1984 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1984 United States presidential election in Idaho

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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 4 0 Popular vote 297,523 108,510 Percentage 72.36% 26.39%

County Results Reagan   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% The 1984 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Idaho was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Idaho, with just under 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four parties appearing on the ballot. [1] Every county in the state gave Reagan an outright majority. Reagan's weakest county, and Mondale's best, was Shoshone County, which Reagan won 50.2%-48.3%. It was the only county Reagan did not win by double digits. Reagan's best county was Madison County, which Reagan won 92.9%-6.6%. This was Mondale's worst showing in any county nationwide. [2] Idaho weighed in for this election as 27.75 percentage points more Republican than the national average and with 72.36 percent of the popular vote, made it Reagan's second strongest state after neighboring Utah. [3] Reagan won the election in Idaho in a landslide, with a winning margin of 46%. His 72.36% vote share made it his second-best state in the nation, after neighboring Utah. The Mountain West in general had begun trending Republican in 1952, [4] after having been a swing region that was critical for Democrats' hopes of winning the presidency between 1896 and 1948. [5] In Idaho, this happened relatively quickly; in 1964, Barry Goldwater came within less than 2% of carrying Idaho, his closest near-win in the country. However, the trend accelerated, in Idaho and elsewhere, in 1980, as the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter, had been widely perceived as carrying out a 'war on the West' with his water, energy, and development policies. [6] That year, Reagan exceeded the vote shares Eisenhower had received in 1952 and 1956, and that Nixon had received in 1972, in Idaho, despite garnering only a bare majority nationally. In 1984, he improved even further, becoming the first (and thus far, the only) nominee of either party to crack 70% in the state since William Jennings Bryan in 1896. Reagan exhibited strength throughout Idaho. He got over 60% in all six of its most populous counties--Ada (Boise), Canyon (Nampa), Bonneville (Idaho Falls), Bannock (Pocatello), Kootenai (Coeur d'Alene), and Twin Falls (Twin Falls). In four of the six (including Ada, by far the largest), he got over 70%; and in one (Bonneville), he exceeded 80%. Amongst smaller counties, Reagan did particularly well in heavily Mormon southeast and south central Idaho, winning over 90% of the vote in Madison County (his strongest performance in any county in the country), and over 80% in Jefferson, Franklin, Cassia, Clark, Bear Lake, Caribou, Fremont, Minidoka, and Oneida Counties. However, his strength in the state was broad as well as deep; in only one county (Shoshone) did he fail to run up a double-digit margin over Mondale. Mondale's strength, relatively speaking, was concentrated in and around the Silver Valley region; he was able to break 40% only in Benewah, Latah, Nez Perce, Clearwater, and Shoshone Counties. This election is the most recent election in which the winner won every county in Idaho. Results 1984 United States presidential election in Idaho Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 297,523 72.36% 4 Democratic Walter Mondale 108,510 26.39% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 2,823 0.69% 0 America First Bob Richards 2,288 0.56% 0 Totals 411,144 100.00% 4 Results by county County Ronald Reagan Republican Walter Mondale Democratic David Bergland [7] Libertarian Bob Richards [7] Populist Margin Total votes cast #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % Ada 60,036 72.40% 21,760 26.24% 771 0.93% 357 0.43% 38,276 46.16% 82,924 Adams 1,381 70.60% 540 27.61% 9 0.46% 26 1.33% 841 42.99% 1,956 Bannock 18,742 65.77% 9,399 32.98% 190 0.67% 165 0.58% 9,343 32.79% 28,496 Bear Lake 2,760 84.48% 481 14.72% 7 0.21% 19 0.58% 2,279 69.76% 3,267 Benewah 2,039 57.70% 1,447 40.95% 28 0.79% 20 0.57% 592 16.75% 3,534 Bingham 11,900 78.72% 3,064 20.27% 99 0.65% 53 0.35% 8,836 58.45% 15,116 Blaine 3,603 63.69% 1,971 34.84% 55 0.97% 28 0.49% 1,632 28.85% 5,657 Boise 1,249 72.57% 436 25.33% 22 1.28% 14 0.81% 813 47.24% 1,721 Bonner 6,889 58.89% 4,628 39.56% 72 0.62% 110 0.94% 2,261 19.33% 11,699 Bonneville 24,392 82.71% 4,877 16.54% 120 0.41% 101 0.34% 19,515 66.17% 29,490 Boundary 2,159 63.46% 1,158 34.04% 28 0.82% 57 1.68% 1,001 29.42% 3,402 Butte 1,245 73.89% 429 25.46% 5 0.30% 6 0.36% 816 48.43% 1,685 Camas 364 74.13% 123 25.05% 4 0.81% 0 0.00% 241 49.08% 491 Canyon 24,613 75.53% 7,527 23.10% 275 0.84% 172 0.53% 17,086 52.43% 32,587 Caribou 3,032 84.29% 535 14.87% 11 0.31% 19 0.53% 2,497 69.42% 3,597 Cassia 6,503 85.60% 1,036 13.64% 23 0.30% 35 0.46% 5,467 71.96% 7,597 Clark 353 85.06% 59 14.22% 3 0.72% 0 0.00% 294 70.84% 415 Clearwater 2,176 56.55% 1,608 41.79% 28 0.73% 36 0.94% 568 14.76% 3,848 Custer 1,653 77.10% 461 21.50% 12 0.56% 18 0.84% 1,192 55.60% 2,144 Elmore 4,595 75.27% 1,458 23.88% 19 0.31% 33 0.54% 3,137 51.39% 6,105 Franklin 3,261 87.15% 439 11.73% 15 0.40% 27 0.72% 2,822 75.42% 3,742 Fremont 4,006 82.55% 818 16.86% 13 0.27% 16 0.33% 3,188 65.69% 4,853 Gem 3,644 68.11% 1,607 30.04% 48 0.90% 51 0.95% 2,037 38.07% 5,350 Gooding 3,819 74.60% 1,247 24.36% 21 0.41% 32 0.63% 2,572 50.24% 5,119 Idaho 4,219 66.45% 1,996 31.44% 50 0.79% 84 1.32% 2,223 35.01% 6,349 Jefferson 5,770 87.92% 743 11.32% 21 0.32% 29 0.44% 5,027 76.60% 6,563 Jerome 4,913 78.49% 1,284 20.51% 27 0.43% 35 0.56% 3,629 57.98% 6,259 Kootenai 17,330 64.93% 9,004 33.74% 137 0.51% 218 0.82% 8,326 31.19% 26,689 Latah 7,709 57.10% 5,571 41.27% 151 1.12% 69 0.51% 2,138 15.83% 13,500 Lemhi 2,810 75.78% 852 22.98% 22 0.59% 24 0.65% 1,958 52.80% 3,708 Lewis 1,000 60.02% 648 38.90% 9 0.54% 9 0.54% 352 21.12% 1,666 Lincoln 1,211 74.98% 386 23.90% 8 0.50% 10 0.62% 825 51.08% 1,615 Madison 6,798 92.88% 483 6.60% 15 0.20% 23 0.31% 6,315 86.28% 7,319 Minidoka 5,938 80.03% 1,398 18.84% 41 0.57% 43 0.60% 4,540 61.19% 7,420 Nez Perce 8,153 56.89% 5,981 41.74% 108 0.88% 88 0.71% 2,172 15.15% 14,330 Oneida 1,528 80.51% 360 18.97% 6 0.32% 4 0.21% 1,168 61.54% 1,898 Owyhee 2,141 77.71% 574 20.83% 22 0.80% 18 0.65% 1,567 56.88% 2,755 Payette 4,605 75.23% 1,410 23.04% 53 0.87% 53 0.87% 3,195 52.19% 6,121 Power 2,298 76.50% 678 22.57% 18 0.60% 10 0.33% 1,620 53.93% 3,004 Shoshone 3,156 50.22% 3,033 48.27% 49 0.78% 46 0.73% 123 1.95% 6,284 Teton 1,242 76.48% 370 22.78% 6 0.37% 6 0.37% 872 53.70% 1,624 Twin Falls 16,974 77.97% 4,567 20.98% 145 0.67% 85 0.39% 12,407 56.99% 21,771 Valley 2,299 69.96% 945 28.76% 27 0.82% 15 0.46% 1,354 41.20% 3,286 Washington 3,015 71.99% 1,119 26.72% 30 0.72% 24 0.57% 1,896 45.27% 4,188 Totals 297,523 72.36% 108,510 26.39% 2,823 0.69% 2,288 0.56% 189,013 45.97% 411,144 See also United States presidential elections in Idaho Presidency of Ronald Reagan References "1984 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". 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