See main article: 1984 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey |
| Country: | New Jersey |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in New Jersey |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1988 United States presidential election in New Jersey |
| 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: | 16 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,933,630 |
| Percentage1: | 60.09% |
| Nominee2: | Walter Mondale |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,261,323 |
| Percentage2: | 39.20% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 New Jersey 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 16 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ronald Reagan of California and incumbent Vice President George H.W. Bush of Texas. Reagan and Bush defeated the Democratic nominees, former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota and his running mate Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York.
Reagan carried New Jersey with 60.09% of the vote to Mondale’s 39.20%, a margin of 20.89%.[1]
Reagan also swept nearly every county in the state. Mondale’s only county victory was Essex County, where he defeated Reagan 55.1%–43.5%. This remains the last election in which a Republican presidential nominee has won heavily Democratic Hudson County and Mercer County,[2] both of which narrowly defected to Reagan in 1984 primarily due to the support of working-class Reagan Democrats. Reagan's 1.9 million votes is the most received by a Republican in a presidential election in the state's history.
New Jersey weighed in for this election as 2.7% more Republican than the national average.
Jesse Jackson's voters were 81% black, 13% white, 4% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups.
| 1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 1,933,630 | 60.09% | 16 | ||
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 1,261,323 | 39.20% | 0 | ||
| Workers World | Larry Holmes | 8,404 | 0.26% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 6,416 | 0.20% | 0 | ||
| New Alliance | Dennis Serrette | 2,293 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| Workers League | Edward Winn | 537 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Communist Party | Gus Hall | 1,564 | 0.05% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers | Melvin T. Mason | 1,264 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Citizens | Sonia Johnson | 1,247 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,217,862 | 100.0% | 16 | |||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 57%/79% | |||||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic | 49,158 | 59.33% | 33,240 | 40.12% | 453 | 0.55% | 15,918 | 19.21% | 82,851 | ||||||||||
| Bergen | 268,507 | 63.22% | 155,039 | 36.50% | 1,172 | 0.28% | 113,468 | 26.72% | 424,718 | ||||||||||
| Burlington | 89,815 | 60.83% | 57,467 | 38.92% | 377 | 0.26% | 32,348 | 21.91% | 147,659 | ||||||||||
| Camden | 109,749 | 54.63% | 90,233 | 44.92% | 904 | 0.45% | 19,516 | 9.71% | 200,886 | ||||||||||
| Cape May | 28,786 | 68.06% | 13,378 | 31.63% | 133 | 0.31% | 15,408 | 36.43% | 42,297 | ||||||||||
| Cumberland | 29,398 | 57.47% | 21,141 | 41.33% | 616 | 1.20% | 8,257 | 16.14% | 51,155 | ||||||||||
| Essex | 136,798 | 43.49% | 173,295 | 55.09% | 4,450 | 1.41% | -36,497 | -11.60% | 314,543 | ||||||||||
| Gloucester | 54,041 | 62.08% | 32,702 | 37.57% | 307 | 0.35% | 21,339 | 24.51% | 87,050 | ||||||||||
| Hudson | 112,834 | 54.18% | 94,304 | 45.29% | 1,106 | 0.53% | 18,530 | 8.89% | 208,244 | ||||||||||
| Hunterdon | 29,737 | 72.39% | 10,972 | 26.71% | 370 | 0.90% | 18,765 | 45.68% | 41,079 | ||||||||||
| Mercer | 71,195 | 51.55% | 66,398 | 48.07% | 528 | 0.38% | 4,797 | 3.48% | 138,121 | ||||||||||
| Middlesex | 160,221 | 59.82% | 104,905 | 39.17% | 2,727 | 1.02% | 55,316 | 20.65% | 267,853 | ||||||||||
| Monmouth | 152,595 | 65.52% | 79,382 | 34.08% | 932 | 0.40% | 73,213 | 31.44% | 232,909 | ||||||||||
| Morris | 137,719 | 71.91% | 53,201 | 27.78% | 584 | 0.30% | 84,518 | 44.13% | 191,504 | ||||||||||
| Ocean | 124,391 | 70.23% | 51,012 | 28.80% | 1,710 | 0.97% | 73,379 | 41.43% | 177,113 | ||||||||||
| Passaic | 101,951 | 58.28% | 69,590 | 39.78% | 3,399 | 1.94% | 32,361 | 18.50% | 174,940 | ||||||||||
| Salem | 17,368 | 65.66% | 8,935 | 33.78% | 149 | 0.56% | 8,433 | 31.88% | 26,452 | ||||||||||
| Somerset | 66,303 | 66.77% | 31,924 | 32.15% | 1,069 | 1.08% | 34,379 | 34.62% | 99,296 | ||||||||||
| Sussex | 35,680 | 75.36% | 11,502 | 24.29% | 163 | 0.34% | 24,178 | 51.07% | 47,345 | ||||||||||
| Union | 135,446 | 59.11% | 92,056 | 40.17% | 1,638 | 0.71% | 43,390 | 18.94% | 229,140 | ||||||||||
| Warren | 21,938 | 67.07% | 10,647 | 32.55% | 122 | 0.37% | 11,291 | 34.52% | 32,707 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 1,933,630 | 60.09% | 1,261,323 | 39.20% | 22,909 | 0.71% | 672,307 | 20.89% | 3,217,862 | ||||||||||