1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii
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 4 0
Popular vote 185,050 147,154
Percentage 55.10% 43.82%
County Results
Reagan
  50–60%

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Hawaii 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.

Hawaii voted 7% more Democratic than the national average in this election. As a result of Reagan's victory in Hawaii, he became the second Republican presidential candidate to win Hawaii after Richard Nixon in 1972. As of 2020, this is the last time Hawaii has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, making Hawaii one of six states that Reagan is the last Republican presidential candidate to have won, the others being Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington.

The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Hawaii, with just under 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which any of Hawaii's counties voted for the Republican candidate. This was the third and final time in which Oahu voted Republican on the presidential level.

No Republican candidate has received as strong of support in the American Pacific states since this election. Hawaii is one of five states alongside Georgia, Maryland, Rhode Island and West Virginia that Ronald Reagan lost in 1980 that Ronald Reagan won in 1984.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 185,050 55.10% 4
Democratic Walter Mondale 147,154 43.82% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 2,167 0.65% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 821 0.24% 0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 654 0.19% 0
Totals 335,846 100.0% 4

Results by county

County Ronald Reagan
Republican		 Walter Mondale
Democratic		 Various candidates
Other parties
% % %
Hawaii 52.9% 45.6% 1.5%
Honolulu 56.1% 42.9% 1.0%
Kauai 50.5% 48.3% 1.2%
Maui 52.4% 46.2% 1.4%

See also

References

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