1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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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 vote30
Popular vote200,267116,113
Percentage63.00%36.53%

South Dakota Presidential Election Results 1984.svg
County Results

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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

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South 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 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 South Dakota, with over 99.5% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four candidates appearing on the ballot. [1] All but two counties in South Dakota voted in majority for the Republican candidate. This included the typically more Democratic East River counties such as Brown, and Minnehaha (Sioux Falls). Reagan did the best in Haakon County, and Mondale did the best in nearby Shannon County, which gave Mondale his third-best percentage nationwide behind the District of Columbia and Alabama’s Macon County. [2]

South Dakota weighed in for this election as about eight points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Dewey County, Buffalo County, and Clay County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. [3]

Reagan carried South Dakota by 26.5%, the strongest performance of any presidential nominee in the state since 1952. After nearly voting for Carter in 1976, the state trended much more heavily Republican in both of Reagan's elections; it had been one of only nine to give Reagan over 60% of the vote in the three-way election of 1980. South Dakota became much more competitive in the drought-influenced 1988 election, but would go on to re-establish itself as a reliably red state in the 21st century. Even so, as of 2020, Reagan's 63.00% vote share in South Dakota has remained unmatched by any subsequent nominee.

Reagan challenging Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!," from the Brandenburg Gate in June, 1987. Reagan's firm stance with the Soviet Union was an important contributor to his 1984 reelection. ReaganBerlinWall.jpg
Reagan challenging Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!," from the Brandenburg Gate in June, 1987. Reagan's firm stance with the Soviet Union was an important contributor to his 1984 reelection.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)200,26763.00%3
Democratic Walter Mondale 116,11336.53%0
Independent Dennis Serrette 1,1500.36%0
Independent Melvin Mason 3370.11%0
Totals317,867100.0%3

Results by county

County [4] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Dennis Serrette
Independent
Melvin Mason
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Aurora 1,02954.65%84044.61%100.53%40.21%18910.04%1,883
Beadle 5,87662.36%3,52337.39%180.19%50.05%2,35324.97%9,422
Bennett 85665.05%45334.42%40.30%30.23%40330.63%1,316
Bon Homme 2,47863.44%1,40836.05%130.33%70.18%1,07027.39%3,906
Brookings 6,67961.76%4,08937.81%370.34%90.08%2,59023.95%10,814
Brown 10,54160.35%6,85239.23%510.29%210.12%3,68921.12%17,465
Brule 1,57861.74%96137.60%130.51%40.16%61724.14%2,556
Buffalo 25351.21%23647.77%30.61%20.40%173.44%494
Butte 2,86578.13%78421.38%140.38%40.11%2,08156.75%3,667
Campbell 1,03582.47%21417.05%40.32%20.16%82165.42%1,255
Charles Mix 2,66058.29%1,87941.18%140.31%100.22%78117.11%4,563
Clark 1,74864.31%96035.32%70.26%30.11%78828.99%2,718
Clay 3,05752.63%2,71146.68%290.50%110.19%3465.95%5,808
Codington 6,10863.11%3,52836.45%370.38%50.05%2,58026.66%9,678
Corson 95554.48%79245.18%50.29%10.06%1639.30%1,753
Custer 2,18371.27%85828.01%190.62%30.10%1,32543.26%3,063
Davison 4,78359.43%3,24840.36%140.17%30.04%1,53519.07%8,048
Day 2,15052.43%1,93247.11%140.34%50.12%2185.32%4,101
Deuel 1,53761.73%94137.79%110.44%10.04%59623.94%2,490
Dewey 94154.49%77244.70%80.46%60.35%1699.79%1,727
Douglas 1,71376.00%53623.78%50.22%00.00%1,17752.22%2,254
Edmunds 1,55360.43%1,00739.18%90.35%10.04%54621.25%2,570
Fall River 2,74870.37%1,13529.07%160.41%60.15%1,61341.30%3,905
Faulk 1,12465.89%57933.94%30.18%00.00%54531.95%1,706
Grant 2,73862.80%1,60636.83%130.30%30.07%1,13225.97%4,360
Gregory 1,77769.17%78030.36%120.47%00.00%99738.81%2,569
Haakon 1,16882.84%23716.81%40.28%10.07%93166.03%1,410
Hamlin 1,78264.54%96334.88%100.36%60.22%81929.66%2,761
Hand 2,03070.34%84629.31%80.28%20.07%1,18441.03%2,886
Hanson 89858.69%62540.85%60.39%10.07%27317.84%1,530
Harding 72379.28%18620.39%20.22%10.11%53758.89%912
Hughes 4,98570.32%2,07229.23%290.41%30.04%2,91341.09%7,089
Hutchinson 3,37272.92%1,23726.75%80.17%70.15%2,13546.17%4,624
Hyde 79769.43%35030.49%10.09%00.00%44738.94%1,148
Jackson 90370.82%36528.63%60.47%10.08%53842.19%1,275
Jerauld 1,01264.79%54234.70%60.38%20.13%47030.09%1,562
Jones 68976.64%20622.91%30.33%10.11%48353.73%899
Kingsbury 2,12162.70%1,24936.92%120.35%10.03%87225.78%3,383
Lake 3,02755.92%2,36743.73%150.28%40.07%66012.19%5,413
Lawrence 5,94969.42%2,56529.93%390.46%160.19%3,38439.49%8,569
Lincoln 3,98860.10%2,62639.57%190.29%30.05%1,36220.53%6,636
Lyman 1,12069.78%47829.78%60.37%10.06%64240.00%1,605
Marshall 1,52957.72%1,11141.94%50.19%40.15%41815.78%2,649
McCook 1,90256.57%1,44843.07%80.24%40.12%45413.50%3,362
McPherson 1,81381.08%41818.69%50.22%00.00%1,39562.39%2,236
Meade 5,90873.47%2,09326.03%310.39%90.11%3,81547.44%8,041
Mellette 61666.45%30332.69%60.65%20.22%31333.76%927
Miner 1,00450.78%96048.56%80.40%50.25%442.22%1,977
Minnehaha 29,90856.25%23,04243.34%1770.33%440.08%6,86612.91%53,171
Moody 1,63350.59%1,58649.13%70.22%20.06%471.46%3,228
Pennington 21,94772.22%8,22427.06%1860.61%320.11%13,72345.16%30,389
Perkins 1,68669.93%71429.61%110.46%00.00%97240.32%2,411
Potter 1,55176.22%48223.69%20.10%00.00%1,06952.53%2,035
Roberts 2,76757.17%2,06342.62%70.14%30.06%70414.55%4,840
Sanborn 1,08063.72%61136.05%20.12%20.12%46927.67%1,695
Shannon 32417.71%1,48981.41%70.38%90.49%-1,165-63.70%1,829
Spink 2,62760.75%1,68038.85%120.28%50.12%94721.90%4,324
Stanley 94272.52%35127.02%60.46%00.00%59145.50%1,299
Sully 83675.52%26624.03%40.36%10.09%57051.49%1,107
Todd 67939.61%1,02259.63%70.41%60.35%-343-20.02%1,714
Tripp 2,48372.18%93527.18%140.41%80.23%1,54845.00%3,440
Turner 3,08667.20%1,48632.36%140.30%60.13%1,60034.84%4,592
Union 2,43151.98%2,22147.49%200.43%50.11%2104.49%4,677
Walworth 2,39675.02%77924.39%150.47%40.13%1,61750.63%3,194
Yankton 5,16163.36%2,93236.00%370.45%150.18%2,22927.36%8,145
Ziebach 42954.17%35945.33%20.25%20.25%708.84%792
Totals200,26763.00%116,11336.53%1,1500.36%3370.11%84,15426.47%317,867

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