The1984 United States presidential election in Californiatook place on November 6, 1984, as part of the1984 United States presidential election.State voters chose 47 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College,who voted forpresidentandvice president.Californiavoted for theRepublicanincumbentand former California Governor,Ronald Reagan,in a landslide over theDemocraticchallenger, formerMinnesotaSenatorandVice PresidentWalter Mondale.Reagan easily won his home state with a comfortable 16.24% margin and carried all but five counties. Despite this, California's margin was 1.97% more Democratic than the nation as a whole.
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Democratic primary
editJesse Jackson's voters were 50% black, 38% white, 7% Hispanic, and 5% were members of other groups. Massachusetts was the only state where black voters composed a smaller percentage of his supporters.[2]
Results
edit| 1984 United States presidential election in California[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Wilson Reagan(Incumbent) | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | 47 | |
| Democratic | Walter Frederick Mondale | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 115,513 | 1.22% | 0 | |
| American Independent | Bob Richards | 39,265 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Sonia Johnson | 26,297 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-in | 366 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| No party | Dennis L. Serrette(write-in) | 16 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
| Totals | 9,505,423 | 100.00% | 47 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Walter Mondale Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 192,408 | 40.01% | 282,041 | 58.65% | 6,425 | 1.34% | -89,633 | -18.64% | 480,874 |
| Alpine | 264 | 56.65% | 194 | 41.63% | 8 | 1.72% | 70 | 15.02% | 466 |
| Amador | 6,986 | 61.48% | 4,188 | 36.86% | 189 | 1.66% | 2,798 | 24.62% | 11,363 |
| Butte | 45,381 | 63.06% | 25,421 | 35.32% | 1,162 | 1.62% | 19,960 | 27.74% | 71,964 |
| Calaveras | 7,632 | 64.26% | 4,081 | 34.36% | 164 | 1.38% | 3,551 | 29.90% | 11,877 |
| Colusa | 3,388 | 65.30% | 1,725 | 33.25% | 75 | 1.45% | 1,663 | 32.05% | 5,188 |
| Contra Costa | 172,331 | 54.48% | 140,994 | 44.57% | 2,993 | 0.95% | 31,337 | 9.91% | 316,318 |
| Del Norte | 3,996 | 58.41% | 2,696 | 39.41% | 149 | 2.18% | 1,300 | 19.00% | 6,841 |
| El Dorado | 27,583 | 64.93% | 14,312 | 33.69% | 583 | 1.38% | 13,271 | 31.24% | 42,478 |
| Fresno | 104,757 | 54.30% | 86,315 | 44.74% | 1,864 | 0.96% | 18,442 | 9.56% | 192,936 |
| Glenn | 6,020 | 69.74% | 2,488 | 28.82% | 124 | 1.44% | 3,532 | 40.92% | 8,632 |
| Humboldt | 27,832 | 51.64% | 25,217 | 46.79% | 842 | 1.57% | 2,615 | 4.85% | 53,891 |
| Imperial | 13,829 | 62.01% | 8,237 | 36.94% | 235 | 1.05% | 5,592 | 25.07% | 22,301 |
| Inyo | 5,863 | 70.32% | 2,360 | 28.30% | 115 | 1.38% | 3,503 | 42.02% | 8,338 |
| Kern | 94,776 | 65.03% | 49,567 | 34.01% | 1,401 | 0.96% | 45,209 | 31.02% | 145,744 |
| Kings | 13,364 | 64.10% | 7,324 | 35.13% | 160 | 0.77% | 6,040 | 28.97% | 20,848 |
| Lake | 10,874 | 54.83% | 8,648 | 43.61% | 309 | 1.56% | 2,226 | 11.22% | 19,831 |
| Lassen | 5,352 | 61.09% | 3,254 | 37.14% | 155 | 1.77% | 2,098 | 23.95% | 8,761 |
| Los Angeles | 1,424,113 | 54.50% | 1,158,912 | 44.35% | 29,889 | 1.15% | 265,201 | 10.15% | 2,612,914 |
| Madera | 13,954 | 60.04% | 8,994 | 38.70% | 293 | 1.26% | 4,960 | 21.34% | 23,241 |
| Marin | 56,887 | 49.02% | 57,533 | 49.58% | 1,630 | 1.40% | -646 | -0.56% | 116,050 |
| Mariposa | 3,989 | 61.20% | 2,399 | 36.81% | 130 | 1.99% | 1,590 | 24.39% | 6,518 |
| Mendocino | 16,369 | 52.09% | 14,407 | 45.85% | 646 | 2.06% | 1,962 | 6.24% | 31,422 |
| Merced | 24,997 | 58.85% | 17,012 | 40.05% | 468 | 1.10% | 7,985 | 18.80% | 42,477 |
| Modoc | 2,995 | 69.49% | 1,219 | 28.28% | 96 | 2.23% | 1,776 | 41.21% | 4,310 |
| Mono | 2,659 | 72.31% | 962 | 26.16% | 56 | 1.53% | 1,697 | 46.15% | 3,677 |
| Monterey | 55,710 | 57.16% | 40,733 | 41.79% | 1,027 | 1.05% | 14,977 | 15.37% | 97,470 |
| Napa | 26,322 | 57.77% | 18,599 | 40.82% | 640 | 1.41% | 7,723 | 16.95% | 45,561 |
| Nevada | 19,809 | 62.36% | 11,198 | 35.25% | 761 | 2.39% | 8,611 | 27.11% | 31,768 |
| Orange | 635,013 | 74.70% | 206,272 | 24.27% | 8,792 | 1.03% | 428,741 | 50.43% | 850,077 |
| Placer | 38,035 | 62.94% | 21,294 | 35.24% | 1,098 | 1.82% | 16,741 | 27.70% | 60,427 |
| Plumas | 5,224 | 56.61% | 3,837 | 41.58% | 167 | 1.81% | 1,387 | 15.03% | 9,228 |
| Riverside | 182,324 | 63.48% | 102,043 | 35.53% | 2,835 | 0.99% | 80,281 | 27.95% | 287,202 |
| Sacramento | 204,922 | 55.56% | 159,128 | 43.14% | 4,791 | 1.30% | 45,794 | 12.42% | 368,841 |
| San Benito | 5,695 | 60.71% | 3,554 | 37.89% | 131 | 1.40% | 2,141 | 22.82% | 9,380 |
| San Bernardino | 222,071 | 64.80% | 116,454 | 33.98% | 4,180 | 1.22% | 105,617 | 30.82% | 342,705 |
| San Diego | 502,344 | 65.30% | 257,029 | 33.41% | 9,894 | 1.29% | 245,315 | 31.89% | 769,267 |
| San Francisco | 90,219 | 31.44% | 193,278 | 67.35% | 3,475 | 1.21% | -103,059 | -35.91% | 286,972 |
| San Joaquin | 81,795 | 59.61% | 53,846 | 39.24% | 1,572 | 1.15% | 27,949 | 20.37% | 137,213 |
| San Luis Obispo | 49,035 | 63.72% | 26,946 | 35.02% | 969 | 1.26% | 22,089 | 28.70% | 76,950 |
| San Mateo | 135,185 | 51.87% | 122,268 | 46.91% | 3,178 | 1.22% | 12,917 | 4.96% | 260,631 |
| Santa Barbara | 89,314 | 62.76% | 51,243 | 36.01% | 1,763 | 1.23% | 38,071 | 26.75% | 142,320 |
| Santa Clara | 288,638 | 54.81% | 229,865 | 43.65% | 8,136 | 1.54% | 58,773 | 11.16% | 596,639 |
| Santa Cruz | 41,652 | 45.20% | 49,091 | 53.27% | 1,404 | 1.53% | -7,439 | -8.07% | 92,147 |
| Shasta | 33,041 | 62.19% | 19,298 | 36.32% | 788 | 1.49% | 13,743 | 25.87% | 53,127 |
| Sierra | 1,078 | 56.86% | 781 | 41.19% | 37 | 1.95% | 297 | 15.67% | 1,896 |
| Siskiyou | 10,544 | 58.25% | 7,130 | 39.39% | 427 | 2.36% | 3,414 | 18.86% | 18,101 |
| Solano | 51,678 | 54.51% | 41,982 | 44.29% | 1,138 | 1.20% | 9,696 | 10.22% | 94,798 |
| Sonoma | 76,447 | 51.08% | 71,295 | 47.64% | 1,915 | 1.28% | 5,152 | 3.44% | 149,657 |
| Stanislaus | 55,665 | 59.23% | 37,459 | 39.86% | 861 | 0.91% | 18,206 | 19.37% | 93,985 |
| Sutter | 14,477 | 71.23% | 5,535 | 27.24% | 311 | 1.53% | 8,942 | 43.99% | 20,323 |
| Tehama | 11,586 | 62.78% | 6,527 | 35.37% | 342 | 1.85% | 5,059 | 27.41% | 18,455 |
| Trinity | 3,544 | 59.71% | 2,218 | 37.37% | 173 | 2.92% | 1,326 | 22.34% | 5,935 |
| Tulare | 51,066 | 63.88% | 28,065 | 35.11% | 812 | 1.01% | 23,001 | 28.77% | 79,943 |
| Tuolumne | 10,485 | 58.09% | 7,283 | 40.35% | 283 | 1.56% | 3,202 | 17.74% | 18,051 |
| Ventura | 151,383 | 68.67% | 66,550 | 30.19% | 2,529 | 1.14% | 84,833 | 38.48% | 220,462 |
| Yolo | 24,329 | 47.84% | 25,879 | 50.89% | 645 | 1.27% | -1,550 | -3.05% | 50,853 |
| Yuba | 9,780 | 63.52% | 5,339 | 34.68% | 278 | 1.80% | 4,441 | 28.84% | 15,397 |
| Total | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | 115,895 | 1.22% | 1,544,490 | 16.24% | 9,505,423 |
By congressional district
editReagan won 37 of the 45 congressional districts, including nineteen held by Democrats.
| District[4] | Reagan | Mondale | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 52.96% | 47.04% | Douglas H. Bosco |
| 2nd | 64.45% | 35.55% | Eugene A. Chappie |
| 3rd | 55.32% | 44.68% | Bob Matsui |
| 4th | 56.80% | 43.20% | Vic Fazio |
| 5th | 33.74% | 66.26% | Sala Burton |
| 6th | 42.90% | 57.10% | Barbara Boxer |
| 7th | 52.47% | 47.53% | George Miller |
| 8th | 33.92% | 66.08% | Ron Dellums |
| 9th | 50.30% | 49.70% | Pete Stark |
| 10th | 51.53% | 48.47% | Don Edwards |
| 11th | 50.89% | 49.11% | Tom Lantos |
| 12th | 57.92% | 42.08% | Ed Zschau |
| 13th | 58.50% | 41.50% | Norman Mineta |
| 14th | 65.19% | 34.81% | Norman D. Shumway |
| 15th | 59.20% | 40.80% | Tony Coelho |
| 16th | 53.12% | 46.88% | Leon Panetta |
| 17th | 63.97% | 36.03% | Chip Pashayan |
| 18th | 51.10% | 48.90% | Richard Lehman |
| 19th | 63.09% | 36.91% | Bob Lagomarsino |
| 20th | 70.16% | 29.82% | Bill Thomas |
| 21st | 72.98% | 27% | Bobbi Fiedler |
| 22nd | 73.28% | 26.72% | Carlos Moorhead |
| 23rd | 53.30% | 46.70% | Anthony Beilenson |
| 24th | 44.24% | 55.76% | Henry Waxman |
| 25th | 39.11% | 60.89% | Edward Roybal |
| 26th | 54.55% | 45.45% | Howard Berman |
| 27th | 46.93% | 53.07% | Mel Levine |
| 28th | 32.05% | 67.95% | Julian Dixon |
| 29th | 21.99% | 78.01% | Augustus Hawkins |
| 30th | 55.87% | 44.13% | Matthew Martinez |
| 31st | 41.01% | 58.99% | Mervyn Dymally |
| 32nd | 59.09% | 40.91% | Glenn Anderson |
| 33rd | 70.68% | 29.32% | David Dreier |
| 34th | 59.56% | 40.44% | Ed Torres |
| 35th | 72.10% | 27.90% | Jerry Lewis |
| 36th | 56.32% | 43.68% | George Brown |
| 37th | 65.78% | 34.22% | Al McCandless |
| 38th | 70.15% | J29.85% | Jerry M. Patterson |
| Bob Dornan | |||
| 39th | 77.91% | 22.09% | William Dannemeyer |
| 40th | 75.83% | 24.17% | Robert Badham |
| 41st | 64.85% | 35.15% | Bill Lowery |
| 42nd | 73.10% | 26.90% | Dan Lungren |
| 43rd | 74.98% | 25.02% | Ron Packard |
| 44th | 52.70% | 47.30% | Jim Bates |
| 45th | 71.97% | 28.03% | Duncan Hunter |
References
edit- ^"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018"(PDF).California Secretary of State.RetrievedMay 5,2022.
- ^Ranney 1985,p. 54.
- ^"1984 Presidential General Election Results - California".Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.RetrievedAugust 25,2008.
- ^"1984 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District".Western Washington University.RetrievedJuly 25,2024.
Notes
editWorks cited
edit- Ranney, Austin,ed. (1985).The American Elections of 1984.Duke University Press.ISBN0822302306.