1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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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 13 0 Popular vote 1,346,481 824,287 Percentage 61.90% 37.89%

County results Congressional district results Reagan   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Mondale   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Ronald Reagan Republican Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Carolina voted for President Ronald Reagan, running with Vice President George H. W. Bush, against former Vice President Walter Mondale, running with U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Vance County and Chatham County voted for a Republican presidential candidate ^[1]

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 89% black, 8% white, 1% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups. ^[2]

73% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	1,346,481	61.90%	13
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	824,287	37.89%	0
	Libertarian	David Bergland	3,794	0.17%	0
	Socialist Workers	Melvin Mason	799	0.04%	0
Totals			2,175,361	100.00%	13
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county ^[6]

County	Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican		Walter Frederick Mondale Democratic		David Peter Bergland Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin
	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Avery	79.87%	4,702	19.69%	1,159	0.29%	17	0.15%	9	60.18%	3,543
Mitchell	78.51%	4,737	21.31%	1,286	0.17%	10	0.02%	1	57.19%	3,451
Randolph	77.36%	25,759	22.56%	7,511	0.07%	23	0.02%	6	54.80%	18,248
Yadkin	74.37%	8,976	25.48%	3,075	0.12%	14	0.04%	5	48.89%	5,901
Davie	73.72%	8,201	26.17%	2,911	0.11%	12	0.01%	1	47.55%	5,290
Gaston	73.36%	39,167	26.49%	14,142	0.13%	70	0.02%	13	46.87%	25,025
Wilkes	73.03%	18,670	26.80%	6,852	0.16%	40	0.01%	2	46.23%	11,818
Catawba	72.78%	31,476	27.05%	11,700	0.14%	61	0.03%	13	45.72%	19,776
Henderson	72.55%	19,369	27.05%	7,222	0.30%	80	0.10%	26	45.50%	12,147
Davidson	72.55%	30,471	27.31%	11,469	0.13%	54	0.02%	7	45.24%	19,002
Cabarrus	72.54%	22,528	27.29%	8,477	0.14%	43	0.03%	10	45.24%	14,051
Dare	71.83%	4,738	27.88%	1,839	0.24%	16	0.05%	3	43.95%	2,899
Onslow	70.75%	13,928	29.02%	5,713	0.17%	34	0.06%	12	41.73%	8,215
Union	70.45%	16,885	29.41%	7,048	0.11%	27	0.03%	8	41.04%	9,837
Alexander	70.22%	8,502	29.58%	3,581	0.17%	20	0.03%	4	40.65%	4,921
Rowan	70.20%	25,207	29.64%	10,643	0.14%	52	0.01%	5	40.56%	14,564
Iredell	70.14%	23,641	29.67%	9,999	0.16%	55	0.03%	9	40.48%	13,642
Caldwell	69.79%	17,024	29.97%	7,311	0.20%	50	0.04%	9	39.82%	9,713
Alamance	69.74%	26,063	30.05%	11,230	0.18%	68	0.02%	9	39.69%	14,833
Stanly	67.99%	13,116	31.82%	6,138	0.15%	29	0.05%	9	36.17%	6,978
Lincoln	67.64%	12,621	32.13%	5,996	0.20%	38	0.02%	4	35.51%	6,625
Lee	67.47%	8,198	32.30%	3,925	0.21%	25	0.02%	3	35.17%	4,273
Moore	67.40%	14,681	32.42%	7,063	0.14%	30	0.04%	9	34.97%	7,618
Johnston	67.32%	16,210	32.53%	7,833	0.10%	24	0.05%	13	34.79%	8,377
Nash	66.73%	17,295	33.14%	8,588	0.09%	23	0.04%	11	33.60%	8,707
Carteret	66.28%	11,637	33.50%	5,882	0.20%	35	0.02%	3	32.78%	5,755
Stokes	65.63%	9,515	34.14%	4,950	0.19%	28	0.03%	5	31.49%	4,565
New Hanover	65.21%	23,771	34.54%	12,591	0.21%	75	0.04%	15	30.67%	11,180
McDowell	65.08%	7,639	34.73%	4,076	0.14%	17	0.04%	5	30.36%	3,563
Macon	64.93%	6,661	34.80%	3,570	0.20%	21	0.06%	6	30.13%	3,091
Transylvania	64.91%	6,956	34.83%	3,733	0.23%	25	0.03%	3	30.07%	3,223
Polk	64.73%	4,046	34.70%	2,169	0.54%	34	0.03%	2	30.03%	1,877
Surry	64.88%	13,340	34.96%	7,188	0.13%	26	0.04%	8	29.92%	6,152
Watauga	64.27%	9,370	35.41%	5,163	0.28%	41	0.03%	5	28.86%	4,207
Burke	64.32%	18,766	35.48%	10,353	0.17%	51	0.03%	8	28.83%	8,413
Wayne	64.13%	17,961	35.74%	10,011	0.11%	30	0.02%	6	28.38%	7,950
Craven	64.04%	12,893	35.69%	7,186	0.20%	41	0.07%	14	28.35%	5,707
Cherokee	63.72%	4,894	36.15%	2,776	0.10%	8	0.03%	2	27.58%	2,118
Currituck	63.24%	2,885	36.56%	1,668	0.18%	8	0.02%	1	26.68%	1,217
Mecklenburg	62.67%	106,754	37.10%	63,190	0.20%	337	0.03%	58	25.57%	43,564
Rockingham	62.70%	17,895	37.16%	10,605	0.11%	32	0.02%	7	25.54%	7,290
Graham	62.63%	2,514	37.22%	1,494	0.10%	4	0.05%	2	25.41%	1,020
Clay	62.39%	2,259	37.01%	1,340	0.52%	19	0.08%	3	25.38%	919
Cleveland	62.22%	17,095	37.44%	10,288	0.30%	82	0.04%	12	24.77%	6,807
Person	62.30%	5,854	37.54%	3,528	0.12%	11	0.04%	4	24.75%	2,326
Rutherford	62.23%	11,369	37.56%	6,862	0.18%	33	0.02%	4	24.67%	4,507
Ashe	62.10%	6,611	37.66%	4,009	0.21%	22	0.03%	3	24.44%	2,602
Buncombe	61.61%	37,698	38.14%	23,337	0.20%	122	0.05%	29	23.47%	14,361
Wake	61.61%	81,251	38.16%	50,323	0.20%	267	0.02%	30	23.45%	30,928
Forsyth	61.53%	59,208	38.26%	36,814	0.18%	174	0.02%	24	23.27%	22,394
Guilford	61.25%	73,096	38.57%	46,027	0.16%	186	0.03%	31	22.68%	27,069
Harnett	61.11%	11,198	38.78%	7,106	0.08%	15	0.02%	4	22.33%	4,092
Lenoir	60.79%	13,321	39.04%	8,556	0.12%	27	0.05%	10	21.74%	4,765
Beaufort	60.66%	9,284	39.12%	5,987	0.18%	27	0.05%	7	21.54%	3,297
Wilson	59.31%	12,243	40.42%	8,343	0.19%	40	0.08%	17	18.89%	3,900
Brunswick	58.89%	9,763	40.86%	6,774	0.21%	35	0.04%	6	18.03%	2,989
Pitt	58.36%	18,983	41.45%	13,481	0.15%	48	0.04%	14	16.92%	5,502
Cumberland	58.18%	31,602	41.63%	22,614	0.16%	89	0.03%	14	16.55%	8,988
Perquimans	57.28%	1,939	42.57%	1,441	0.12%	4	0.03%	1	14.71%	498
Montgomery	57.07%	5,109	42.79%	3,831	0.07%	6	0.07%	6	14.28%	1,278
Alleghany	56.08%	2,589	43.60%	2,013	0.28%	13	0.04%	2	12.48%	576
Jackson	55.97%	5,582	43.78%	4,367	0.22%	22	0.03%	3	12.18%	1,215
Haywood	55.94%	10,146	43.88%	7,958	0.13%	24	0.05%	9	12.06%	2,188
Franklin	55.57%	5,984	44.26%	4,766	0.09%	10	0.07%	8	11.31%	1,218
Chowan	55.41%	2,171	44.31%	1,736	0.23%	9	0.05%	2	11.10%	435
Madison	54.81%	3,666	44.67%	2,988	0.15%	10	0.37%	25	10.14%	678
Granville	54.42%	6,302	45.05%	5,217	0.50%	58	0.03%	3	9.37%	1,085
Pasquotank	54.58%	4,646	45.27%	3,854	0.07%	6	0.08%	7	9.30%	792
Camden	54.25%	1,282	45.49%	1,075	0.21%	5	0.04%	1	8.76%	207
Hyde	54.27%	1,195	45.59%	1,004	0.14%	3	0.00%	0	8.67%	191
Pamlico	54.14%	2,554	45.62%	2,152	0.17%	8	0.06%	3	8.52%	402
Yancey	53.96%	4,296	45.86%	3,651	0.11%	9	0.06%	5	8.10%	645
Sampson	53.87%	10,665	46.04%	9,115	0.07%	13	0.02%	3	7.83%	1,550
Pender	53.73%	5,079	46.06%	4,354	0.17%	16	0.04%	4	7.67%	725
Vance	53.68%	6,836	46.18%	5,880	0.12%	15	0.02%	3	7.51%	956
Greene	53.47%	3,195	46.39%	2,772	0.13%	8	0.00%	0	7.08%	423
Chatham	53.39%	8,595	46.33%	7,458	0.24%	39	0.04%	7	7.06%	1,137
Duplin	52.96%	7,708	46.93%	6,830	0.09%	13	0.03%	4	6.03%	878
Martin	52.32%	4,266	47.47%	3,870	0.15%	12	0.06%	5	4.86%	396
Columbus	51.11%	9,150	48.75%	8,728	0.11%	20	0.03%	6	2.36%	422
Jones	50.30%	2,062	49.40%	2,025	0.20%	8	0.10%	4	0.90%	37
Scotland	50.23%	4,077	49.62%	4,028	0.14%	11	0.01%	1	0.60%	49
Swain	50.02%	2,012	49.73%	2,000	0.22%	9	0.02%	1	0.30%	12
Caswell	48.84%	3,992	50.86%	4,157	0.23%	19	0.07%	6	-2.02%	-165
Tyrrell	48.89%	774	50.98%	807	0.06%	1	0.06%	1	-2.08%	-33
Halifax	48.65%	8,832	51.11%	9,278	0.17%	30	0.07%	13	-2.46%	-446
Bladen	48.07%	4,701	51.78%	5,064	0.12%	12	0.02%	2	-3.71%	-363
Edgecombe	47.66%	9,635	52.16%	10,545	0.12%	24	0.06%	12	-4.50%	-910
Richmond	47.50%	6,807	52.30%	7,494	0.18%	26	0.02%	3	-4.79%	-687
Durham	47.39%	29,185	52.36%	32,244	0.22%	134	0.03%	21	-4.97%	-3,059
Washington	46.67%	2,731	53.21%	3,114	0.12%	7	0.00%	0	-6.54%	-383
Robeson	45.76%	12,947	53.93%	15,257	0.20%	56	0.11%	31	-8.17%	-2,310
Hoke	43.14%	2,449	56.61%	3,214	0.19%	11	0.05%	3	-13.48%	-765
Gates	43.10%	1,694	56.62%	2,225	0.18%	7	0.10%	4	-13.51%	-531
Orange	42.96%	15,585	56.69%	20,564	0.30%	108	0.06%	20	-13.72%	-4,979
Anson	42.45%	3,719	57.25%	5,015	0.13%	11	0.17%	15	-14.79%	-1,296
Bertie	41.91%	2,879	57.54%	3,953	0.42%	29	0.13%	9	-15.63%	-1,074
Hertford	41.27%	3,176	58.45%	4,498	0.21%	16	0.06%	5	-17.18%	-1,322
Warren	40.25%	2,664	59.63%	3,946	0.05%	3	0.08%	5	-19.37%	-1,282
Northampton	38.39%	3,198	61.15%	5,094	0.29%	24	0.17%	14	-22.76%	-1,896

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Cumberland
• Rockingham
• Alleghany
• Union
• Lee
• Sampson
• Cleveland
• Brunswick
• Montgomery
• Jackson
• Currituck
• Yancey
• Harnett
• Madison
• Pasquotank
• Person
• Greene
• Vance
• Perquimans
• Chatham
• Haywood
• Swain
• Duplin
• Pamlico
• Camden
• Chowan
• Hyde
• Franklin
• Jones
• Granville
• Pender
• Columbus
• Martin
• Scotland

References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
2. Ranney 1985, p. 54.
3. Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
4. Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
5. "1984 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
6. "NC US President Race, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

• Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN   0674941306.

Works cited

• Ranney, Austin, ed. (1985). The American Elections of 1984. Duke University Press. ISBN   0822302306.