1984 United States presidential election in California

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1984 United States presidential election in California
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  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
Turnout74.93% (of registered voters) Decrease2.svg 2.31 pp
59.08% (of eligible voters) Increase2.svg 2.04 pp [1]
  Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote470
Popular vote5,467,0093,922,519
Percentage57.51%41.27%

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1984 US Presidential election in California by congressional district.svg

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Reagan holding a campaign rally at Los Angeles Pierce College on the eve of the election C25828-12.jpg
Reagan holding a campaign rally at Los Angeles Pierce College on the eve of the election
Reagan and his wife Nancy celebrate at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles after the announcement of his 1984 electoral victory Reagans reelection Century Plaza Hotel.jpg
Reagan and his wife Nancy celebrate at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles after the announcement of his 1984 electoral victory

The 1984 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 47 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Republican incumbent and former California Governor, Ronald Reagan, in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Minnesota Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale. Reagan easily won his home state with a comfortable 16.24% margin and carried all but five counties. Despite this, California's margin was 1.97% more Democratic than the nation as a whole.

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As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time for a Republican to carry the following California counties in a presidential election: Contra Costa, Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. [2] Reagan is also the last candidate from either party to carry every county they won in the state with a majority. This is also the most recent occasion where a Republican won more than thirty percent of the vote in San Francisco, won the state by double digits (George H. W. Bush would win the state by a 3-point margin in 1988), and won every county of Greater Southern California.

Reagan became the first Republican ever to win the White House without Marin or Santa Cruz Counties. These were among a handful of counties nationwide that flipped against him. [lower-alpha 1] As a result of this election, San Francisco and Alameda were the only two counties in California to have never been carried by Reagan in either of his campaigns for president or for Governor of California (Reagan also did not carry Yolo County in any of his presidential campaigns; however, he carried the county in his 1966 gubernatorial campaign).

Democratic primary

Jesse Jackson's voters were 50% black, 38% white, 7% Hispanic, and 5% were members of other groups. Massachusetts was the only state where black voters composed a smaller percentage of his supporters. [3]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in California [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Wilson Reagan (Incumbent)5,467,00957.51%47
Democratic Walter Frederick Mondale 3,922,51941.27%0
Libertarian David Bergland 115,5131.22%0
American Independent Bob Richards 39,2650.41%0
Peace and Freedom Sonia Johnson 26,2970.28%0
No party Write-in 3660.00%0
No party Dennis L. Serrette (write-in)160.00%0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals9,505,423100.00%47
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Alameda 192,40840.01%282,04158.65%6,4251.34%-89,633-18.64%480,874
Alpine 26456.65%19441.63%81.72%7015.02%466
Amador 6,98661.48%4,18836.86%1891.66%2,79824.62%11,363
Butte 45,38163.06%25,42135.32%1,1621.62%19,96027.74%71,964
Calaveras 7,63264.26%4,08134.36%1641.38%3,55129.90%11,877
Colusa 3,38865.30%1,72533.25%751.45%1,66332.05%5,188
Contra Costa 172,33154.48%140,99444.57%2,9930.95%31,3379.91%316,318
Del Norte 3,99658.41%2,69639.41%1492.18%1,30019.00%6,841
El Dorado 27,58364.93%14,31233.69%5831.38%13,27131.24%42,478
Fresno 104,75754.30%86,31544.74%1,8640.96%18,4429.56%192,936
Glenn 6,02069.74%2,48828.82%1241.44%3,53240.92%8,632
Humboldt 27,83251.64%25,21746.79%8421.57%2,6154.85%53,891
Imperial 13,82962.01%8,23736.94%2351.05%5,59225.07%22,301
Inyo 5,86370.32%2,36028.30%1151.38%3,50342.02%8,338
Kern 94,77665.03%49,56734.01%1,4010.96%45,20931.02%145,744
Kings 13,36464.10%7,32435.13%1600.77%6,04028.97%20,848
Lake 10,87454.83%8,64843.61%3091.56%2,22611.22%19,831
Lassen 5,35261.09%3,25437.14%1551.77%2,09823.95%8,761
Los Angeles 1,424,11354.50%1,158,91244.35%29,8891.15%265,20110.15%2,612,914
Madera 13,95460.04%8,99438.70%2931.26%4,96021.34%23,241
Marin 56,88749.02%57,53349.58%1,6301.40%-646-0.56%116,050
Mariposa 3,98961.20%2,39936.81%1301.99%1,59024.39%6,518
Mendocino 16,36952.09%14,40745.85%6462.06%1,9626.24%31,422
Merced 24,99758.85%17,01240.05%4681.10%7,98518.80%42,477
Modoc 2,99569.49%1,21928.28%962.23%1,77641.21%4,310
Mono 2,65972.31%96226.16%561.53%1,69746.15%3,677
Monterey 55,71057.16%40,73341.79%1,0271.05%14,97715.37%97,470
Napa 26,32257.77%18,59940.82%6401.41%7,72316.95%45,561
Nevada 19,80962.36%11,19835.25%7612.39%8,61127.11%31,768
Orange 635,01374.70%206,27224.27%8,7921.03%428,74150.43%850,077
Placer 38,03562.94%21,29435.24%1,0981.82%16,74127.70%60,427
Plumas 5,22456.61%3,83741.58%1671.81%1,38715.03%9,228
Riverside 182,32463.48%102,04335.53%2,8350.99%80,28127.95%287,202
Sacramento 204,92255.56%159,12843.14%4,7911.30%45,79412.42%368,841
San Benito 5,69560.71%3,55437.89%1311.40%2,14122.82%9,380
San Bernardino 222,07164.80%116,45433.98%4,1801.22%105,61730.82%342,705
San Diego 502,34465.30%257,02933.41%9,8941.29%245,31531.89%769,267
San Francisco 90,21931.44%193,27867.35%3,4751.21%-103,059-35.91%286,972
San Joaquin 81,79559.61%53,84639.24%1,5721.15%27,94920.37%137,213
San Luis Obispo 49,03563.72%26,94635.02%9691.26%22,08928.70%76,950
San Mateo 135,18551.87%122,26846.91%3,1781.22%12,9174.96%260,631
Santa Barbara 89,31462.76%51,24336.01%1,7631.23%38,07126.75%142,320
Santa Clara 288,63854.81%229,86543.65%8,1361.54%58,77311.16%596,639
Santa Cruz 41,65245.20%49,09153.27%1,4041.53%-7,439-8.07%92,147
Shasta 33,04162.19%19,29836.32%7881.49%13,74325.87%53,127
Sierra 1,07856.86%78141.19%371.95%29715.67%1,896
Siskiyou 10,54458.25%7,13039.39%4272.36%3,41418.86%18,101
Solano 51,67854.51%41,98244.29%1,1381.20%9,69610.22%94,798
Sonoma 76,44751.08%71,29547.64%1,9151.28%5,1523.44%149,657
Stanislaus 55,66559.23%37,45939.86%8610.91%18,20619.37%93,985
Sutter 14,47771.23%5,53527.24%3111.53%8,94243.99%20,323
Tehama 11,58662.78%6,52735.37%3421.85%5,05927.41%18,455
Trinity 3,54459.71%2,21837.37%1732.92%1,32622.34%5,935
Tulare 51,06663.88%28,06535.11%8121.01%23,00128.77%79,943
Tuolumne 10,48558.09%7,28340.35%2831.56%3,20217.74%18,051
Ventura 151,38368.67%66,55030.19%2,5291.14%84,83338.48%220,462
Yolo 24,32947.84%25,87950.89%6451.27%-1,550-3.05%50,853
Yuba 9,78063.52%5,33934.68%2781.80%4,44128.84%15,397
Total5,467,00957.51%3,922,51941.27%115,8951.22%1,544,49016.24%9,505,423

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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