1984 United States presidential election in Alaska

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1984 United States presidential election in Alaska

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale Party Republican Democratic Home state California Minnesota Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 138,377 62,007 Percentage 66.65% 29.87%

Borough and Census Area Results Borough and Census Area Results (historical) Reagan   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Mondale   40–50%

President before election Ronald Reagan Republican Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the nationwide presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alaska was won by incumbent President Ronald Reagan (R-California) with almost two-thirds of the popular vote against Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) with 29.9%. ^[1] Reagan ultimately won the national vote, winning re-election. Alaska has only voted Democratic once, in 1964 for Lyndon B. Johnson. Libertarian candidate David Bergland also had his best performance in this state, but did not receive nearly as much support as Ed Clark did in the previous election four years earlier. ^[2]

This was the first election since 1964 that a single third party failed to garner 5% of the vote, as had been done by George Wallace in 1968, John G. Schmitz in 1972, Roger MacBride in 1976, and Ed Clark and John B. Anderson in 1980. This is the best performance by a Republican, and a candidate of any party, in a presidential election in the state's history.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Alaska [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	138,377	66.65%	3
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	62,007	29.87%	0
	Libertarian	David Bergland	6,378	3.07%	0
	N/A	Write-in	843	0.41%	0
Totals			207,605	100.00%	3

Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Nome Census Area
• Yukon-Kuyokuk Census Area
• Northwest Arctic Borough
• Bethel Census Area
• Dillingham Census Area

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alaska

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.