1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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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 vote160
Popular vote1,933,6301,261,323
Percentage60.09%39.20%
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County Results
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

President Reagan campaigning in Hammonton, New Jersey. President Ronald Reagan at a Reagan-Bush rally in Hammonton, New Jersey.jpg
President Reagan campaigning in Hammonton, New Jersey.

The 1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey 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 16 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ronald Reagan of California and incumbent Vice President George H.W. Bush of Texas. Reagan and Bush defeated the Democratic nominees, former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota and his running mate Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York.

Reagan carried New Jersey with 60.09% of the vote to Mondale’s 39.20%, a margin of 20.89%. [1]

Reagan also swept nearly every county in the state. Mondale’s only county victory was Essex County, where he defeated Reagan 55.1%–43.5%. This remains the last election in which a Republican presidential nominee has won heavily Democratic Hudson County and Mercer County, [2] both of which narrowly defected to Reagan in 1984 primarily due to the support of working-class Reagan Democrats. Reagan's 1.9 million votes is the most received by a Republican in a presidential election in the state's history.

New Jersey weighed in for this election as 2.7% more Republican than the national average.

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 81% black, 13% white, 4% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups. [3]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)1,933,63060.09%16
Democratic Walter Mondale 1,261,32339.20%0
Workers World Larry Holmes8,4040.26%0
Libertarian David Bergland 6,4160.20%0
New Alliance Dennis Serrette 2,2930.07%0
Workers League Edward Winn 5370.02%0
Communist Party Gus Hall 1,5640.05%0
Socialist Workers Melvin T. Mason 1,2640.04%0
Citizens Sonia Johnson 1,2470.04%0
Totals3,217,862100.0%16
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)57%/79%

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican		Walter Mondale
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Atlantic 49,15859.33%33,24040.12%4530.55%15,91819.21%82,851
Bergen 268,50763.22%155,03936.50%1,1720.28%113,46826.72%424,718
Burlington 89,81560.83%57,46738.92%3770.26%32,34821.91%147,659
Camden 109,74954.63%90,23344.92%9040.45%19,5169.71%200,886
Cape May 28,78668.06%13,37831.63%1330.31%15,40836.43%42,297
Cumberland 29,39857.47%21,14141.33%6161.20%8,25716.14%51,155
Essex 136,79843.49%173,29555.09%4,4501.41%-36,497-11.60%314,543
Gloucester 54,04162.08%32,70237.57%3070.35%21,33924.51%87,050
Hudson 112,83454.18%94,30445.29%1,1060.53%18,5308.89%208,244
Hunterdon 29,73772.39%10,97226.71%3700.90%18,76545.68%41,079
Mercer 71,19551.55%66,39848.07%5280.38%4,7973.48%138,121
Middlesex 160,22159.82%104,90539.17%2,7271.02%55,31620.65%267,853
Monmouth 152,59565.52%79,38234.08%9320.40%73,21331.44%232,909
Morris 137,71971.91%53,20127.78%5840.30%84,51844.13%191,504
Ocean 124,39170.23%51,01228.80%1,7100.97%73,37941.43%177,113
Passaic 101,95158.28%69,59039.78%3,3991.94%32,36118.50%174,940
Salem 17,36865.66%8,93533.78%1490.56%8,43331.88%26,452
Somerset 66,30366.77%31,92432.15%1,0691.08%34,37934.62%99,296
Sussex 35,68075.36%11,50224.29%1630.34%24,17851.07%47,345
Union 135,44659.11%92,05640.17%1,6380.71%43,39018.94%229,140
Warren 21,93867.07%10,64732.55%1220.37%11,29134.52%32,707
Totals1,933,63060.09%1,261,32339.20%22,9090.71%672,30720.89%3,217,862

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. ↑ "1984 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Ranney 1985, p. 54.

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