1984 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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1984 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
  Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote30
Popular vote200,336104,429
Percentage64.84%33.80%

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County Results

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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 three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. North Dakota 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.

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The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for North Dakota, with over 98% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, though several parties appeared on the ballot. [1] Every county gave either Mondale or Reagan a majority; the vast majority—all but two—gave Reagan a majority. Reagan's best county was McIntosh County, where he got 81.5% of the vote; Mondale's was Sioux County, where he got 58.6% of the vote. Reagan exceeded 70% in 15 counties, including Stark (Dickinson), the state's seventh-largest at the time.

North Dakota weighed in for this election as 13% more Republican than the national average. Reagan won North Dakota by a landslide 31-point margin. His 64.84% vote share made it his twelfth-best state. He carried every county in the state save the majority Native American counties of Sioux and Rolette; he had previously carried Sioux County in 1980. He performed well in both the more populous counties—earning over 60% of the vote in Cass County (Fargo) and Grand Forks County (Grand Forks), and over 2/3 of the vote in Burleigh County (Bismarck) and Ward County (Minot)--as well as in its more rural areas. In only eight counties (including the two he lost) did his vote share even dip below his national share of 58.8%, and in only two (Sargent and Benson) was the margin less than 5%. None of these counties cast more than 4,000 votes.

Apart from its vote for Woodrow Wilson in 1912, the election where the Republican Party was badly split between Theodore Roosevelt's progressive Bull Moose Party and William Howard Taft's conservative supporters; the nationally close election of 1916 and its vote for Populist James Weaver in 1892, North Dakota has been a typically Republican state since its admittance in 1889. Indeed, no Republican has won the White House without North Dakota since its admittance to the Union. Alone amongst the free-soil Plains West states, it resisted the appeal of William Jennings Bryan in 1896, and was Warren Harding's best state in 1920. Even so, Reagan's victory in the state was one of the stronger ones compared to other recent Republican landslide winners. His vote share exceeded, for example, Nixon's in 1972 and Eisenhower's in 1956 (although not Eisenhower's in 1952). Reagan's particularly strong appeal in the Flickertail State was first on display in 1980, when Reagan exceeded his national vote share by over 10% in the state (already exceeding the vote shares won by both Nixon in 1972 and Eisenhower in 1956). Reagan's 64.84% vote share would remain unsurpassed until 2020, when Donald Trump received 65.11% in the state. Even so, North Dakota was the state that trended most strongly Democratic in 1984, as Mondale lost the state by 7% less than Carter had done in 1980. [2]

For the 16th election in a row, North Dakota voted the same as the other three free-soil Plains West states (South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas). Since the Dakotas were admitted to the Union in 1889, the four states have disagreed only in 1892, 1896, 1912, and 1916. This region has been a stronghold for the Republican Party since shortly after its founding and, aside from partial flirtations with Bryan and Wilson, has remained so ever since.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in North Dakota
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)200,33664.84%3
Democratic-NPL Walter Mondale 104,42933.80%0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 1,2780.41%0
America First Bob Richards 1,0770.35%0
Libertarian David Bergland 7030.23%0
Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 3680.12%0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 2390.08%0
Prohibition Earl Dodge 2200.07%0
Communist Party Gus Hall 1690.05%0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1520.05%0
Totals308,971100.00%3

Results by county

County [3] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic-NPL
Lyndon LaRouche
Independent
Bob Richards
America First
David Bergland
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 1,34370.68%53027.89%170.89%50.26%30.16%20.11%81342.79%1,900
Barnes 4,34862.79%2,50736.20%180.26%200.29%100.14%220.32%1,84126.59%6,925
Benson 1,72951.41%1,59947.55%170.51%50.15%50.15%80.24%1303.86%3,363
Billings 50577.34%13320.37%50.77%81.23%10.15%10.15%37256.97%653
Bottineau 3,35671.59%1,27927.28%240.51%120.26%60.13%110.23%2,07744.31%4,688
Bowman 1,55972.55%56226.15%120.56%60.28%10.05%90.42%99746.40%2,149
Burke 1,29869.45%54329.05%110.59%140.75%20.11%10.05%75540.40%1,869
Burleigh 19,91368.25%8,78130.10%1490.51%1350.46%770.26%1210.41%11,13238.15%29,176
Cass 29,22161.35%18,05437.91%890.19%400.08%1210.25%1040.22%11,16723.44%47,629
Cavalier 2,66169.95%1,11029.18%130.34%90.24%40.11%70.18%1,55140.77%3,804
Dickey 2,46069.37%1,05129.64%180.51%50.14%20.06%100.28%1,40939.73%3,546
Divide 1,16563.32%62634.02%392.12%60.33%10.05%30.16%53929.30%1,840
Dunn 1,58368.12%71630.81%100.43%90.39%10.04%50.22%86737.31%2,324
Eddy 1,04956.40%79642.80%40.22%10.05%80.43%20.11%25313.60%1,860
Emmons 1,88573.46%62024.16%240.94%210.82%20.08%140.55%1,26549.30%2,566
Foster 1,42264.23%76534.55%130.59%30.14%40.18%70.32%65729.68%2,214
Golden Valley 96473.09%32524.64%171.29%50.38%40.30%40.30%63948.45%1,319
Grand Forks 15,89860.70%10,05038.37%520.20%330.13%850.32%730.28%5,84822.33%26,191
Grant 1,60774.92%50723.64%190.89%20.09%40.19%60.28%1,10051.28%2,145
Griggs 1,25459.89%82839.54%20.10%30.14%40.19%30.14%42620.35%2,094
Hettinger 1,64674.75%52423.80%170.77%70.32%20.09%60.27%1,12250.95%2,202
Kidder 1,24068.62%50628.00%110.61%392.16%20.11%90.50%73440.62%1,807
LaMoure 1,97863.64%1,08634.94%150.48%70.23%60.19%160.51%89228.70%3,108
Logan 1,22272.91%40123.93%30.18%412.45%20.12%70.42%82148.98%1,676
McHenry 2,48565.38%1,28333.75%190.50%100.26%20.05%20.05%1,20231.63%3,801
McIntosh 2,04781.46%42716.99%120.48%80.32%10.04%180.72%1,62064.47%2,513
McKenzie 2,61071.96%97426.85%150.41%90.25%140.39%50.14%1,63645.11%3,627
McLean 3,67362.82%2,06235.27%300.51%440.75%110.19%270.46%1,61127.55%5,847
Mercer 3,70567.24%1,72931.38%280.51%240.44%110.20%130.24%1,97635.86%5,510
Morton 7,14662.93%3,99635.19%610.54%700.62%190.17%640.56%3,15027.74%11,356
Mountrail 1,95955.11%1,56544.02%170.48%40.11%30.08%70.20%39411.09%3,555
Nelson 1,44557.50%1,02640.83%100.40%140.56%90.36%90.36%41916.67%2,513
Oliver 91567.43%41930.88%80.59%60.44%20.15%70.52%49636.55%1,357
Pembina 2,89565.99%1,36731.16%240.55%581.32%290.66%140.32%1,52834.83%4,387
Pierce 1,88371.71%69126.31%180.69%160.61%60.23%120.46%1,19245.40%2,626
Ramsey 4,15063.33%2,30435.16%340.52%160.24%150.23%340.52%1,84628.17%6,553
Ransom 1,70659.38%1,12239.05%110.38%50.17%80.28%210.73%58420.33%2,873
Renville 1,16365.56%59233.37%130.73%40.23%10.06%10.06%57132.19%1,774
Richland 5,98065.48%3,04733.36%270.30%360.39%130.14%300.33%2,93332.12%9,133
Rolette 1,47939.43%2,17958.09%220.59%250.67%140.37%320.85%-700-18.66%3,751
Sargent 1,38550.83%1,29547.52%170.62%70.26%20.07%190.70%903.31%2,725
Sheridan 1,07577.01%30621.92%80.57%30.21%20.14%20.14%76955.09%1,396
Sioux 44239.53%65558.59%121.07%30.27%20.18%40.36%-213-19.06%1,118
Slope 41969.26%17428.76%40.66%71.16%10.17%00.00%24540.50%605
Stark 7,64171.15%2,75925.69%630.59%630.59%470.44%1671.55%4,88245.46%10,740
Steele 94154.08%78144.89%60.34%30.17%40.23%50.29%1609.19%1,740
Stutsman 6,59164.57%3,49534.24%300.29%400.39%200.20%320.31%3,09630.33%10,208
Towner 1,24260.15%78938.21%100.48%140.68%50.24%50.24%45321.94%2,065
Traill 3,03764.70%1,58033.66%210.45%280.60%120.26%160.34%1,45731.04%4,694
Walsh 4,34764.84%2,26433.77%260.39%130.19%220.33%320.48%2,08331.07%6,704
Ward 16,07768.06%7,33631.05%750.32%570.24%320.14%460.19%8,74137.01%23,623
Wells 2,42669.20%1,03629.55%170.48%200.57%20.06%50.14%1,39039.65%3,506
Williams 8,16670.87%3,17727.57%410.36%360.31%420.36%610.53%4,98943.30%11,523
Totals200,33664.84%104,42933.80%1,2780.41%1,0770.35%7030.23%1,1480.37%95,90731.04%308,971

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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