The presidential election of 1984 was a very
partisan election for Arizona, with just under 99% of the electorate voting for either the
Democratic or
Republican parties, and only four parties appearing on the ballot.[1] Nearly every
county in Arizona voted with majorities for Reagan, a particularly strong turnout even in this typically conservative-leaning state. Reagan's win in Arizona was largely the result of a lopsided 45% victory margin in
Maricopa County, the state's most populated county and home to
Phoenix. Mondale did best in predominantly Native American
Apache County, which was typical of his gains vis-à-vis
Jimmy Carter in Native American counties throughout the nation; Reagan thus became the first-ever Republican to win the White House without carrying this county.[2] Mondale also won heavily unionized copper-mining
Greenlee County; albeit his performance there was the worst by a Democrat since statehood.
Arizona weighed in for this election as sixteen points more
Republican than the national average. Reagan won the election in Arizona with a decisive 34-point landslide. No
Republican candidate has received as strong of support in the American
West at large as Reagan did.
Results
1984 United States presidential election in Arizona