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1984 United States presidential election in California
← 1980 November 6, 1984 1988 →
Turnout74.93% (of registered voters) Decrease 2.31 pp
59.08% (of eligible voters) Increase 2.04 pp
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 47 0
Popular vote 5,467,009 3,922,519
Percentage 57.51% 41.27%
County ResultsCongressional District Results

Reagan

  50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

Mondale

  40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

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Ronald Reagan
Republican

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Ronald Reagan
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Reagan holding a campaign rally at Los Angeles Pierce College on the eve of the election
Reagan and his wife Nancy celebrate at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles after the announcement of his 1984 electoral victory

The 1984 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 47 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Republican incumbent and former California Governor, Ronald Reagan, in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Minnesota Senator and Vice President Walter 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.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time for a Republican to carry the following California counties in a presidential election: Contra Costa, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma.

Democratic primary

Jesse 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.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in California
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

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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Ranney 1985, p. 54.
  4. "1984 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.

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