1984 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:1984 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:Kansas
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1980 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:1980
Next Election:1988 United States presidential election in Kansas
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 Vote1:7
Popular Vote1:677,296
Percentage1:66.27%
Nominee2:Walter Mondale
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Minnesota
Running Mate2:Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:333,149
Percentage2:32.60%
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 Kansas 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 seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Kansas 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 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 very partisan election for Kansas, with just under 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, though several parties appeared on the ballot.[1] In typical form for the time, nearly every county in Kansas voted in majority for the Republican candidate, a particularly strong turn out even in this typically conservative-leaning state. The only exception to this trend was Kansas City's Wyandotte County, which voted primarily Democratic.

In this election, Kansas voted about 7 points more Republican than the national average. Reagan won the election in Kansas in a 34-point landslide. Kansas also continued its age-old trend of voting in par with its sister Great Plains States (North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska), a trend that has not been broken in any presidential election since 1920.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Kansas
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanRonald Reagan (incumbent) 677,296 66.27%7
DemocraticWalter Mondale333,14932.60%0
America FirstBob Richards3,5640.35%0
LibertarianDavid Bergland3,329 0.33%0
New Alliance PartyDennis Serrette2,544 0.25%0
ProhibitionEarl Dodge2,1090.21%0
Totals1,021,991100.0%7

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
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Allen4,26769.76%1,77829.07%721.18%2,48940.69%6,117
Anderson2,46267.14%1,15531.50%501.36%1,30735.64%3,667
Atchison4,53762.54%2,64136.40%771.06%1,89626.14%7,255
Barber2,11271.84%80627.41%220.75%1,30644.43%2,940
Barton10,23275.58%3,11122.98%1951.44%7,12152.60%13,538
Bourbon4,85868.40%2,17530.63%690.97%2,68337.77%7,102
Brown3,89473.97%1,30324.75%671.27%2,59149.22%5,264
Butler12,97666.33%6,37132.56%2171.11%6,60533.77%19,564
Chase1,16274.01%39325.03%150.96%76948.98%1,570
Chautauqua1,68876.55%49722.54%200.91%1,19154.01%2,205
Cherokee5,80160.72%3,66338.34%890.93%2,13822.38%9,553
Cheyenne1,44279.06%35619.52%261.43%1,08659.54%1,824
Clark1,07575.39%32422.72%271.89%75152.67%1,426
Clay3,55978.76%91920.34%410.91%2,64058.42%4,519
Cloud3,86066.43%1,88032.35%711.22%1,98034.08%5,811
Coffey3,06374.00%1,03725.05%390.94%2,02648.95%4,139
Comanche99376.80%28522.04%151.16%70854.76%1,293
Cowley10,00864.99%5,19333.72%1981.29%4,81531.27%15,399
Crawford9,51858.10%6,72241.04%1410.86%2,79617.06%16,381
Decatur1,77078.15%46720.62%281.24%1,30357.53%2,265
Dickinson6,48773.96%2,16824.72%1161.32%4,31949.24%8,771
Doniphan2,81873.77%96225.18%401.05%1,85648.59%3,820
Douglas18,97558.87%12,88039.96%3781.17%6,09518.91%32,233
Edwards1,35267.53%60630.27%442.20%74637.26%2,002
Elk1,30172.89%45225.32%321.79%84947.57%1,785
Ellis7,50967.65%3,45731.15%1331.20%4,05236.50%11,099
Ellsworth2,35371.35%90527.44%401.21%1,44843.91%3,298
Finney6,93873.08%2,45825.89%981.03%4,48047.19%9,494
Ford6,93569.72%2,91429.30%980.99%4,02140.42%9,947
Franklin6,28470.61%2,52328.35%921.03%3,76142.26%8,899
Geary4,46465.44%2,29633.66%610.89%2,16831.78%6,821
Gove1,31073.43%42623.88%482.69%88449.55%1,784
Graham1,42374.00%48024.96%201.04%94349.04%1,923
Grant2,04376.26%61522.96%210.78%1,42853.30%2,679
Gray1,58074.32%51424.18%321.51%1,06650.14%2,126
Greeley69973.27%22723.79%282.94%47249.48%954
Greenwood2,90170.45%1,17328.48%441.07%1,72841.97%4,118
Hamilton1,03770.64%40827.79%231.57%62942.85%1,468
Harper2,52173.09%89325.89%351.01%1,62847.20%3,449
Harvey8,50764.06%4,59934.63%1741.31%3,90829.43%13,280
Haskell1,15279.34%28319.49%171.17%86959.85%1,452
Hodgeman93974.17%30624.17%211.66%63350.00%1,266
Jackson3,46666.92%1,66732.19%460.89%1,79934.73%5,179
Jefferson4,52468.93%1,99030.32%490.75%2,53438.61%6,563
Jewell1,99276.50%58322.39%291.11%1,40954.11%2,604
Johnson101,98772.39%38,01926.99%8760.62%63,96845.40%140,882
Kearny1,21478.42%32120.74%130.84%89357.68%1,548
Kingman2,82672.04%1,04726.69%501.27%1,77945.35%3,923
Kiowa1,53779.51%36118.68%351.81%1,17660.83%1,933
Labette6,54263.76%3,63135.39%870.85%2,91128.37%10,260
Lane1,00877.18%28221.59%161.23%72655.59%1,306
Leavenworth11,19462.29%6,60436.75%1720.96%4,59025.54%17,970
Lincoln1,72375.14%55124.03%190.83%1,17251.11%2,293
Linn2,79570.33%1,15228.99%270.68%1,64341.34%3,974
Logan1,23577.04%33120.65%372.31%90456.39%1,603
Lyon9,79669.37%4,18829.66%1370.97%5,60839.71%14,121
McPherson8,63071.89%3,18526.53%1891.57%5,44545.36%12,004
Marion4,40772.06%1,63226.68%771.26%2,77545.38%6,116
Marshall4,09868.49%1,81330.30%721.20%2,28538.19%5,983
Meade1,80477.16%49121.00%431.84%1,31356.16%2,338
Miami5,87765.04%3,07634.04%830.92%2,80131.00%9,036
Mitchell3,03675.98%91923.00%411.03%2,11752.98%3,996
Montgomery12,02370.20%4,93328.80%1711.00%7,09041.40%17,127
Morris2,24072.19%82026.43%431.39%1,42045.76%3,103
Morton1,53381.80%32217.18%191.01%1,21164.62%1,874
Nemaha3,65366.60%1,76132.11%711.29%1,89234.49%5,485
Neosho4,96864.11%2,67934.57%1021.32%2,28929.54%7,749
Ness1,77975.32%54022.86%431.82%1,23952.46%2,362
Norton2,51579.19%61119.24%501.57%1,90459.95%3,176
Osage4,28866.55%2,07232.16%831.29%2,21634.39%6,443
Osborne2,17174.63%68623.58%521.79%1,48551.05%2,909
Ottawa2,34575.74%69922.58%521.68%1,64653.16%3,096
Pawnee2,57068.90%1,09229.28%681.82%1,47839.62%3,730
Phillips2,81380.90%62618.00%381.09%2,18762.90%3,477
Pottawatomie4,59871.09%1,79827.80%721.11%2,80043.29%6,468
Pratt3,24471.31%1,25527.59%501.10%1,98943.72%4,549
Rawlins1,62578.05%41219.79%452.16%1,21358.26%2,082
Reno16,56863.34%9,22935.28%3621.38%7,33928.06%26,159
Republic3,00976.49%88722.55%380.97%2,12253.94%3,934
Rice3,59868.68%1,55929.76%821.57%2,03938.92%5,239
Riley11,30864.77%5,97534.22%1751.00%5,33330.55%17,458
Rooks2,60477.75%69920.87%461.37%1,90556.88%3,349
Rush1,75869.49%71828.38%542.13%1,04041.11%2,530
Russell3,67376.99%1,05522.11%430.90%2,61854.88%4,771
Saline15,24469.41%6,52629.72%1910.87%8,71839.69%21,961
Scott2,01781.13%42717.18%421.69%1,59063.95%2,486
Sedgwick95,87462.53%55,26336.05%2,1781.42%40,61126.48%153,315
Seward5,22280.54%1,19818.48%640.99%4,02462.06%6,484
Shawnee43,46561.57%26,33837.31%7861.11%17,12724.26%70,589
Sheridan1,27473.86%41924.29%321.86%85549.57%1,725
Sherman2,70278.02%71420.62%471.36%1,98857.40%3,463
Smith2,33275.74%68422.22%632.05%1,64853.52%3,079
Stafford2,06269.71%84428.53%521.76%1,21841.18%2,958
Stanton78376.61%20520.06%343.33%57856.55%1,022
Stevens1,86382.03%38617.00%220.97%1,47765.03%2,271
Sumner6,94264.32%3,70834.36%1431.32%3,23429.96%10,793
Thomas3,10776.70%88721.90%571.41%2,22054.80%4,051
Trego1,49170.40%59828.23%291.37%89342.17%2,118
Wabaunsee2,27672.72%80525.72%491.57%1,47147.00%3,130
Wallace83882.97%15215.05%201.98%68667.92%1,010
Washington2,97975.69%88922.59%681.73%2,09053.10%3,936
Wichita91678.90%23219.98%131.12%68458.92%1,161
Wilson3,66372.23%1,34426.50%641.26%2,31945.73%5,071
Woodson1,40869.36%59629.36%261.28%81240.00%2,030
Wyandotte27,45942.81%36,04256.20%6350.99%-8,583-13.39%64,136
Totals677,29666.27%333,14932.60%11,5461.13%344,14733.67%1,021,991

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leip . Dave . 1984 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas . 2023-05-16 . Uselectionatlas.org.