1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential 1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1980 1988 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1988 82.4%https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0009076779&seq=716 Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1985 CT State Library November 6, 1984 x200px File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 8 890,877 60.73% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 569,597 38.83% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Reagan #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% Mondale #B9D7FF 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Connecticut 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 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. Connecticut weighed in for this election as 2% more Republican than the national average. 2024 11 As of the 2024 United States presidential election, this is the last election in which Hartford County voted for the Republican candidate. This is also the final time that a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state or win by a double-digit margin. Reagan won Connecticut by a 22% margin and with slightly over 60% of the vote, making it 3.7% more Republican than the nation overall amid his national landslide. Since 1896, Connecticut had generally leaned Republican, voting for losing Republican candidates in 1916, 1932, 1948, and 1976 (but also voting for Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and for John F. Kennedy, as he only narrowly won in 1960). The basis for Republican strength in Connecticut had been suburban Fairfield County, where Reagan approached 2/3 of the vote. However, Reagan also took New Haven County—the swing county amongst the state's three largest—by twenty points, and won Hartford County—generally the most Democratic-friendly of the state's three largest counties—by double digits. After 1996, all of Connecticut's large counties would become reliably Democratic, and the state with them. Reagan's 890,877 votes were the most received by a Republican presidential candidate in the state's history. To date, this is the last time that the cities of Meriden, Norwich, and West Haven, as well as the towns of Ashford, Cornwall, East Hartford, Hamden, Manchester, Newington, Portland, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Windham, and Windsor voted Republican. Results 1984 United States presidential election in ConnecticutPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 890,877 60.77% 8 Democratic Walter Mondale 569,597 38.83% 0 Communist Party Gus Hall 4,826 0.33% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1,374 0.09% 0 Write-Ins 226 0.02% 0 Totals 1,466,900 100.0% 8 By county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 257,319 65.78% 132,253 33.81% 1,607 0.41% 125,066 31.97% 391,179 Hartford 208,210 55.02% 168,609 44.56% 1,586 0.42% 39,601 10.46% 378,405 Litchfield 52,583 66.21% 26,564 33.45% 269 0.34% 26,019 32.76% 79,416 Middlesex 39,580 59.32% 26,915 40.34% 227 0.34% 12,665 18.98% 66,722 New Haven 212,166 59.81% 140,945 39.74% 1,601 0.45% 71,221 20.07% 354,712 New London 63,121 61.59% 38,857 37.91% 509 0.50% 24,264 23.68% 102,487 Tolland 32,981 61.88% 20,103 37.72% 214 0.40% 12,878 24.16% 53,298 Windham 24,917 61.59% 15,351 37.95% 187 0.46% 9,566 23.64% 40,455Totals890,87760.73%569,59738.83%6,4260.44%321,28021.90%1,466,900 Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican Hartford By congressional district Reagan won all 6 congressional districts, including four held by Democrats.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0009076779&seq=655 Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1985 CT State Library District Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic Others Total votes cast Representative # % # % # % 1st 129,384 52.68% 115,174 46.89% 1,060 0.43% 245,618 Barbara B. Kennelly 2nd 141,593 60.62% 90,869 38.91% 1,105 0.47% 233,567 Sam Gejdenson 3rd 146,171 58.67% 101,877 40.90% 1,078 0.43% 249,126 Bruce Morrison 4th 154,515 63.20% 88,941 36.38% 1,036 0.42% 244,492 Stewart McKinney 5th 163,371 66.59% 80,816 32.95% 1,146 0.46% 245,333 William R. Ratchford 6th 155,843 62.65% 91,920 36.95% 1,001 0.40% 248,764 Nancy JohnsonTotals890,87760.73%569,59738.83%6,4260.44%1,466,900 See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut Presidency of Ronald Reagan References Connecticut 1984 Category:1984 Connecticut elections