Election in North Carolina
Main article: 1984 United States presidential election
1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Nominee
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
California
Minnesota
Running mate
George H. W. Bush
Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote
13
0
Popular vote
1,346,481
824,287
Percentage
61.90%
37.89%
County Results
Reagan
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Mondale
50–60%
60–70%
President before election
Ronald Reagan
Republican
Elected President
Ronald Reagan
Republican
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 strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Ronald Reagan , over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Walter Mondale in a landslide. The final margin was 61.90% to 37.89%, which compared to the other southern states, was close to the southern average. This margin was a huge swing from 1980 , where Reagan had only narrowly carried the state. No Democrat would win in North Carolina until 2008 . As of the 2020 presidential election , 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]
Results [ ]
1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan
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
—
Results by county [ ]
Ronald Wilson Reagan [3] Republican
Walter Frederick Mondale [3] Democratic
David Peter Bergland [3] Libertarian
Various candidates[3] Other parties
Margin
Avery
79.87%
4,702
19.69%
1,159
0.29%
17
0.15%
9
60.18%
3,543
Mitchell
78.51%
4,737
21.31%
1,286
0.17%
10
0.02%
1
57.19%
3,451
Randolph
77.36%
25,759
22.56%
7,511
0.07%
23
0.02%
6
54.80%
18,248
Yadkin
74.37%
8,976
25.48%
3,075
0.12%
14
0.04%
5
48.89%
5,901
Davie
73.72%
8,201
26.17%
2,911
0.11%
12
0.01%
1
47.55%
5,290
Gaston
73.36%
39,167
26.49%
14,142
0.13%
70
0.02%
13
46.87%
25,025
Wilkes
73.03%
18,670
26.80%
6,852
0.16%
40
0.01%
2
46.23%
11,818
Catawba
72.78%
31,476
27.05%
11,700
0.14%
61
0.03%
13
45.72%
19,776
Henderson
72.55%
19,369
27.05%
7,222
0.30%
80
0.10%
26
45.50%
12,147
Davidson
72.55%
30,471
27.31%
11,469
0.13%
54
0.02%
7
45.24%
19,002
Cabarrus
72.54%
22,528
27.29%
8,477
0.14%
43
0.03%
10
45.24%
14,051
Dare
71.83%
4,738
27.88%
1,839
0.24%
16
0.05%
3
43.95%
2,899
Onslow
70.75%
13,928
29.02%
5,713
0.17%
34
0.06%
12
41.73%
8,215
Union
70.45%
16,885
29.41%
7,048
0.11%
27
0.03%
8
41.04%
9,837
Alexander
70.22%
8,502
29.58%
3,581
0.17%
20
0.03%
4
40.65%
4,921
Rowan
70.20%
25,207
29.64%
10,643
0.14%
52
0.01%
5
40.56%
14,564
Iredell
70.14%
23,641
29.67%
9,999
0.16%
55
0.03%
9
40.48%
13,642
Caldwell
69.79%
17,024
29.97%
7,311
0.20%
50
0.04%
9
39.82%
9,713
Alamance
69.74%
26,063
30.05%
11,230
0.18%
68
0.02%
9
39.69%
14,833
Stanly
67.99%
13,116
31.82%
6,138
0.15%
29
0.05%
9
36.17%
6,978
Lincoln
67.64%
12,621
32.13%
5,996
0.20%
38
0.02%
4
35.51%
6,625
Lee
67.47%
8,198
32.30%
3,925
0.21%
25
0.02%
3
35.17%
4,273
Moore
67.40%
14,681
32.42%
7,063
0.14%
30
0.04%
9
34.97%
7,618
Johnston
67.32%
16,210
32.53%
7,833
0.10%
24
0.05%
13
34.79%
8,377
Nash
66.73%
17,295
33.14%
8,588
0.09%
23
0.04%
11
33.60%
8,707
Carteret
66.28%
11,637
33.50%
5,882
0.20%
35
0.02%
3
32.78%
5,755
Stokes
65.63%
9,515
34.14%
4,950
0.19%
28
0.03%
5
31.49%
4,565
New Hanover
65.21%
23,771
34.54%
12,591
0.21%
75
0.04%
15
30.67%
11,180
McDowell
65.08%
7,639
34.73%
4,076
0.14%
17
0.04%
5
30.36%
3,563
Macon
64.93%
6,661
34.80%
3,570
0.20%
21
0.06%
6
30.13%
3,091
Transylvania
64.91%
6,956
34.83%
3,733
0.23%
25
0.03%
3
30.07%
3,223
Polk
64.73%
4,046
34.70%
2,169
0.54%
34
0.03%
2
30.03%
1,877
Surry
64.88%
13,340
34.96%
7,188
0.13%
26
0.04%
8
29.92%
6,152
Watauga
64.27%
9,370
35.41%
5,163
0.28%
41
0.03%
5
28.86%
4,207
Burke
64.32%
18,766
35.48%
10,353
0.17%
51
0.03%
8
28.83%
8,413
Wayne
64.13%
17,961
35.74%
10,011
0.11%
30
0.02%
6
28.38%
7,950
Craven
64.04%
12,893
35.69%
7,186
0.20%
41
0.07%
14
28.35%
5,707
Cherokee
63.72%
4,894
36.15%
2,776
0.10%
8
0.03%
2
27.58%
2,118
Currituck
63.24%
2,885
36.56%
1,668
0.18%
8
0.02%
1
26.68%
1,217
Mecklenburg
62.67%
106,754
37.10%
63,190
0.20%
337
0.03%
58
25.57%
43,564
Rockingham
62.70%
17,895
37.16%
10,605
0.11%
32
0.02%
7
25.54%
7,290
Graham
62.63%
2,514
37.22%
1,494
0.10%
4
0.05%
2
25.41%
1,020
Clay
62.39%
2,259
37.01%
1,340
0.52%
19
0.08%
3
25.38%
919
Cleveland
62.22%
17,095
37.44%
10,288
0.30%
82
0.04%
12
24.77%
6,807
Person
62.30%
5,854
37.54%
3,528
0.12%
11
0.04%
4
24.75%
2,326
Rutherford
62.23%
11,369
37.56%
6,862
0.18%
33
0.02%
4
24.67%
4,507
Ashe
62.10%
6,611
37.66%
4,009
0.21%
22
0.03%
3
24.44%
2,602
Buncombe
61.61%
37,698
38.14%
23,337
0.20%
122
0.05%
29
23.47%
14,361
Wake
61.61%
81,251
38.16%
50,323
0.20%
267
0.02%
30
23.45%
30,928
Forsyth
61.53%
59,208
38.26%
36,814
0.18%
174
0.02%
24
23.27%
22,394
Guilford
61.25%
73,096
38.57%
46,027
0.16%
186
0.03%
31
22.68%
27,069
Harnett
61.11%
11,198
38.78%
7,106
0.08%
15
0.02%
4
22.33%
4,092
Lenoir
60.79%
13,321
39.04%
8,556
0.12%
27
0.05%
10
21.74%
4,765
Beaufort
60.66%
9,284
39.12%
5,987
0.18%
27
0.05%
7
21.54%
3,297
Wilson
59.31%
12,243
40.42%
8,343
0.19%
40
0.08%
17
18.89%
3,900
Brunswick
58.89%
9,763
40.86%
6,774
0.21%
35
0.04%
6
18.03%
2,989
Pitt
58.36%
18,983
41.45%
13,481
0.15%
48
0.04%
14
16.92%
5,502
Cumberland
58.18%
31,602
41.63%
22,614
0.16%
89
0.03%
14
16.55%
8,988
Perquimans
57.28%
1,939
42.57%
1,441
0.12%
4
0.03%
1
14.71%
498
Montgomery
57.07%
5,109
42.79%
3,831
0.07%
6
0.07%
6
14.28%
1,278
Alleghany
56.08%
2,589
43.60%
2,013
0.28%
13
0.04%
2
12.48%
576
Jackson
55.97%
5,582
43.78%
4,367
0.22%
22
0.03%
3
12.18%
1,215
Haywood
55.94%
10,146
43.88%
7,958
0.13%
24
0.05%
9
12.06%
2,188
Franklin
55.57%
5,984
44.26%
4,766
0.09%
10
0.07%
8
11.31%
1,218
Chowan
55.41%
2,171
44.31%
1,736
0.23%
9
0.05%
2
11.10%
435
Madison
54.81%
3,666
44.67%
2,988
0.15%
10
0.37%
25
10.14%
678
Granville
54.42%
6,302
45.05%
5,217
0.50%
58
0.03%
3
9.37%
1,085
Pasquotank
54.58%
4,646
45.27%
3,854
0.07%
6
0.08%
7
9.30%
792
Camden
54.25%
1,282
45.49%
1,075
0.21%
5
0.04%
1
8.76%
207
Hyde
54.27%
1,195
45.59%
1,004
0.14%
3
0.00%
0
8.67%
191
Pamlico
54.14%
2,554
45.62%
2,152
0.17%
8
0.06%
3
8.52%
402
Yancey
53.96%
4,296
45.86%
3,651
0.11%
9
0.06%
5
8.10%
645
Sampson
53.87%
10,665
46.04%
9,115
0.07%
13
0.02%
3
7.83%
1,550
Pender
53.73%
5,079
46.06%
4,354
0.17%
16
0.04%
4
7.67%
725
Vance
53.68%
6,836
46.18%
5,880
0.12%
15
0.02%
3
7.51%
956
Greene
53.47%
3,195
46.39%
2,772
0.13%
8
0.00%
0
7.08%
423
Chatham
53.39%
8,595
46.33%
7,458
0.24%
39
0.04%
7
7.06%
1,137
Duplin
52.96%
7,708
46.93%
6,830
0.09%
13
0.03%
4
6.03%
878
Martin
52.32%
4,266
47.47%
3,870
0.15%
12
0.06%
5
4.86%
396
Columbus
51.11%
9,150
48.75%
8,728
0.11%
20
0.03%
6
2.36%
422
Jones
50.30%
2,062
49.40%
2,025
0.20%
8
0.10%
4
0.90%
37
Scotland
50.23%
4,077
49.62%
4,028
0.14%
11
0.01%
1
0.60%
49
Swain
50.02%
2,012
49.73%
2,000
0.22%
9
0.02%
1
0.30%
12
Caswell
48.84%
3,992
50.86%
4,157
0.23%
19
0.07%
6
-2.02%
-165
Tyrrell
48.89%
774
50.98%
807
0.06%
1
0.06%
1
-2.08%
-33
Halifax
48.65%
8,832
51.11%
9,278
0.17%
30
0.07%
13
-2.46%
-446
Bladen
48.07%
4,701
51.78%
5,064
0.12%
12
0.02%
2
-3.71%
-363
Edgecombe
47.66%
9,635
52.16%
10,545
0.12%
24
0.06%
12
-4.50%
-910
Richmond
47.50%
6,807
52.30%
7,494
0.18%
26
0.02%
3
-4.79%
-687
Durham
47.39%
29,185
52.36%
32,244
0.22%
134
0.03%
21
-4.97%
-3,059
Washington
46.67%
2,731
53.21%
3,114
0.12%
7
0.00%
0
-6.54%
-383
Robeson
45.76%
12,947
53.93%
15,257
0.20%
56
0.11%
31
-8.17%
-2,310
Hoke
43.14%
2,449
56.61%
3,214
0.19%
11
0.05%
3
-13.48%
-765
Gates
43.10%
1,694
56.62%
2,225
0.18%
7
0.10%
4
-13.51%
-531
Orange
42.96%
15,585
56.69%
20,564
0.30%
108
0.06%
20
-13.72%
-4,979
Anson
42.45%
3,719
57.25%
5,015
0.13%
11
0.17%
15
-14.79%
-1,296
Bertie
41.91%
2,879
57.54%
3,953
0.42%
29
0.13%
9
-15.63%
-1,074
Hertford
41.27%
3,176
58.45%
4,498
0.21%
16
0.06%
5
-17.18%
-1,322
Warren
40.25%
2,664
59.63%
3,946
0.05%
3
0.08%
5
-19.37%
-1,282
Northampton
38.39%
3,198
61.15%
5,094
0.29%
24
0.17%
14
-22.76%
-1,896
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