1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut
November 6, 1984
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 890,877 569,597
Percentage 60.73% 38.83%
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Connecticut 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.

As of 2023, this was the most recent presidential election in which the Republican nominee carried the following municipalities: Ashford, Cornwall, East Hartford, Hamden, Manchester, Meriden, Newington, Norwich, Portland, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, West Haven, Windham, and Windsor.

The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Connecticut, with over 99% of the electorate voting only either Democratic or Republican, and only 4 parties appearing on the ballot.[1] Every county in Connecticut voted in majority for the Republican candidate.

Connecticut weighed in for this election as 2% more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 United States presidential election, this is the last election in which Hartford County voted for the Republican candidate. This is also the final time that a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state or win by a double-digit margin. Reagan won Connecticut by a 22% margin and with slightly over 60% of the vote, making it 3.7% more Republican than the nation overall amid his national landslide. Since 1896, Connecticut had generally leaned Republican, voting for losing Republican candidates in 1916, 1932, 1948, and 1976 (but also voting for Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and for John F. Kennedy, as he only narrowly won in 1960). The basis for Republican strength in the Nutmeg State had been suburban Fairfield County, where Reagan approached 2/3 of the vote. However, Reagan also took New Haven County—the swing county amongst the state's three largest—by twenty points, and won Hartford County—generally the most Democratic-friendly of the state's three largest counties—by double digits.

After 1996, all of Connecticut's large counties would become reliably Democratic, and the state with them. Reagan's 890,877 votes are the most received by a Republican presidential candidate in the state's history. As of 2023, this is the last time Connecticut voted more Republican than the nation at large. This is also the most recent time that Connecticut voted more Republican than Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 890,877 60.77% 8
Democratic Walter Mondale 569,597 38.83% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 4,826 0.33% 0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1,374 0.09% 0
Write-Ins 226 0.02% 0
Totals 1,466,900 100.0% 3

By county

County Reagan% Reagan# Mondale% Mondale# Others% Others#
Fairfield 65.8% 257,319 33.8% 132,253 0.4% 1,607
Hartford 55.0% 208,210 44.6% 168,609 0.4% 1,586
Litchfield 66.2% 52,583 33.5% 26,564 0.3% 269
Middlesex 59.3% 39,580 40.3% 26,915 0.3% 227
New Haven 59.8% 212,166 39.7% 140,945 0.5% 1,601
New London 61.6% 63,121 37.9% 38,857 0.5% 509
Tolland 61.9% 32,981 37.7% 20,103 0.4% 214
Windham 61.6% 24,917 38.0% 15,351 0.5% 187

By congressional district

Reagan won all 6 congressional districts, including three held by Democrats.

District Reagan Mondale Representative
1st 53% 47% Barbara B. Kennelly
2nd 61% 39% Sam Gejdenson
3rd 59% 41% Bruce Morrison
4th 63% 37% Stewart McKinney
5th 67% 33% William R. Ratchford
John G. Rowland
6th 63% 37% Nancy Johnson

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
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