1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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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 vote 13 0
Popular vote 1,346,481 824,287
Percentage 61.90% 37.89%
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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The 1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. North Carolina voted for President Ronald Reagan, running with Vice President George H. W. Bush, against former Vice President Walter Mondale, running with U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Vance County and Chatham County voted for a Republican presidential candidate[1]

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 89% black, 8% white, 1% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups.[2] 73% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale.[3][4]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 1,346,481 61.90% 13
Democratic Walter Mondale 824,287 37.89% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 3,794 0.17% 0
Socialist Workers Melvin Mason 799 0.04% 0
Totals 2,175,361 100.00% 13
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County[6] Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Walter Mondale
Democratic 		David Bergland
Libertarian 		Melvin Mason
Socialist Workers 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # % # %
Alamance 26,063 69.74% 11,230 30.05% 68 0.18% 9 0.02% 14,833 39.69% 37,370
Alexander 8,502 70.22% 3,581 29.58% 20 0.17% 4 0.03% 4,921 40.66% 12,107
Alleghany 2,589 56.08% 2,013 43.60% 13 0.28% 2 0.04% 576 12.48% 4,617
Anson 3,719 42.45% 5,015 57.25% 11 0.13% 15 0.17% -1,296 -14.80% 8,760
Ashe 6,611 62.10% 4,009 37.66% 22 0.21% 3 0.03% 2,602 24.44% 10,645
Avery 4,702 79.88% 1,159 19.69% 17 0.29% 8 0.14% 3,543 60.19% 5,886
Beaufort 9,284 60.66% 5,987 39.12% 27 0.18% 6 0.04% 3,297 21.54% 15,304
Bertie 2,879 41.91% 3,953 57.54% 29 0.42% 9 0.13% -1,074 -15.63% 6,870
Bladen 4,701 48.07% 5,064 51.78% 12 0.12% 2 0.02% -363 -3.71% 9,779
Brunswick 9,673 58.67% 6,774 41.08% 35 0.21% 6 0.04% 2,899 17.59% 16,488
Buncombe 37,698 61.62% 23,337 38.14% 122 0.20% 26 0.04% 14,361 23.48% 61,183
Burke 18,766 64.32% 10,353 35.48% 51 0.17% 8 0.03% 8,413 28.84% 29,178
Cabarrus 22,528 72.54% 8,477 27.29% 43 0.14% 10 0.03% 14,051 45.25% 31,058
Caldwell 17,024 69.79% 7,311 29.97% 50 0.20% 9 0.04% 9,713 39.82% 24,394
Camden 1,282 54.25% 1,075 45.49% 5 0.21% 1 0.04% 207 8.76% 2,363
Carteret 11,637 66.28% 5,882 33.50% 35 0.20% 3 0.02% 5,755 32.78% 17,557
Caswell 3,992 48.84% 4,157 50.86% 19 0.23% 6 0.07% -165 -2.02% 8,174
Catawba 31,476 72.78% 11,700 27.05% 61 0.14% 13 0.03% 19,776 45.73% 43,250
Chatham 8,595 53.39% 7,458 46.33% 39 0.24% 7 0.04% 1,137 7.06% 16,099
Cherokee 4,894 63.73% 2,776 36.15% 8 0.10% 1 0.01% 2,118 27.58% 7,679
Chowan 2,171 55.41% 1,736 44.31% 9 0.23% 2 0.05% 435 11.10% 3,918
Clay 2,259 62.42% 1,340 37.03% 19 0.53% 1 0.03% 919 25.39% 3,619
Cleveland 17,095 62.23% 10,288 37.45% 82 0.30% 7 0.03% 6,807 24.78% 27,472
Columbus 9,150 51.11% 8,728 48.75% 20 0.11% 6 0.03% 422 2.36% 17,904
Craven 12,893 64.04% 7,186 35.69% 41 0.20% 14 0.07% 5,707 28.35% 20,134
Cumberland 31,602 58.18% 22,614 41.63% 89 0.16% 14 0.03% 8,988 16.55% 54,319
Currituck 2,885 63.24% 1,668 36.56% 8 0.18% 1 0.02% 1,217 26.68% 4,562
Dare 4,738 71.83% 1,839 27.88% 16 0.24% 3 0.05% 2,899 43.95% 6,596
Davidson 30,471 72.55% 11,469 27.31% 54 0.13% 7 0.02% 19,002 45.24% 42,001
Davie 8,201 73.72% 2,911 26.17% 12 0.11% 1 0.01% 5,290 47.55% 11,125
Duplin 7,708 52.96% 6,830 46.93% 13 0.09% 4 0.03% 878 6.03% 14,555
Durham 29,185 47.39% 32,244 52.36% 134 0.22% 21 0.03% -3,059 -4.97% 61,584
Edgecombe 9,635 47.66% 10,545 52.16% 24 0.12% 12 0.06% -910 -4.50% 20,216
Forsyth 59,208 61.54% 36,814 38.26% 174 0.18% 15 0.02% 22,394 23.28% 96,211
Franklin 5,984 55.57% 4,766 44.26% 10 0.09% 8 0.07% 1,218 11.31% 10,768
Gaston 39,167 73.36% 14,142 26.49% 70 0.13% 13 0.02% 25,025 46.87% 53,392
Gates 1,694 43.10% 2,225 56.62% 7 0.18% 4 0.10% -531 -13.52% 3,930
Graham 2,514 62.63% 1,494 37.22% 4 0.10% 2 0.05% 1,020 25.41% 4,014
Granville 6,302 54.42% 5,217 45.05% 58 0.50% 3 0.03% 1,085 9.37% 11,580
Greene 3,195 53.47% 2,772 46.39% 8 0.13% 0 0.00% 423 7.08% 5,975
Guilford 73,096 61.25% 46,027 38.57% 186 0.16% 27 0.02% 27,069 22.68% 119,336
Halifax 8,832 48.65% 9,278 51.11% 30 0.17% 13 0.07% -446 -2.46% 18,153
Harnett 11,198 61.11% 7,106 38.78% 15 0.08% 4 0.02% 4,092 22.33% 18,323
Haywood 10,146 55.96% 7,958 43.89% 24 0.13% 3 0.02% 2,188 12.07% 18,131
Henderson 19,369 72.55% 7,222 27.05% 80 0.30% 26 0.10% 12,147 45.50% 26,697
Hertford 3,176 41.27% 4,498 58.45% 16 0.21% 5 0.06% -1,322 -17.18% 7,695
Hoke 2,449 43.14% 3,214 56.61% 11 0.19% 3 0.05% -765 -13.47% 5,677
Hyde 1,195 54.27% 1,004 45.59% 3 0.14% 0 0.00% 191 8.68% 2,202
Iredell 23,641 70.14% 9,999 29.67% 55 0.16% 9 0.03% 13,642 40.47% 33,704
Jackson 5,582 55.97% 4,367 43.78% 22 0.22% 3 0.03% 1,215 12.19% 9,974
Johnston 16,210 67.32% 7,833 32.53% 24 0.10% 13 0.05% 8,377 34.79% 24,080
Jones 2,062 50.30% 2,025 49.40% 8 0.20% 4 0.10% 37 0.90% 4,099
Lee 8,198 67.47% 3,925 32.30% 25 0.21% 3 0.02% 4,273 35.17% 12,151
Lenoir 13,321 60.79% 8,556 39.04% 27 0.12% 10 0.05% 4,765 21.75% 21,914
Lincoln 12,621 67.64% 5,996 32.13% 38 0.20% 4 0.02% 6,625 35.51% 18,659
Macon 6,661 64.95% 3,570 34.81% 21 0.20% 4 0.04% 3,091 30.14% 10,256
Madison 3,666 54.81% 2,988 44.67% 10 0.15% 25 0.37% 678 10.14% 6,689
Martin 4,266 52.32% 3,870 47.47% 12 0.15% 5 0.06% 396 4.85% 8,153
McDowell 7,639 65.09% 4,076 34.73% 17 0.14% 4 0.03% 3,563 30.36% 11,736
Mecklenburg 106,754 62.67% 63,190 37.10% 337 0.20% 56 0.03% 43,564 25.57% 170,337
Mitchell 4,737 78.51% 1,286 21.31% 10 0.17% 1 0.02% 3,451 57.20% 6,034
Montgomery 5,109 57.07% 3,831 42.79% 6 0.07% 6 0.07% 1,278 14.28% 8,952
Moore 14,681 67.40% 7,063 32.43% 30 0.14% 8 0.04% 7,618 34.97% 21,782
Nash 17,295 66.73% 8,588 33.14% 23 0.09% 11 0.04% 8,707 33.59% 25,917
New Hanover 23,771 65.21% 12,591 34.54% 75 0.21% 15 0.04% 11,180 30.67% 36,452
Northampton 3,198 38.39% 5,094 61.15% 24 0.29% 14 0.17% -1,896 -22.76% 8,330
Onslow 13,928 70.75% 5,713 29.02% 34 0.17% 12 0.06% 8,215 41.73% 19,687
Orange 15,585 42.96% 20,564 56.69% 108 0.30% 20 0.06% -4,979 -13.73% 36,277
Pamlico 2,554 54.14% 2,152 45.62% 8 0.17% 3 0.06% 402 8.52% 4,717
Pasquotank 4,646 54.58% 3,854 45.27% 6 0.07% 7 0.08% 792 9.31% 8,513
Pender 5,079 53.73% 4,354 46.06% 16 0.17% 4 0.04% 725 7.67% 9,453
Perquimans 1,939 57.28% 1,441 42.57% 4 0.12% 1 0.03% 498 14.71% 3,385
Person 5,854 62.30% 3,528 37.54% 11 0.12% 4 0.04% 2,326 24.76% 9,397
Pitt 18,983 58.36% 13,481 41.45% 48 0.15% 14 0.04% 5,502 16.91% 32,526
Polk 4,046 64.73% 2,169 34.70% 34 0.54% 2 0.03% 1,877 30.03% 6,251
Randolph 25,759 77.36% 7,511 22.56% 23 0.07% 6 0.02% 18,248 54.80% 33,299
Richmond 6,807 47.50% 7,494 52.30% 26 0.18% 3 0.02% -687 -4.80% 14,330
Robeson 12,947 45.76% 15,257 53.93% 56 0.20% 31 0.11% -2,310 -8.17% 28,291
Rockingham 17,895 62.70% 10,605 37.16% 32 0.11% 7 0.02% 7,290 25.54% 28,539
Rowan 25,207 70.20% 10,643 29.64% 52 0.14% 5 0.01% 14,564 40.56% 35,907
Rutherford 11,369 62.23% 6,862 37.56% 33 0.18% 4 0.02% 4,507 24.67% 18,268
Sampson 10,665 53.87% 9,115 46.04% 13 0.07% 3 0.02% 1,550 7.83% 19,796
Scotland 4,077 50.23% 4,028 49.62% 11 0.14% 1 0.01% 49 0.61% 8,117
Stanly 13,116 68.00% 6,138 31.82% 29 0.15% 6 0.03% 6,978 36.18% 19,289
Stokes 9,515 65.63% 4,950 34.14% 28 0.19% 5 0.03% 4,565 31.49% 14,498
Surry 13,340 64.88% 7,188 34.96% 26 0.13% 8 0.04% 6,152 29.92% 20,562
Swain 2,012 50.02% 2,000 49.73% 9 0.22% 1 0.02% 12 0.29% 4,022
Transylvania 6,956 64.91% 3,733 34.83% 25 0.23% 3 0.03% 3,223 30.08% 10,717
Tyrrell 774 48.89% 807 50.98% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% -33 -2.09% 1,583
Union 16,885 70.45% 7,048 29.41% 27 0.11% 8 0.03% 9,837 41.04% 23,968
Vance 6,836 53.68% 5,880 46.18% 15 0.12% 3 0.02% 956 7.50% 12,734
Wake 81,251 61.61% 50,323 38.16% 267 0.20% 30 0.02% 30,928 23.45% 131,871
Warren 2,664 40.25% 3,946 59.63% 3 0.05% 5 0.08% -1,282 -19.38% 6,618
Washington 2,731 46.67% 3,114 53.21% 7 0.12% 0 0.00% -383 -6.54% 5,852
Watauga 9,370 64.27% 5,163 35.41% 41 0.28% 5 0.03% 4,207 28.86% 14,579
Wayne 17,961 64.13% 10,011 35.74% 30 0.11% 6 0.02% 7,950 28.39% 28,008
Wilkes 18,670 73.03% 6,852 26.80% 40 0.16% 2 0.01% 11,818 46.23% 25,564
Wilson 12,243 59.31% 8,343 40.42% 40 0.19% 17 0.08% 3,900 18.89% 20,643
Yadkin 8,976 74.37% 3,075 25.48% 14 0.12% 5 0.04% 5,901 48.89% 12,070
Yancey 4,296 53.96% 3,651 45.86% 9 0.11% 5 0.06% 645 8.10% 7,961
Totals 1,346,481 61.90% 824,287 37.89% 3,794 0.17% 799 0.04% 522,194 24.01% 2,175,361

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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. ↑ Ranney 1985, p. 54.
  3. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  4. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  5. ↑ "1984 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  6. ↑ "NC US President Race, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

Works cited

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