1984 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1984 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote100
Popular vote1,051,670807,352
Percentage55.82%42.86%
Washington 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 Washington 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 ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

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The State of Washington 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.

Nearly all counties in Washington voted mainly Republican, save a handful of counties along the southern Pacific coast of the state, which voted mainly Democratic. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time Washington has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, as well as the last time that King County, Pierce County, Thurston County, and San Juan County voted Republican. [1]

One of the electors, Fred Nimmo, was unable to attend the meeting and was replaced by Bob Bristow. The other electors were Luci Bristow, Ben Bettridge, Art Statt, Don Watts, Doris Sorensen, Rich Evans, Betty Jo Cook, Harold Reynolds, and Phil Hemenway. Bettridge was chair of the electors. [2]

Results

United States presidential election in Washington, 1984 [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)1,051,67055.82%10
Democratic Walter Mondale 807,35242.86%0
Libertarian David Bergland 8,8440.47%0
America First Bob Richards 5,7240.30%0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 4,7120.25%0
Citizens Party Sonia Johnson 1,8910.10%0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1,6540.09%0
Communist Party Gus Hall 8140.04%0
Workers World Party Larry Holmes 6410.03%0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 6080.03%0
Totals1,883,910100.0%10

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican		Walter Mondale
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast [3]
#%#%#%#%
Adams 3,44971.72%1,31127.26%491.02%2,13844.46%4,809
Asotin 3,87655.21%3,04243.33%1031.47%83411.88%7,021
Benton 32,30769.28%13,78429.56%5401.16%18,52339.72%46,631
Chelan 13,66765.10%6,97833.24%3491.66%6,68931.86%20,994
Clallam 13,60557.32%9,70140.87%4291.81%3,90416.45%23,735
Clark 40,68152.86%35,24845.80%1,0281.34%5,4337.06%76,957
Columbia 1,40467.02%67332.12%180.86%73134.90%2,095
Cowlitz 14,85847.98%15,36149.60%7492.42%-503-1.62%30,968
Douglas 6,44366.44%3,12732.24%1281.32%3,31634.20%9,698
Ferry 1,23255.75%93542.31%431.95%29713.44%2,210
Franklin 7,72462.96%4,32835.28%2161.76%3,39627.68%12,268
Garfield 91363.94%49334.52%221.54%42029.42%1,428
Grant 12,88865.81%6,29832.16%3982.03%6,59033.65%19,584
Grays Harbor 11,28643.96%14,05054.73%3351.30%-2,764-10.77%25,671
Island 13,54865.72%6,85033.23%2181.06%6,69832.49%20,616
Jefferson 4,54348.67%4,60249.30%1892.02%-59-0.63%9,334
King 332,98752.09%298,62046.71%7,6541.20%34,3675.38%639,261
Kitsap 36,10154.11%29,68144.49%9311.40%6,4209.62%66,713
Kittitas 6,58057.06%4,83041.89%1211.05%1,75015.17%11,531
Klickitat 3,91057.87%2,71240.14%1352.00%1,19817.73%6,757
Lewis 15,84666.22%7,63431.90%4511.88%8,21234.32%23,931
Lincoln 3,47466.90%1,67132.18%480.92%1,80334.72%5,193
Mason 8,41053.74%7,00744.77%2331.49%1,4038.97%15,650
Okanogan 7,47657.25%5,33040.81%2531.94%2,14616.44%13,059
Pacific 3,61342.90%4,67955.56%1291.53%-1,066-12.66%8,421
Pend Oreille 2,37458.26%1,65540.61%461.13%71917.65%4,075
Pierce 112,87757.85%79,49840.75%2,7331.40%33,37917.10%195,108
San Juan 2,90052.48%2,51445.49%1122.03%3866.99%5,526
Skagit 18,84056.53%13,94741.85%5391.62%4,89314.68%33,326
Skamania 1,73651.99%1,55246.48%511.53%1845.51%3,339
Snohomish 90,36256.83%66,72841.97%1,9051.20%23,63414.86%158,995
Spokane 88,04358.96%59,62039.92%1,6731.12%28,42319.04%149,336
Stevens 8,21164.29%4,30433.70%2562.00%3,90730.59%12,771
Thurston 34,44255.51%26,84043.26%7631.23%7,60212.25%62,045
Wahkiakum 77644.62%93053.48%331.90%-154-8.86%1,739
Walla Walla 12,36163.72%6,80435.08%2331.20%5,55728.64%19,398
Whatcom 27,22853.72%22,67044.73%7881.55%4,5588.99%50,686
Whitman 10,02159.48%6,62139.30%2071.23%3,40020.18%16,849
Yakima 40,67861.46%24,72437.36%7801.18%15,95424.10%66,182
Totals1,051,67055.82%807,35242.86%24,8881.32%244,31812.96%1,883,910

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Reagan won 7 of 8 congressional districts, 4 of which elected democrats.

DistrictReaganMondaleRepresentative
1st 57%43% Joel Pritchard
John Miller
2nd 56%44% Al Swift
3rd 54%46% Don Bonker
4th 64%36% Sid Morrison
5th 61%39% Tom Foley
6th 58%42% Norm Dicks
7th 42%58% Mike Lowry
8th 63%37% Rod Chandler

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Electoral college confirms Reagan landslide". The News Tribune . December 18, 1984. p. A4. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Election Search Results November 1984 General" . Retrieved August 1, 2024.
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