1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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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 vote130
Popular vote1,346,481824,287
Percentage61.90%37.89%

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1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina results map by congressional district.svg

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.

Contents

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 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Vance County and Chatham County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and Scotland County would not vote Republican again until 2020. [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]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)1,346,48161.90%13
Democratic Walter Mondale 824,28737.89%0
Libertarian David Bergland 3,7940.17%0
Socialist Workers Melvin Mason 7990.04%0
Totals2,175,361100.00%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

County [6] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
David Bergland
Libertarian
Melvin Mason
Socialist Workers
MarginTotal
# %# %# %# %# %
Alamance 26,06369.74%11,23030.05%680.18%90.02%14,83339.69%37,370
Alexander 8,50270.22%3,58129.58%200.17%40.03%4,92140.66%12,107
Alleghany 2,58956.08%2,01343.60%130.28%20.04%57612.48%4,617
Anson 3,71942.45%5,01557.25%110.13%150.17%-1,296-14.80%8,760
Ashe 6,61162.10%4,00937.66%220.21%30.03%2,60224.44%10,645
Avery 4,70279.88%1,15919.69%170.29%80.14%3,54360.19%5,886
Beaufort 9,28460.66%5,98739.12%270.18%60.04%3,29721.54%15,304
Bertie 2,87941.91%3,95357.54%290.42%90.13%-1,074-15.63%6,870
Bladen 4,70148.07%5,06451.78%120.12%20.02%-363-3.71%9,779
Brunswick 9,67358.67%6,77441.08%350.21%60.04%2,89917.59%16,488
Buncombe 37,69861.62%23,33738.14%1220.20%260.04%14,36123.48%61,183
Burke 18,76664.32%10,35335.48%510.17%80.03%8,41328.84%29,178
Cabarrus 22,52872.54%8,47727.29%430.14%100.03%14,05145.25%31,058
Caldwell 17,02469.79%7,31129.97%500.20%90.04%9,71339.82%24,394
Camden 1,28254.25%1,07545.49%50.21%10.04%2078.76%2,363
Carteret 11,63766.28%5,88233.50%350.20%30.02%5,75532.78%17,557
Caswell 3,99248.84%4,15750.86%190.23%60.07%-165-2.02%8,174
Catawba 31,47672.78%11,70027.05%610.14%130.03%19,77645.73%43,250
Chatham 8,59553.39%7,45846.33%390.24%70.04%1,1377.06%16,099
Cherokee 4,89463.73%2,77636.15%80.10%10.01%2,11827.58%7,679
Chowan 2,17155.41%1,73644.31%90.23%20.05%43511.10%3,918
Clay 2,25962.42%1,34037.03%190.53%10.03%91925.39%3,619
Cleveland 17,09562.23%10,28837.45%820.30%70.03%6,80724.78%27,472
Columbus 9,15051.11%8,72848.75%200.11%60.03%4222.36%17,904
Craven 12,89364.04%7,18635.69%410.20%140.07%5,70728.35%20,134
Cumberland 31,60258.18%22,61441.63%890.16%140.03%8,98816.55%54,319
Currituck 2,88563.24%1,66836.56%80.18%10.02%1,21726.68%4,562
Dare 4,73871.83%1,83927.88%160.24%30.05%2,89943.95%6,596
Davidson 30,47172.55%11,46927.31%540.13%70.02%19,00245.24%42,001
Davie 8,20173.72%2,91126.17%120.11%10.01%5,29047.55%11,125
Duplin 7,70852.96%6,83046.93%130.09%40.03%8786.03%14,555
Durham 29,18547.39%32,24452.36%1340.22%210.03%-3,059-4.97%61,584
Edgecombe 9,63547.66%10,54552.16%240.12%120.06%-910-4.50%20,216
Forsyth 59,20861.54%36,81438.26%1740.18%150.02%22,39423.28%96,211
Franklin 5,98455.57%4,76644.26%100.09%80.07%1,21811.31%10,768
Gaston 39,16773.36%14,14226.49%700.13%130.02%25,02546.87%53,392
Gates 1,69443.10%2,22556.62%70.18%40.10%-531-13.52%3,930
Graham 2,51462.63%1,49437.22%40.10%20.05%1,02025.41%4,014
Granville 6,30254.42%5,21745.05%580.50%30.03%1,0859.37%11,580
Greene 3,19553.47%2,77246.39%80.13%00.00%4237.08%5,975
Guilford 73,09661.25%46,02738.57%1860.16%270.02%27,06922.68%119,336
Halifax 8,83248.65%9,27851.11%300.17%130.07%-446-2.46%18,153
Harnett 11,19861.11%7,10638.78%150.08%40.02%4,09222.33%18,323
Haywood 10,14655.96%7,95843.89%240.13%30.02%2,18812.07%18,131
Henderson 19,36972.55%7,22227.05%800.30%260.10%12,14745.50%26,697
Hertford 3,17641.27%4,49858.45%160.21%50.06%-1,322-17.18%7,695
Hoke 2,44943.14%3,21456.61%110.19%30.05%-765-13.47%5,677
Hyde 1,19554.27%1,00445.59%30.14%00.00%1918.68%2,202
Iredell 23,64170.14%9,99929.67%550.16%90.03%13,64240.47%33,704
Jackson 5,58255.97%4,36743.78%220.22%30.03%1,21512.19%9,974
Johnston 16,21067.32%7,83332.53%240.10%130.05%8,37734.79%24,080
Jones 2,06250.30%2,02549.40%80.20%40.10%370.90%4,099
Lee 8,19867.47%3,92532.30%250.21%30.02%4,27335.17%12,151
Lenoir 13,32160.79%8,55639.04%270.12%100.05%4,76521.75%21,914
Lincoln 12,62167.64%5,99632.13%380.20%40.02%6,62535.51%18,659
Macon 6,66164.95%3,57034.81%210.20%40.04%3,09130.14%10,256
Madison 3,66654.81%2,98844.67%100.15%250.37%67810.14%6,689
Martin 4,26652.32%3,87047.47%120.15%50.06%3964.85%8,153
McDowell 7,63965.09%4,07634.73%170.14%40.03%3,56330.36%11,736
Mecklenburg 106,75462.67%63,19037.10%3370.20%560.03%43,56425.57%170,337
Mitchell 4,73778.51%1,28621.31%100.17%10.02%3,45157.20%6,034
Montgomery 5,10957.07%3,83142.79%60.07%60.07%1,27814.28%8,952
Moore 14,68167.40%7,06332.43%300.14%80.04%7,61834.97%21,782
Nash 17,29566.73%8,58833.14%230.09%110.04%8,70733.59%25,917
New Hanover 23,77165.21%12,59134.54%750.21%150.04%11,18030.67%36,452
Northampton 3,19838.39%5,09461.15%240.29%140.17%-1,896-22.76%8,330
Onslow 13,92870.75%5,71329.02%340.17%120.06%8,21541.73%19,687
Orange 15,58542.96%20,56456.69%1080.30%200.06%-4,979-13.73%36,277
Pamlico 2,55454.14%2,15245.62%80.17%30.06%4028.52%4,717
Pasquotank 4,64654.58%3,85445.27%60.07%70.08%7929.31%8,513
Pender 5,07953.73%4,35446.06%160.17%40.04%7257.67%9,453
Perquimans 1,93957.28%1,44142.57%40.12%10.03%49814.71%3,385
Person 5,85462.30%3,52837.54%110.12%40.04%2,32624.76%9,397
Pitt 18,98358.36%13,48141.45%480.15%140.04%5,50216.91%32,526
Polk 4,04664.73%2,16934.70%340.54%20.03%1,87730.03%6,251
Randolph 25,75977.36%7,51122.56%230.07%60.02%18,24854.80%33,299
Richmond 6,80747.50%7,49452.30%260.18%30.02%-687-4.80%14,330
Robeson 12,94745.76%15,25753.93%560.20%310.11%-2,310-8.17%28,291
Rockingham 17,89562.70%10,60537.16%320.11%70.02%7,29025.54%28,539
Rowan 25,20770.20%10,64329.64%520.14%50.01%14,56440.56%35,907
Rutherford 11,36962.23%6,86237.56%330.18%40.02%4,50724.67%18,268
Sampson 10,66553.87%9,11546.04%130.07%30.02%1,5507.83%19,796
Scotland 4,07750.23%4,02849.62%110.14%10.01%490.61%8,117
Stanly 13,11668.00%6,13831.82%290.15%60.03%6,97836.18%19,289
Stokes 9,51565.63%4,95034.14%280.19%50.03%4,56531.49%14,498
Surry 13,34064.88%7,18834.96%260.13%80.04%6,15229.92%20,562
Swain 2,01250.02%2,00049.73%90.22%10.02%120.29%4,022
Transylvania 6,95664.91%3,73334.83%250.23%30.03%3,22330.08%10,717
Tyrrell 77448.89%80750.98%10.06%10.06%-33-2.09%1,583
Union 16,88570.45%7,04829.41%270.11%80.03%9,83741.04%23,968
Vance 6,83653.68%5,88046.18%150.12%30.02%9567.50%12,734
Wake 81,25161.61%50,32338.16%2670.20%300.02%30,92823.45%131,871
Warren 2,66440.25%3,94659.63%30.05%50.08%-1,282-19.38%6,618
Washington 2,73146.67%3,11453.21%70.12%00.00%-383-6.54%5,852
Watauga 9,37064.27%5,16335.41%410.28%50.03%4,20728.86%14,579
Wayne 17,96164.13%10,01135.74%300.11%60.02%7,95028.39%28,008
Wilkes 18,67073.03%6,85226.80%400.16%20.01%11,81846.23%25,564
Wilson 12,24359.31%8,34340.42%400.19%170.08%3,90018.89%20,643
Yadkin 8,97674.37%3,07525.48%140.12%50.04%5,90148.89%12,070
Yancey 4,29653.96%3,65145.86%90.11%50.06%6458.10%7,961
Totals1,346,48161.90%824,28737.89%3,7940.17%7990.04%522,19424.01%2,175,361

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