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 vote100
Popular vote879,918787,935
Percentage52.51%47.02%
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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.

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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) 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

1984 United States presidential election in Maryland [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (Incumbent)879,91852.51%10
Democratic Walter Mondale 787,93547.02%0
Libertarian David Bergland 5,7210.34%0
Communist Gus Hall 8980.05%0
Workers World Larry Holmes7450.04%0
New Alliance Dennis L. Serrette 6560.04%0
Totals1,675,873100.0%10

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican		Walter Mondale
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Allegany 19,76363.30%11,14335.69%3171.02%8,62027.61%31,223
Anne Arundel 94,17166.04%47,56533.36%8550.60%46,60632.68%142,591
Baltimore 171,92961.31%106,90838.12%1,5910.57%65,02123.19%280,428
Baltimore City 80,12028.20%202,27771.18%1,7660.62%-122,157-42.98%284,163
Calvert 8,30359.99%5,45539.41%820.59%2,84820.58%13,840
Caroline 4,87668.69%2,19830.96%250.35%2,67837.73%7,099
Carroll 27,23075.22%8,89824.58%710.20%18,33250.64%36,199
Cecil 13,11165.93%6,68133.60%930.47%6,43032.33%19,885
Charles 16,13260.97%10,26438.79%640.24%5,86822.18%26,460
Dorchester 6,69967.12%3,16031.66%1221.22%3,53935.46%9,981
Frederick 29,60668.67%13,41131.11%960.22%16,19537.56%43,113
Garrett 7,04274.31%2,38625.18%490.52%4,65649.13%9,477
Harford 37,38268.41%17,13331.36%1270.23%20,24937.05%54,642
Howard 35,64157.78%25,71341.68%3340.54%9,92816.10%61,688
Kent 3,89761.63%2,39037.80%360.57%1,50723.83%6,323
Montgomery 146,92450.00%146,03649.69%9100.31%8880.31%293,870
Prince George's 95,12140.96%136,06358.59%1,0360.45%-40,942-17.63%232,220
Queen Anne's 6,78469.49%2,93830.09%410.42%3,84639.40%9,763
Somerset 4,50864.68%2,43934.99%230.33%2,06929.69%6,970
St. Mary's 11,20163.39%6,42036.33%490.28%4,78127.06%17,670
Talbot 8,02871.32%3,19828.41%300.27%4,83042.91%11,256
Washington 27,11866.68%13,32932.78%2190.54%13,78933.90%40,666
Wicomico 16,12466.27%8,16033.54%480.20%7,96432.73%24,332
Worcester 8,20868.32%3,77031.38%360.30%4,43836.94%12,014
Totals879,91852.51%787,93547.02%8,0200.48%91,9835.49%1,675,873

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. 1 2 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
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