1984 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1984 United States presidential election in Ohio
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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 vote230
Popular vote2,678,5601,825,440
Percentage58.90%40.14%

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President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the election. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

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Ohio 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 incumbent Vice President and 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 Ohio, with over 99% of the electorate voting only either Democratic or Republican, though several more parties did appear on the ballot. [1] Reagan won the election in Ohio by a decisive 18.76% margin, making Ohio just over half a percent more Republican than the nation overall. Reagan won all but six of Ohio's counties, but, amongst the state's population centers, scored particularly strong wins in Hamilton and Franklin Counties, home to Cincinnati and Columbus and their closer-in suburbs, respectively; he won over 60% in both and won each by a raw vote margin of over 100,000 votes. Mondale's wins were limited to Cuyahoga, which he won with less than 60% of the vote, and a series of counties in Appalachian Ohio, along the border with Pennsylvania and West Virginia: Mahoning, Trumbull, Jefferson, Belmont, and Monroe. Unlike Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and Nixon in 1972, Reagan was unable to capture the state's largest county, Cuyahoga; however, Mondale was unable to retain Athens County (home to Ohio University), despite that it had voted Democratic in the last three straight elections (including for McGovern).

While Pennsylvania and much of the Upper Midwest shifted more Democratic in this election, Ohio voted in line with the nation, presaging its role as the only large Midwestern state (and indeed as the only large state outside the South) to vote Republican in 2000, 2004, and 2020. However, Ohio's delegation in the United States House of Representatives switched from Republican to Democratic control despite Reagan's victory in the state. [2] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Lucas County, Athens County, and Summit County voted for a Republican presidential candidate, the last until 2016 that Ashtabula County voted for a Republican candidate and the last until 2020 that Lorain County voted for a Republican candidate. [3] It is also the last time to date that Ohio voted to the left of neighboring Michigan.

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 81% black, 18% white, and 1% were members of other groups. [4]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Ohio
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)2,678,56058.90%23
Democratic Walter Mondale 1,825,44040.14%0
Not Designated Dennis Serrette 12,0900.27%0
Not Designated Lyndon LaRouche 10,6930.24%0
Not Designated David Bergland 5,8860.13%0
Not Designated Gus Hall 4,4380.10%0
Not Designated Melvin Mason 4,3440.10%0
Not Designated Edward Winn 3,5650.08%0
Not Designated Larry Holmes 2,5650.06%0
Other write-ins34>0.01%0
Prohibition Earl Dodge (write-in)4>0.01%0
Totals4,547,619100.0%23

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 6,11362.83%3,53436.32%820.84%2,57926.51%9,729
Allen 33,50672.98%12,17626.52%2290.50%21,33046.46%45,911
Ashland 14,33974.40%4,78624.83%1470.76%9,55349.57%19,272
Ashtabula 21,66952.34%19,34446.73%3840.93%2,3255.61%41,397
Athens 11,54852.59%10,20146.46%2090.95%1,3476.13%21,958
Auglaize 14,76677.72%4,10221.59%1320.69%10,66456.13%19,000
Belmont 15,17043.52%19,45855.82%2280.65%-4,288-12.30%34,856
Brown 8,22166.28%4,06732.79%1160.94%4,15433.49%12,404
Butler 76,21672.92%27,70026.50%5980.57%48,51646.42%104,514
Carroll 6,70363.33%3,77135.63%1101.04%2,93227.70%10,584
Champaign 9,93573.05%3,54426.06%1210.89%6,39146.99%13,600
Clark 35,83162.05%21,15436.63%7591.31%14,67725.42%57,744
Clermont 35,31674.63%11,71324.75%2900.61%23,60349.88%47,319
Clinton 9,60373.77%3,33225.60%830.64%6,27148.17%13,018
Columbiana 24,55254.43%20,15544.68%4030.89%4,3979.75%45,110
Coshocton 9,84268.71%4,39230.66%890.62%5,45038.05%14,323
Crawford 14,68274.08%4,93224.88%2061.04%9,75049.20%19,820
Cuyahoga 284,09443.60%362,62655.65%4,9130.75%-78,532-12.05%651,633
Darke 16,37972.81%5,90426.25%2110.94%10,47546.56%22,494
Defiance 10,95167.89%5,00431.02%1751.08%5,94736.87%16,130
Delaware 19,05076.23%5,77323.10%1660.66%13,27753.13%24,989
Erie 19,17457.83%13,50840.74%4721.42%5,66617.09%33,154
Fairfield 30,84375.17%9,81723.92%3730.91%21,02651.25%41,033
Fayette 6,83875.80%2,12623.57%570.63%4,71252.23%9,021
Franklin 250,36064.12%131,53033.68%8,5842.20%118,83030.44%390,474
Fulton 11,41272.55%4,21726.81%1010.64%7,19545.74%15,730
Gallia 8,19465.27%4,25133.86%1090.87%3,94331.41%12,554
Geauga 22,36968.29%9,95430.39%4311.32%12,41537.90%32,754
Greene 34,26766.27%17,12933.12%3160.61%17,13833.15%51,712
Guernsey 10,25266.81%4,96732.37%1250.81%5,28534.44%15,344
Hamilton 246,28863.34%140,35036.10%2,1770.56%105,93827.24%388,815
Hancock 22,16978.34%5,75820.35%3701.31%16,41157.99%28,297
Hardin 8,72269.11%3,81330.21%850.67%4,90938.90%12,620
Harrison 4,27655.45%3,37043.70%660.86%90611.75%7,712
Henry 9,31776.54%2,77922.83%770.63%6,53853.71%12,173
Highland 9,00069.90%3,78429.39%910.71%5,21640.51%12,875
Hocking 6,07164.16%3,28034.66%1121.18%2,79129.50%9,463
Holmes 5,14674.11%1,73725.01%610.88%3,40949.10%6,944
Huron 14,38867.96%6,60931.22%1740.82%7,77936.74%21,171
Jackson 7,41162.24%4,36936.69%1281.07%3,04225.55%11,908
Jefferson 17,10542.47%22,83256.69%3400.84%-5,727-14.22%40,277
Knox 14,06270.66%5,73028.79%1090.55%8,33241.87%19,901
Lake 54,58759.12%36,71139.76%1,0271.11%17,87619.36%92,325
Lawrence 14,79355.96%11,43143.24%2130.81%3,36212.72%26,437
Licking 37,56072.26%13,99526.93%4210.81%23,56545.33%51,976
Logan 12,23076.54%3,64522.81%1040.65%8,58553.73%15,979
Lorain 57,37950.77%52,97046.87%2,6722.36%4,4093.90%113,021
Lucas 100,28550.25%97,29348.76%1,9760.99%2,9921.49%199,554
Madison 8,97974.91%2,92824.43%800.67%6,05150.48%11,987
Mahoning 53,42440.65%76,51458.21%1,5001.14%-23,090-17.56%131,438
Marion 17,39265.77%8,82733.38%2240.85%8,56532.39%26,443
Medina 30,69065.38%15,89733.86%3570.76%14,79331.52%46,944
Meigs 6,30763.52%3,54935.74%730.74%2,75827.78%9,929
Mercer 11,54271.49%4,42227.39%1801.11%7,12044.10%16,144
Miami 26,30072.42%9,69526.70%3200.88%16,60545.72%36,315
Monroe 3,30247.32%3,61151.75%650.93%-309-4.43%6,978
Montgomery 137,05358.97%94,01640.45%1,3330.57%43,03718.52%232,402
Morgan 3,99467.66%1,86831.64%410.69%2,12636.02%5,903
Morrow 8,11673.50%2,83925.71%870.79%5,27747.79%11,042
Muskingum 21,82167.98%10,03731.27%2430.76%11,78436.71%32,101
Noble 3,85367.70%1,77731.22%611.07%2,07636.48%5,691
Ottawa 10,92060.41%7,05339.02%1020.56%3,86721.39%18,075
Paulding 5,54565.71%2,81133.31%830.98%2,73432.40%8,439
Perry 7,54865.09%3,96134.16%880.76%3,58730.93%11,597
Pickaway 11,94273.90%4,11025.43%1080.67%7,83248.47%16,160
Pike 6,31855.90%4,89543.31%890.79%1,42312.59%11,302
Portage 29,53657.14%21,71942.02%4320.84%7,81715.12%51,687
Preble 11,06571.84%4,19827.25%1400.91%6,86744.59%15,403
Putnam 11,93678.26%3,19420.94%1210.79%8,74257.32%15,251
Richland 35,29968.10%16,14131.14%3960.76%19,15836.96%51,836
Ross 17,01566.60%8,02031.39%5132.01%8,99535.21%25,548
Sandusky 17,21466.16%8,56432.91%2420.93%8,65033.25%26,020
Scioto 18,81856.65%14,12042.51%2810.85%4,69814.14%33,219
Seneca 16,52067.04%7,90532.08%2170.88%8,61534.96%24,642
Shelby 13,50975.12%4,31523.99%1590.88%9,19451.13%17,983
Stark 98,43459.69%65,15739.51%1,3250.80%33,27720.18%164,916
Summit 115,63750.99%109,56948.32%1,5740.69%6,0682.67%226,780
Trumbull 45,62344.18%56,90255.11%7340.71%-11,279-10.93%103,259
Tuscarawas 19,36659.13%13,14940.14%2390.73%6,21718.99%32,754
Union 9,33677.79%2,57921.49%860.72%6,75756.30%12,001
Van Wert 9,57073.68%3,33825.70%800.62%6,23247.98%12,988
Vinton 3,04159.80%1,99039.13%541.06%1,05120.67%5,085
Warren 29,84876.40%9,03123.11%1910.49%20,81753.29%39,070
Washington 16,52966.13%7,92031.69%5442.18%8,60934.44%24,993
Wayne 24,47567.79%11,32331.36%3050.84%13,15236.43%36,103
Williams 10,80474.11%3,62424.86%1501.03%7,18049.25%14,578
Wood 29,75064.74%15,90734.62%2970.65%13,84330.12%45,954
Wyandot 7,20474.81%2,34224.32%840.87%4,86250.49%9,630
Totals2,678,56058.90%1,825,44040.14%43,6190.96%853,11918.76%4,547,619

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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