1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential 1980 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1980 November 6, 1984 1988 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1988 x200px File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 6 534,774 60.47% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 338,646 38.29% 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 250px County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Mondale #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% The 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Arkansas 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. Arkansas weighed in for this election as 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which St. Francis County voted for a Republican presidential 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 Background Arkansas was the last state to leave the Solid South when it supported Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. Arkansas was Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter's third-highest percentage performance in the 1976 presidential election.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 143 Campaign Arkansas switched to a caucus system for the 1984 primary, which resulted in voter turnout in the Democratic primary from 450,000 in 1980, to 22,202 in 1984. The primary system was restored for the 1988 election.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 146 Reagan won the state and placed first in 65 of Arkansas' 75 counties and all four congressional districts.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 143-144 Among white voters, 68% supported Reagan while 31% supported Mondale.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1984 United States presidential election in ArkansasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 534,774 60.47% 6 Democratic Walter Mondale 338,646 38.29% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 2,221 0.25% 0 Independent Democrat Lyndon LaRouche 1,890 0.21% 0 Communist Party Gus Hall 1,499 0.17% 0 America First Bob Richards 1,461 0.17% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1,291 0.15% 0 Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 960 0.11% 0 Prohibition Earl Dodge 842 0.10% 0 Independent Arthur Lowery 822 0.09% 0 Totals 884,406 100.0% 6 Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Arkansas 4,804 59.99% 3,153 39.37% 51 0.64% 1,651 20.62% 8,008 Ashley 5,675 62.44% 3,373 37.11% 41 0.45% 2,302 25.33% 9,089 Baxter 10,870 69.84% 4,528 29.09% 166 1.07% 6,342 40.75% 15,564 Benton 24,296 75.90% 7,306 22.82% 408 1.27% 16,990 53.08% 32,010 Boone 7,961 68.83% 3,356 29.01% 250 2.16% 4,605 39.82% 11,567 Bradley 2,690 53.62% 2,313 46.10% 14 0.28% 377 7.52% 5,017 Calhoun 1,474 58.15% 1,058 41.74% 3 0.12% 416 16.41% 2,535 Carroll 5,041 68.21% 2,263 30.62% 86 1.16% 2,778 37.59% 7,390 Chicot 2,502 42.21% 3,407 57.48% 18 0.30% -905 -15.27% 5,927 Clark 4,185 47.27% 4,638 52.39% 30 0.34% -453 -5.12% 8,853 Clay 3,767 53.02% 3,279 46.15% 59 0.83% 488 6.87% 7,105 Cleburne 5,769 64.04% 3,172 35.21% 67 0.74% 2,597 28.83% 9,008 Cleveland 1,773 56.02% 1,378 43.54% 14 0.44% 395 12.48% 3,165 Columbia 6,526 63.45% 3,680 35.78% 79 0.77% 2,846 27.67% 10,285 Conway 5,049 57.14% 3,742 42.35% 45 0.51% 1,307 14.79% 8,836 Craighead 14,047 62.87% 8,035 35.96% 261 1.17% 6,012 26.91% 22,343 Crawford 9,551 75.20% 3,071 24.18% 79 0.62% 6,480 51.02% 12,701 Crittenden 6,663 47.82% 6,520 46.79% 751 5.39% 143 1.03% 13,934 Cross 3,917 59.04% 2,701 40.71% 17 0.26% 1,216 18.33% 6,635 Dallas 2,361 52.80% 2,035 45.51% 76 1.70% 326 7.29% 4,472 Desha 2,696 45.87% 2,918 49.64% 264 4.49% -222 -3.77% 5,878 Drew 3,407 56.10% 2,638 43.44% 28 0.46% 769 12.66% 6,073 Faulkner 11,595 60.89% 7,169 37.65% 279 1.47% 4,426 23.24% 19,043 Franklin 4,382 64.04% 2,399 35.06% 62 0.91% 1,983 28.98% 6,843 Fulton 2,329 55.15% 1,864 44.14% 30 0.71% 465 11.01% 4,223 Garland 21,213 62.47% 11,484 33.82% 1,261 3.71% 9,729 28.65% 33,958 Grant 3,167 59.16% 2,148 40.13% 38 0.71% 1,019 19.03% 5,353 Greene 6,179 56.17% 4,730 43.00% 91 0.83% 1,449 13.17% 11,000 Hempstead 4,904 59.31% 3,327 40.24% 37 0.45% 1,577 19.07% 8,268 Hot Spring 5,629 48.75% 5,836 50.55% 81 0.70% -207 -1.80% 11,546 Howard 3,079 63.72% 1,746 36.13% 7 0.14% 1,333 27.59% 4,832 Independence 7,428 62.36% 4,415 37.07% 68 0.57% 3,013 25.29% 11,911 Izard 2,726 53.08% 2,346 45.68% 64 1.25% 380 7.40% 5,136 Jackson 3,901 48.88% 4,038 50.60% 42 0.53% -137 -1.72% 7,981 Jefferson 14,514 44.10% 18,082 54.95% 313 0.95% -3,568 -10.85% 32,909 Johnson 4,720 60.30% 3,056 39.04% 51 0.65% 1,664 21.26% 7,827 Lafayette 2,290 57.15% 1,695 42.30% 22 0.55% 595 14.85% 4,007 Lawrence 4,039 60.50% 2,594 38.86% 43 0.64% 1,445 21.64% 6,676 Lee 2,101 44.54% 2,541 53.87% 75 1.59% -440 -9.33% 4,717 Lincoln 1,860 43.54% 2,406 56.32% 6 0.14% -546 -12.78% 4,272 Little River 3,155 59.58% 2,090 39.47% 50 0.94% 1,065 20.11% 5,295 Logan 5,663 63.14% 3,206 35.75% 100 1.11% 2,457 27.39% 8,969 Lonoke 8,425 64.11% 4,636 35.28% 81 0.62% 3,789 28.83% 13,142 Madison 3,516 61.65% 2,133 37.40% 54 0.95% 1,383 24.25% 5,703 Marion 3,545 64.17% 1,945 35.21% 34 0.62% 1,600 28.96% 5,524 Miller 8,302 63.43% 4,686 35.80% 100 0.76% 3,616 27.63% 13,088 Mississippi 10,180 57.30% 7,548 42.49% 38 0.21% 2,632 14.81% 17,766 Monroe 2,508 50.45% 2,413 48.54% 50 1.01% 95 1.91% 4,971 Montgomery 2,221 59.12% 1,497 39.85% 39 1.04% 724 19.27% 3,757 Nevada 2,352 56.65% 1,783 42.94% 17 0.41% 569 13.71% 4,152 Newton 2,749 65.88% 1,414 33.88% 10 0.24% 1,335 32.00% 4,173 Ouachita 6,700 51.19% 5,858 44.76% 531 4.06% 842 6.43% 13,089 Perry 2,047 58.82% 1,404 40.34% 29 0.83% 643 18.48% 3,480 Phillips 4,686 43.70% 5,946 55.45% 91 0.85% -1,260 -11.75% 10,723 Pike 2,665 64.72% 1,443 35.04% 10 0.24% 1,222 29.68% 4,118 Poinsett 5,622 58.64% 3,906 40.74% 59 0.62% 1,716 17.90% 9,587 Polk 5,181 70.15% 2,101 28.45% 104 1.41% 3,080 41.70% 7,386 Pope 10,667 67.28% 5,082 32.05% 106 0.67% 5,585 35.23% 15,855 Prairie 2,407 62.10% 1,437 37.07% 32 0.83% 970 25.03% 3,876 Pulaski 77,651 58.20% 54,237 40.65% 1,530 1.15% 23,414 17.55% 133,418 Randolph 3,188 55.61% 2,507 43.73% 38 0.66% 681 11.88% 5,733 St. Francis 5,378 52.10% 4,866 47.14% 78 0.76% 512 4.96% 10,322 Saline 11,709 60.68% 6,977 36.16% 611 3.17% 4,732 24.52% 19,297 Scott 3,066 65.11% 1,609 34.17% 34 0.72% 1,457 30.94% 4,709 Searcy 2,819 67.10% 1,313 31.25% 69 1.64% 1,506 35.85% 4,201 Sebastian 27,595 74.95% 8,688 23.60% 534 1.45% 18,907 51.35% 36,817 Sevier 3,302 62.64% 1,942 36.84% 27 0.51% 1,360 25.80% 5,271 Sharp 4,392 63.38% 2,492 35.96% 46 0.66% 1,900 27.42% 6,930 Stone 2,325 57.48% 1,654 40.89% 66 1.63% 671 16.59% 4,045 Union 12,333 65.74% 6,208 33.09% 218 1.16% 6,125 32.65% 18,759 Van Buren 4,060 60.97% 2,529 37.98% 70 1.05% 1,531 22.99% 6,659 Washington 24,993 68.10% 11,319 30.84% 386 1.05% 13,674 37.26% 36,698 White 12,566 64.66% 6,603 33.97% 266 1.37% 5,963 30.69% 19,435 Woodruff 1,675 44.56% 2,055 54.67% 29 0.77% -380 -10.11% 3,759 Yell 4,051 59.56% 2,679 39.39% 72 1.06% 1,372 20.17% 6,802Totals534,77460.47%338,64638.29%10,9861.24%196,12822.18%884,406 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Arkansas Ashley Bradley Calhoun Clay Cleveland Conway Cross Crittenden Dallas Faulkner Drew Grant Greene Hempstead Howard Independence Izard Johnson Lafayette Lawrence Little River Mississippi Monroe Montgomery Nevada Ouachita Perry Pike Poinsett Prairie Pulaski Randolph St. Francis Saline Scott Sevier Stone White Yell See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas 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 Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 Arkansas 1984 Category:1984 Arkansas elections