1984 United States presidential election in Indiana

Main article: 1984 United States presidential election
1984 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 6, 1984
Turnout59.9%[1] 2.2 pp
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 1,377,230 841,481
Percentage 61.67% 37.68%
County Results
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Ronald Reagan and the vice president of the United States George H. W. Bush defeated the Democratic ticket of the former vice president Walter Mondale and the U.S. representative from New York's 9th congressional district Geraldine Ferraro. Reagan defeated Mondale in the national election with 525 electoral votes.[2]

Primary elections

Republican Party

Main article: 1984 Republican Party presidential primaries
Indiana Republican primary, May 8, 1984[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald Reagan 428,559 100.00
Total votes 428,559 100.00

Democratic Party

Main article: 1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Indiana Democratic primary, May 8, 1984[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gary Hart 299,491 41.77
Democratic Walter Mondale 293,413 40.92
Democratic Jesse Jackson 98,190 13.70
Democratic John Glenn (withdrawn) 16,046 2.24
Democratic Bob Brewster 9,815 1.37
Total votes 716,955 100.00

General election

Statistics

Reagan carried every Indiana county except for Lake County in the northwest corner of the state.[4] Reagan's victory marked the fifth consecutive presidential election in which the Republican ticket carried the state. As of 2024, this is the most recent presidential election in Indiana in which the winner polled over 60 percent of the popular vote.[5]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Indiana[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush 		1,377,230 61.67 5.66
Democratic Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferarro 		841,481 37.68 0.03
American Delmar Dennis
Traves Brownlee 		7,617 0.34 0.13
Libertarian David Bergland
Jim Lewis 		6,741 0.30 0.58
Total votes 2,233,069 100.00

Results by county

1984 United States presidential election in Indiana by county[6]
County Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Walter Mondale
Democratic 		Delmar Dennis
American 		David Bergland
Libertarian 		Margin Total
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Adams 7,958 66.58% 3,923 32.82% 47 0.39% 24 0.20% 4,035 33.76% 11,952
Allen 75,505 65.67% 38,462 33.45% 709 0.62% 299 0.26% 37,043 32.22% 114,975
Bartholomew 18,704 69.35% 8,075 29.94% 93 0.34% 98 0.36% 10,629 39.41% 26,970
Benton 3,281 70.38% 1,357 29.11% 6 0.13% 18 0.39% 1,924 41.27% 4,662
Blackford 3,787 60.79% 2,395 38.44% 34 0.55% 14 0.22% 1,392 22.35% 6,230
Boone 11,790 74.38% 3,982 25.12% 30 0.19% 48 0.30% 7,808 49.26% 15,850
Brown 3,517 56.74% 2,657 42.87% 5 0.08% 19 0.31% 860 13.87% 6,198
Carroll 5,528 66.09% 2,774 33.17% 27 0.32% 35 0.42% 2,754 32.92% 8,364
Cass 12,355 68.75% 5,521 30.72% 66 0.37% 29 0.16% 6,834 38.03% 17,971
Clark 19,419 57.48% 14,138 41.85% 180 0.53% 48 0.14% 5,281 15.63% 33,785
Clay 6,957 64.87% 3,707 34.56% 29 0.27% 32 0.30% 3,250 30.31% 10,725
Clinton 8,969 67.12% 4,329 32.40% 32 0.24% 33 0.25% 4,640 34.72% 13,363
Crawford 2,633 53.63% 2,256 45.95% 15 0.31% 6 0.12% 377 7.68% 4,910
Daviess 7,721 68.26% 3,545 31.34% 20 0.18% 25 0.22% 4,176 36.92% 11,311
Dearborn 9,149 64.74% 4,920 34.81% 49 0.35% 14 0.10% 4,229 29.93% 14,132
Decatur 6,551 69.97% 2,766 29.54% 25 0.27% 21 0.22% 3,785 40.43% 9,363
DeKalb 8,769 64.82% 4,617 34.13% 108 0.80% 34 0.25% 4,152 30.69% 13,528
Delaware 30,092 59.98% 19,791 39.45% 126 0.25% 162 0.32% 10,301 20.53% 50,171
Dubois 9,391 62.77% 5,423 36.25% 126 0.84% 22 0.15% 3,968 26.52% 14,962
Elkhart 34,621 71.98% 13,240 27.53% 103 0.21% 133 0.28% 21,381 44.45% 48,097
Fayette 7,142 62.95% 4,122 36.33% 44 0.39% 38 0.33% 3,020 26.62% 11,346
Floyd 15,466 58.85% 10,616 40.40% 159 0.61% 38 0.14% 4,850 18.45% 26,279
Fountain 5,450 64.90% 2,897 34.50% 31 0.37% 19 0.23% 2,553 30.40% 8,397
Franklin 5,202 69.62% 2,225 29.78% 22 0.29% 23 0.31% 2,977 39.84% 7,472
Fulton 6,057 70.14% 2,527 29.26% 27 0.31% 24 0.28% 3,530 40.88% 8,635
Gibson 8,618 54.62% 7,082 44.89% 49 0.31% 28 0.18% 1,536 9.73% 15,777
Grant 20,482 66.78% 9,986 32.56% 146 0.48% 59 0.19% 10,496 34.22% 30,673
Greene 8,438 60.71% 5,267 37.90% 163 1.17% 30 0.22% 3,171 22.81% 13,898
Hamilton 30,254 82.30% 6,364 17.31% 36 0.10% 107 0.29% 23,890 64.99% 36,761
Hancock 12,880 73.58% 4,550 25.99% 27 0.15% 47 0.27% 8,330 47.59% 17,504
Harrison 7,255 60.61% 4,634 38.72% 53 0.44% 27 0.23% 2,621 21.89% 11,969
Hendricks 21,307 75.73% 6,659 23.67% 82 0.29% 87 0.31% 14,648 52.06% 28,135
Henry 11,926 62.56% 7,064 37.06% 39 0.20% 33 0.17% 4,862 25.50% 19,062
Howard 22,386 67.74% 10,458 31.65% 109 0.33% 93 0.28% 11,928 36.09% 33,046
Huntington 10,805 69.77% 4,598 29.69% 50 0.32% 34 0.22% 6,207 40.08% 15,487
Jackson 9,879 64.85% 5,163 33.89% 158 1.04% 34 0.22% 4,716 30.96% 15,234
Jasper 6,537 69.22% 2,821 29.87% 55 0.58% 31 0.33% 3,716 39.35% 9,444
Jay 5,975 64.90% 3,174 34.47% 32 0.35% 26 0.28% 2,801 30.43% 9,207
Jefferson 7,482 59.20% 4,952 39.18% 178 1.41% 27 0.21% 2,530 20.02% 12,639
Jennings 6,356 65.48% 3,264 33.63% 61 0.63% 26 0.27% 3,092 31.85% 9,707
Johnson 23,482 74.86% 7,715 24.60% 83 0.26% 88 0.28% 15,767 50.26% 31,368
Knox 10,872 62.27% 6,417 36.75% 134 0.77% 36 0.21% 4,455 25.52% 17,459
Kosciusko 17,560 77.88% 4,877 21.63% 48 0.21% 62 0.27% 12,683 56.25% 22,547
LaGrange 4,772 71.31% 1,884 28.15% 20 0.30% 16 0.24% 2,888 43.16% 6,692
Lake 94,870 44.30% 117,984 55.10% 805 0.38% 484 0.23% -23,114 -10.80% 214,143
LaPorte 23,346 59.00% 15,904 40.20% 124 0.31% 193 0.49% 7,442 18.80% 39,567
Lawrence 11,440 66.71% 5,608 32.70% 73 0.43% 29 0.17% 5,832 34.01% 17,150
Madison 36,510 61.87% 22,254 37.71% 122 0.21% 128 0.22% 14,256 24.16% 59,014
Marion 184,880 58.29% 130,185 41.05% 693 0.22% 1,390 0.44% 54,695 17.24% 317,148
Marshall 11,100 68.76% 4,931 30.54% 61 0.38% 52 0.32% 6,169 38.22% 16,144
Martin 3,363 63.07% 1,937 36.33% 15 0.28% 17 0.32% 1,426 26.74% 5,332
Miami 9,551 68.75% 4,224 30.41% 88 0.63% 29 0.21% 5,327 38.34% 13,892
Monroe 21,772 59.12% 14,719 39.97% 121 0.33% 214 0.58% 7,053 19.15% 36,826
Montgomery 11,119 74.96% 3,626 24.44% 39 0.26% 50 0.34% 7,493 50.52% 14,834
Morgan 14,884 75.91% 4,627 23.60% 47 0.24% 49 0.25% 10,257 52.31% 19,607
Newton 3,560 68.54% 1,596 30.73% 17 0.33% 21 0.40% 1,964 37.81% 5,194
Noble 8,459 65.74% 4,237 32.93% 99 0.77% 72 0.56% 4,222 32.81% 12,867
Ohio 1,503 58.32% 1,068 41.44% 2 0.08% 4 0.16% 435 16.88% 2,577
Orange 5,909 69.40% 2,571 30.19% 16 0.19% 19 0.22% 3,338 39.21% 8,515
Owen 4,204 66.49% 2,082 32.93% 20 0.32% 17 0.27% 2,122 33.56% 6,323
Parke 5,052 69.26% 2,205 30.23% 16 0.22% 21 0.29% 2,847 39.03% 7,294
Perry 4,785 49.91% 4,760 49.65% 22 0.23% 21 0.22% 25 0.26% 9,588
Pike 3,689 52.98% 3,231 46.40% 25 0.36% 18 0.26% 458 6.58% 6,963
Porter 32,505 64.14% 17,862 35.24% 125 0.25% 190 0.37% 14,643 28.90% 50,682
Posey 6,472 59.07% 4,452 40.63% 16 0.15% 17 0.16% 2,020 18.44% 10,957
Pulaski 4,167 66.93% 2,008 32.25% 36 0.58% 15 0.24% 2,159 34.68% 6,226
Putnam 7,820 69.38% 3,392 30.09% 30 0.27% 30 0.27% 4,428 39.29% 11,272
Randolph 7,793 66.77% 3,805 32.60% 37 0.32% 36 0.31% 3,988 34.17% 11,671
Ripley 7,143 67.99% 3,336 31.75% 15 0.14% 12 0.11% 3,807 36.24% 10,506
Rush 5,429 69.86% 2,307 29.69% 18 0.23% 17 0.22% 3,122 40.17% 7,771
Scott 4,110 54.16% 3,460 45.60% 9 0.12% 9 0.12% 650 8.56% 7,588
Shelby 11,056 66.92% 5,357 32.42% 58 0.35% 51 0.31% 5,699 34.50% 16,522
Spencer 5,816 59.07% 4,005 40.68% 11 0.11% 14 0.14% 1,811 18.39% 9,846
St. Joseph 54,404 53.08% 47,513 46.36% 288 0.28% 288 0.28% 6,891 6.72% 102,493
Starke 5,104 57.42% 3,674 41.33% 86 0.97% 25 0.28% 1,430 16.09% 8,889
Steuben 6,424 72.01% 2,441 27.36% 23 0.26% 33 0.37% 3,983 44.65% 8,921
Sullivan 4,771 54.14% 4,006 45.46% 17 0.19% 19 0.22% 765 8.68% 8,813
Switzerland 1,857 55.48% 1,484 44.34% 2 0.06% 4 0.12% 373 11.14% 3,347
Tippecanoe 29,706 64.75% 15,789 34.42% 88 0.19% 293 0.64% 13,917 30.33% 45,876
Tipton 5,687 70.48% 2,328 28.85% 31 0.38% 23 0.29% 3,359 41.63% 8,069
Union 1,970 70.36% 816 29.14% 4 0.14% 10 0.36% 1,154 41.22% 2,800
Vanderburgh 40,994 56.68% 31,049 42.93% 131 0.18% 156 0.22% 9,945 13.75% 72,330
Vermillion 4,428 54.30% 3,666 44.96% 37 0.45% 23 0.28% 762 9.34% 8,154
Vigo 26,259 58.39% 18,429 40.98% 128 0.28% 157 0.35% 7,830 17.41% 44,973
Wabash 9,862 70.30% 4,077 29.06% 44 0.31% 45 0.32% 5,785 41.24% 14,028
Warren 2,525 65.38% 1,309 33.89% 12 0.31% 16 0.41% 1,216 31.49% 3,862
Warrick 10,202 61.32% 6,345 38.14% 44 0.26% 46 0.28% 3,857 23.18% 16,637
Washington 5,874 62.62% 3,334 35.54% 135 1.44% 37 0.39% 2,540 27.08% 9,380
Wayne 18,955 64.80% 10,173 34.78% 52 0.18% 71 0.24% 8,782 30.02% 29,251
Wells 7,579 69.40% 3,274 29.98% 30 0.27% 37 0.34% 4,305 39.42% 10,920
White 7,279 69.33% 3,157 30.07% 28 0.27% 35 0.33% 4,122 39.26% 10,499
Whitley 7,763 67.21% 3,690 31.95% 41 0.35% 57 0.49% 4,073 35.26% 11,551
TOTAL 1,377,230 61.67% 841,481 37.68% 7,617 0.34% 6,741 0.30% 535,749 23.99% 2,233,069

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ Madison 1986, p. 330.
  2. ^ Congressional Quarterly 2010, pp. 795, 885.
  3. ^ a b McGillivray & Scammon 1994, p. 881.
  4. ^ Menendez 2009, pp. 191–92.
  5. ^ Congressional Quarterly 2010, pp. 791–801.
  6. ^ a b Simcox 1984, pp. 41–42.

Bibliography

  • Congressional Quarterly (2010). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (6th ed.). Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.
  • Madison, James H. (1986). The Indiana Way: A State History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  • Menendez, Albert J. (2009). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
  • McGillivray, Alice V.; Scammon, Richard M. (1994). America at the Polls, 1960–1992: Kennedy to Clinton; A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.
  • Simcox, Edwin J. (1984). 1984 Election Report State of Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Secretary of State.


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