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Elections in North Carolina |
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The 1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
North Carolina voted for President Ronald Reagan, running with Vice President George H. W. Bush, against former Vice President Walter Mondale, running with U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro.
As of the 2020 presidential election [update], this is the last election in which Vance County and Chatham County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and Scotland County would not vote Republican again until 2020. [1]
Jesse Jackson's voters were 89% black, 8% white, 1% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups. [2]
73% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale. [3] [4]
1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina [5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 1,346,481 | 61.90% | 13 | |
Democratic | Walter Mondale | 824,287 | 37.89% | 0 | |
Libertarian | David Bergland | 3,794 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Melvin Mason | 799 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,175,361 | 100.00% | 13 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
County [6] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Walter Mondale Democratic |
David Bergland Libertarian |
Melvin Mason Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alamance | 26,063 | 69.74% | 11,230 | 30.05% | 68 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.02% | 14,833 | 39.69% | 37,370 |
Alexander | 8,502 | 70.22% | 3,581 | 29.58% | 20 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.03% | 4,921 | 40.66% | 12,107 |
Alleghany | 2,589 | 56.08% | 2,013 | 43.60% | 13 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 576 | 12.48% | 4,617 |
Anson | 3,719 | 42.45% | 5,015 | 57.25% | 11 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.17% | -1,296 | -14.80% | 8,760 |
Ashe | 6,611 | 62.10% | 4,009 | 37.66% | 22 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,602 | 24.44% | 10,645 |
Avery | 4,702 | 79.88% | 1,159 | 19.69% | 17 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.14% | 3,543 | 60.19% | 5,886 |
Beaufort | 9,284 | 60.66% | 5,987 | 39.12% | 27 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.04% | 3,297 | 21.54% | 15,304 |
Bertie | 2,879 | 41.91% | 3,953 | 57.54% | 29 | 0.42% | 9 | 0.13% | -1,074 | -15.63% | 6,870 |
Bladen | 4,701 | 48.07% | 5,064 | 51.78% | 12 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.02% | -363 | -3.71% | 9,779 |
Brunswick | 9,673 | 58.67% | 6,774 | 41.08% | 35 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.04% | 2,899 | 17.59% | 16,488 |
Buncombe | 37,698 | 61.62% | 23,337 | 38.14% | 122 | 0.20% | 26 | 0.04% | 14,361 | 23.48% | 61,183 |
Burke | 18,766 | 64.32% | 10,353 | 35.48% | 51 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.03% | 8,413 | 28.84% | 29,178 |
Cabarrus | 22,528 | 72.54% | 8,477 | 27.29% | 43 | 0.14% | 10 | 0.03% | 14,051 | 45.25% | 31,058 |
Caldwell | 17,024 | 69.79% | 7,311 | 29.97% | 50 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.04% | 9,713 | 39.82% | 24,394 |
Camden | 1,282 | 54.25% | 1,075 | 45.49% | 5 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.04% | 207 | 8.76% | 2,363 |
Carteret | 11,637 | 66.28% | 5,882 | 33.50% | 35 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.02% | 5,755 | 32.78% | 17,557 |
Caswell | 3,992 | 48.84% | 4,157 | 50.86% | 19 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.07% | -165 | -2.02% | 8,174 |
Catawba | 31,476 | 72.78% | 11,700 | 27.05% | 61 | 0.14% | 13 | 0.03% | 19,776 | 45.73% | 43,250 |
Chatham | 8,595 | 53.39% | 7,458 | 46.33% | 39 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.04% | 1,137 | 7.06% | 16,099 |
Cherokee | 4,894 | 63.73% | 2,776 | 36.15% | 8 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,118 | 27.58% | 7,679 |
Chowan | 2,171 | 55.41% | 1,736 | 44.31% | 9 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.05% | 435 | 11.10% | 3,918 |
Clay | 2,259 | 62.42% | 1,340 | 37.03% | 19 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.03% | 919 | 25.39% | 3,619 |
Cleveland | 17,095 | 62.23% | 10,288 | 37.45% | 82 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.03% | 6,807 | 24.78% | 27,472 |
Columbus | 9,150 | 51.11% | 8,728 | 48.75% | 20 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.03% | 422 | 2.36% | 17,904 |
Craven | 12,893 | 64.04% | 7,186 | 35.69% | 41 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.07% | 5,707 | 28.35% | 20,134 |
Cumberland | 31,602 | 58.18% | 22,614 | 41.63% | 89 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.03% | 8,988 | 16.55% | 54,319 |
Currituck | 2,885 | 63.24% | 1,668 | 36.56% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,217 | 26.68% | 4,562 |
Dare | 4,738 | 71.83% | 1,839 | 27.88% | 16 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,899 | 43.95% | 6,596 |
Davidson | 30,471 | 72.55% | 11,469 | 27.31% | 54 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.02% | 19,002 | 45.24% | 42,001 |
Davie | 8,201 | 73.72% | 2,911 | 26.17% | 12 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,290 | 47.55% | 11,125 |
Duplin | 7,708 | 52.96% | 6,830 | 46.93% | 13 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.03% | 878 | 6.03% | 14,555 |
Durham | 29,185 | 47.39% | 32,244 | 52.36% | 134 | 0.22% | 21 | 0.03% | -3,059 | -4.97% | 61,584 |
Edgecombe | 9,635 | 47.66% | 10,545 | 52.16% | 24 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.06% | -910 | -4.50% | 20,216 |
Forsyth | 59,208 | 61.54% | 36,814 | 38.26% | 174 | 0.18% | 15 | 0.02% | 22,394 | 23.28% | 96,211 |
Franklin | 5,984 | 55.57% | 4,766 | 44.26% | 10 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.07% | 1,218 | 11.31% | 10,768 |
Gaston | 39,167 | 73.36% | 14,142 | 26.49% | 70 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.02% | 25,025 | 46.87% | 53,392 |
Gates | 1,694 | 43.10% | 2,225 | 56.62% | 7 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.10% | -531 | -13.52% | 3,930 |
Graham | 2,514 | 62.63% | 1,494 | 37.22% | 4 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,020 | 25.41% | 4,014 |
Granville | 6,302 | 54.42% | 5,217 | 45.05% | 58 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,085 | 9.37% | 11,580 |
Greene | 3,195 | 53.47% | 2,772 | 46.39% | 8 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 423 | 7.08% | 5,975 |
Guilford | 73,096 | 61.25% | 46,027 | 38.57% | 186 | 0.16% | 27 | 0.02% | 27,069 | 22.68% | 119,336 |
Halifax | 8,832 | 48.65% | 9,278 | 51.11% | 30 | 0.17% | 13 | 0.07% | -446 | -2.46% | 18,153 |
Harnett | 11,198 | 61.11% | 7,106 | 38.78% | 15 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.02% | 4,092 | 22.33% | 18,323 |
Haywood | 10,146 | 55.96% | 7,958 | 43.89% | 24 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,188 | 12.07% | 18,131 |
Henderson | 19,369 | 72.55% | 7,222 | 27.05% | 80 | 0.30% | 26 | 0.10% | 12,147 | 45.50% | 26,697 |
Hertford | 3,176 | 41.27% | 4,498 | 58.45% | 16 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,322 | -17.18% | 7,695 |
Hoke | 2,449 | 43.14% | 3,214 | 56.61% | 11 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.05% | -765 | -13.47% | 5,677 |
Hyde | 1,195 | 54.27% | 1,004 | 45.59% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 8.68% | 2,202 |
Iredell | 23,641 | 70.14% | 9,999 | 29.67% | 55 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.03% | 13,642 | 40.47% | 33,704 |
Jackson | 5,582 | 55.97% | 4,367 | 43.78% | 22 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,215 | 12.19% | 9,974 |
Johnston | 16,210 | 67.32% | 7,833 | 32.53% | 24 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.05% | 8,377 | 34.79% | 24,080 |
Jones | 2,062 | 50.30% | 2,025 | 49.40% | 8 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.10% | 37 | 0.90% | 4,099 |
Lee | 8,198 | 67.47% | 3,925 | 32.30% | 25 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,273 | 35.17% | 12,151 |
Lenoir | 13,321 | 60.79% | 8,556 | 39.04% | 27 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.05% | 4,765 | 21.75% | 21,914 |
Lincoln | 12,621 | 67.64% | 5,996 | 32.13% | 38 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.02% | 6,625 | 35.51% | 18,659 |
Macon | 6,661 | 64.95% | 3,570 | 34.81% | 21 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.04% | 3,091 | 30.14% | 10,256 |
Madison | 3,666 | 54.81% | 2,988 | 44.67% | 10 | 0.15% | 25 | 0.37% | 678 | 10.14% | 6,689 |
Martin | 4,266 | 52.32% | 3,870 | 47.47% | 12 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.06% | 396 | 4.85% | 8,153 |
McDowell | 7,639 | 65.09% | 4,076 | 34.73% | 17 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.03% | 3,563 | 30.36% | 11,736 |
Mecklenburg | 106,754 | 62.67% | 63,190 | 37.10% | 337 | 0.20% | 56 | 0.03% | 43,564 | 25.57% | 170,337 |
Mitchell | 4,737 | 78.51% | 1,286 | 21.31% | 10 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,451 | 57.20% | 6,034 |
Montgomery | 5,109 | 57.07% | 3,831 | 42.79% | 6 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,278 | 14.28% | 8,952 |
Moore | 14,681 | 67.40% | 7,063 | 32.43% | 30 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.04% | 7,618 | 34.97% | 21,782 |
Nash | 17,295 | 66.73% | 8,588 | 33.14% | 23 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.04% | 8,707 | 33.59% | 25,917 |
New Hanover | 23,771 | 65.21% | 12,591 | 34.54% | 75 | 0.21% | 15 | 0.04% | 11,180 | 30.67% | 36,452 |
Northampton | 3,198 | 38.39% | 5,094 | 61.15% | 24 | 0.29% | 14 | 0.17% | -1,896 | -22.76% | 8,330 |
Onslow | 13,928 | 70.75% | 5,713 | 29.02% | 34 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.06% | 8,215 | 41.73% | 19,687 |
Orange | 15,585 | 42.96% | 20,564 | 56.69% | 108 | 0.30% | 20 | 0.06% | -4,979 | -13.73% | 36,277 |
Pamlico | 2,554 | 54.14% | 2,152 | 45.62% | 8 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.06% | 402 | 8.52% | 4,717 |
Pasquotank | 4,646 | 54.58% | 3,854 | 45.27% | 6 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.08% | 792 | 9.31% | 8,513 |
Pender | 5,079 | 53.73% | 4,354 | 46.06% | 16 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.04% | 725 | 7.67% | 9,453 |
Perquimans | 1,939 | 57.28% | 1,441 | 42.57% | 4 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.03% | 498 | 14.71% | 3,385 |
Person | 5,854 | 62.30% | 3,528 | 37.54% | 11 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.04% | 2,326 | 24.76% | 9,397 |
Pitt | 18,983 | 58.36% | 13,481 | 41.45% | 48 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.04% | 5,502 | 16.91% | 32,526 |
Polk | 4,046 | 64.73% | 2,169 | 34.70% | 34 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,877 | 30.03% | 6,251 |
Randolph | 25,759 | 77.36% | 7,511 | 22.56% | 23 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.02% | 18,248 | 54.80% | 33,299 |
Richmond | 6,807 | 47.50% | 7,494 | 52.30% | 26 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.02% | -687 | -4.80% | 14,330 |
Robeson | 12,947 | 45.76% | 15,257 | 53.93% | 56 | 0.20% | 31 | 0.11% | -2,310 | -8.17% | 28,291 |
Rockingham | 17,895 | 62.70% | 10,605 | 37.16% | 32 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.02% | 7,290 | 25.54% | 28,539 |
Rowan | 25,207 | 70.20% | 10,643 | 29.64% | 52 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.01% | 14,564 | 40.56% | 35,907 |
Rutherford | 11,369 | 62.23% | 6,862 | 37.56% | 33 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.02% | 4,507 | 24.67% | 18,268 |
Sampson | 10,665 | 53.87% | 9,115 | 46.04% | 13 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,550 | 7.83% | 19,796 |
Scotland | 4,077 | 50.23% | 4,028 | 49.62% | 11 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 49 | 0.61% | 8,117 |
Stanly | 13,116 | 68.00% | 6,138 | 31.82% | 29 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.03% | 6,978 | 36.18% | 19,289 |
Stokes | 9,515 | 65.63% | 4,950 | 34.14% | 28 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,565 | 31.49% | 14,498 |
Surry | 13,340 | 64.88% | 7,188 | 34.96% | 26 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.04% | 6,152 | 29.92% | 20,562 |
Swain | 2,012 | 50.02% | 2,000 | 49.73% | 9 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.29% | 4,022 |
Transylvania | 6,956 | 64.91% | 3,733 | 34.83% | 25 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,223 | 30.08% | 10,717 |
Tyrrell | 774 | 48.89% | 807 | 50.98% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | -33 | -2.09% | 1,583 |
Union | 16,885 | 70.45% | 7,048 | 29.41% | 27 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.03% | 9,837 | 41.04% | 23,968 |
Vance | 6,836 | 53.68% | 5,880 | 46.18% | 15 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.02% | 956 | 7.50% | 12,734 |
Wake | 81,251 | 61.61% | 50,323 | 38.16% | 267 | 0.20% | 30 | 0.02% | 30,928 | 23.45% | 131,871 |
Warren | 2,664 | 40.25% | 3,946 | 59.63% | 3 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,282 | -19.38% | 6,618 |
Washington | 2,731 | 46.67% | 3,114 | 53.21% | 7 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -383 | -6.54% | 5,852 |
Watauga | 9,370 | 64.27% | 5,163 | 35.41% | 41 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,207 | 28.86% | 14,579 |
Wayne | 17,961 | 64.13% | 10,011 | 35.74% | 30 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.02% | 7,950 | 28.39% | 28,008 |
Wilkes | 18,670 | 73.03% | 6,852 | 26.80% | 40 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.01% | 11,818 | 46.23% | 25,564 |
Wilson | 12,243 | 59.31% | 8,343 | 40.42% | 40 | 0.19% | 17 | 0.08% | 3,900 | 18.89% | 20,643 |
Yadkin | 8,976 | 74.37% | 3,075 | 25.48% | 14 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.04% | 5,901 | 48.89% | 12,070 |
Yancey | 4,296 | 53.96% | 3,651 | 45.86% | 9 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.06% | 645 | 8.10% | 7,961 |
Totals | 1,346,481 | 61.90% | 824,287 | 37.89% | 3,794 | 0.17% | 799 | 0.04% | 522,194 | 24.01% | 2,175,361 |