1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico

Presidential Election in the United States in 1984 June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1980 1988 United States presidential election in New Mexico 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 5 307,101 59.70% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 201,769 39.23% 1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 265px County results Reagan #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Mondale #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico 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 five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. New Mexico 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 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. The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for New Mexico, with more than 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1984&fips=35&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1984 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-02-15 In typical form for the time, the highly populated counties of Bernalillo and Los Alamos turned out mainly Republican. Meanwhile, the ongoing Democratic stronghold in the northern part of the state, inclusive of Santa Fe County and Rio Arriba County, is evident during this election. Reagan won the election in New Mexico with a resounding 20-point sweep, making New Mexico 2.3% more Republican than the national average. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Guadalupe County and the only election in which recently created Cibola 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 In addition, this is also the most recent presidential election when the Republican candidate won the state by a double-digit margin. Results 1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan (incumbent) George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 307,101 59.70% +4.73 Democratic Party (United States) Walter Mondale Geraldine Ferraro 201,769 39.23% +2.45 Libertarian Party (United States) David Bergland James A. Lewis 4,459 0.87% −0.09 Citizens Party (United States) Sonia Johnson Richard J. Walton 455 0.09% −0.39 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Melvin T. Mason Matilde Zimmermann 224 0.07% ±0.00 Prohibition Party Earl Dodge Warren C. Martin 206 0.04% −0.24 New Alliance Party Dennis L. Serrette Nancy Ross 155 0.03% N/A 1 0.00% 514,370 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Bernalillo 104,694 60.08% 67,789 38.90% 1,779 1.02% 36,905 21.18% 174,262 Catron 970 68.55% 418 29.54% 27 1.91% 552 39.01% 1,415 Chaves 15,248 73.37% 5,332 25.66% 202 0.97% 9,916 47.71% 20,782 Cibola 3,578 53.09% 3,140 46.59% 22 0.32% 438 6.50% 6,740 Colfax 2,994 54.59% 2,435 44.39% 56 1.02% 559 10.20% 5,485 Curry 9,188 74.01% 3,108 25.03% 119 0.96% 6,080 48.98% 12,415 De Baca 756 65.23% 386 33.30% 17 1.47% 370 31.93% 1,159 Dona Ana 22,153 60.87% 13,878 38.13% 362 1.00% 8,275 22.74% 36,393 Eddy 11,810 60.99% 7,364 38.03% 191 0.98% 4,446 22.96% 19,365 Grant 4,979 45.93% 5,755 53.09% 106 0.98% -776 -7.16% 10,840 Guadalupe 990 50.36% 946 48.12% 30 1.52% 44 2.24% 1,966 Harding 401 63.55% 224 35.50% 6 0.95% 177 28.05% 631 Hidalgo 1,282 59.32% 860 39.80% 19 0.88% 422 19.52% 2,161 Lea 14,569 75.26% 4,558 23.55% 230 1.19% 10,011 51.71% 19,357 Lincoln 3,992 77.04% 1,134 21.88% 56 1.08% 2,858 55.16% 5,182 Los Alamos 6,882 69.60% 2,859 28.91% 147 1.49% 4,023 40.69% 9,888 Luna 4,145 61.17% 2,557 37.74% 74 1.09% 1,588 23.43% 6,776 McKinley 6,557 44.78% 7,915 54.05% 171 1.17% -1,358 -9.27% 14,643 Mora 1,017 44.47% 1,235 54.00% 35 1.53% -218 -9.53% 2,287 Otero 9,751 69.22% 4,167 29.58% 169 1.20% 5,584 39.64% 14,087 Quay 2,842 66.82% 1,368 32.17% 43 1.01% 1,474 34.65% 4,253 Rio Arriba 4,116 36.93% 6,938 62.25% 92 0.82% -2,822 -25.32% 11,146 Roosevelt 4,598 72.26% 1,696 26.65% 69 1.09% 2,902 45.61% 6,363 San Juan 18,690 66.97% 8,963 32.11% 257 0.92% 9,727 34.86% 27,910 San Miguel 3,485 39.38% 5,227 59.06% 138 1.56% -1,742 -19.68% 8,850 Sandoval 9,005 55.43% 7,080 43.58% 161 0.99% 1,925 11.85% 16,246 Santa Fe 15,886 45.98% 18,262 52.85% 404 1.17% -2,376 -6.87% 34,552 Sierra 2,663 66.00% 1,335 33.09% 37 0.91% 1,328 32.91% 4,035 Socorro 3,403 56.27% 2,541 42.01% 104 1.72% 862 14.26% 6,048 Taos 4,154 44.04% 5,144 54.54% 134 1.42% -990 -10.50% 9,432 Torrance 2,326 64.02% 1,274 35.07% 33 0.91% 1,052 28.95% 3,633 Union 1,503 74.44% 488 24.17% 28 1.39% 1,015 50.27% 2,019 Valencia 8,474 60.32% 5,393 38.39% 182 1.29% 3,081 21.93% 14,049Totals307,10159.70%201,76939.23%5,5001.07%105,33220.47%514,370 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Grant McKinley Results by congressional district Reagan won all 3 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. District Reagan Mondale RepresentativeNew Mexico 1 1st 60% 39%Manuel Lujan Jr.New Mexico 2 2nd 66% 33%Joe SkeenNew Mexico 3 3rd 53% 46%Bill Richardson See also Presidency of Ronald Reagan References New Mexico 1984 Category:1984 New Mexico elections