1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana Louisiana 1912 presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1980 1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana 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 10 1,037,299 60.77% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 651,586 38.18% 350px 350px Parish results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% 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 Louisiana took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Louisiana 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. Background The percentage of registered voters in Louisiana who were Republicans rose from 7.4% in 1980 to 11.3% in 1984 while the Democratic figure fell from 86.6% to 80.6%.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 62 Campaign Governor Edwin Edwards told voters to boycott the primaries. This resulted in black voters making up a large amount of the Democratic primary electorate and a Jesse Jackson victory.Black Black 1992 259 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that St. John the Baptist Parish 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 Reagan was the first Republican to ever carry the state twice. Among white voters, 76% supported Reagan while 23% supported Mondale.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1984 United States presidential election in LouisianaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 1,037,299 60.77% 10 Democratic Walter Mondale 651,586 38.18% 0 Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 9,502 0.56% 0 Independent Lyndon LaRouche 3,552 0.21% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 1,876"notseparated" Totals for this candidate were not separated by parish but only listed as a statewide total which is included in the statewide aggregate below.LA US President Race, November 06, 1984 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2234 Our Campaigns 0.11% 0 America First Bob Richards 1,310"notseparated" 0.08% 0 Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 1,164"notseparated" 0.07% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 533"notseparated" 0.03% 0 Totals 1,706,822 100.0% 10 Results by parish ParishRonald ReaganRepublicanWalter MondaleDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Acadia14,90660.59%9,26237.65%4341.76%5,64422.94%24,602Allen4,47447.69%4,84251.61%660.70%-368-3.92%9,382Ascension11,94551.55%11,04847.68%1770.77%8973.87%23,170Assumption5,43352.43%4,66044.97%2702.60%7737.46%10,363Avoyelles9,40256.39%6,80840.83%4632.78%2,59415.56%16,673Beauregard7,35363.13%4,19936.05%960.82%3,15427.08%11,648Bienville4,58755.76%3,53042.91%1091.33%1,05712.85%8,226Bossier22,63876.01%7,00623.52%1380.47%15,63252.49%29,782Caddo63,42963.68%35,72735.87%4450.45%27,70227.81%99,601Calcasieu35,56651.39%33,21447.99%4300.62%2,3523.40%69,210Caldwell3,34169.33%1,34827.97%1302.70%1,99341.36%4,819Cameron2,26557.99%1,60841.17%330.84%65716.82%3,906Catahoula3,64067.52%1,64930.59%1021.89%1,99136.93%5,391Claiborne4,34960.29%2,78838.65%771.06%1,56121.64%7,214Concordia6,17763.73%3,33234.38%1831.89%2,84529.35%9,692DeSoto5,98955.77%4,64243.23%1081.00%1,34712.54%10,739East Baton Rouge95,70462.44%56,67336.98%8910.58%39,03125.46%153,268East Carroll1,97447.77%2,08950.56%691.67%-115-2.79%4,132East Feliciana4,16649.59%4,12249.07%1131.34%440.52%8,401Evangeline8,68054.78%6,98144.06%1831.16%1,69910.72%15,844Franklin6,70867.80%2,93729.68%2492.52%3,77138.12%9,894Grant5,33465.88%2,58831.96%1752.16%2,74633.92%8,097Iberia17,72762.14%10,17035.65%6292.21%7,55726.49%28,526Iberville6,45542.58%8,58756.65%1170.77%-2,132-14.07%15,159Jackson5,03464.86%2,56833.09%1592.05%2,46631.77%7,761Jefferson123,99774.69%41,18324.81%8430.50%82,81449.88%166,023Jefferson Davis8,29657.36%5,96241.22%2061.42%2,33416.14%14,464Lafayette44,34468.80%19,26529.89%8491.31%25,07938.91%64,458Lafourche20,93065.40%10,18631.83%8892.77%10,74433.57%32,005LaSalle5,40478.60%1,31819.17%1532.23%4,08659.43%6,875Lincoln9,08761.81%5,43236.95%1821.24%3,65524.86%14,701Livingston17,46565.72%8,91333.54%1980.74%8,55232.18%26,576Madison2,84948.58%2,90649.56%1091.86%-57-0.98%5,864Morehouse8,58562.73%4,82935.29%2711.98%3,75627.44%13,685Natchitoches8,83658.99%5,80638.76%3362.25%3,03020.23%14,978Orleans86,31641.71%119,47857.73%1,1620.56%-33,162-16.02%206,956Ouachita37,27069.57%15,52528.98%7791.45%21,74540.59%53,574Plaquemines7,65569.74%3,26129.71%610.55%4,39440.03%10,977Pointe Coupee5,47744.58%6,73254.79%780.63%-1,255-10.21%12,287Rapides32,87965.81%16,12132.27%9631.92%16,75833.54%49,963Red River3,06060.39%1,95838.64%490.97%1,10221.75%5,067Richland5,98065.84%2,91832.13%1852.03%3,06233.71%9,083Sabine6,29566.26%2,98031.37%2252.37%3,31534.89%9,500St. Bernard24,42874.80%8,07624.73%1530.47%16,35250.07%32,657St. Charles10,18559.62%6,78439.71%1130.67%3,40119.91%17,082St. Helena2,36643.53%2,95654.39%1132.08%-590-10.86%5,435St. James4,62743.10%5,98955.79%1191.11%-1,362-12.69%10,735St. John the Baptist9,09353.96%7,64645.37%1120.67%1,4478.59%16,851St. Landry19,05551.19%17,95048.22%2180.59%1,1052.97%37,223St. Martin9,69852.17%8,58946.20%3041.63%1,1095.97%18,591St. Mary15,27561.16%9,41137.68%2881.16%5,86423.48%24,974St. Tammany38,66476.15%11,71923.08%3920.77%26,94553.07%50,775Tangipahoa19,58060.10%12,79939.29%2000.61%6,78120.81%32,579Tensas1,95653.52%1,62844.54%711.94%3288.98%3,655Terrebonne23,69669.51%9,64028.28%7532.21%14,05641.23%34,089Union6,58567.73%2,91629.99%2222.28%3,66937.74%9,723Vermilion12,72156.85%9,03340.37%6242.78%3,68816.48%22,378Vernon9,03567.58%4,07630.49%2581.93%4,95937.09%13,369Washington11,18558.91%7,68040.45%1230.64%3,50518.46%18,988Webster12,05564.54%6,50934.85%1130.61%5,54629.69%18,677West Baton Rouge4,18947.16%4,63152.13%630.71%-442-4.97%8,883West Carroll3,87470.84%1,47426.95%1212.21%2,40043.89%5,469West Feliciana2,09747.38%2,29651.88%330.74%-199-4.50%4,426Winn4,93463.85%2,63334.08%1602.07%2,30129.77%7,727Totals1,037,29960.77%651,58638.18%17,9371.05%385,71322.59%1,706,822 Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ascension Assumption Beauregard Bienville Calcasieu Cameron DeSoto East Feliciana Livingston Jefferson Davis Natchitoches Red River Sabine St. Charles St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary Tangipahoa Tensas Vernon Washington See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana Presidency of Ronald Reagan Notes 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 Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod The 1992 Presidential Election in the South: Current Patterns of Southern Party and Electoral Politics Praeger Publishers 1994 0275945340 Louisiana 1984 Category:1984 Louisiana elections