Election in Pennsylvania
Main article: 1984 United States presidential election
1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Nominee
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
California
Minnesota
Running mate
George H. W. Bush
Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote
25
0
Popular vote
2,584,323
2,228,131
Percentage
53.34%
45.99%
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 Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the 1984 United States presidential election . Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, President Ronald Reagan , over the Democratic nominee, former Vice President Walter Mondale . Reagan won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.35%.
Reagan won the state by sweeping the small towns and rural areas of central Pennsylvania and performing well in the traditionally Republican suburbs of Philadelphia, but the race was kept within single digits by Mondale’s strong showing in traditionally Democratic Western Pennsylvania , along with decisive double-digit wins in the cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia . As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Lackawanna County voted Republican.[1] It is along with the two Dwight D. Eisenhower /Adlai Stevenson II elections of 1952 and 1956 , one of only three elections since the Civil War in which Pennsylvania voted more Democratic than neighboring New York . Reagan became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Mercer or Armstrong Counties .
President Ronald Reagan gives remarks at the Polish Festival National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Doylestown, Pennsylvania on September 9, 1984.
Primaries [ ]
Republican Primary [ ]
Ronald Reagan ran uncontested, winning 616,916 votes (Turnout: 27.66%)
Democratic Primary [ ]
Candidate
Votes
Percent
Walter Mondale
747,267
45.15%
Gary Hart
551,335
33.31%
Jesse Jackson
264,463
15.98%
John Glenn
22,605
1.37%
Others
69,281
4.19%
Totals
1,654,951
Turnout: 52.10%
Results [ ]
1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan
2,584,323
53.34%
25
Democratic
Walter Mondale
2,228,131
45.99%
0
Consumer
Sonia Johnson
21,628
0.45%
0
Libertarian
David Bergland
6,982
0.14%
0
Workers' League
Edward Winn
2,059
0.04%
0
Communist
Gus Hall
1,780
0.04%
0
Totals
4,844,903
100.00%
25
Results by county [ ]
Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican
Walter Frederick Mondale Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Adams
16,786
69.44%
7,289
30.15%
99
0.41%
9,497
39.29%
24,174
Allegheny
284,692
42.76%
372,576
55.96%
8,480
1.27%
-87,884
-13.20%
665,748
Armstrong
13,709
48.37%
14,525
51.25%
110
0.39%
-816
-2.88%
28,344
Beaver
32,052
36.79%
54,765
62.86%
300
0.34%
-22,713
-26.07%
87,117
Bedford
13,085
70.57%
5,424
29.25%
34
0.18%
7,661
41.31%
18,543
Berks
74,605
65.94%
37,849
33.45%
691
0.61%
36,756
32.49%
113,145
Blair
30,104
65.52%
15,651
34.06%
190
0.41%
14,453
31.46%
45,945
Bradford
14,808
72.71%
5,474
26.88%
85
0.42%
9,334
45.83%
20,367
Bucks
130,119
63.25%
74,568
36.25%
1,032
0.50%
55,551
27.00%
205,719
Butler
31,676
55.94%
24,735
43.68%
215
0.38%
6,941
12.26%
56,626
Cambria
32,173
44.50%
39,865
55.14%
258
0.36%
-7,692
-10.64%
72,296
Cameron
2,031
67.05%
990
32.68%
8
0.26%
1,041
34.37%
3,029
Carbon
10,701
54.41%
8,836
44.93%
131
0.67%
1,865
9.48%
19,668
Centre
27,802
62.85%
16,194
36.61%
240
0.54%
11,608
26.24%
44,236
Chester
92,221
70.11%
38,870
29.55%
440
0.33%
53,351
40.56%
131,531
Clarion
9,836
64.27%
5,407
35.33%
61
0.40%
4,429
28.94%
15,304
Clearfield
18,653
60.62%
11,963
38.88%
153
0.50%
6,690
21.74%
30,769
Clinton
6,678
59.24%
4,525
40.14%
70
0.62%
2,153
19.10%
11,273
Columbia
14,402
63.39%
8,254
36.33%
62
0.27%
6,148
27.06%
22,718
Crawford
20,181
60.80%
12,792
38.54%
222
0.67%
7,389
22.26%
33,195
Cumberland
49,282
69.29%
21,374
30.05%
467
0.66%
27,908
39.24%
71,123
Dauphin
54,330
61.28%
33,576
37.87%
752
0.85%
20,754
23.41%
88,658
Delaware
161,754
61.79%
98,207
37.51%
1,821
0.70%
63,547
24.27%
261,782
Elk
8,470
60.47%
5,486
39.17%
51
0.36%
2,984
21.30%
14,007
Erie
55,860
51.12%
52,471
48.02%
935
0.86%
3,389
3.10%
109,266
Fayette
21,314
37.69%
35,098
62.07%
135
0.24%
-13,784
-24.38%
56,547
Forest
1,468
63.36%
839
36.21%
10
0.43%
629
27.15%
2,317
Franklin
27,243
70.13%
11,480
29.55%
122
0.31%
15,763
40.58%
38,845
Fulton
3,254
71.14%
1,309
28.62%
11
0.24%
1,945
42.52%
4,574
Greene
6,376
40.40%
9,365
59.33%
43
0.27%
-2,989
-18.94%
15,784
Huntingdon
10,220
69.57%
4,430
30.15%
41
0.28%
5,790
39.41%
14,691
Indiana
18,845
54.22%
15,791
45.43%
123
0.35%
3,054
8.79%
34,759
Jefferson
11,334
65.31%
5,950
34.28%
71
0.41%
5,384
31.02%
17,355
Juniata
5,059
65.66%
2,624
34.06%
22
0.29%
2,435
31.60%
7,705
Lackawanna
48,132
50.57%
45,851
48.17%
1,202
1.26%
2,281
2.40%
95,185
Lancaster
99,090
75.63%
31,308
23.90%
618
0.47%
67,782
51.74%
131,016
Lawrence
19,277
44.43%
23,981
55.27%
128
0.30%
-4,704
-10.84%
43,386
Lebanon
27,008
71.61%
10,520
27.89%
188
0.50%
16,488
43.72%
37,716
Lehigh
61,799
59.69%
41,089
39.69%
649
0.63%
20,710
20.00%
103,537
Luzerne
69,169
53.50%
58,482
45.23%
1,640
1.27%
10,687
8.27%
129,291
Lycoming
28,498
68.02%
13,147
31.38%
250
0.60%
15,351
36.64%
41,895
McKean
10,963
69.22%
4,818
30.42%
58
0.37%
6,145
38.80%
15,839
Mercer
24,211
49.11%
24,658
50.01%
434
0.88%
-447
-0.91%
49,303
Mifflin
9,106
63.35%
5,178
36.03%
89
0.62%
3,928
27.33%
14,373
Monroe
16,109
65.82%
8,193
33.48%
172
0.70%
7,916
32.34%
24,474
Montgomery
181,426
64.18%
99,741
35.29%
1,499
0.53%
81,685
28.90%
282,666
Montour
4,174
66.81%
2,055
32.89%
19
0.30%
2,119
33.91%
6,248
Northampton
44,648
53.49%
37,979
45.50%
840
1.01%
6,669
7.99%
83,467
Northumberland
22,109
61.13%
13,748
38.01%
308
0.85%
8,361
23.12%
36,165
Perry
9,365
71.42%
3,692
28.16%
56
0.43%
5,673
43.26%
13,113
Philadelphia
267,178
34.60%
501,369
64.94%
3,555
0.46%
-234,191
-30.33%
772,102
Pike
6,343
71.17%
2,503
28.08%
67
0.75%
3,840
43.08%
8,913
Potter
5,164
73.94%
1,789
25.62%
31
0.44%
3,375
48.32%
6,984
Schuylkill
37,330
58.96%
25,758
40.68%
224
0.35%
11,572
18.28%
63,312
Snyder
8,968
78.73%
2,383
20.92%
40
0.35%
6,585
57.81%
11,391
Somerset
19,502
58.23%
13,900
41.50%
89
0.27%
5,602
16.73%
33,491
Sullivan
1,926
66.67%
952
32.95%
11
0.38%
974
33.71%
2,889
Susquehanna
10,566
69.95%
4,471
29.60%
67
0.44%
6,095
40.35%
15,104
Tioga
10,532
71.92%
4,060
27.72%
52
0.36%
6,472
44.20%
14,644
Union
7,792
73.66%
2,747
25.97%
40
0.38%
5,045
47.69%
10,579
Venango
13,507
59.44%
9,114
40.11%
104
0.46%
4,393
19.33%
22,725
Warren
10,838
62.93%
6,244
36.26%
139
0.81%
4,594
26.68%
17,221
Washington
34,782
40.47%
50,911
59.24%
244
0.28%
-16,129
-18.77%
85,937
Wayne
10,061
75.66%
3,155
23.73%
81
0.61%
6,906
51.94%
13,297
Westmoreland
71,377
46.82%
79,906
52.41%
1,181
0.77%
-8,529
-5.59%
152,464
Wyoming
7,230
74.01%
2,518
25.78%
21
0.21%
4,712
48.23%
9,769
York
75,020
68.67%
33,359
30.54%
868
0.79%
41,661
38.13%
109,247
Totals
2,584,323
53.34%
2,228,131
45.99%
32,449
0.67%
356,192
7.35%
4,844,903
See also [ ]
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
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