1984 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1984 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1980
Next Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Indiana
Next Year:	1988
Election Date:	November 6, 1984
Image1:	Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Ronald Reagan
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	George H. W. Bush
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	1,377,230
Percentage1:	61.67%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Minnesota
Running Mate2:	Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	841,481
Percentage2:	37.68%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Ronald Reagan
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Ronald Reagan
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1984 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. President Ronald Reagan of California won the state of Indiana against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota by a substantial 23.99% margin. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and 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 rather partisan election in Indiana, with less than one percent of the state voting for third-party candidates, and only two third parties appearing on the ballot. In trend with the state's typically conservative-leaning history, Reagan carried every county in Indiana except for Lake County in the northwest corner. Lake County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and has a substantial African American population in contrast with the rest of Indiana. Perry County in the southern part of the state was the only other county that failed to give Reagan an absolute majority of the vote.

Reagan won Indiana by a margin of 24%. While Indiana had long been the most Republican-leaning state in the Great Lakes region, Reagan's performance in the state was somewhat underwhelming, as Indiana was only 5.8% more Republican than the nation at large. (By comparison, when it voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the state was just over 6% to the right of the nation at large.)

Reagan's victory marked the fifth consecutive time that Republicans had carried the state since the 1964 presidential election. This streak would continue for an additional five presidential elections until Barack Obama's victory in 2008.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Indiana^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	1,377,230	61.67%	12
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	841,481	37.68%	0
	American Party	Delmar Dennis	7,617	0.34%	0
	Libertarian	David Bergland	6,741	0.30%	0
Totals			2,233,069	100.00%	12

Results by county

County	Ronald Reagan Republican		Walter Mondale Democratic		Delmar Dennis^[2] American		David Bergland Libertarian		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	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
Totals	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

• Perry
• Pike
• Scott
• Switzerland

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1984 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2013-11-11.
2. Our Campaigns; IN US President 1984