1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Flag of Rhode Island.svg
  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
Turnout78.0% [1] Decrease2.svg 1.0 pp
  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 vote40
Popular vote212,080197,106
Percentage51.66%48.02%

Rhode Island Presidential Election Results 1984.svg
Rhode Island Presidential Election Municipality Results 1984.svg

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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

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Rhode Island 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. Rhode Island is 1 of 6 States that voted for Reagan in 1984 and have not voted Republican in any presidential race since; the other 5 are Washington, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon. This was also the last time that the counties of Bristol, Newport and Washington voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Kent County or any county in the state until Donald Trump won it in 2016.

To date, this is the last time that the cities of Cranston, Newport, Warwick, and Woonsocket, as well as the towns of Bristol, Cumberland, Jamestown, Narragansett, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Warren, and Westerly voted Republican.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)212,08051.66%4
Democratic Walter Mondale 197,10648.02%0
America First Bob Richards 5100.12%0
Libertarian David Bergland 2770.07%0
Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 2400.06%0
Workers World Larry Holmes 910.02%0
Communist Party Gus Hall 750.02%0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 610.01%0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 490.01%0
Write-Ins3>0.01%0
Totals410,492100.0%4

By county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Bristol 11,63555.18%9,38644.52%630.30%2,24910.66%21,084
Kent 40,42756.15%31,35243.55%2140.30%9,07512.60%71,993
Newport 19,62957.38%14,46642.29%1140.33%5,16315.09%34,209
Providence 116,02448.16%124,10951.52%7650.32%-8,085-3.36%240,898
Washington 24,36557.59%17,79342.06%1470.35%6,57215.53%42,305
Totals212,08051.66%197,10648.02%1,3060.32%14,9743.64%410,492

Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 1984 (422,851) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 1984 (542,216). See "General Election November 2, 1984". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved February 6, 2018.