1984 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (1921-2018).svg presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa 1980 1988 United States presidential election in Iowa 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 8 703,088 53.27% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 605,620 45.89% 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa results map by county.svg 280px County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Mondale #86b6f2 50–60% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa 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 eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Iowa was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. While the majority of counties turned out for Reagan, the politically volatile state of Iowa was a relatively narrow victory for him, thanks in part to the Midwest Farm Crisis of the early 1980s. The relatively weak Republican trend for this election is highlighted by the loss of Des Moines's highly populated Polk County to Mondale. Iowa weighed in for this election as 11 points more Democratic than the national average. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Black Hawk County (Waterloo), Linn County (Cedar Rapids), and Story County (Ames) 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 Iowa would not vote Republican again until 2004. Campaign A Democratic Party presidential debate was held in Des Moines on February 11, 1984, with Walter Mondale, George McGovern, Gary Hart, John Glenn, Alan Cranston, Fritz Hollings and Reubin Askew participating.February 11, 1984 1984 Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate https://www.c-span.org/program/american-history-tv/1984-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate/92383 May 7, 2025 C-SPAN Governor Terry Branstad was the chair of Reagan's campaign in Iowa.January 30, 1984 Branstad to head Reagan campaign 2 The Daily Nonpareil https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil/140871558/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240213174649/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-nonpareil/140871558/ February 13, 2024 Newspapers.com Michael Triggs, Monty Bertelli, Herbert Blume, Richard Johnson, Larry Allen, Claudine Mansfield, Margaret Severino, and Grace Copley served as presidential electors for Reagan.Triggs 1986 203 Results 1984 United States presidential election in IowaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 703,088 53.27% 8 Democratic Walter Mondale 605,620 45.89% 0 “Nominated By Petition” Lyndon LaRouche 6,248 0.47% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 1,844 0.14% 0 Write-Ins 1,051 0.08% 0 Independent Gerald Baker 892 0.07% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 463 0.04% 0 Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 313 0.02% 0 Communist Party Gus Hall 286 0.02% 0 Totals 1,319,805 100.0% 8 Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2231 Our Campaigns IA US President Race, November 06, 1984Ronald ReaganRepublicanWalter MondaleDemocraticLyndon LaRoucheNominated By PetitionDavid BerglandLibertarianVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Adair 2,615 56.61% 1,979 42.84% 8 0.17% 6 0.13% 11 0.24% 636 13.77% 4,619 Adams 1,706 57.64% 1,221 41.25% 19 0.64% 10 0.34% 4 0.14% 485 16.39% 2,960 Allamakee 3,997 62.91% 2,282 35.91% 51 0.80% 3 0.05% 21 0.33% 1,715 27.00% 6,354 Appanoose 3,412 50.48% 3,289 48.66% 37 0.55% 6 0.09% 15 0.22% 123 1.82% 6,759 Audubon 2,306 54.97% 1,854 44.20% 26 0.62% 4 0.10% 5 0.12% 452 10.77% 4,195 Benton 5,566 52.13% 4,993 46.76% 82 0.77% 11 0.10% 26 0.24% 573 5.37% 10,678 Black Hawk 32,262 50.23% 31,467 48.99% 282 0.44% 74 0.12% 148 0.23% 795 1.24% 64,233 Boone 5,746 46.80% 6,485 52.82% 22 0.18% 4 0.03% 20 0.16% -739 -6.02% 12,277 Bremer 6,895 62.37% 4,084 36.94% 44 0.40% 13 0.12% 19 0.17% 2,811 25.43% 11,055 Buchanan 4,965 54.25% 4,129 45.12% 25 0.27% 12 0.13% 21 0.23% 836 9.13% 9,152 Buena Vista 5,193 55.22% 4,109 43.69% 43 0.46% 33 0.35% 27 0.29% 1,084 11.53% 9,405 Butler 4,570 66.00% 2,323 33.55% 21 0.30% 3 0.04% 7 0.10% 2,247 32.45% 6,924 Calhoun 3,311 56.14% 2,541 43.08% 31 0.53% 9 0.15% 6 0.10% 770 13.06% 5,898 Carroll 5,021 49.83% 4,960 49.22% 65 0.65% 9 0.09% 22 0.22% 61 0.61% 10,077 Cass 5,053 67.10% 2,417 32.09% 35 0.46% 12 0.16% 14 0.19% 2,636 35.01% 7,531 Cedar 4,617 59.59% 3,086 39.83% 21 0.27% 16 0.21% 8 0.10% 1,531 19.76% 7,748 Cerro Gordo 11,214 48.86% 11,570 50.41% 118 0.51% 18 0.08% 30 0.13% -356 -1.55% 22,950 Cherokee 4,046 54.16% 3,349 44.83% 46 0.62% 6 0.08% 23 0.31% 697 9.33% 7,470 Chickasaw 3,661 52.93% 3,186 46.06% 48 0.69% 6 0.09% 16 0.23% 475 6.87% 6,917 Clarke 2,262 52.35% 2,030 46.98% 12 0.28% 10 0.23% 7 0.16% 232 5.37% 4,321 Clay 4,450 53.51% 3,774 45.38% 57 0.69% 9 0.11% 26 0.31% 676 8.13% 8,316 Clayton 5,029 58.80% 3,446 40.29% 54 0.63% 8 0.09% 16 0.19% 1,583 18.51% 8,553 Clinton 13,914 54.77% 11,240 44.25% 150 0.59% 33 0.13% 67 0.26% 2,674 10.52% 25,404 Crawford 4,552 56.53% 3,396 42.17% 82 1.02% 9 0.11% 14 0.17% 1,156 14.36% 8,053 Dallas 6,080 47.85% 6,564 51.66% 17 0.13% 15 0.12% 31 0.24% -484 -3.81% 12,707 Davis 1,956 46.77% 2,187 52.30% 19 0.45% 2 0.05% 18 0.43% -231 -5.53% 4,182 Decatur 2,104 49.60% 2,098 49.46% 15 0.35% 4 0.09% 21 0.50% 6 0.14% 4,242 Delaware 4,769 59.61% 3,158 39.47% 45 0.56% 4 0.05% 25 0.31% 1,611 20.14% 8,001 Des Moines 9,559 45.85% 11,173 53.59% 53 0.25% 29 0.14% 36 0.17% -1,614 -7.74% 20,850 Dickinson 4,064 56.68% 3,025 42.19% 58 0.81% 9 0.13% 14 0.20% 1,039 14.49% 7,170 Dubuque 19,239 46.37% 21,876 52.72% 234 0.56% 50 0.12% 92 0.22% -2,637 -6.35% 41,491 Emmet 2,946 51.46% 2,746 47.97% 26 0.45% 4 0.07% 3 0.05% 200 3.49% 5,725 Fayette 6,505 57.56% 4,677 41.38% 69 0.61% 16 0.14% 35 0.31% 1,828 16.18% 11,302 Floyd 4,341 50.75% 4,154 48.57% 39 0.46% 7 0.08% 12 0.14% 187 2.18% 8,553 Franklin 3,129 56.43% 2,349 42.36% 48 0.87% 3 0.05% 16 0.29% 780 14.07% 5,545 Fremont 2,686 64.77% 1,426 34.39% 25 0.60% 3 0.07% 7 0.17% 1,260 30.38% 4,147 Greene 2,579 46.44% 2,831 50.97% 118 2.12% 13 0.23% 13 0.23% -252 -4.53% 5,554 Grundy 4,527 69.45% 1,915 29.38% 55 0.84% 7 0.11% 14 0.21% 2,612 40.07% 6,518 Guthrie 2,783 51.89% 2,517 46.93% 44 0.82% 6 0.11% 13 0.24% 266 4.96% 5,363 Hamilton 4,279 55.61% 3,330 43.27% 42 0.55% 15 0.19% 29 0.38% 949 12.34% 7,695 Hancock 3,362 56.62% 2,539 42.76% 22 0.37% 5 0.08% 10 0.17% 823 13.86% 5,938 Hardin 5,195 53.38% 4,477 46.00% 29 0.30% 11 0.11% 20 0.21% 718 7.38% 9,732 Harrison 4,352 63.24% 2,495 36.25% 21 0.31% 2 0.03% 12 0.17% 1,857 26.99% 6,882 Henry 4,516 56.77% 3,377 42.45% 27 0.34% 15 0.19% 20 0.25% 1,139 14.32% 7,955 Howard 2,718 55.49% 2,135 43.59% 19 0.39% 6 0.12% 20 0.41% 583 11.90% 4,898 Humboldt 3,396 57.92% 2,406 41.04% 45 0.77% 6 0.10% 10 0.17% 990 16.88% 5,863 Ida 2,618 62.30% 1,559 37.10% 18 0.43% 2 0.05% 5 0.12% 1,059 25.20% 4,202 Iowa 4,352 60.02% 2,815 38.82% 63 0.87% 7 0.10% 14 0.19% 1,537 21.20% 7,251 Jackson 4,811 51.51% 4,400 47.11% 81 0.87% 19 0.20% 29 0.31% 411 4.40% 9,340 Jasper 8,576 51.36% 8,023 48.04% 50 0.30% 20 0.12% 30 0.18% 553 3.32% 16,699 Jefferson 4,727 61.19% 2,961 38.33% 9 0.12% 13 0.17% 15 0.19% 1,766 22.86% 7,725 Johnson 18,677 41.46% 26,000 57.72% 54 0.12% 127 0.28% 186 0.41% -7,323 -16.26% 45,044 Jones 4,907 55.82% 3,825 43.51% 27 0.31% 12 0.14% 20 0.23% 1,082 12.31% 8,791 Keokuk 2,913 51.50% 2,649 46.84% 64 1.13% 2 0.04% 28 0.50% 264 4.66% 5,656 Kossuth 4,872 49.64% 4,838 49.30% 78 0.79% 10 0.10% 16 0.16% 34 0.34% 9,814 Lee 8,756 49.17% 8,912 50.04% 74 0.42% 29 0.16% 38 0.21% -156 -0.87% 17,809 Linn 41,061 51.12% 38,528 47.97% 172 0.21% 173 0.22% 381 0.47% 2,533 3.15% 80,315 Louisa 2,623 57.36% 1,927 42.14% 10 0.22% 4 0.09% 9 0.20% 696 15.22% 4,573 Lucas 2,630 51.72% 2,422 47.63% 16 0.31% 5 0.10% 12 0.24% 208 4.09% 5,085 Lyon 4,178 74.05% 1,401 24.83% 49 0.87% 8 0.14% 6 0.11% 2,777 49.22% 5,642 Madison 3,168 50.60% 3,067 48.99% 9 0.14% 6 0.10% 11 0.18% 101 1.61% 6,261 Mahaska 6,086 59.13% 4,107 39.90% 65 0.63% 9 0.09% 26 0.25% 1,979 19.23% 10,293 Marion 7,259 53.24% 6,313 46.30% 40 0.29% 12 0.09% 10 0.07% 946 6.94% 13,634 Marshall 10,839 54.63% 8,809 44.40% 123 0.62% 26 0.13% 43 0.22% 2,030 10.23% 19,840 Mills 3,994 72.80% 1,434 26.14% 29 0.53% 11 0.20% 18 0.33% 2,560 46.66% 5,486 Mitchell 3,144 54.74% 2,531 44.07% 45 0.78% 9 0.16% 14 0.24% 613 10.67% 5,743 Monona 2,746 55.37% 2,159 43.54% 41 0.83% 4 0.08% 9 0.18% 587 11.83% 4,959 Monroe 1,927 44.91% 2,342 54.58% 7 0.16% 3 0.07% 12 0.28% -415 -9.67% 4,291 Montgomery 4,224 71.23% 1,661 28.01% 27 0.46% 8 0.13% 10 0.17% 2,563 43.22% 5,930 Muscatine 9,069 59.79% 5,986 39.46% 75 0.49% 16 0.11% 22 0.15% 3,083 20.33% 15,168 O'Brien 5,008 66.16% 2,479 32.75% 59 0.78% 12 0.16% 11 0.15% 2,529 33.41% 7,569 Osceola 2,285 65.98% 1,146 33.09% 28 0.81% 1 0.03% 3 0.09% 1,139 32.89% 3,463 Page 5,876 75.06% 1,914 24.45% 24 0.31% 6 0.08% 8 0.10% 3,962 50.61% 7,828 Palo Alto 2,715 46.73% 3,018 51.94% 71 1.22% 1 0.02% 5 0.09% -303 -5.21% 5,810 Plymouth 6,482 64.65% 3,464 34.55% 54 0.54% 13 0.13% 14 0.14% 3,018 30.10% 10,027 Pocahontas 2,627 50.64% 2,481 47.82% 24 0.46% 41 0.79% 15 0.29% 146 2.82% 5,188 Polk 71,413 48.30% 75,413 51.01% 540 0.37% 244 0.17% 238 0.16% -4,000 -2.71% 147,848 Pottawattamie 21,527 63.11% 12,329 36.14% 179 0.52% 33 0.10% 44 0.13% 9,198 26.97% 34,112 Poweshiek 4,715 53.04% 4,103 46.16% 38 0.43% 7 0.08% 26 0.29% 612 6.88% 8,889 Ringgold 1,512 48.51% 1,593 51.11% 10 0.32% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -81 -2.60% 3,117 Sac 3,298 57.57% 2,363 41.25% 41 0.72% 9 0.16% 18 0.31% 935 16.32% 5,729 Scott 38,034 53.41% 32,550 45.71% 385 0.54% 122 0.17% 121 0.17% 5,484 7.70% 71,212 Shelby 4,200 64.25% 2,291 35.05% 31 0.47% 7 0.11% 8 0.12% 1,909 29.20% 6,537 Sioux 11,665 81.61% 2,585 18.09% 25 0.17% 5 0.03% 13 0.09% 9,080 63.52% 14,293 Story 19,804 51.56% 18,277 47.58% 107 0.28% 94 0.24% 128 0.33% 1,527 3.98% 38,410 Tama 4,882 54.30% 4,061 45.17% 25 0.28% 6 0.07% 16 0.18% 821 9.13% 8,990 Taylor 2,496 62.06% 1,499 37.27% 13 0.32% 3 0.07% 11 0.27% 997 24.79% 4,022 Union 3,583 54.49% 2,875 43.72% 34 0.52% 12 0.18% 72 1.09% 708 10.77% 6,576 Van Buren 2,138 56.73% 1,606 42.61% 19 0.50% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 532 14.12% 3,769 Wapello 7,098 39.88% 10,545 59.24% 86 0.48% 31 0.17% 40 0.22% -3,447 -19.36% 17,800 Warren 8,277 49.95% 8,171 49.31% 84 0.51% 13 0.08% 25 0.15% 106 0.64% 16,570 Washington 4,613 59.37% 3,079 39.63% 46 0.59% 14 0.18% 18 0.23% 1,534 19.74% 7,770 Wayne 2,061 51.26% 1,927 47.92% 14 0.35% 8 0.20% 11 0.27% 134 3.34% 4,021 Webster 9,619 48.58% 9,930 50.15% 206 1.04% 25 0.13% 22 0.11% -311 -1.57% 19,802 Winnebago 3,616 57.27% 2,669 42.27% 16 0.25% 2 0.03% 11 0.17% 947 15.00% 6,314 Winneshiek 5,277 57.96% 3,724 40.90% 78 0.86% 7 0.08% 19 0.21% 1,553 17.06% 9,105 Woodbury 23,002 54.31% 18,951 44.75% 296 0.70% 42 0.10% 59 0.14% 4,051 9.56% 42,350 Worth 1,985 46.53% 2,263 53.05% 9 0.21% 5 0.12% 4 0.09% -278 -6.52% 4,266 Wright 3,675 54.81% 2,980 44.44% 31 0.46% 9 0.13% 10 0.15% 695 10.37% 6,705Totals703,08853.27%605,62045.89%6,2480.47%1,8440.14%3,0050.23%97,4687.38%1,319,805 Results by congressional district Reagan carried 5 of 6 congressional districts, including one held by Democrats. District1984 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=e8d9cc2e366f42da99a9180f8476d1c5 July 24, 2024 Western Washington UniversityReaganMondale1st52.2%47%2nd52.6%46.4%3rd51.7%47.4%4th49.9%50.1%5th57.4%41.8%6th57.1%42% See also United States presidential elections in Iowa Presidency of Ronald Reagan References Works cited Triggs Michael 1985-86 Iowa Official Register Secretary of State of Iowa 1986 https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/REDBK/860919.pdf Iowa 1984 Category:1984 Iowa elections