1984 United States presidential election in Iowa
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 703,088 605,620
Percentage 53.27% 45.89%
County Results
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and 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.

Iowa 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. The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Iowa, with over 99 percent of the electorate voting only for either the Democratic or Republican parties, though several parties appeared on the ballot.[1] While the majority of counties turned out for Reagan, the politically volatile state of Iowa was a relatively narrow victory for him, thanks in part to the Midwest Farm Crisis of the early 1980s. The relatively weak Republican trend for this election is highlighted with the loss of Des Moines's highly populated Polk County to Mondale.

Iowa weighed in for this election as 11 points more Democratic than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Scott County (Davenport), Black Hawk County (Waterloo), Linn County (Cedar Rapids), and Story County (Ames) voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[2] Mitchell, Muscatine, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Floyd, Jackson, Howard, Jones, and Tama counties would not vote Republican again until 2016. Iowa would not vote Republican again until 2004.

Reagan won the election in Iowa by a 7.4% margin. While a sound victory, this made Iowa 10.8% more Democratic than the nation, a signal of Iowa's increasingly liberal bent over the second half of the Cold War period. Of the four Republican landslides during the Cold War (1952, 1956, 1972, and 1984), this one featured the weakest Republican win in Iowa. Iowa had been a double-digit win for Republicans in the nationally close elections of 1960 and 1968, but in 1976 had gone for Ford by just a little over 1%. In 1980, Reagan won Iowa by a somewhat larger margin than he won the nation by, but by margin, his support in Iowa receded in 1984, as the long-time bellwether county of Palo Alto, which had last voted for a loser in 1892, switched to Mondale. Democrats would go on to carry the state in six of the next seven elections until Republican Donald Trump decisively won the state in 2016 and 2020.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 703,088 53.27% 8
Democratic Walter Mondale 605,620 45.89% 0
“Nominated By Petition” Lyndon LaRouche 6,248 0.47% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 1,844 0.14% 0
Write-Ins 1,051 0.08% 0
Independent Gerald Baker 892 0.07% 0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 463 0.04% 0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 313 0.02% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 286 0.02% 0
Totals 1,319,805 100.0% 8

Results by county

County[3] Ronald Reagan
Republican		 Walter Mondale
Democratic		 Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche
Nominated By Petition		 David Peter Bergland
Libertarian		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,615 56.61% 1,979 42.84% 8 0.17% 6 0.13% 11 0.24% 636 13.77% 4,619
Adams 1,706 57.64% 1,221 41.25% 19 0.64% 10 0.34% 4 0.14% 485 16.39% 2,960
Allamakee 3,997 62.91% 2,282 35.91% 51 0.80% 3 0.05% 21 0.33% 1,715 26.99% 6,354
Appanoose 3,412 50.48% 3,289 48.66% 37 0.55% 6 0.09% 15 0.22% 123 1.82% 6,759
Audubon 2,306 54.97% 1,854 44.20% 26 0.62% 4 0.10% 5 0.12% 452 10.77% 4,195
Benton 5,566 52.13% 4,993 46.76% 82 0.77% 11 0.10% 26 0.24% 573 5.37% 10,678
Black Hawk 32,262 50.23% 31,467 48.99% 282 0.44% 74 0.12% 148 0.23% 795 1.24% 64,233
Boone 5,746 46.80% 6,485 52.82% 22 0.18% 4 0.03% 20 0.16% -739 -6.02% 12,277
Bremer 6,895 62.37% 4,084 36.94% 44 0.40% 13 0.12% 19 0.17% 2,811 25.43% 11,055
Buchanan 4,965 54.25% 4,129 45.12% 25 0.27% 12 0.13% 21 0.23% 836 9.13% 9,152
Buena Vista 5,193 55.22% 4,109 43.69% 43 0.46% 33 0.35% 27 0.29% 1,084 11.53% 9,405
Butler 4,570 66.00% 2,323 33.55% 21 0.30% 3 0.04% 7 0.10% 2,247 32.45% 6,924
Calhoun 3,311 56.14% 2,541 43.08% 31 0.53% 9 0.15% 6 0.10% 770 13.06% 5,898
Carroll 5,021 49.83% 4,960 49.22% 65 0.65% 9 0.09% 22 0.22% 61 0.61% 10,077
Cass 5,053 67.10% 2,417 32.09% 35 0.46% 12 0.16% 14 0.19% 2,636 35.00% 7,531
Cedar 4,617 59.59% 3,086 39.83% 21 0.27% 16 0.21% 8 0.10% 1,531 19.76% 7,748
Cerro Gordo 11,214 48.86% 11,570 50.41% 118 0.51% 18 0.08% 30 0.13% -356 -1.55% 22,950
Cherokee 4,046 54.16% 3,349 44.83% 46 0.62% 6 0.08% 23 0.31% 697 9.33% 7,470
Chickasaw 3,661 52.93% 3,186 46.06% 48 0.69% 6 0.09% 16 0.23% 475 6.87% 6,917
Clarke 2,262 52.35% 2,030 46.98% 12 0.28% 10 0.23% 7 0.16% 232 5.37% 4,321
Clay 4,450 53.51% 3,774 45.38% 57 0.69% 9 0.11% 26 0.31% 676 8.13% 8,316
Clayton 5,029 58.80% 3,446 40.29% 54 0.63% 8 0.09% 16 0.19% 1,583 18.51% 8,553
Clinton 13,914 54.77% 11,240 44.25% 150 0.59% 33 0.13% 67 0.26% 2,674 10.53% 25,404
Crawford 4,552 56.53% 3,396 42.17% 82 1.02% 9 0.11% 14 0.17% 1,156 14.35% 8,053
Dallas 6,080 47.85% 6,564 51.66% 17 0.13% 15 0.12% 31 0.24% -484 -3.81% 12,707
Davis 1,956 46.77% 2,187 52.30% 19 0.45% 2 0.05% 18 0.43% -231 -5.52% 4,182
Decatur 2,104 49.60% 2,098 49.46% 15 0.35% 4 0.09% 21 0.50% 6 0.14% 4,242
Delaware 4,769 59.61% 3,158 39.47% 45 0.56% 4 0.05% 25 0.31% 1,611 20.13% 8,001
Des Moines 9,559 45.85% 11,173 53.59% 53 0.25% 29 0.14% 36 0.17% -1,614 -7.74% 20,850
Dickinson 4,064 56.68% 3,025 42.19% 58 0.81% 9 0.13% 14 0.20% 1,039 14.49% 7,170
Dubuque 19,239 46.37% 21,876 52.72% 234 0.56% 50 0.12% 92 0.22% -2,637 -6.36% 41,491
Emmet 2,946 51.46% 2,746 47.97% 26 0.45% 4 0.07% 3 0.05% 200 3.49% 5,725
Fayette 6,505 57.56% 4,677 41.38% 69 0.61% 16 0.14% 35 0.31% 1,828 16.17% 11,302
Floyd 4,341 50.75% 4,154 48.57% 39 0.46% 7 0.08% 12 0.14% 187 2.19% 8,553
Franklin 3,129 56.43% 2,349 42.36% 48 0.87% 3 0.05% 16 0.29% 780 14.07% 5,545
Fremont 2,686 64.77% 1,426 34.39% 25 0.60% 3 0.07% 7 0.17% 1,260 30.38% 4,147
Greene 2,579 46.44% 2,831 50.97% 118 2.12% 13 0.23% 13 0.23% -252 -4.54% 5,554
Grundy 4,527 69.45% 1,915 29.38% 55 0.84% 7 0.11% 14 0.21% 2,612 40.07% 6,518
Guthrie 2,783 51.89% 2,517 46.93% 44 0.82% 6 0.11% 13 0.24% 266 4.96% 5,363
Hamilton 4,279 55.61% 3,330 43.27% 42 0.55% 15 0.19% 29 0.38% 949 12.33% 7,695
Hancock 3,362 56.62% 2,539 42.76% 22 0.37% 5 0.08% 10 0.17% 823 13.86% 5,938
Hardin 5,195 53.38% 4,477 46.00% 29 0.30% 11 0.11% 20 0.21% 718 7.38% 9,732
Harrison 4,352 63.24% 2,495 36.25% 21 0.31% 2 0.03% 12 0.17% 1,857 26.98% 6,882
Henry 4,516 56.77% 3,377 42.45% 27 0.34% 15 0.19% 20 0.25% 1,139 14.32% 7,955
Howard 2,718 55.49% 2,135 43.59% 19 0.39% 6 0.12% 20 0.41% 583 11.90% 4,898
Humboldt 3,396 57.92% 2,406 41.04% 45 0.77% 6 0.10% 10 0.17% 990 16.89% 5,863
Ida 2,618 62.30% 1,559 37.10% 18 0.43% 2 0.05% 5 0.12% 1,059 25.20% 4,202
Iowa 4,352 60.02% 2,815 38.82% 63 0.87% 7 0.10% 14 0.19% 1,537 21.20% 7,251
Jackson 4,811 51.51% 4,400 47.11% 81 0.87% 19 0.20% 29 0.31% 411 4.40% 9,340
Jasper 8,576 51.36% 8,023 48.04% 50 0.30% 20 0.12% 30 0.18% 553 3.31% 16,699
Jefferson 4,727 61.19% 2,961 38.33% 9 0.12% 13 0.17% 15 0.19% 1,766 22.86% 7,725
Johnson 18,677 41.46% 26,000 57.72% 54 0.12% 127 0.28% 186 0.41% -7,323 -16.26% 45,044
Jones 4,907 55.82% 3,825 43.51% 27 0.31% 12 0.14% 20 0.23% 1,082 12.31% 8,791
Keokuk 2,913 51.50% 2,649 46.84% 64 1.13% 2 0.04% 28 0.50% 264 4.67% 5,656
Kossuth 4,872 49.64% 4,838 49.30% 78 0.79% 10 0.10% 16 0.16% 34 0.35% 9,814
Lee 8,756 49.17% 8,912 50.04% 74 0.42% 29 0.16% 38 0.21% -156 -0.88% 17,809
Linn 41,061 51.12% 38,528 47.97% 172 0.21% 173 0.22% 381 0.47% 2,533 3.15% 80,315
Louisa 2,623 57.36% 1,927 42.14% 10 0.22% 4 0.09% 9 0.20% 696 15.22% 4,573
Lucas 2,630 51.72% 2,422 47.63% 16 0.31% 5 0.10% 12 0.24% 208 4.09% 5,085
Lyon 4,178 74.05% 1,401 24.83% 49 0.87% 8 0.14% 6 0.11% 2,777 49.22% 5,642
Madison 3,168 50.60% 3,067 48.99% 9 0.14% 6 0.10% 11 0.18% 101 1.61% 6,261
Mahaska 6,086 59.13% 4,107 39.90% 65 0.63% 9 0.09% 26 0.25% 1,979 19.23% 10,293
Marion 7,259 53.24% 6,313 46.30% 40 0.29% 12 0.09% 10 0.07% 946 6.94% 13,634
Marshall 10,839 54.63% 8,809 44.40% 123 0.62% 26 0.13% 43 0.22% 2,030 10.23% 19,840
Mills 3,994 72.80% 1,434 26.14% 29 0.53% 11 0.20% 18 0.33% 2,560 46.66% 5,486
Mitchell 3,144 54.74% 2,531 44.07% 45 0.78% 9 0.16% 14 0.24% 613 10.67% 5,743
Monona 2,746 55.37% 2,159 43.54% 41 0.83% 4 0.08% 9 0.18% 587 11.84% 4,959
Monroe 1,927 44.91% 2,342 54.58% 7 0.16% 3 0.07% 12 0.28% -415 -9.67% 4,291
Montgomery 4,224 71.23% 1,661 28.01% 27 0.46% 8 0.13% 10 0.17% 2,563 43.22% 5,930
Muscatine 9,069 59.79% 5,986 39.46% 75 0.49% 16 0.11% 22 0.15% 3,083 20.33% 15,168
O'Brien 5,008 66.16% 2,479 32.75% 59 0.78% 12 0.16% 11 0.15% 2,529 33.41% 7,569
Osceola 2,285 65.98% 1,146 33.09% 28 0.81% 1 0.03% 3 0.09% 1,139 32.89% 3,463
Page 5,876 75.06% 1,914 24.45% 24 0.31% 6 0.08% 8 0.10% 3,962 50.61% 7,828
Palo Alto 2,715 46.73% 3,018 51.94% 71 1.22% 1 0.02% 5 0.09% -303 -5.22% 5,810
Plymouth 6,482 64.65% 3,464 34.55% 54 0.54% 13 0.13% 14 0.14% 3,018 30.10% 10,027
Pocahontas 2,627 50.64% 2,481 47.82% 24 0.46% 41 0.79% 15 0.29% 146 2.81% 5,188
Polk 71,413 48.30% 75,413 51.01% 540 0.37% 244 0.17% 238 0.16% -4,000 -2.71% 147,848
Pottawattamie 21,527 63.11% 12,329 36.14% 179 0.52% 33 0.10% 44 0.13% 9,198 26.96% 34,112
Poweshiek 4,715 53.04% 4,103 46.16% 38 0.43% 7 0.08% 26 0.29% 612 6.88% 8,889
Ringgold 1,512 48.51% 1,593 51.11% 10 0.32% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -81 -2.60% 3,117
Sac 3,298 57.57% 2,363 41.25% 41 0.72% 9 0.16% 18 0.31% 935 16.32% 5,729
Scott 38,034 53.41% 32,550 45.71% 385 0.54% 122 0.17% 121 0.17% 5,484 7.70% 71,212
Shelby 4,200 64.25% 2,291 35.05% 31 0.47% 7 0.11% 8 0.12% 1,909 29.20% 6,537
Sioux 11,665 81.61% 2,585 18.09% 25 0.17% 5 0.03% 13 0.09% 9,080 63.53% 14,293
Story 19,804 51.56% 18,277 47.58% 107 0.28% 94 0.24% 128 0.33% 1,527 3.98% 38,410
Tama 4,882 54.30% 4,061 45.17% 25 0.28% 6 0.07% 16 0.18% 821 9.13% 8,990
Taylor 2,496 62.06% 1,499 37.27% 13 0.32% 3 0.07% 11 0.27% 997 24.79% 4,022
Union 3,583 54.49% 2,875 43.72% 34 0.52% 12 0.18% 72 1.09% 708 10.77% 6,576
Van Buren 2,138 56.73% 1,606 42.61% 19 0.50% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 532 14.12% 3,769
Wapello 7,098 39.88% 10,545 59.24% 86 0.48% 31 0.17% 40 0.22% -3,447 -19.37% 17,800
Warren 8,277 49.95% 8,171 49.31% 84 0.51% 13 0.08% 25 0.15% 106 0.64% 16,570
Washington 4,613 59.37% 3,079 39.63% 46 0.59% 14 0.18% 18 0.23% 1,534 19.74% 7,770
Wayne 2,061 51.26% 1,927 47.92% 14 0.35% 8 0.20% 11 0.27% 134 3.33% 4,021
Webster 9,619 48.58% 9,930 50.15% 206 1.04% 25 0.13% 22 0.11% -311 -1.57% 19,802
Winnebago 3,616 57.27% 2,669 42.27% 16 0.25% 2 0.03% 11 0.17% 947 15.00% 6,314
Winneshiek 5,277 57.96% 3,724 40.90% 78 0.86% 7 0.08% 19 0.21% 1,553 17.06% 9,105
Woodbury 23,002 54.31% 18,951 44.75% 296 0.70% 42 0.10% 59 0.14% 4,051 9.57% 42,350
Worth 1,985 46.53% 2,263 53.05% 9 0.21% 5 0.12% 4 0.09% -278 -6.52% 4,266
Wright 3,675 54.81% 2,980 44.44% 31 0.46% 9 0.13% 10 0.15% 695 10.37% 6,705
Totals703,08853.27%605,62045.89%6,2480.47%1,8440.14%3,0050.23%97,4687.39%1,319,805

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1984 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "IA US President Race, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.
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