1984 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1984 United States presidential election in Virginia
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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 vote120
Popular vote1,337,078796,250
Percentage62.29%37.09%

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President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

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Virginia 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.

Virginia weighed in for this election as 5 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which the independent cities of Franklin, Lexington, Roanoke, and Falls Church voted for the Republican candidate, and the last election when Virginia voted to the right of Mississippi. Reagan won Virginia by a landslide 25 percentage point margin. Virginia, which had been the only former Confederate state to vote for Gerald Ford in 1976, had, unlike many other Southern states, not even been particularly close in 1980: Virginia rejected the incumbent Southerner, Jimmy Carter, in favor of Reagan by nearly 13 points. 1984 confirmed Virginia's position as a center of the emerging Republican South; Reagan's 62.3 percent vote share in the state made it his seventeenth best nationally, and his fourth-best in the former Confederacy, after Florida, Texas, and South Carolina. (Of those three, Florida and Texas had similarly decisively rejected Carter in 1980.)

Reagan performed well throughout all of Virginia's regions, relegating Mondale mostly to some largely African-American counties in the east, some highly unionized coal counties in southwest Virginia, and the independent cities of Alexandria, Norfolk, Richmond, and Portsmouth. [1] Particularly noteworthy, however, was Reagan's strong performance in Virginia's large, suburban counties: he got over sixty percent of the vote in Fairfax County, which cast the most votes of any of the state's jurisdictions, and over seventy percent in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County. He also got over 2/3 of the vote in the emerging exurb of Prince William County.

Mondale flipped Arlington County, making Reagan the first Republican since William Howard Taft in 1908 to win the White House without carrying that county. Mondale also flipped the city of Alexandria. These were among a handful of counties nationwide that flipped against Reagan. [lower-alpha 1] [2]

Campaign

72% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale. [3] [4]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Virginia [5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (inc.)1,337,07862.29%12
Democratic Walter Mondale 796,25037.09%0
Independent Democrat Lyndon LaRouche 13,3070.62%0
Totals2,146,635100.0%12

Results by county or independent city

County/CityRonald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Lyndon LaRouche
Independent Democrat
MarginTotal
# %# %# %# %
Accomack 8,04764.55%4,35534.94%640.51%3,69229.61%12,466
Albemarle 14,45564.16%7,98235.43%930.41%6,47328.73%22,530
Alexandria 21,16646.77%23,55252.05%5351.18%-2,386-5.28%45,253
Alleghany 3,06760.89%1,93238.36%380.75%1,13522.53%5,037
Amelia 2,33661.41%1,43237.64%360.95%90423.77%3,804
Amherst 7,00466.51%3,40932.37%1171.11%3,59534.14%10,530
Appomattox 3,38668.65%1,49830.37%480.97%1,88838.28%4,932
Arlington 34,84848.24%37,03151.26%3630.50%-2,183-3.02%72,242
Augusta 15,30879.22%3,89920.18%1160.60%11,40959.04%19,323
Bath 1,43465.93%72733.43%140.64%70732.50%2,175
Bedford 10,37168.15%4,75431.24%920.60%5,61736.91%15,217
Bedford City 1,55360.36%99738.75%230.89%55621.61%2,573
Bland 1,81267.29%86732.19%140.52%94535.10%2,693
Botetourt 5,95964.15%3,24334.91%870.94%2,71629.24%9,289
Bristol 5,01267.11%2,42932.53%270.36%2,58334.58%7,468
Brunswick 2,95048.58%3,04050.06%831.37%-90-1.48%6,073
Buchanan 5,05338.71%7,82859.97%1721.32%-2,775-21.26%13,053
Buckingham 2,62757.36%1,87941.03%741.62%74816.33%4,580
Buena Vista 1,33564.40%72434.93%140.68%61129.47%2,073
Campbell 13,38874.69%4,38024.44%1560.87%9,00850.25%17,924
Caroline 2,94948.04%3,11150.68%781.27%-162-2.64%6,138
Carroll 7,05670.26%2,91429.02%720.72%4,14241.24%10,042
Charles City 77630.03%1,77668.73%321.24%-1,000-38.70%2,584
Charlotte 2,99961.76%1,81137.29%460.95%1,18824.47%4,856
Charlottesville 6,94748.56%7,31751.15%420.29%-370-2.59%14,306
Chesapeake 27,54261.64%16,74037.46%4020.90%10,80224.18%44,684
Chesterfield 54,89679.78%13,73919.97%1760.26%41,15759.81%68,811
Clarke 2,52967.21%1,21532.29%190.50%1,31434.92%3,763
Clifton Forge 96551.44%89647.76%150.80%693.68%1,876
Colonial Heights 6,38783.71%1,21815.96%250.33%5,16967.75%7,630
Covington 1,72254.46%1,39143.99%491.55%33110.47%3,162
Craig 1,17357.70%84541.56%150.74%32816.14%2,033
Culpeper 5,59670.60%2,25528.45%750.95%3,34142.15%7,926
Cumberland 2,02760.89%1,23737.16%651.95%79023.73%3,329
Danville 12,14166.85%5,84632.19%1740.96%6,29534.66%18,161
Dickenson 3,92144.34%4,84854.82%750.85%-927-10.48%8,844
Dinwiddie 4,54756.04%3,48542.95%821.01%1,06213.09%8,114
Emporia 1,25260.25%80738.84%190.91%44521.41%2,078
Essex 2,12061.63%1,30037.79%200.58%82023.84%3,440
Fairfax 183,18162.88%107,29536.83%8220.28%75,88626.05%291,298
Fairfax City 6,23465.36%3,26334.21%410.43%2,97131.15%9,538
Falls Church 2,68452.62%2,39847.01%190.37%2865.61%5,101
Fauquier 10,31971.41%4,05628.07%760.53%6,26343.34%14,451
Floyd 3,43167.69%1,59931.54%390.77%1,83236.15%5,069
Fluvanna 2,24762.21%1,33236.88%330.91%91525.33%3,612
Franklin 7,68460.21%4,90338.42%1751.37%2,78121.79%12,762
Franklin City 1,56149.87%1,53749.11%321.02%240.76%3,130
Frederick 9,54277.79%2,67121.77%540.44%6,87156.02%12,267
Fredericksburg 3,50058.60%2,43940.83%340.57%1,06117.77%5,973
Galax 1,54865.18%81434.27%130.55%73430.91%2,375
Giles 4,34058.18%3,04740.84%730.98%1,29317.34%7,460
Gloucester 7,10970.91%2,83028.23%860.86%4,27942.68%10,025
Goochland 3,40460.60%2,17838.78%350.62%1,22621.82%5,617
Grayson 4,50865.43%2,31933.66%630.91%2,18931.77%6,890
Greene 2,21673.87%76025.33%240.80%1,45648.54%3,000
Greensville 2,30448.28%2,35249.29%1162.43%-48-1.01%4,772
Halifax 6,72660.58%4,23138.11%1461.31%2,49522.47%11,103
Hampton 25,53757.95%18,18041.25%3510.80%7,35716.70%44,068
Hanover 18,80079.26%4,83120.37%870.37%13,96958.89%23,718
Harrisonburg 5,22168.15%2,38431.12%560.73%2,83737.03%7,661
Henrico 63,86474.74%21,33624.97%2480.29%42,52849.77%85,448
Henry 12,69363.76%6,97635.04%2371.19%5,71728.72%19,906
Highland 99770.91%39828.31%110.78%59942.60%1,406
Hopewell 5,66168.27%2,56430.92%670.81%3,09737.35%8,292
Isle of Wight 5,66460.18%3,65038.78%981.04%2,01421.40%9,412
James City 7,10466.54%3,48632.65%870.81%3,61833.89%10,677
King and Queen 1,44954.39%1,20145.08%140.53%2489.31%2,664
King George 2,35661.34%1,45037.75%350.91%90623.59%3,841
King William 2,80365.43%1,44833.80%330.77%1,35531.63%4,284
Lancaster 3,41667.72%1,55930.91%691.37%1,85736.81%5,044
Lee 5,36550.83%5,08548.18%1040.99%2802.65%10,554
Lexington 1,19755.34%94643.74%200.92%25111.60%2,163
Loudoun 17,76567.99%8,22731.49%1360.52%9,53836.50%26,128
Louisa 3,78957.91%2,70341.31%510.78%1,08616.60%6,543
Lunenburg 2,71359.94%1,75438.75%591.30%95921.19%4,526
Lynchburg 18,04767.41%8,54231.91%1830.68%9,50535.50%26,772
Madison 2,72367.15%1,30232.11%300.74%1,42135.04%4,055
Manassas 4,61371.34%1,82428.21%290.45%2,78943.13%6,466
Manassas Park 97571.96%37527.68%50.37%60044.28%1,355
Martinsville 4,23458.37%2,94240.56%781.08%1,29217.81%7,254
Mathews 2,86871.61%1,10627.62%310.77%1,76243.99%4,005
Mecklenburg 6,77765.69%3,43833.33%1010.98%3,33932.36%10,316
Middlesex 2,61267.23%1,20631.04%671.72%1,40636.19%3,885
Montgomery 12,42862.88%7,20236.44%1350.68%5,22626.44%19,765
Nelson 2,77757.22%2,02141.64%551.13%75615.58%4,853
New Kent 2,67968.71%1,20430.88%160.41%1,47537.83%3,899
Newport News 33,61460.35%21,83439.20%2500.45%11,78021.15%55,698
Norfolk 36,36048.15%38,91351.53%2430.32%-2,553-3.38%75,516
Northampton 2,90655.81%2,22642.75%751.44%68013.06%5,207
Northumberland 3,16668.41%1,40730.40%551.19%1,75938.01%4,628
Norton 80648.32%84250.48%201.20%-36-2.16%1,668
Nottoway 3,41859.00%2,29639.63%791.36%1,12219.37%5,793
Orange 4,48365.72%2,28533.50%530.78%2,19832.22%6,821
Page 5,02166.78%2,43732.41%610.81%2,58434.37%7,519
Patrick 4,70370.47%1,90828.59%630.94%2,79541.88%6,674
Petersburg 5,75338.17%9,24861.35%730.48%-3,495-23.18%15,074
Pittsylvania 15,74366.08%7,79132.70%2901.22%7,95233.38%23,824
Poquoson 3,66784.73%64714.95%140.32%3,02069.78%4,328
Portsmouth 18,94046.42%21,62353.00%2380.58%-2,683-6.58%40,801
Powhatan 3,92173.61%1,38125.92%250.47%2,54047.69%5,327
Prince Edward 3,45456.11%2,58942.06%1131.84%86514.05%6,156
Prince George 4,99969.64%2,13629.76%430.60%2,86339.88%7,178
Prince William 34,99268.88%15,63130.77%1800.35%19,36138.11%50,803
Pulaski 8,24264.90%4,36434.36%930.73%3,87830.54%12,699
Radford 2,85561.15%1,78138.15%330.71%1,07423.00%4,669
Rappahannock 1,69662.65%99936.90%120.44%69725.75%2,707
Richmond 1,86968.46%83030.40%311.14%1,03938.06%2,730
Richmond City 38,75443.73%49,40855.75%4660.53%-10,654-12.02%88,628
Roanoke 23,34868.56%10,56931.04%1370.40%12,77937.52%34,054
Roanoke City 19,00852.09%17,30047.41%1840.50%1,7084.68%36,492
Rockbridge 4,06765.66%2,09833.87%290.47%1,96931.79%6,194
Rockingham 13,48075.70%4,22023.70%1070.60%9,26052.00%17,807
Russell 5,73845.54%6,76053.66%1010.80%-1,022-8.12%12,599
Salem 6,41965.43%3,34734.12%440.45%3,07231.31%9,810
Scott 5,80459.10%3,90439.75%1131.15%1,90019.35%9,821
Shenandoah 9,04876.03%2,77123.29%810.68%6,27752.74%11,900
Smyth 8,59367.08%4,10232.02%1160.91%4,49135.06%12,811
South Boston 1,89965.64%97433.67%200.69%92531.97%2,893
Southampton 4,66957.99%3,30040.99%821.02%1,36917.00%8,051
Spotsylvania 8,20766.74%4,01232.63%780.63%4,19534.11%12,297
Stafford 10,29369.63%4,42929.96%600.41%5,86439.67%14,782
Staunton 6,13774.88%2,01224.55%470.57%4,12550.33%8,196
Suffolk 10,12852.97%8,84246.25%1490.78%1,2866.72%19,119
Surry 1,46243.38%1,87555.64%330.98%-413-12.26%3,370
Sussex 2,18346.14%2,40850.90%1402.96%-225-4.76%4,731
Tazewell 9,64553.89%8,01444.78%2371.32%1,6319.11%17,896
Virginia Beach 72,57174.36%24,70325.31%3200.33%47,86849.05%97,594
Warren 5,01665.73%2,55133.43%640.84%2,46532.30%7,631
Washington 12,13268.06%5,57331.26%1210.68%6,55936.80%17,826
Waynesboro 4,46573.45%1,57925.97%350.58%2,88647.48%6,079
Westmoreland 3,21956.84%2,36341.73%811.43%85615.11%5,663
Williamsburg 1,91356.23%1,46943.18%200.59%44413.05%3,402
Winchester 5,05570.68%2,06428.86%330.46%2,99141.82%7,152
Wise 7,90951.36%7,30347.43%1871.21%6063.93%15,399
Wythe 6,77368.65%2,99630.37%970.98%3,77738.28%9,866
York 10,21471.24%4,06328.34%600.42%6,15142.90%14,337
Totals1,337,07862.29%796,25037.09%13,3070.62%540,82825.20%2,146,635

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

All 10 congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats, voted for Reagan. [6]

DistrictReaganMondaleRepresentative
1st 62%37% Herbert H. Bateman
2nd 63%37% G. William Whitehurst
3rd 65%35% Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
4th 56%43% Norman Sisisky
5th 66%34% Dan Daniel
6th 66%34% Jim Olin
7th 69%31% J. Kenneth Robinson
D. French Slaughter Jr.
8th 61%38% Stanford Parris
9th 58%41% Rick Boucher
10th 59%41% Frank Wolf

See also

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