1984 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1984 United States presidential election in Indiana
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  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
  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 vote120
Popular vote1,377,230841,481
Percentage61.67%37.68%

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County Results

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Indiana 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 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. President Ronald Reagan of California won the state of Indiana against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota by a substantial 23.99% margin. 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.

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The presidential election of 1984 was a rather partisan election in Indiana, with less than one percent of the state voting for third-party candidates, and only two third parties appearing on the ballot. In trend with the state's typically conservative-leaning history, Reagan carried every county in Indiana except for Lake County in the northwest corner. Lake County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and has a substantial African American population in contrast with the rest of Indiana. Perry County in the southern part of the state was the only other county that failed to give Reagan an absolute majority of the vote.

Reagan won Indiana by a margin of 24%. While Indiana had long been the most Republican-leaning state in the Great Lakes region, Reagan’s performance in the state was somewhat underwhelming, as Indiana was only 5.8% more Republican than the nation at large. (By comparison, when it voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the state was just over 6% to the right of the nation at large.)

Reagan's victory marked the fifth consecutive time that Republicans had carried the state since the 1964 presidential election. This streak would continue for an additional five presidential elections until Barack Obama's victory in 2008.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Indiana [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)1,377,23061.67%12
Democratic Walter Mondale 841,48137.68%0
American Party Delmar Dennis 7,6170.34%0
Libertarian David Bergland 6,7410.30%0
Totals2,233,069100.00%12

Results by county

CountyRonald Wilson Reagan
Republican
Walter Frederick Mondale
Democratic
Delmar Dennis [2]
American
David Peter Bergland [2]
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 7,95866.58%3,92332.82%470.39%240.20%4,03533.76%11,952
Allen 75,50565.67%38,46233.45%7090.62%2990.26%37,04332.22%114,975
Bartholomew 18,70469.35%8,07529.94%930.34%980.36%10,62939.41%26,970
Benton 3,28170.38%1,35729.11%60.13%180.39%1,92441.27%4,662
Blackford 3,78760.79%2,39538.44%340.55%140.22%1,39222.34%6,230
Boone 11,79074.38%3,98225.12%300.19%480.30%7,80849.26%15,850
Brown 3,51756.74%2,65742.87%50.08%190.31%86013.88%6,198
Carroll 5,52866.09%2,77433.17%270.32%350.42%2,75432.93%8,364
Cass 12,35568.75%5,52130.72%660.37%290.16%6,83438.03%17,971
Clark 19,41957.48%14,13841.85%1800.53%480.14%5,28115.63%33,785
Clay 6,95764.87%3,70734.56%290.27%320.30%3,25030.30%10,725
Clinton 8,96967.12%4,32932.40%320.24%330.25%4,64034.72%13,363
Crawford 2,63353.63%2,25645.95%150.31%60.12%3777.68%4,910
Daviess 7,72168.26%3,54531.34%200.18%250.22%4,17636.92%11,311
Dearborn 9,14964.74%4,92034.81%490.35%140.10%4,22929.92%14,132
Decatur 6,55169.97%2,76629.54%250.27%210.22%3,78540.43%9,363
DeKalb 8,76964.82%4,61734.13%1080.80%340.25%4,15230.69%13,528
Delaware 30,09259.98%19,79139.45%1260.25%1620.32%10,30120.53%50,171
Dubois 9,39162.77%5,42336.25%1260.84%220.15%3,96826.52%14,962
Elkhart 34,62171.98%13,24027.53%1030.21%1330.28%21,38144.45%48,097
Fayette 7,14262.95%4,12236.33%440.39%380.33%3,02026.62%11,346
Floyd 15,46658.85%10,61640.40%1590.61%380.14%4,85018.46%26,279
Fountain 5,45064.90%2,89734.50%310.37%190.23%2,55330.40%8,397
Franklin 5,20269.62%2,22529.78%220.29%230.31%2,97739.84%7,472
Fulton 6,05770.14%2,52729.26%270.31%240.28%3,53040.88%8,635
Gibson 8,61854.62%7,08244.89%490.31%280.18%1,5369.74%15,777
Grant 20,48266.78%9,98632.56%1460.48%590.19%10,49634.22%30,673
Greene 8,43860.71%5,26737.90%1631.17%300.22%3,17122.82%13,898
Hamilton 30,25482.30%6,36417.31%360.10%1070.29%23,89064.99%36,761
Hancock 12,88073.58%4,55025.99%270.15%470.27%8,33047.59%17,504
Harrison 7,25560.61%4,63438.72%530.44%270.23%2,62121.90%11,969
Hendricks 21,30775.73%6,65923.67%820.29%870.31%14,64852.06%28,135
Henry 11,92662.56%7,06437.06%390.20%330.17%4,86225.51%19,062
Howard 22,38667.74%10,45831.65%1090.33%930.28%11,92836.10%33,046
Huntington 10,80569.77%4,59829.69%500.32%340.22%6,20740.08%15,487
Jackson 9,87964.85%5,16333.89%1581.04%340.22%4,71630.96%15,234
Jasper 6,53769.22%2,82129.87%550.58%310.33%3,71639.35%9,444
Jay 5,97564.90%3,17434.47%320.35%260.28%2,80130.42%9,207
Jefferson 7,48259.20%4,95239.18%1781.41%270.21%2,53020.02%12,639
Jennings 6,35665.48%3,26433.63%610.63%260.27%3,09231.85%9,707
Johnson 23,48274.86%7,71524.60%830.26%880.28%15,76750.26%31,368
Knox 10,87262.27%6,41736.75%1340.77%360.21%4,45525.52%17,459
Kosciusko 17,56077.88%4,87721.63%480.21%620.27%12,68356.25%22,547
LaGrange 4,77271.31%1,88428.15%200.30%160.24%2,88843.16%6,692
Lake 94,87044.30%117,98455.10%8050.38%4840.23%-23,114-10.79%214,143
LaPorte 23,34659.00%15,90440.20%1240.31%1930.49%7,44218.81%39,567
Lawrence 11,44066.71%5,60832.70%730.43%290.17%5,83234.01%17,150
Madison 36,51061.87%22,25437.71%1220.21%1280.22%14,25624.16%59,014
Marion 184,88058.29%130,18541.05%6930.22%1,3900.44%54,69517.25%317,148
Marshall 11,10068.76%4,93130.54%610.38%520.32%6,16938.21%16,144
Martin 3,36363.07%1,93736.33%150.28%170.32%1,42626.74%5,332
Miami 9,55168.75%4,22430.41%880.63%290.21%5,32738.35%13,892
Monroe 21,77259.12%14,71939.97%1210.33%2140.58%7,05319.15%36,826
Montgomery 11,11974.96%3,62624.44%390.26%500.34%7,49350.51%14,834
Morgan 14,88475.91%4,62723.60%470.24%490.25%10,25752.31%19,607
Newton 3,56068.54%1,59630.73%170.33%210.40%1,96437.81%5,194
Noble 8,45965.74%4,23732.93%990.77%720.56%4,22232.81%12,867
Ohio 1,50358.32%1,06841.44%20.08%40.16%43516.88%2,577
Orange 5,90969.40%2,57130.19%160.19%190.22%3,33839.20%8,515
Owen 4,20466.49%2,08232.93%200.32%170.27%2,12233.56%6,323
Parke 5,05269.26%2,20530.23%160.22%210.29%2,84739.03%7,294
Perry 4,78549.91%4,76049.65%220.23%210.22%250.26%9,588
Pike 3,68952.98%3,23146.40%250.36%180.26%4586.58%6,963
Porter 32,50564.14%17,86235.24%1250.25%1900.37%14,64328.89%50,682
Posey 6,47259.07%4,45240.63%160.15%170.16%2,02018.44%10,957
Pulaski 4,16766.93%2,00832.25%360.58%150.24%2,15934.68%6,226
Putnam 7,82069.38%3,39230.09%300.27%300.27%4,42839.28%11,272
Randolph 7,79366.77%3,80532.60%370.32%360.31%3,98834.17%11,671
Ripley 7,14367.99%3,33631.75%150.14%120.11%3,80736.24%10,506
Rush 5,42969.86%2,30729.69%180.23%170.22%3,12240.18%7,771
Scott 4,11054.16%3,46045.60%90.12%90.12%6508.57%7,588
Shelby 11,05666.92%5,35732.42%580.35%510.31%5,69934.49%16,522
Spencer 5,81659.07%4,00540.68%110.11%140.14%1,81118.39%9,846
St. Joseph 54,40453.08%47,51346.36%2880.28%2880.28%6,8916.72%102,493
Starke 5,10457.42%3,67441.33%860.97%250.28%1,43016.09%8,889
Steuben 6,42472.01%2,44127.36%230.26%330.37%3,98344.65%8,921
Sullivan 4,77154.14%4,00645.46%170.19%190.22%7658.68%8,813
Switzerland 1,85755.48%1,48444.34%20.06%40.12%37311.14%3,347
Tippecanoe 29,70664.75%15,78934.42%880.19%2930.64%13,91730.34%45,876
Tipton 5,68770.48%2,32828.85%310.38%230.29%3,35941.63%8,069
Union 1,97070.36%81629.14%40.14%100.36%1,15441.21%2,800
Vanderburgh 40,99456.68%31,04942.93%1310.18%1560.22%9,94513.75%72,330
Vermillion 4,42854.30%3,66644.96%370.45%230.28%7629.35%8,154
Vigo 26,25958.39%18,42940.98%1280.28%1570.35%7,83017.41%44,973
Wabash 9,86270.30%4,07729.06%440.31%450.32%5,78541.24%14,028
Warren 2,52565.38%1,30933.89%120.31%160.41%1,21631.49%3,862
Warrick 10,20261.32%6,34538.14%440.26%460.28%3,85723.18%16,637
Washington 5,87462.62%3,33435.54%1351.44%370.39%2,54027.08%9,380
Wayne 18,95564.80%10,17334.78%520.18%710.24%8,78230.02%29,251
Wells 7,57969.40%3,27429.98%300.27%370.34%4,30539.42%10,920
White 7,27969.33%3,15730.07%280.27%350.33%4,12239.26%10,499
Whitley 7,76367.21%3,69031.95%410.35%570.49%4,07335.26%11,551
Totals1,377,23061.67%841,48137.68%7,6170.34%6,7410.30%535,74923.99%2,233,069

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  2. 1 2 Our Campaigns; IN US President 1984