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1984 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1984 United States presidential election in Maryland

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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 10 0
Popular vote 879,918 787,935
Percentage 52.51% 47.02%

County Results

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland was won by incumbent President Ronald Reagan (R-California), with 52.51% of the popular vote, over former Vice President Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) by a landslide, with 47.02% of the popular vote, a 5.49% margin.[1] Despite Reagan's victory in the state, it voted 12.73% more Democratic than the nation amidst his 49-state landslide.[2] Maryland weighed in as the Democratic Party's strongest state in the South for the first time, a distinction that it has held in every election since bar 1992 and 1996 (in which it was second to Bill Clinton's native Arkansas), and 1988 (in which it was second to the heavily unionized West Virginia).[3]

Reagan won all but one of the state's 23 counties. The race was close, however, due to Mondale's strong performances in largely African-American Baltimore City and Prince George's County. Reagan also won Montgomery County in the Washington suburbs by only 888 votes out of almost 300,000 cast; this the last time to date that a Republican has won this county.[4] This also marks the last time the Democratic candidate was held below 60% of the vote in neighboring Prince George's County.[5]

Maryland was one of five states, alongside Georgia, Hawaii, West Virginia and Rhode Island, that Reagan lost in 1980 but won in 1984.

Results

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1984 United States presidential election in Maryland[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (Incumbent) 879,918 52.51% 10
Democratic Walter Mondale 787,935 47.02% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 5,721 0.34% 0
Communist Gus Hall 898 0.05% 0
Workers World Larry Holmes 745 0.04% 0
New Alliance Dennis L. Serrette 656 0.04% 0
Totals 1,675,873 100.0% 10

Results by county

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County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Allegany 19,763 63.30% 11,143 35.69% 317 1.02% 8,620 27.61% 31,223
Anne Arundel 94,171 66.04% 47,565 33.36% 855 0.60% 46,606 32.68% 142,591
Baltimore 171,929 61.31% 106,908 38.12% 1,591 0.57% 65,021 23.19% 280,428
Baltimore City 80,120 28.20% 202,277 71.18% 1,766 0.62% -122,157 -42.98% 284,163
Calvert 8,303 59.99% 5,455 39.41% 82 0.59% 2,848 20.58% 13,840
Caroline 4,876 68.69% 2,198 30.96% 25 0.35% 2,678 37.73% 7,099
Carroll 27,230 75.22% 8,898 24.58% 71 0.20% 18,332 50.64% 36,199
Cecil 13,111 65.93% 6,681 33.60% 93 0.47% 6,430 32.33% 19,885
Charles 16,132 60.97% 10,264 38.79% 64 0.24% 5,868 22.18% 26,460
Dorchester 6,699 67.12% 3,160 31.66% 122 1.22% 3,539 35.46% 9,981
Frederick 29,606 68.67% 13,411 31.11% 96 0.22% 16,195 37.56% 43,113
Garrett 7,042 74.31% 2,386 25.18% 49 0.52% 4,656 49.13% 9,477
Harford 37,382 68.41% 17,133 31.36% 127 0.23% 20,249 37.05% 54,642
Howard 35,641 57.78% 25,713 41.68% 334 0.54% 9,928 16.10% 61,688
Kent 3,897 61.63% 2,390 37.80% 36 0.57% 1,507 23.83% 6,323
Montgomery 146,924 50.00% 146,036 49.69% 910 0.31% 888 0.31% 293,870
Prince George's 95,121 40.96% 136,063 58.59% 1,036 0.45% -40,942 -17.63% 232,220
Queen Anne's 6,784 69.49% 2,938 30.09% 41 0.42% 3,846 39.40% 9,763
Somerset 4,508 64.68% 2,439 34.99% 23 0.33% 2,069 29.69% 6,970
St. Mary's 11,201 63.39% 6,420 36.33% 49 0.28% 4,781 27.06% 17,670
Talbot 8,028 71.32% 3,198 28.41% 30 0.27% 4,830 42.91% 11,256
Washington 27,118 66.68% 13,329 32.78% 219 0.54% 13,789 33.90% 40,666
Wicomico 16,124 66.27% 8,160 33.54% 48 0.20% 7,964 32.73% 24,332
Worcester 8,208 68.32% 3,770 31.38% 36 0.30% 4,438 36.94% 12,014
Totals 879,918 52.51% 787,935 47.02% 8,020 0.48% 91,983 5.49% 1,675,873

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Maryland Manual 1985–1986. The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland. p. 611. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "1984 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ^ "Maryland - Google Drive". docs.google.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.