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
edit| United States presidential election in Washington, 1984[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 1,051,670 | 55.82% | 10 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 807,352 | 42.86% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 8,844 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| America First | Bob Richards | 5,724 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Independent | Lyndon LaRouche | 4,712 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Citizens Party | Sonia Johnson | 1,891 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Dennis Serrette | 1,654 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Communist Party | Gus Hall | 814 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Workers World Party | Larry Holmes | 641 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | Melvin Mason | 608 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,883,910 | 100.0% | 10 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Walter Mondale Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,449 | 71.72% | 1,311 | 27.26% | 49 | 1.02% | 2,138 | 44.46% | 4,809 |
| Asotin | 3,876 | 55.21% | 3,042 | 43.33% | 103 | 1.47% | 834 | 11.88% | 7,021 |
| Benton | 32,307 | 69.28% | 13,784 | 29.56% | 540 | 1.16% | 18,523 | 39.72% | 46,631 |
| Chelan | 13,667 | 65.10% | 6,978 | 33.24% | 349 | 1.66% | 6,689 | 31.86% | 20,994 |
| Clallam | 13,605 | 57.32% | 9,701 | 40.87% | 429 | 1.81% | 3,904 | 16.45% | 23,735 |
| Clark | 40,681 | 52.86% | 35,248 | 45.80% | 1,028 | 1.34% | 5,433 | 7.06% | 76,957 |
| Columbia | 1,404 | 67.02% | 673 | 32.12% | 18 | 0.86% | 731 | 34.90% | 2,095 |
| Cowlitz | 14,858 | 47.98% | 15,361 | 49.60% | 749 | 2.42% | -503 | -1.62% | 30,968 |
| Douglas | 6,443 | 66.44% | 3,127 | 32.24% | 128 | 1.32% | 3,316 | 34.20% | 9,698 |
| Ferry | 1,232 | 55.75% | 935 | 42.31% | 43 | 1.95% | 297 | 13.44% | 2,210 |
| Franklin | 7,724 | 62.96% | 4,328 | 35.28% | 216 | 1.76% | 3,396 | 27.68% | 12,268 |
| Garfield | 913 | 63.94% | 493 | 34.52% | 22 | 1.54% | 420 | 29.42% | 1,428 |
| Grant | 12,888 | 65.81% | 6,298 | 32.16% | 398 | 2.03% | 6,590 | 33.65% | 19,584 |
| Grays Harbor | 11,286 | 43.96% | 14,050 | 54.73% | 335 | 1.30% | -2,764 | -10.77% | 25,671 |
| Island | 13,548 | 65.72% | 6,850 | 33.23% | 218 | 1.06% | 6,698 | 32.49% | 20,616 |
| Jefferson | 4,543 | 48.67% | 4,602 | 49.30% | 189 | 2.02% | -59 | -0.63% | 9,334 |
| King | 332,987 | 52.09% | 298,620 | 46.71% | 7,654 | 1.20% | 34,367 | 5.38% | 639,261 |
| Kitsap | 36,101 | 54.11% | 29,681 | 44.49% | 931 | 1.40% | 6,420 | 9.62% | 66,713 |
| Kittitas | 6,580 | 57.06% | 4,830 | 41.89% | 121 | 1.05% | 1,750 | 15.17% | 11,531 |
| Klickitat | 3,910 | 57.87% | 2,712 | 40.14% | 135 | 2.00% | 1,198 | 17.73% | 6,757 |
| Lewis | 15,846 | 66.22% | 7,634 | 31.90% | 451 | 1.88% | 8,212 | 34.32% | 23,931 |
| Lincoln | 3,474 | 66.90% | 1,671 | 32.18% | 48 | 0.92% | 1,803 | 34.72% | 5,193 |
| Mason | 8,410 | 53.74% | 7,007 | 44.77% | 233 | 1.49% | 1,403 | 8.97% | 15,650 |
| Okanogan | 7,476 | 57.25% | 5,330 | 40.81% | 253 | 1.94% | 2,146 | 16.44% | 13,059 |
| Pacific | 3,613 | 42.90% | 4,679 | 55.56% | 129 | 1.53% | -1,066 | -12.66% | 8,421 |
| Pend Oreille | 2,374 | 58.26% | 1,655 | 40.61% | 46 | 1.13% | 719 | 17.65% | 4,075 |
| Pierce | 112,877 | 57.85% | 79,498 | 40.75% | 2,733 | 1.40% | 33,379 | 17.10% | 195,108 |
| San Juan | 2,900 | 52.48% | 2,514 | 45.49% | 112 | 2.03% | 386 | 6.99% | 5,526 |
| Skagit | 18,840 | 56.53% | 13,947 | 41.85% | 539 | 1.62% | 4,893 | 14.68% | 33,326 |
| Skamania | 1,736 | 51.99% | 1,552 | 46.48% | 51 | 1.53% | 184 | 5.51% | 3,339 |
| Snohomish | 90,362 | 56.83% | 66,728 | 41.97% | 1,905 | 1.20% | 23,634 | 14.86% | 158,995 |
| Spokane | 88,043 | 58.96% | 59,620 | 39.92% | 1,673 | 1.12% | 28,423 | 19.04% | 149,336 |
| Stevens | 8,211 | 64.29% | 4,304 | 33.70% | 256 | 2.00% | 3,907 | 30.59% | 12,771 |
| Thurston | 34,442 | 55.51% | 26,840 | 43.26% | 763 | 1.23% | 7,602 | 12.25% | 62,045 |
| Wahkiakum | 776 | 44.62% | 930 | 53.48% | 33 | 1.90% | -154 | -8.86% | 1,739 |
| Walla Walla | 12,361 | 63.72% | 6,804 | 35.08% | 233 | 1.20% | 5,557 | 28.64% | 19,398 |
| Whatcom | 27,228 | 53.72% | 22,670 | 44.73% | 788 | 1.55% | 4,558 | 8.99% | 50,686 |
| Whitman | 10,021 | 59.48% | 6,621 | 39.30% | 207 | 1.23% | 3,400 | 20.18% | 16,849 |
| Yakima | 40,678 | 61.46% | 24,724 | 37.36% | 780 | 1.18% | 15,954 | 24.10% | 66,182 |
| Totals | 1,051,670 | 55.82% | 807,352 | 42.86% | 24,888 | 1.32% | 244,318 | 12.96% | 1,883,910 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "Electoral college confirms Reagan landslide". The News Tribune. December 18, 1984. p. A4. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Election Search Results November 1984 General". Retrieved August 1, 2024.