1984 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1984 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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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 5 0 Popular vote 460,054 187,866 Percentage 70.55% 28.81%

County Results Reagan   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% The 1984 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Nebraska 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 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 Nebraska, with over 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only five parties formally appearing on the ballot. [1] Reagan won a majority in all of Nebraska's counties, joining previous Republican nominees Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, Warren Harding in 1920, Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, Richard Nixon in 1972, and himself in 1980. Nebraska weighed in for this election as 12% more Republican than the national average and with 70.55% of the popular vote, proved to be Reagan's third strongest state in the 1984 election after Utah and Idaho. [2] Reagan won Nebraska by a powerful 42% margin. His 70.55% vote share in the state made it his third-best in the country, after Utah and Idaho. Nebraska continued its trend of voting in line with its sister free-soil and postbellum Great Plains states (North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas); the four last disagreed in a presidential election in 1916. Reagan did well in population centers and rural areas alike, scoring almost two-thirds of the vote in the state's largest county, Douglas (home to Omaha), and getting over three-quarters of the vote in a majority of Nebraska's counties (58 of 93). Mondale's best county was Saline, at the time the strongest traditional stronghold for the Democratic Party in the state; the county had voted Democratic in every election from 1908 through 1976 save 1920, 1952, 1972, and 1980. Even here, however, Mondale failed to keep Reagan's margin to single digits. Results 1984 United States presidential election in Nebraska Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 460,054 70.55% 5 Democratic Walter Mondale 187,866 28.81% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 2,079 0.32% 0 Independent Melvin Mason 1,066 0.16% 0 Independent Dennis Serrette 1,025 0.16% 0 Totals 652,090 100.0% 5 Results by county County [3] Ronald Reagan Republican Walter Mondale Democratic David Bergland Libertarian Melvin Mason Independent Dennis Serrette Independent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 9,127 75.09% 2,945 24.23% 48 0.39% 21 0.17% 14 0.12% 6,182 50.86% 12,155 Antelope 3,222 81.80% 697 17.69% 12 0.30% 4 0.10% 4 0.10% 2,525 64.11% 3,939 Arthur 248 88.26% 33 11.74% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 215 76.52% 281 Banner 457 87.55% 58 11.11% 5 0.96% 2 0.38% 0 0.00% 399 76.44% 522 Blaine 363 88.32% 48 11.68% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 315 76.64% 411 Boone 2,508 78.01% 690 21.46% 6 0.19% 8 0.25% 3 0.09% 1,818 56.55% 3,215 Box Butte 4,011 72.60% 1,471 26.62% 22 0.40% 7 0.13% 14 0.25% 2,540 45.98% 5,525 Boyd 1,175 78.54% 308 20.59% 10 0.67% 2 0.13% 1 0.07% 867 57.95% 1,496 Brown 1,514 82.60% 312 17.02% 2 0.11% 1 0.05% 4 0.22% 1,202 65.58% 1,833 Buffalo 11,365 78.11% 3,086 21.21% 51 0.35% 21 0.14% 27 0.19% 8,279 56.90% 14,550 Burt 2,645 71.08% 1,054 28.33% 9 0.24% 9 0.24% 4 0.11% 1,591 42.75% 3,721 Butler 2,557 67.56% 1,193 31.52% 22 0.58% 5 0.13% 8 0.21% 1,364 36.04% 3,785 Cass 5,461 68.04% 2,499 31.14% 26 0.32% 22 0.27% 18 0.22% 2,962 36.90% 8,026 Cedar 3,298 72.71% 1,201 26.48% 21 0.46% 11 0.24% 5 0.11% 2,097 46.23% 4,536 Chase 1,697 80.93% 368 17.55% 21 1.00% 3 0.14% 8 0.38% 1,329 63.38% 2,097 Cherry 2,720 85.05% 463 14.48% 10 0.31% 2 0.06% 3 0.09% 2,257 70.57% 3,198 Cheyenne 3,159 77.73% 857 21.09% 28 0.69% 9 0.22% 11 0.27% 2,302 56.64% 4,064 Clay 2,920 77.74% 811 21.59% 9 0.24% 7 0.19% 9 0.24% 2,109 56.15% 3,756 Colfax 2,999 74.68% 981 24.43% 13 0.32% 10 0.25% 13 0.32% 2,018 50.25% 4,016 Cuming 3,931 82.93% 779 16.43% 23 0.49% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 3,152 66.50% 4,740 Custer 4,749 80.94% 1,090 18.58% 8 0.14% 14 0.24% 6 0.10% 3,659 62.36% 5,867 Dakota 3,467 57.76% 2,510 41.82% 12 0.20% 8 0.13% 5 0.08% 957 15.94% 6,002 Dawes 3,326 78.59% 865 20.44% 18 0.43% 12 0.28% 11 0.26% 2,461 58.15% 4,232 Dawson 6,887 81.92% 1,487 17.69% 13 0.15% 13 0.15% 7 0.08% 5,400 64.23% 8,407 Deuel 962 82.43% 198 16.97% 7 0.60% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 764 65.46% 1,167 Dixon 2,155 68.11% 986 31.16% 9 0.28% 9 0.28% 5 0.16% 1,169 36.95% 3,164 Dodge 10,201 70.15% 4,266 29.34% 41 0.28% 15 0.10% 18 0.12% 5,935 40.81% 14,541 Douglas 112,676 65.24% 58,979 34.15% 487 0.28% 279 0.16% 299 0.17% 53,697 31.09% 172,720 Dundy 992 80.98% 225 18.37% 5 0.41% 2 0.16% 1 0.08% 767 62.61% 1,225 Fillmore 2,474 70.46% 1,009 28.74% 10 0.28% 14 0.40% 4 0.11% 1,465 41.72% 3,511 Franklin 1,597 75.08% 522 24.54% 5 0.24% 2 0.09% 1 0.05% 1,075 50.54% 2,127 Frontier 1,351 83.55% 258 15.96% 4 0.25% 3 0.19% 1 0.06% 1,093 67.59% 1,617 Furnas 2,363 79.67% 579 19.52% 10 0.34% 9 0.30% 5 0.17% 1,784 60.15% 2,966 Gage 6,116 68.78% 2,709 30.47% 35 0.39% 17 0.19% 15 0.17% 3,407 38.31% 8,892 Garden 1,158 85.71% 180 13.32% 4 0.30% 4 0.30% 5 0.37% 978 72.39% 1,351 Garfield 899 81.43% 196 17.75% 4 0.36% 3 0.27% 2 0.18% 703 63.68% 1,104 Gosper 802 79.33% 201 19.88% 4 0.40% 2 0.20% 2 0.20% 601 59.45% 1,011 Grant 406 88.45% 51 11.11% 1 0.22% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 355 77.34% 459 Greeley 948 65.74% 485 33.63% 3 0.21% 3 0.21% 3 0.21% 463 32.11% 1,442 Hall 13,193 73.47% 4,655 25.92% 46 0.26% 29 0.16% 33 0.18% 8,538 47.55% 17,956 Hamilton 3,418 79.77% 842 19.65% 11 0.26% 9 0.21% 5 0.12% 2,576 60.12% 4,285 Harlan 1,692 76.80% 493 22.38% 10 0.45% 5 0.23% 3 0.14% 1,199 54.42% 2,203 Hayes 593 85.45% 101 14.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 492 70.90% 694 Hitchcock 1,391 79.99% 341 19.61% 1 0.06% 4 0.23% 2 0.12% 1,050 60.38% 1,739 Holt 4,613 83.19% 893 16.10% 22 0.40% 13 0.23% 4 0.07% 3,720 67.09% 5,545 Hooker 433 87.83% 55 11.16% 1 0.20% 3 0.61% 1 0.20% 378 76.67% 493 Howard 1,899 67.68% 887 31.61% 12 0.43% 5 0.18% 3 0.11% 1,012 36.07% 2,806 Jefferson 3,116 68.89% 1,367 30.22% 19 0.42% 13 0.29% 8 0.18% 1,749 38.67% 4,523 Johnson 1,542 64.36% 821 34.27% 15 0.63% 10 0.42% 8 0.33% 721 30.09% 2,396 Kearney 2,508 76.89% 726 22.26% 18 0.55% 8 0.25% 2 0.06% 1,782 54.63% 3,262 Keith 3,433 84.10% 631 15.46% 12 0.29% 5 0.12% 1 0.02% 2,802 68.64% 4,082 Keya Paha 507 79.84% 128 20.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 379 59.68% 635 Kimball 1,734 83.09% 339 16.24% 3 0.14% 3 0.14% 8 0.38% 1,395 66.85% 2,087 Knox 3,364 73.77% 1,149 25.20% 25 0.55% 15 0.33% 7 0.15% 2,215 48.57% 4,560 Lancaster 48,778 59.31% 32,898 40.00% 307 0.37% 122 0.15% 140 0.17% 15,880 19.31% 82,245 Lincoln 10,717 70.01% 4,509 29.46% 39 0.25% 24 0.16% 18 0.12% 6,208 40.55% 15,307 Logan 446 86.77% 67 13.04% 1 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 379 73.73% 514 Loup 323 79.95% 79 19.55% 1 0.25% 1 0.25% 0 0.00% 244 60.40% 404 Madison 9,790 84.48% 1,757 15.16% 25 0.22% 5 0.04% 12 0.10% 8,033 69.32% 11,589 McPherson 295 82.87% 57 16.01% 3 0.84% 1 0.28% 0 0.00% 238 66.86% 356 Merrick 2,700 76.14% 818 23.07% 10 0.28% 11 0.31% 7 0.20% 1,882 53.07% 3,546 Morrill 1,888 79.80% 464 19.61% 7 0.30% 4 0.17% 3 0.13% 1,424 60.19% 2,366 Nance 1,393 72.14% 525 27.19% 9 0.47% 3 0.16% 1 0.05% 868 44.95% 1,931 Nemaha 2,752 72.55% 1,004 26.47% 21 0.55% 9 0.24% 7 0.18% 1,748 46.08% 3,793 Nuckolls 2,132 68.82% 947 30.57% 10 0.32% 4 0.13% 5 0.16% 1,185 38.25% 3,098 Otoe 4,679 70.94% 1,869 28.34% 26 0.39% 15 0.23% 7 0.11% 2,810 42.60% 6,596 Pawnee 1,306 69.32% 552 29.30% 10 0.53% 9 0.48% 7 0.37% 754 40.02% 1,884 Perkins 1,420 81.80% 307 17.68% 3 0.17% 2 0.12% 4 0.23% 1,113 64.12% 1,736 Phelps 3,741 83.11% 740 16.44% 10 0.22% 5 0.11% 5 0.11% 3,001 66.67% 4,501 Pierce 3,017 84.06% 545 15.19% 13 0.36% 9 0.25% 5 0.14% 2,472 68.87% 3,589 Platte 10,069 82.38% 2,061 16.86% 53 0.43% 25 0.20% 14 0.11% 8,008 65.52% 12,222 Polk 2,149 77.41% 610 21.97% 8 0.29% 6 0.22% 3 0.11% 1,539 55.44% 2,776 Red Willow 4,131 79.69% 1,026 19.79% 11 0.21% 12 0.23% 4 0.08% 3,105 59.90% 5,184 Richardson 3,634 71.28% 1,422 27.89% 22 0.43% 9 0.18% 11 0.22% 2,212 43.39% 5,098 Rock 873 85.34% 147 14.37% 1 0.10% 1 0.10% 1 0.10% 726 70.97% 1,023 Saline 2,942 54.54% 2,385 44.22% 34 0.63% 21 0.39% 12 0.22% 557 10.32% 5,394 Sarpy 20,192 74.37% 6,838 25.19% 64 0.24% 31 0.11% 25 0.09% 13,354 49.18% 27,150 Saunders 5,217 67.34% 2,467 31.84% 34 0.44% 14 0.18% 15 0.19% 2,750 35.50% 7,747 Scotts Bluff 10,711 77.18% 3,074 22.15% 47 0.34% 21 0.15% 25 0.18% 7,637 55.03% 13,878 Seward 3,983 67.09% 1,911 32.19% 17 0.29% 17 0.29% 9 0.15% 2,072 34.90% 5,937 Sheridan 2,661 86.93% 377 12.32% 10 0.33% 8 0.26% 5 0.16% 2,284 74.61% 3,061 Sherman 1,144 61.44% 701 37.65% 6 0.32% 7 0.38% 4 0.21% 443 23.79% 1,862 Sioux 732 85.12% 121 14.07% 3 0.35% 2 0.23% 2 0.23% 611 71.05% 860 Stanton 2,082 83.01% 411 16.39% 10 0.40% 4 0.16% 1 0.04% 1,671 66.62% 2,508 Thayer 2,580 72.66% 946 26.64% 11 0.31% 6 0.17% 8 0.23% 1,634 46.02% 3,551 Thomas 298 79.68% 73 19.52% 1 0.27% 1 0.27% 1 0.27% 225 60.16% 374 Thurston 1,410 56.40% 1,077 43.08% 4 0.16% 5 0.20% 4 0.16% 333 13.32% 2,500 Valley 2,055 73.21% 739 26.33% 3 0.11% 7 0.25% 3 0.11% 1,316 46.88% 2,807 Washington 5,191 76.44% 1,565 23.05% 16 0.24% 12 0.18% 7 0.10% 3,626 53.39% 6,791 Wayne 3,075 78.13% 833 21.16% 11 0.28% 9 0.23% 8 0.20% 2,242 56.97% 3,936 Webster 1,694 71.93% 645 27.39% 5 0.21% 5 0.21% 6 0.25% 1,049 44.54% 2,355 Wheeler 365 78.49% 97 20.86% 3 0.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 268 57.63% 465 York 5,147 82.08% 1,124 17.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,023 64.16% 6,271 Totals 460,054 70.55% 187,866 28.81% 2,079 0.32% 1,066 0.16% 1,025 0.16% 272,188 41.74% 652,090 See also United States presidential elections in Nebraska Presidency of Ronald Reagan References "1984 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". 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