1984 United States presidential election in New York

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1984 United States presidential election in New York
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  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
  Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Conservative Liberal
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote360
Popular vote3,664,7633,119,609
Percentage53.84%45.83%

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County Results

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

President Reagan holding a "The Gipper" jersey at a campaign rally in Endicott, New York, 1984. President Ronald Reagan holding "The Gipper" jersey at a campaign rally in Endicott, New York.jpg
President Reagan holding a "The Gipper" jersey at a campaign rally in Endicott, New York, 1984.

The 1984 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. All 50 States and the District of Columbia participated in this election. Voters in New York chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who selected president and vice president.

Contents

New York was won by Ronald Reagan with 53.84% of the popular vote over Walter Mondale with 45.83%, a victory margin of 8.01%. [1] This made New York about 10% more Democratic than the nation overall. This was the third election since the Civil War (the first two being 1952 and 1956), in which New York voted less Democratic than neighboring Pennsylvania.

The county results indicate a then-typical [1] split between New York's rural upstate and the large suburban counties around New York City, on the one hand, and the urban centers of New York City, Buffalo, and Albany, on the other. While Mondale carried the four most heavily populated boroughs of New York City with nearly 63% of the vote, the strong Republican performance across most of the upstate as well as in the heavily populated suburban counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester was able to secure the state's electoral votes for Reagan.

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 78% black, 14% white, 6% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups. [2] 38% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times' while 24% listed Hart and 29% selected none. [3]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in New York
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan3,376,51949.61%
Conservative Ronald Reagan288,2444.23%
Total Ronald Reagan (incumbent)3,664,76353.84%36
Democratic Walter Mondale3,001,28544.09%
Liberal Walter Mondale118,3241.74%
Total Walter Mondale 3,119,60945.83%0
Free Libertarian David Bergland 11,9490.18%0
Communist Party Gus Hall 4,2260.06%0
New Alliance Dennis Serrette 3,2000.05%0
Workers World Larry Holmes2,2260.03%0
Write-in8370.01%0
Totals6,806,810100.0%36

New York City results

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Results in New York City by borough
1984 Presidential Election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic-
Liberal
Walter Mondale 379,521223,112368,518328,37944,3451,343,87560.96%
72.06%66.86%61.34%53.34%34.69%
Republican-
Conservative
Ronald Reagan 144,281109,308230,064285,47783,187852,31738.66%
27.39%32.76%38.29%46.38%65.08%
Free Libertarian David Bergland 9883477446761612,9160.13%
0.19%0.10%0.12%0.11%0.13%
Communist Gus Hall 940335663497442,4790.11%
0.18%0.10%0.11%0.08%0.03%
New Alliance Dennis L. Serrette 619379505331361,8700.08%
0.12%0.11%0.08%0.05%0.03%
Workers’ World Larry Holmes295186266218319960.05%
0.06%0.06%0.04%0.04%0.02%
TOTAL526,671333,683600,771615,578127,8262,204,529100.00%

By congressional district

Reagan won 22 of 34 congressional districts, including eight held by Democrats and one by a Conservative. Mondale won 12 districts, including one held by a Republican. [4]

DistrictReaganMondaleRepresentative
1st 66%34% William Carney
2nd 66%34% Thomas Downey
3rd 64%36% Robert J. Mrazek
4th 64%36% Norman F. Lent
5th 60%40% Ray McGrath
6th 33%67% Joseph P. Addabbo
7th 47%53% Gary Ackerman
8th 47%53% James H. Scheuer
9th 57%43% Geraldine Ferraro
Thomas Manton
10th 49%51% Chuck Schumer
11th 21%79% Edolphus Towns
12th 14%86% Major Owens
13th 47%53% Stephen Solarz
14th 66%34% Guy Molinari
15th 40%60% Bill Green
16th 16%84% Charles Rangel
17th 25%75% Ted Weiss
18th 19%81% Bob Garcia
19th 52%48% Mario Biaggi
20th 56%44% Richard Ottinger
Joe DioGuardi
21st 68%32% Hamilton Fish IV
22nd 62%38% Benjamin Gilman
23rd 53%47% Samuel S. Stratton
24th 69%31% Gerry Solomon
25th 63%37% Sherwood Boehlert
26th 66%34% David O'Brien Martin
27th 61%39% George C. Wortley
28th 61%39% Matt McHugh
29th 61%39% Frank Horton
30th 63%37% Barber Conable
Fred J. Eckert
31st 62%38% Jack Kemp
32nd 55%45% John LaFalce
33rd 37%63% Henry J. Nowak
34th 68%32% Stan Lundine

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican/Conservative
Walter Mondale
Democratic/Liberal
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Albany 74,54249.50%75,44750.10%6030.40%-905-0.60%150,592
Allegany 14,52775.25%4,72024.45%570.30%9,80750.80%19,304
Bronx 109,30832.76%223,11266.86%1,2630.38%-113,804-34.10%333,683
Broome 58,10960.47%37,65839.19%3220.34%20,45121.28%96,089
Cattaraugus 24,16270.10%10,19429.58%1120.32%13,96840.52%34,468
Cayuga 21,45163.50%12,20736.14%1210.36%9,24427.36%33,779
Chautauqua 39,59763.13%22,98636.65%1410.22%16,61126.48%62,724
Chemung 24,90962.83%14,63836.92%1000.25%10,27125.91%39,647
Chenango 14,25469.03%6,34330.72%510.25%7,91138.31%20,648
Clinton 19,54964.22%10,80435.49%900.30%8,74528.73%30,443
Columbia 18,81467.46%8,96032.13%1170.42%9,85435.33%27,891
Cortland 13,69167.70%6,43831.83%950.47%7,25335.87%20,224
Delaware 14,00270.61%5,74528.97%830.42%8,25741.64%19,830
Dutchess 70,32467.89%32,86731.73%3890.38%37,45736.16%103,580
Erie 222,88248.28%237,63151.47%1,1580.25%-14,749-3.19%461,671
Essex 12,11469.94%5,11929.56%870.50%6,99540.38%17,320
Franklin 10,61762.22%6,40037.51%470.28%4,21724.71%17,064
Fulton 14,88765.82%7,64433.80%870.38%7,24332.02%22,618
Genesee 16,58265.78%8,54933.91%790.31%8,03331.87%25,210
Greene 14,15070.50%5,85829.19%620.31%8,29241.31%20,070
Hamilton 2,63777.97%73721.79%80.24%1,90056.18%3,382
Herkimer 18,82764.35%10,34635.36%850.29%8,48128.99%29,258
Jefferson 23,44567.96%10,96031.77%910.26%12,48536.19%34,496
Kings 230,06438.29%368,51861.34%2,1890.36%-138,454-23.05%600,771
Lewis 7,06971.69%2,75727.96%340.34%4,31243.73%9,860
Livingston 16,38968.60%7,39930.97%1040.44%8,99037.63%23,892
Madison 17,56867.67%8,29131.93%1040.40%9,27735.74%25,963
Monroe 182,69657.76%132,10941.77%1,4720.47%50,58715.99%316,277
Montgomery 14,39861.22%9,04438.45%780.33%5,35422.77%23,520
Nassau 392,01761.83%240,69737.96%1,3490.21%151,32023.87%634,063
New York 144,28127.39%379,52172.06%2,8690.54%-235,240-44.67%526,671
Niagara 51,28955.23%41,36844.55%2010.22%9,92110.68%92,858
Oneida 65,37760.38%42,60339.35%2890.27%22,77421.03%108,269
Onondaga 121,85759.64%81,77740.03%6800.33%40,08019.61%204,314
Ontario 24,50765.36%12,84434.26%1430.38%11,66331.10%37,494
Orange 69,41367.78%32,66331.89%3370.33%36,75035.89%102,413
Orleans 10,54370.17%4,42929.48%520.35%6,11440.69%15,024
Oswego 31,48168.39%14,34731.17%2060.45%17,13437.22%46,034
Otsego 16,77763.28%9,58236.14%1520.57%7,19527.14%26,511
Putnam 25,70772.87%9,47326.85%970.27%16,23446.02%35,277
Queens 285,47746.38%328,37953.34%1,7220.28%-42,902-6.96%615,578
Rensselaer 43,89261.94%26,75537.76%2170.31%17,13724.18%70,864
Richmond 83,18765.08%44,34534.69%2940.23%38,84230.39%127,826
Rockland 70,02060.88%44,68738.85%3110.27%25,33322.03%115,018
St. Lawrence 26,06261.83%15,96337.87%1240.29%10,09923.96%42,149
Saratoga 47,39467.91%22,16631.76%2280.33%25,22836.15%69,788
Schenectady 42,80858.09%30,61241.54%2770.38%12,19616.55%73,697
Schoharie 8,69267.97%3,99631.25%1000.78%4,69636.72%12,788
Schuyler 5,20767.98%2,42231.62%310.40%2,78536.36%7,660
Seneca 9,42065.84%4,82533.72%620.43%4,59532.12%14,307
Steuben 28,84873.19%10,47126.56%980.25%18,37746.63%39,417
Suffolk 335,48566.03%171,29533.72%1,2760.25%164,19032.31%508,056
Sullivan 18,03763.09%10,47536.64%780.27%7,56226.45%28,590
Tioga 14,85671.36%5,86028.15%1010.49%8,99643.21%20,817
Tompkins 18,25548.32%19,35751.24%1650.44%-1,102-2.92%37,777
Ulster 47,37263.93%26,44535.69%2850.38%20,92728.24%74,102
Warren 17,61674.75%5,88624.97%660.28%11,73049.78%23,568
Washington 16,58073.48%5,90926.19%740.33%10,67147.29%22,563
Wayne 24,17170.98%9,70028.49%1800.53%14,47142.49%34,051
Westchester 229,00558.67%160,22541.05%1,0780.28%68,78017.62%390,308
Wyoming 11,19971.69%4,38128.04%420.27%6,81843.65%15,622
Yates 6,36770.26%2,67029.46%250.28%3,69740.80%9,062
Totals3,664,76353.84%3,119,60945.83%22,4380.33%545,1548.01%6,806,810

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Analysis

Mondale carried Tompkins County, home of the college town of Ithaca. He was only the third Democrat to do so since the Civil War, after Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. [5] Reagan thus became the first-ever Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since the Republican Party's founding in 1854. Mondale managing to win Tompkins County even whilst losing the national popular vote by over 18% indicated the county's strong Democratic trend; it has given every subsequent Democratic nominee a double-digit margin, every Democrat from 2004 on over 60%, and every Democrat from 2008 on over 66% of its vote. This was among a handful of counties nationwide that flipped against Reagan. [a]

As of 2024 , this remains the last time that New York has been carried by a Republican presidential nominee, as well as the last time that Schenectady County has done so. [6] Broome and Niagara counties would not vote Republican again until 2016.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1984 Presidential General Election Results – New York". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  2. Ranney 1985, p. 54.
  3. Ranney 1985, p. 62.
  4. "Map Viewer".
  5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 261-265 ISBN   0786422173
  6. 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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