahontas County	R	−13.1%	1,903	2,479	4,386
Preston County	R	−26.3%	4,054	6,955	11,031
Putnam County	R	−27.8%	5,208	9,238	14,492
Raleigh County	R	−0.4%	14,442	14,571	29,122
Randolph County	R	−11.5%	4,839	6,100	10,964
Ritchie County	R	−46.1%	1,231	3,355	4,609
Roane County	R	−20.6%	2,468	3,751	6,240
Summers County	R	−5.4%	2,670	2,975	5,659
Taylor County	R	−18.5%	2,754	4,007	6,765
Tucker County	R	−11.8%	1,766	2,240	4,014
Tyler County	R	−38.8%	1,395	3,170	4,575
Upshur County	R	−41.1%	2,468	5,951	8,466
Wayne County	R	−2.5%	8,378	8,811	17,236
Webster County	D	+20.1%	2,355	1,565	3,926
Wetzel County	R	−13.1%	3,549	4,626	8,207
Wirt County	R	−25.1%	868	1,450	2,322
Wood County	R	−37.1%	11,357	24,821	36,279
Wyoming County	D	+2.8%	5,691	5,379	11,095