1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 534,774 338,646
Percentage 60.47% 38.29%
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The 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Arkansas was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.

Arkansas weighed in for this election as 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which St. Francis County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[1]

Background

Arkansas was the last state to leave the Solid South when it supported Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. Arkansas was Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter's third-highest percentage performance in the 1976 presidential election. [2]

Campaign

Arkansas switched to a caucus system for the 1984 primary, which resulted in voter turnout in the Democratic primary from 450,000 in 1980, to 22,202 in 1984. The primary system was restored for the 1988 election.[3]

Reagan won the state and placed first in 65 of Arkansas' 75 counties and all four congressional districts.[4] 68% of white voters supported Reagan while 31% supported Mondale.[5][6]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 534,774 60.47% 6
Democratic Walter Mondale 338,646 38.29% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 2,221 0.25% 0
Independent Democrat Lyndon LaRouche 1,890 0.21% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 1,499 0.17% 0
America First Bob Richards 1,461 0.17% 0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1,291 0.15% 0
Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 960 0.11% 0
Prohibition Earl Dodge 842 0.10% 0
Independent Arthur Lowery 822 0.09% 0
Totals 884,406 100.0% 6

Results by county

County Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Walter Mondale
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 4,804 59.99% 3,153 39.37% 51 0.64% 1,651 20.62% 8,008
Ashley 5,675 62.44% 3,373 37.11% 41 0.45% 2,302 25.33% 9,089
Baxter 10,870 69.84% 4,528 29.09% 166 1.07% 6,342 40.75% 15,564
Benton 24,296 75.90% 7,306 22.82% 408 1.27% 16,990 53.08% 32,010
Boone 7,961 68.83% 3,356 29.01% 250 2.16% 4,605 39.82% 11,567
Bradley 2,690 53.62% 2,313 46.10% 14 0.28% 377 7.52% 5,017
Calhoun 1,474 58.15% 1,058 41.74% 3 0.12% 416 16.41% 2,535
Carroll 5,041 68.21% 2,263 30.62% 86 1.16% 2,778 37.59% 7,390
Chicot 2,502 42.21% 3,407 57.48% 18 0.30% -905 -15.27% 5,927
Clark 4,185 47.27% 4,638 52.39% 30 0.34% -453 -5.12% 8,853
Clay 3,767 53.02% 3,279 46.15% 59 0.83% 488 6.87% 7,105
Cleburne 5,769 64.04% 3,172 35.21% 67 0.74% 2,597 28.83% 9,008
Cleveland 1,773 56.02% 1,378 43.54% 14 0.44% 395 12.48% 3,165
Columbia 6,526 63.45% 3,680 35.78% 79 0.77% 2,846 27.67% 10,285
Conway 5,049 57.14% 3,742 42.35% 45 0.51% 1,307 14.79% 8,836
Craighead 14,047 62.87% 8,035 35.96% 261 1.17% 6,012 26.91% 22,343
Crawford 9,551 75.20% 3,071 24.18% 79 0.62% 6,480 51.02% 12,701
Crittenden 6,663 47.82% 6,520 46.79% 751 5.39% 143 1.03% 13,934
Cross 3,917 59.04% 2,701 40.71% 17 0.26% 1,216 18.33% 6,635
Dallas 2,361 52.80% 2,035 45.51% 76 1.70% 326 7.29% 4,472
Desha 2,696 45.87% 2,918 49.64% 264 4.49% -222 -3.77% 5,878
Drew 3,407 56.10% 2,638 43.44% 28 0.46% 769 12.66% 6,073
Faulkner 11,595 60.89% 7,169 37.65% 279 1.47% 4,426 23.24% 19,043
Franklin 4,382 64.04% 2,399 35.06% 62 0.91% 1,983 28.98% 6,843
Fulton 2,329 55.15% 1,864 44.14% 30 0.71% 465 11.01% 4,223
Garland 21,213 62.47% 11,484 33.82% 1,261 3.71% 9,729 28.65% 33,958
Grant 3,167 59.16% 2,148 40.13% 38 0.71% 1,019 19.03% 5,353
Greene 6,179 56.17% 4,730 43.00% 91 0.83% 1,449 13.17% 11,000
Hempstead 4,904 59.31% 3,327 40.24% 37 0.45% 1,577 19.07% 8,268
Hot Spring 5,629 48.75% 5,836 50.55% 81 0.70% -207 -1.80% 11,546
Howard 3,079 63.72% 1,746 36.13% 7 0.14% 1,333 27.59% 4,832
Independence 7,428 62.36% 4,415 37.07% 68 0.57% 3,013 25.29% 11,911
Izard 2,726 53.08% 2,346 45.68% 64 1.25% 380 7.40% 5,136
Jackson 3,901 48.88% 4,038 50.60% 42 0.53% -137 -1.72% 7,981
Jefferson 14,514 44.10% 18,082 54.95% 313 0.95% -3,568 -10.85% 32,909
Johnson 4,720 60.30% 3,056 39.04% 51 0.65% 1,664 21.26% 7,827
Lafayette 2,290 57.15% 1,695 42.30% 22 0.55% 595 14.85% 4,007
Lawrence 4,039 60.50% 2,594 38.86% 43 0.64% 1,445 21.64% 6,676
Lee 2,101 44.54% 2,541 53.87% 75 1.59% -440 -9.33% 4,717
Lincoln 1,860 43.54% 2,406 56.32% 6 0.14% -546 -12.78% 4,272
Little River 3,155 59.58% 2,090 39.47% 50 0.94% 1,065 20.11% 5,295
Logan 5,663 63.14% 3,206 35.75% 100 1.11% 2,457 27.39% 8,969
Lonoke 8,425 64.11% 4,636 35.28% 81 0.62% 3,789 28.83% 13,142
Madison 3,516 61.65% 2,133 37.40% 54 0.95% 1,383 24.25% 5,703
Marion 3,545 64.17% 1,945 35.21% 34 0.62% 1,600 28.96% 5,524
Miller 8,302 63.43% 4,686 35.80% 100 0.76% 3,616 27.63% 13,088
Mississippi 10,180 57.30% 7,548 42.49% 38 0.21% 2,632 14.81% 17,766
Monroe 2,508 50.45% 2,413 48.54% 50 1.01% 95 1.91% 4,971
Montgomery 2,221 59.12% 1,497 39.85% 39 1.04% 724 19.27% 3,757
Nevada 2,352 56.65% 1,783 42.94% 17 0.41% 569 13.71% 4,152
Newton 2,749 65.88% 1,414 33.88% 10 0.24% 1,335 32.00% 4,173
Ouachita 6,700 51.19% 5,858 44.76% 531 4.06% 842 6.43% 13,089
Perry 2,047 58.82% 1,404 40.34% 29 0.83% 643 18.48% 3,480
Phillips 4,686 43.70% 5,946 55.45% 91 0.85% -1,260 -11.75% 10,723
Pike 2,665 64.72% 1,443 35.04% 10 0.24% 1,222 29.68% 4,118
Poinsett 5,622 58.64% 3,906 40.74% 59 0.62% 1,716 17.90% 9,587
Polk 5,181 70.15% 2,101 28.45% 104 1.41% 3,080 41.70% 7,386
Pope 10,667 67.28% 5,082 32.05% 106 0.67% 5,585 35.23% 15,855
Prairie 2,407 62.10% 1,437 37.07% 32 0.83% 970 25.03% 3,876
Pulaski 77,651 58.20% 54,237 40.65% 1,530 1.15% 23,414 17.55% 133,418
Randolph 3,188 55.61% 2,507 43.73% 38 0.66% 681 11.88% 5,733
St. Francis 5,378 52.10% 4,866 47.14% 78 0.76% 512 4.96% 10,322
Saline 11,709 60.68% 6,977 36.16% 611 3.17% 4,732 24.52% 19,297
Scott 3,066 65.11% 1,609 34.17% 34 0.72% 1,457 30.94% 4,709
Searcy 2,819 67.10% 1,313 31.25% 69 1.64% 1,506 35.85% 4,201
Sebastian 27,595 74.95% 8,688 23.60% 534 1.45% 18,907 51.35% 36,817
Sevier 3,302 62.64% 1,942 36.84% 27 0.51% 1,360 25.80% 5,271
Sharp 4,392 63.38% 2,492 35.96% 46 0.66% 1,900 27.42% 6,930
Stone 2,325 57.48% 1,654 40.89% 66 1.63% 671 16.59% 4,045
Union 12,333 65.74% 6,208 33.09% 218 1.16% 6,125 32.65% 18,759
Van Buren 4,060 60.97% 2,529 37.98% 70 1.05% 1,531 22.99% 6,659
Washington 24,993 68.10% 11,319 30.84% 386 1.05% 13,674 37.26% 36,698
White 12,566 64.66% 6,603 33.97% 266 1.37% 5,963 30.69% 19,435
Woodruff 1,675 44.56% 2,055 54.67% 29 0.77% -380 -10.11% 3,759
Yell 4,051 59.56% 2,679 39.39% 72 1.06% 1,372 20.17% 6,802
Totals 534,774 60.47% 338,646 38.29% 10,986 1.24% 196,128 22.18% 884,406

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 143.
  3. ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 146.
  4. ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 143-144.
  5. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  6. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

Works cited

  • Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
  • Moreland, Laurence; Steed, Robert; Baker, Tod, eds. (1991). The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275931455.