1984 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
November 6, 1984
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,051,670 807,352
Percentage 55.82% 42.86%
County Results
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Washington 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 ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

The State of Washington 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.

Nearly all counties in Washington voted mainly Republican, save a handful of counties along the southern Pacific coast of the state, which voted mainly Democratic. This included Seattle's highly populated King County, which is the most recent time the city and county have voted Republican. This is also the last time that Pierce County, Thurston County, and San Juan County voted Republican.[1]

Washington weighed in for this election as 3% more Democratic than the national average. This is the last time Washington has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, though Colin Powell would receive the votes of three faithless electors in 2016. Mason County would not vote Republican again until 2016.[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Washington, 1984
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 1,051,670 55.82% 10
Democratic Walter Mondale 807,352 42.86% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 8,844 0.47% 0
America First Bob Richards 5,724 0.30% 0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 4,712 0.25% 0
Citizens Party Sonia Johnson 1,891 0.10% 0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1,654 0.09% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 814 0.04% 0
Workers World Party Larry Holmes 641 0.03% 0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 608 0.03% 0
Totals 1,883,910 100.0% 10

Results by county

Ronald Wilson Reagan
Republican		 Walter Fritz Mondale
Democratic		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
County #  % #  % #  % #  % #
Adams 3,449 71.72% 1,311 27.26% 49 1.02% 2,138 44.46% 4,809
Asotin 3,876 55.21% 3,042 43.33% 103 1.47% 834 11.88% 7,021
Benton 32,307 69.28% 13,784 29.56% 540 1.16% 18,523 39.72% 46,631
Chelan 13,667 65.10% 6,978 33.24% 349 1.66% 6,689 31.86% 20,994
Clallam 13,605 57.32% 9,701 40.87% 429 1.81% 3,904 16.45% 23,735
Clark 40,681 52.86% 35,248 45.80% 1,028 1.34% 5,433 7.06% 76,957
Columbia 1,404 67.02% 673 32.12% 18 0.86% 731 34.89% 2,095
Cowlitz 14,858 47.98% 15,361 49.60% 749 2.42% -503 -1.62% 30,968
Douglas 6,443 66.44% 3,127 32.24% 128 1.32% 3,316 34.19% 9,698
Ferry 1,232 55.75% 935 42.31% 43 1.95% 297 13.44% 2,210
Franklin 7,724 62.96% 4,328 35.28% 216 1.76% 3,396 27.68% 12,268
Garfield 913 63.94% 493 34.52% 22 1.54% 420 29.41% 1,428
Grant 12,888 65.81% 6,298 32.16% 398 2.03% 6,590 33.65% 19,584
Grays Harbor 11,286 43.96% 14,050 54.73% 335 1.30% -2,764 -10.77% 25,671
Island 13,548 65.72% 6,850 33.23% 218 1.06% 6,698 32.49% 20,616
Jefferson 4,543 48.67% 4,602 49.30% 189 2.02% -59 -0.63% 9,334
King 332,987 52.09% 298,620 46.71% 7,654 1.20% 34,367 5.38% 639,261
Kitsap 36,101 54.11% 29,681 44.49% 931 1.40% 6,420 9.62% 66,713
Kittitas 6,580 57.06% 4,830 41.89% 121 1.05% 1,750 15.18% 11,531
Klickitat 3,910 57.87% 2,712 40.14% 135 2.00% 1,198 17.73% 6,757
Lewis 15,846 66.22% 7,634 31.90% 451 1.88% 8,212 34.32% 23,931
Lincoln 3,474 66.90% 1,671 32.18% 48 0.92% 1,803 34.72% 5,193
Mason 8,410 53.74% 7,007 44.77% 233 1.49% 1,403 8.96% 15,650
Okanogan 7,476 57.25% 5,330 40.81% 253 1.94% 2,146 16.43% 13,059
Pacific 3,613 42.90% 4,679 55.56% 129 1.53% -1,066 -12.66% 8,421
Pend Oreille 2,374 58.26% 1,655 40.61% 46 1.13% 719 17.64% 4,075
Pierce 112,877 57.85% 79,498 40.75% 2,733 1.40% 33,379 17.11% 195,108
San Juan 2,900 52.48% 2,514 45.49% 112 2.03% 386 6.99% 5,526
Skagit 18,840 56.53% 13,947 41.85% 539 1.62% 4,893 14.68% 33,326
Skamania 1,736 51.99% 1,552 46.48% 51 1.53% 184 5.51% 3,339
Snohomish 90,362 56.83% 66,728 41.97% 1,905 1.20% 23,634 14.86% 158,995
Spokane 88,043 58.96% 59,620 39.92% 1,673 1.12% 28,423 19.03% 149,336
Stevens 8,211 64.29% 4,304 33.70% 256 2.00% 3,907 30.59% 12,771
Thurston 34,442 55.51% 26,840 43.26% 763 1.23% 7,602 12.25% 62,045
Wahkiakum 776 44.62% 930 53.48% 33 1.90% -154 -8.86% 1,739
Walla Walla 12,361 63.72% 6,804 35.08% 233 1.20% 5,557 28.65% 19,398
Whatcom 27,228 53.72% 22,670 44.73% 788 1.55% 4,558 8.99% 50,686
Whitman 10,021 59.48% 6,621 39.30% 207 1.23% 3,400 20.18% 16,849
Yakima 40,678 61.46% 24,724 37.36% 780 1.18% 15,954 24.11% 66,182
Totals1,051,67055.82%807,35242.86%24,8881.32%244,31812.97%1,883,910

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "1984 Presidential General Election Results – Washington". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
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