November 5, 1984

Ronald Reagan Wins 1984

Ronald Reagan defeats Walter Mondale with 525 electoral votes, winning 49 states.

Walter Mondale

13 EV

270 to win

Ronald Reagan

525 EV

525

270

Ronald Reagan wins

525

Electoral Votes

58.8%

Popular Vote

States Carried

92,651,059

Total Votes Cast

Ronald Reagan won the 1984 presidential election with 525 electoral votes to Walter Mondale's 13. Ronald Reagan received 58.8% of the popular vote and carried 49 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—100 flipped Republican and 0 flipped Democratic.

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1984	Walter Mondale	Ronald Reagan	13-525	R+18.2%	GOP
1980	Jimmy Carter	Ronald Reagan	51-487	R+9.7%	GOP
1976	Democratic	Republican	292-246	D+2.1%	DEM
1972	Democratic	Republican	14-524	R+23.2%	GOP
1968	Democratic	Republican	194-344	R+0.7%	GOP

State-by-State Results

2 Dem49 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1984	1980	1976	1972	1968
District of Columbia	3	D+71.7	D+61.5	D+65.1	D+56.5	D+63.6
Minnesota	10	D+0.2	D+3.9	D+12.9	R+5.5	D+12.5
Massachusetts	11	R+2.8	R+0.1	D+15.7	D+9.0	D+30.1
Rhode Island	4	R+3.6	D+10.5	D+11.3	R+6.2	D+32.3
Maryland	10	R+5.5	D+3.0	D+6.1	R+23.9	D+1.6
Pennsylvania	19	R+7.3	R+7.1	D+2.7	R+20.0	D+3.6
Iowa	6	R+7.4	R+12.7	R+1.0	R+17.1	R+12.2
New York	28	R+8.0	R+2.7	D+4.4	R+17.3	D+5.5
Wisconsin	10	R+9.2	R+4.7	D+1.7	R+9.7	R+3.6
West Virginia	4	R+10.5	D+4.5	D+16.1	R+27.2	D+8.8
Hawaii	4	R+11.3	D+1.9	D+2.5	R+25.0	D+21.1
Oregon	8	R+12.2	R+9.7	R+0.2	R+10.1	R+6.0
Illinois	19	R+12.9	R+7.9	R+2.0	R+18.5	R+2.9
Washington	12	R+13.0	R+12.3	R+3.9	R+18.3	D+2.1
California	54	R+16.3	R+16.8	R+1.8	R+13.5	R+3.1
Tennessee	11	R+16.3	R+0.3	D+13.0	R+38.0	R+9.7
Vermont	3	R+17.1	R+6.0	R+11.2	R+26.2	R+9.2
Ohio	17	R+18.8	R+10.6	D+0.3	R+21.6	R+2.3
Michigan	15	R+19.0	R+6.5	R+5.4	R+14.4	D+6.7
Delaware	3	R+19.9	R+2.3	D+5.4	R+20.4	R+3.5
Missouri	10	R+20.1	R+6.8	D+3.6	R+24.7	R+1.1
Georgia	16	R+20.4	D+14.8	D+33.9	R+50.5	R+3.6
New Mexico	5	R+20.5	R+18.2	R+2.5	R+24.5	R+12.1
Kentucky	8	R+20.7	R+1.5	D+7.2	R+28.6	R+6.1
New Jersey	14	R+20.9	R+13.4	R+2.2	R+24.8	R+2.1
Connecticut	7	R+21.9	R+9.6	R+5.2	R+18.4	D+5.2
Maine	4	R+22.1	R+3.4	R+0.8	R+23.0	D+12.2
Arkansas	6	R+22.2	R+0.6	D+30.0	R+38.1	R+0.4
Montana	4	R+22.3	R+24.4	R+7.4	R+20.1	R+9.0
Alabama	9	R+22.4	R+1.3	D+13.1	R+46.9	D+4.7
Louisiana	8	R+22.6	R+5.5	D+5.8	R+37.0	D+4.8
Indiana	11	R+24.0	R+18.4	R+7.6	R+32.8	R+12.3
North Carolina	16	R+24.0	R+2.1	D+11.1	R+40.6	R+10.3
Mississippi	6	R+24.5	R+1.3	D+1.9	R+58.6	D+9.5
Virginia	13	R+25.2	R+12.7	R+1.3	R+37.7	R+10.9
South Dakota	3	R+26.5	R+28.8	R+1.5	R+8.6	R+11.3
Texas	40	R+27.5	R+13.9	D+3.2	R+33.0	D+1.3
South Carolina	9	R+28.0	R+1.5	D+13.1	R+42.7	R+8.5
Colorado	10	R+28.3	R+24.0	R+11.5	R+28.0	R+9.2
Florida	30	R+30.7	R+17.0	D+5.3	R+44.1	R+9.6
North Dakota	3	R+31.0	R+38.0	R+5.8	R+26.3	R+17.7
Kansas	6	R+33.7	R+24.6	R+7.5	R+38.1	R+20.1
Arizona	11	R+33.9	R+32.4	R+16.6	R+31.3	R+19.8
Nevada	6	R+33.9	R+35.6	R+4.4	R+27.4	R+8.2
Alaska	3	R+36.8	R+27.9	R+22.3	R+23.5	R+2.1
New Hampshire	4	R+37.7	R+29.4	R+11.3	R+29.1	R+8.2
Oklahoma	7	R+37.9	R+25.5	R+1.2	R+49.7	R+15.7
Nebraska	5	R+41.7	R+39.5	R+20.7	R+41.0	R+28.0
Wyoming	3	R+42.3	R+34.7	R+19.5	R+38.5	R+20.3
Idaho	4	R+46.0	R+41.3	R+22.8	R+38.2	R+26.1
Utah	6	R+49.8	R+52.2	R+28.8	R+41.3	R+19.4

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

100 total

Murray County, Georgia, GAR+69.3%Habersham County, Georgia, GAR+69.2%Echols County, Georgia, GAR+65.9%Banks County, Georgia, GAR+65.5%Stephens County, Georgia, GAR+65.3%

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