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1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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1984 United States presidential election
1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1980 1988 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1988 November 6, 1984 x200px File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 8 615,539 63.55% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 344,470 35.57% 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 300px County results
Reagan
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
#aa0000 80–90%
Mondale
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States)
The 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and DC, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
South Carolina 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. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that Bamberg County voted for a Republican candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
Campaign
Among white voters, 82% supported Reagan while 17% supported Mondale.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335
Results
1984 United States presidential election in South CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 615,539 63.55% 8 Democratic Walter Mondale 344,470 35.57% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 4,360 0.45% 0 American Party Delmar Dennis 3,490 0.36% 0 United Citizens Party Dennis Serrette 681 0.07% 0 Totals 968,540 100.0% 8
Results by county
CountySC US President, November 06, 1984 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2256 Our Campaigns Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic David BerglandLibertarian Delmar DennisAmerican Dennis SerretteUnited Citizens Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Abbeville 3,798 55.24% 3,051 44.38% 18 0.26% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 747 10.86% 6,875 Aiken 25,872 71.60% 9,892 27.38% 320 0.89% 31 0.09% 18 0.05% 15,980 44.22% 36,133 Allendale 1,570 41.66% 2,170 57.57% 20 0.53% 7 0.19% 2 0.05% -600 -15.91% 3,769 Anderson 24,123 69.54% 10,324 29.76% 139 0.40% 92 0.27% 13 0.04% 13,799 39.78% 34,691 Bamberg 2,908 49.87% 2,892 49.60% 17 0.29% 6 0.10% 8 0.14% 16 0.27% 5,831 Barnwell 4,346 60.45% 2,811 39.10% 21 0.29% 6 0.08% 5 0.07% 1,535 21.35% 7,189 Beaufort 13,668 64.72% 7,347 34.79% 71 0.34% 17 0.08% 15 0.07% 6,321 29.93% 21,118 Berkeley 16,972 69.24% 7,380 30.11% 76 0.31% 65 0.27% 18 0.07% 9,592 39.13% 24,511 Calhoun 2,742 53.83% 2,315 45.45% 17 0.33% 9 0.18% 11 0.22% 427 8.38% 5,094 Charleston 53,779 63.83% 29,481 34.99% 323 0.38% 477 0.57% 200 0.24% 24,298 28.84% 84,260 Cherokee 8,655 67.57% 4,101 32.02% 36 0.28% 10 0.08% 7 0.05% 4,554 35.55% 12,809 Chester 4,441 55.20% 3,559 44.24% 27 0.34% 12 0.15% 6 0.07% 882 10.96% 8,045 Chesterfield 5,451 54.15% 4,593 45.62% 18 0.18% 3 0.03% 2 0.02% 858 8.53% 10,067 Clarendon 5,102 47.48% 5,591 52.03% 31 0.29% 20 0.19% 2 0.02% -489 -4.55% 10,746 Colleton 6,200 55.63% 4,910 44.06% 21 0.19% 8 0.07% 6 0.05% 1,290 11.57% 11,145 Darlington 11,100 58.70% 7,456 39.43% 194 1.03% 131 0.69% 29 0.15% 3,644 19.27% 18,910 Dillon 4,646 57.71% 3,360 41.74% 24 0.30% 14 0.17% 6 0.07% 1,286 15.97% 8,050 Dorchester 15,289 68.26% 7,037 31.42% 55 0.25% 11 0.05% 7 0.03% 8,252 36.84% 22,399 Edgefield 3,224 49.77% 3,227 49.81% 13 0.20% 11 0.17% 3 0.05% -3 -0.04% 6,478 Fairfield 3,147 43.19% 4,117 56.50% 14 0.19% 6 0.08% 3 0.04% -970 -13.31% 7,287 Florence 22,753 60.51% 14,639 38.93% 124 0.33% 61 0.16% 23 0.06% 8,114 21.58% 37,600 Georgetown 7,370 53.29% 6,392 46.22% 40 0.29% 21 0.15% 7 0.05% 978 7.07% 13,830 Greenville 66,766 73.07% 24,137 26.42% 337 0.37% 99 0.11% 30 0.03% 42,629 46.65% 91,369 Greenwood 10,887 62.91% 6,339 36.63% 63 0.36% 14 0.08% 4 0.02% 4,548 26.28% 17,307 Hampton 3,464 47.92% 3,736 51.69% 16 0.22% 11 0.15% 1 0.01% -272 -3.77% 7,228 Horry 20,396 69.23% 8,940 30.34% 85 0.29% 33 0.11% 9 0.03% 11,456 38.89% 29,463 Jasper 3,102 45.09% 3,753 54.56% 11 0.16% 10 0.15% 3 0.04% -651 -9.47% 6,879 Kershaw 8,822 66.70% 4,323 32.69% 60 0.45% 17 0.13% 4 0.03% 4,499 34.01% 13,226 Lancaster 10,383 63.92% 5,804 35.73% 37 0.23% 16 0.10% 4 0.02% 4,579 28.19% 16,244 Laurens 9,729 64.49% 5,312 35.21% 25 0.17% 15 0.10% 5 0.03% 4,417 29.28% 15,086 Lee 3,548 47.31% 3,912 52.16% 23 0.31% 15 0.20% 2 0.03% -364 -4.85% 7,500 Lexington 38,628 80.95% 8,828 18.50% 225 0.47% 28 0.06% 12 0.03% 29,800 62.45% 47,721 McCormick 1,186 43.51% 1,526 55.98% 19 0.19% 13 0.13% 0 0.00% -340 -12.47% 2,726 Marion 4,698 48.07% 5,043 51.60% 19 0.23% 15 0.18% 4 0.05% -345 -3.53% 9,773 Marlboro 3,951 47.70% 4,294 51.84% 6 0.22% 4 0.15% 4 0.15% -343 -4.14% 8,283 Newberry 7,176 65.19% 3,790 34.43% 29 0.26% 8 0.07% 5 0.05% 3,386 30.76% 11,008 Oconee 8,625 71.61% 3,333 27.67% 70 0.58% 11 0.09% 5 0.04% 5,292 43.94% 12,044 Orangeburg 14,286 48.20% 15,121 51.02% 55 0.19% 156 0.53% 18 0.06% -835 -2.82% 29,636 Pickens 15,155 76.68% 4,481 22.67% 100 0.51% 20 0.10% 8 0.04% 10,674 54.01% 19,764 Richland 46,773 57.44% 32,212 39.56% 766 0.94% 1,591 1.95% 87 0.11% 14,561 17.88% 81,429 Saluda 3,515 63.90% 1,962 35.67% 18 0.33% 2 0.04% 4 0.07% 1,553 28.23% 5,501 Spartanburg 41,553 66.41% 20,130 32.17% 555 0.89% 285 0.46% 52 0.08% 21,423 34.24% 62,575 Sumter 12,909 57.14% 9,566 42.35% 61 0.27% 38 0.17% 16 0.07% 3,343 14.79% 22,590 Union 6,331 58.64% 4,424 40.98% 34 0.31% 4 0.04% 3 0.03% 1,907 17.66% 10,796 Williamsburg 6,492 45.95% 7,586 53.69% 29 0.21% 15 0.11% 6 0.04% -1,094 -7.74% 14,128 York 20,008 67.99% 9,273 31.51% 98 0.33% 45 0.15% 3 0.01% 10,735 36.48% 29,427Totals615,53963.55%344,47035.57%4,3600.45%3,4900.36%6810.07%271,06927.98%968,540
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
20em
Abbeville
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Calhoun
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Georgetown
Greenwood
Lancaster
Laurens
Oconee
Saluda
Union
York
See also
Presidency of Ronald Reagan
References
Works cited
Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306
South Carolina
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Category:1984 South Carolina elections