1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1980 1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1988 November 6, 1984 68.37%https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Statistics/turnout/1980-1985/84gen.pdf 1984 General - Voter Turnout Report Kentucky State Board of Elections x200px File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 9 822,782 60.04% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 539,589 39.37% 380px County results 380px Congressional district results 380px Precinct results Reagan #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Mondale #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% Tie #D4C4DC 40–50% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Kentucky was won by the Republican ticket of incumbent President Ronald Reagan of California and Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas by a 20-point margin over Democratic ticket of former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota and his running mate Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York. Ferraro was the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Kentucky, with over 99% of the electorate voting either Democratic or Republican, though several other parties did appear on the ballot. Reagan carried 100 of Kentucky's counties; Mondale carried 19, mostly in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield. One county–Gallatin County–split its two-party vote exactly evenly between the two nominees, with each receiving 1,042 votes.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1984&fips=21&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1984 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-02-09 Reagan became the first Republican to ever carry Carroll County, a highly secessionistCopeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363 rural Bluegrass county that had been the state's only county outside the coalfields to support George McGovern 12 years earlier.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-211 0786422173 Kentucky weighed in for this election as 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. Reagan won Kentucky by 20.7%, a landslide margin slightly greater than his national margin, and a dramatic shift with respect to 1980, when Reagan only narrowly carried the state over the Southern Democrat Jimmy Carter by 1.5%. Mondale performed well in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, but relatively poorly in other traditionally Democratic areas of the state, such as the Bluegrass, the Jackson Purchase, and the Western Kentucky Coalfield, relative even to previous national landslide losers such as Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, John Davis in 1924, and James Cox in 1920. In the Western Coalfield, Reagan became only the second Republican (after Nixon in 1972) to carry Henderson County since 1928, and to ever carry Hopkins County. In the Bluegrass, Reagan became the second Republican, again after only Nixon in 1972, ever to carry Owen County, Henry County, Trimble County, Harrison County, and Franklin County, and the second since 1928 (after Nixon in 1972) to carry Shelby County, Bourbon County, Nicholas County, and Bath County. Concomitantly, Reagan became only the second Republican, after Nixon in 1972, to get over 60% of the vote in Kentucky, a feat which has been replicated in every election since 2012. Results 1984 United States presidential election in KentuckyPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 822,782 60.04% 9 Democratic Walter Mondale 539,589 39.37% 0 Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 3,129 0.23% 0 Independent Lyndon LaRouche 1,777 0.13% 0 National Unity John B. Anderson The National Unity Party grew out of John B. Anderson’s 1980 presidential campaign. Although initially open to running, Anderson announced on April 26, 1984, that he would not run, though he remained on the ballot in Kentucky through ballot access efforts. 1,479 0.11% 0 Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 599 0.04% 0 American Party Delmar Dennis 429 0.03% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 350 0.03% 0 Communist Party Gus Hall 327 0.02% 0 Totals 1,370,461 100.0% 9 Results by county County Ronald ReaganOur Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 06, 1984Republican Walter MondaleDemocratic Melvin MasonSocialist Workers Lyndon LaRoucheIndependent John B. AndersonNational Unity Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 4,500 70.93% 1,812 28.56% 10 0.16% 6 0.09% 4 0.06% 12 0.19% 2,688 42.37% 6,344 Allen 3,427 69.04% 1,521 30.64% 3 0.06% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 6 0.12% 1,906 38.40% 4,964 Anderson 3,425 66.06% 1,717 33.11% 23 0.44% 6 0.12% 8 0.15% 6 0.12% 1,708 32.95% 5,185 Ballard 1,663 45.13% 2,002 54.33% 3 0.08% 10 0.27% 3 0.08% 4 0.11% -339 -9.20% 3,685 Barren 7,717 62.86% 4,503 36.68% 16 0.13% 22 0.18% 7 0.06% 12 0.10% 3,214 26.18% 12,277 Bath 2,020 52.88% 1,781 46.62% 2 0.05% 7 0.18% 6 0.16% 4 0.10% 239 6.26% 3,820 Bell 7,249 55.93% 5,490 42.36% 163 1.26% 13 0.10% 21 0.16% 25 0.19% 1,759 13.57% 12,961 Boone 12,690 71.90% 4,853 27.50% 16 0.09% 32 0.18% 28 0.16% 30 0.17% 7,837 44.40% 17,649 Bourbon 3,836 58.54% 2,649 40.42% 35 0.53% 11 0.17% 11 0.17% 11 0.17% 1,187 18.12% 6,553 Boyd 10,925 52.98% 9,601 46.56% 15 0.07% 33 0.16% 18 0.09% 29 0.14% 1,324 6.42% 20,621 Boyle 5,675 62.53% 3,378 37.22% 8 0.09% 5 0.06% 5 0.06% 5 0.06% 2,297 25.31% 9,076 Bracken 1,812 60.89% 1,136 38.17% 10 0.34% 13 0.44% 3 0.10% 2 0.07% 676 22.72% 2,976 Breathitt 2,855 45.25% 3,435 54.45% 9 0.14% 2 0.03% 2 0.03% 6 0.10% -580 -9.20% 6,309 Breckinridge 4,432 62.14% 2,669 37.42% 3 0.04% 8 0.11% 6 0.08% 14 0.20% 1,763 24.72% 7,132 Bullitt 9,556 65.11% 5,005 34.10% 59 0.40% 29 0.20% 17 0.12% 10 0.07% 4,551 31.01% 14,676 Butler 3,121 74.47% 1,055 25.17% 1 0.02% 7 0.17% 3 0.07% 4 0.10% 2,066 49.30% 4,191 Caldwell 3,162 55.93% 2,427 42.93% 44 0.78% 11 0.19% 3 0.05% 6 0.11% 735 13.00% 5,653 Calloway 6,442 55.94% 5,028 43.66% 11 0.10% 14 0.12% 9 0.08% 11 0.10% 1,414 12.28% 11,515 Campbell 21,473 69.99% 9,068 29.56% 19 0.06% 54 0.18% 33 0.11% 32 0.10% 12,405 40.43% 30,679 Carlisle 1,308 50.15% 1,277 48.96% 11 0.42% 6 0.23% 4 0.15% 2 0.08% 31 1.19% 2,608 Carroll 1,824 53.65% 1,564 46.00% 1 0.03% 7 0.21% 1 0.03% 3 0.09% 260 7.65% 3,400 Carter 4,656 53.67% 3,985 45.94% 3 0.03% 13 0.15% 7 0.08% 11 0.13% 671 7.73% 8,675 Casey 4,356 79.01% 1,122 20.35% 17 0.31% 5 0.09% 7 0.13% 6 0.11% 3,234 58.66% 5,513 Christian 10,708 66.06% 5,432 33.51% 21 0.13% 12 0.07% 9 0.06% 27 0.17% 5,276 32.55% 16,209 Clark 6,130 62.82% 3,595 36.84% 4 0.04% 11 0.11% 15 0.15% 3 0.03% 2,535 25.98% 9,758 Clay 4,772 74.26% 1,634 25.43% 4 0.06% 4 0.06% 8 0.12% 4 0.06% 3,138 48.83% 6,426 Clinton 3,459 80.03% 838 19.39% 3 0.07% 5 0.12% 2 0.05% 15 0.35% 2,621 60.64% 4,322 Crittenden 2,167 59.16% 1,483 40.49% 2 0.05% 4 0.11% 2 0.05% 5 0.14% 684 18.67% 3,663 Cumberland 2,729 77.77% 766 21.83% 4 0.11% 2 0.06% 1 0.03% 7 0.20% 1,963 55.94% 3,509 Daviess 19,495 58.92% 13,347 40.34% 136 0.41% 53 0.16% 29 0.09% 26 0.08% 6,148 18.58% 33,086 Edmonson 3,001 71.05% 1,200 28.41% 19 0.45% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 2 0.05% 1,801 42.64% 4,224 Elliott 601 26.20% 1,683 73.37% 4 0.17% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 4 0.17% -1,082 -47.17% 2,294 Estill 3,512 68.57% 1,593 31.10% 3 0.06% 5 0.10% 4 0.08% 5 0.10% 1,919 37.47% 5,122 Fayette 51,993 63.60% 28,961 35.43% 479 0.59% 72 0.09% 140 0.17% 101 0.12% 23,032 28.17% 81,746 Fleming 2,824 63.33% 1,616 36.24% 3 0.07% 8 0.18% 5 0.11% 3 0.07% 1,208 27.09% 4,459 Floyd 5,218 33.57% 10,259 66.00% 19 0.12% 23 0.15% 7 0.05% 17 0.11% -5,041 -32.43% 15,543 Franklin 11,057 58.12% 7,790 40.95% 124 0.65% 17 0.09% 19 0.10% 17 0.09% 3,267 17.17% 19,024 Fulton 1,780 53.45% 1,534 46.07% 2 0.06% 10 0.30% 1 0.03% 3 0.09% 246 7.38% 3,330 Gallatin 1,042 49.78% 1,042 49.78% 4 0.19% 3 0.14% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,093 Garrard 3,284 67.21% 1,566 32.05% 26 0.53% 4 0.08% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 1,718 35.16% 4,886 Grant 2,840 61.70% 1,685 36.61% 47 1.02% 18 0.39% 5 0.11% 8 0.17% 1,155 25.09% 4,603 Graves 7,287 51.43% 6,759 47.70% 64 0.45% 35 0.25% 10 0.07% 15 0.11% 528 3.73% 14,170 Grayson 5,524 71.03% 2,200 28.29% 31 0.40% 9 0.12% 4 0.05% 9 0.12% 3,324 42.74% 7,777 Green 3,210 66.35% 1,611 33.30% 7 0.14% 5 0.10% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% 1,599 33.05% 4,838 Greenup 7,451 51.52% 6,923 47.87% 25 0.17% 32 0.22% 11 0.08% 20 0.14% 528 3.65% 14,462 Hancock 1,967 59.59% 1,287 38.99% 33 1.00% 7 0.21% 3 0.09% 4 0.12% 680 20.60% 3,301 Hardin 14,293 68.81% 6,329 30.47% 83 0.40% 21 0.10% 29 0.14% 16 0.08% 7,964 38.34% 20,771 Harlan 6,959 47.14% 7,663 51.91% 46 0.31% 26 0.18% 23 0.16% 45 0.30% -704 -4.77% 14,762 Harrison 3,467 58.86% 2,405 40.83% 1 0.02% 6 0.10% 4 0.07% 7 0.12% 1,062 18.03% 5,890 Hart 3,065 57.06% 2,278 42.41% 3 0.06% 6 0.11% 4 0.07% 16 0.30% 787 14.65% 5,372 Henderson 7,389 51.88% 6,795 47.71% 11 0.08% 24 0.17% 8 0.06% 15 0.11% 594 4.17% 14,242 Henry 2,802 54.83% 2,279 44.60% 7 0.14% 9 0.18% 4 0.08% 9 0.18% 523 10.23% 5,110 Hickman 1,380 56.63% 1,049 43.04% 1 0.04% 2 0.08% 2 0.08% 3 0.12% 331 13.59% 2,437 Hopkins 9,368 57.95% 6,743 41.71% 11 0.07% 10 0.06% 15 0.09% 19 0.12% 2,625 16.24% 16,166 Jackson 3,856 87.38% 542 12.28% 8 0.18% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 3,314 75.10% 4,413 Jefferson 167,640 57.66% 122,133 42.01% 174 0.06% 301 0.10% 314 0.11% 188 0.06% 45,507 15.65% 290,750 Jessamine 7,081 74.10% 2,379 24.90% 62 0.65% 16 0.17% 8 0.08% 10 0.10% 4,702 49.20% 9,556 Johnson 5,225 62.58% 3,078 36.87% 12 0.14% 8 0.10% 8 0.10% 18 0.22% 2,147 25.71% 8,349 Kenton 34,304 69.66% 14,642 29.73% 32 0.06% 99 0.20% 82 0.17% 86 0.17% 19,662 39.93% 49,245 Knott 1,728 27.66% 4,487 71.81% 7 0.11% 5 0.08% 8 0.13% 13 0.21% -2,759 -44.15% 6,248 Knox 5,730 65.87% 2,932 33.71% 4 0.05% 11 0.13% 9 0.10% 13 0.15% 2,798 32.16% 8,699 LaRue 2,873 65.30% 1,514 34.41% 1 0.02% 6 0.14% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 1,359 30.89% 4,400 Laurel 9,621 74.41% 3,267 25.27% 12 0.09% 12 0.09% 8 0.06% 9 0.07% 6,354 49.14% 12,929 Lawrence 2,713 54.71% 2,223 44.83% 9 0.18% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 10 0.20% 490 9.88% 4,959 Lee 1,862 70.53% 768 29.09% 4 0.15% 3 0.11% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% 1,094 41.44% 2,640 Leslie 3,385 75.64% 1,075 24.02% 7 0.16% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 5 0.11% 2,310 51.62% 4,475 Letcher 4,073 46.13% 4,707 53.31% 18 0.20% 12 0.14% 8 0.09% 12 0.14% -634 -7.18% 8,830 Lewis 3,445 69.64% 1,484 30.00% 3 0.06% 7 0.14% 4 0.08% 4 0.08% 1,961 39.64% 4,947 Lincoln 3,996 61.27% 2,498 38.30% 7 0.11% 9 0.14% 3 0.05% 9 0.14% 1,498 22.97% 6,522 Livingston 1,866 47.96% 2,007 51.58% 3 0.08% 6 0.15% 3 0.08% 6 0.15% -141 -3.62% 3,891 Logan 4,889 58.83% 3,347 40.28% 44 0.53% 12 0.14% 9 0.11% 9 0.11% 1,542 18.55% 8,310 Lyon 969 42.97% 1,272 56.41% 7 0.31% 5 0.22% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% -303 -13.44% 2,255 Madison 11,309 63.09% 6,509 36.31% 61 0.34% 10 0.06% 23 0.13% 14 0.08% 4,800 26.78% 17,926 Magoffin 2,343 44.22% 2,942 55.53% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 6 0.11% -599 -11.31% 5,298 Marion 3,305 53.66% 2,835 46.03% 5 0.08% 1 0.02% 4 0.06% 9 0.15% 470 7.63% 6,159 Marshall 5,152 47.19% 5,725 52.44% 2 0.02% 16 0.15% 6 0.05% 16 0.15% -573 -5.25% 10,917 Martin 3,238 68.03% 1,471 30.90% 8 0.17% 6 0.13% 9 0.19% 28 0.59% 1,767 37.13% 4,760 Mason 3,751 58.19% 2,663 41.31% 7 0.11% 6 0.09% 11 0.17% 8 0.12% 1,088 16.88% 6,446 McCracken 12,903 50.08% 12,535 48.65% 242 0.94% 20 0.08% 25 0.10% 40 0.16% 368 1.43% 25,765 McCreary 4,028 70.58% 1,609 28.19% 28 0.49% 13 0.23% 18 0.32% 11 0.19% 2,419 42.39% 5,707 McLean 1,942 50.03% 1,917 49.38% 5 0.13% 8 0.21% 5 0.13% 5 0.13% 25 0.65% 3,882 Meade 3,820 60.19% 2,503 39.44% 1 0.02% 13 0.20% 4 0.06% 6 0.09% 1,317 20.75% 6,347 Menifee 785 44.35% 956 54.01% 19 1.07% 3 0.17% 4 0.23% 3 0.17% -171 -9.66% 1,770 Mercer 4,592 63.88% 2,516 35.00% 63 0.88% 8 0.11% 6 0.08% 4 0.06% 2,076 28.88% 7,189 Metcalfe 2,349 59.56% 1,575 39.93% 2 0.05% 10 0.25% 3 0.08% 5 0.13% 774 19.63% 3,944 Monroe 4,760 81.47% 1,052 18.00% 8 0.14% 9 0.15% 7 0.12% 7 0.12% 3,708 63.47% 5,843 Montgomery 3,864 60.59% 2,490 39.05% 6 0.09% 8 0.13% 6 0.09% 3 0.05% 1,374 21.54% 6,377 Morgan 1,834 42.35% 2,481 57.28% 5 0.12% 3 0.07% 3 0.07% 5 0.12% -647 -14.93% 4,331 Muhlenberg 6,094 49.64% 6,157 50.15% 6 0.05% 10 0.08% 4 0.03% 6 0.05% -63 -0.51% 12,277 Nelson 6,044 58.57% 4,199 40.69% 44 0.43% 10 0.10% 16 0.16% 6 0.06% 1,845 17.88% 10,319 Nicholas 1,535 57.38% 1,107 41.38% 22 0.82% 5 0.19% 6 0.22% 0 0.00% 428 16.00% 2,675 Ohio 5,119 60.82% 3,253 38.65% 7 0.08% 14 0.17% 6 0.07% 18 0.21% 1,866 22.17% 8,417 Oldham 8,112 73.81% 2,857 25.99% 3 0.03% 5 0.05% 8 0.07% 6 0.05% 5,255 47.82% 10,991 Owen 1,778 52.17% 1,612 47.30% 5 0.15% 3 0.09% 5 0.15% 5 0.15% 166 4.87% 3,408 Owsley 1,466 79.20% 375 20.26% 3 0.16% 2 0.11% 2 0.11% 3 0.16% 1,091 58.94% 1,851 Pendleton 2,767 63.76% 1,529 35.23% 29 0.67% 4 0.09% 3 0.07% 8 0.18% 1,238 28.53% 4,340 Perry 5,218 49.52% 5,258 49.90% 29 0.28% 7 0.07% 8 0.08% 17 0.16% -40 -0.38% 10,537 Pike 11,869 42.68% 15,817 56.87% 39 0.14% 38 0.14% 23 0.08% 26 0.09% -3,948 -14.19% 27,812 Powell 2,269 58.83% 1,575 40.83% 3 0.08% 4 0.10% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 694 18.00% 3,857 Pulaski 14,434 76.40% 4,384 23.20% 10 0.05% 23 0.12% 18 0.10% 24 0.13% 10,050 53.20% 18,893 Robertson 567 54.36% 467 44.77% 5 0.48% 2 0.19% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% 100 9.59% 1,043 Rockcastle 4,328 79.73% 1,089 20.06% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 5 0.09% 3,239 59.67% 5,428 Rowan 3,698 57.16% 2,748 42.47% 9 0.14% 5 0.08% 7 0.11% 3 0.05% 950 14.69% 6,470 Russell 4,476 75.18% 1,448 24.32% 7 0.12% 8 0.13% 7 0.12% 8 0.13% 3,028 50.86% 5,954 Scott 4,461 62.44% 2,606 36.48% 47 0.66% 7 0.10% 9 0.13% 14 0.20% 1,855 25.96% 7,144 Shelby 5,390 61.68% 3,326 38.06% 5 0.06% 5 0.06% 8 0.09% 5 0.06% 2,064 23.62% 8,739 Simpson 3,073 58.70% 2,140 40.88% 5 0.10% 8 0.15% 5 0.10% 4 0.08% 933 17.82% 5,235 Spencer 1,456 61.38% 910 38.36% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 3 0.13% 1 0.04% 546 23.02% 2,372 Taylor 5,932 64.16% 3,286 35.54% 7 0.08% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 11 0.12% 2,646 28.62% 9,245 Todd 2,364 55.23% 1,505 35.16% 98 2.29% 64 1.50% 73 1.71% 176 4.11% 859 20.07% 4,280 Trigg 2,512 56.63% 1,905 42.94% 3 0.07% 10 0.23% 2 0.05% 4 0.09% 607 13.69% 4,436 Trimble 1,389 55.78% 1,088 43.69% 3 0.12% 6 0.24% 1 0.04% 3 0.12% 301 12.09% 2,490 Union 2,524 44.78% 3,090 54.82% 4 0.07% 10 0.18% 5 0.09% 4 0.07% -566 -10.04% 5,637 Warren 16,167 66.87% 7,937 32.83% 12 0.05% 27 0.11% 14 0.06% 21 0.09% 8,230 34.04% 24,178 Washington 2,804 60.24% 1,786 38.37% 50 1.07% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% 10 0.21% 1,018 21.87% 4,655 Wayne 4,449 66.00% 2,277 33.78% 3 0.04% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% 5 0.07% 2,172 32.22% 6,741 Webster 2,504 44.87% 3,042 54.52% 7 0.13% 15 0.27% 3 0.05% 9 0.16% -538 -9.65% 5,580 Whitley 7,851 68.17% 3,575 31.04% 17 0.15% 28 0.24% 29 0.25% 16 0.14% 4,276 37.13% 11,516 Wolfe 1,257 46.68% 1,394 51.76% 24 0.89% 5 0.19% 5 0.19% 8 0.30% -137 -5.08% 2,693 Woodford 4,746 66.73% 2,290 32.20% 49 0.69% 7 0.10% 9 0.13% 11 0.15% 2,456 34.53% 7,112Totals822,78260.04%539,58939.37%3,1290.23%1,7770.13%1,4790.11%1,7050.12%283,19320.67%1,370,461 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 18em Anderson Bath Bell Bourbon Boyd Boyle Bracken Caldwell Calloway Carlisle Carroll Clark Daviess Franklin Fulton Gallatin (became tied) Grant Graves Greenup Hancock Harrison Henderson Henry Hickman Hopkins LaRue Logan Marion Mason McCracken McLean Meade Mercer Montgomery Nelson Nicholas Owen Pendleton Powell Robertson Rowan Scott Shelby Simpson Spencer Todd Trigg Trimble Washington Woodford Notes See also Presidency of Ronald 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