See main article: 1984 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in New Mexico |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1988 United States presidential election in New Mexico |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 307,101 |
| Percentage1: | 59.70% |
| Nominee2: | Walter Mondale |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 201,769 |
| Percentage2: | 39.23% |
| Map Size: | 265px |
| 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 Mexico took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. New Mexico 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 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 New Mexico, with more than 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.[1] In typical form for the time, the highly populated counties of Bernalillo and Los Alamos turned out mainly Republican. Meanwhile, the ongoing Democratic stronghold in the northern part of the state, inclusive of Santa Fe County and Rio Arriba County, is evident during this election.
New Mexico weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the national average., this is the last election in which Guadalupe County and the only election in which recently created Cibola County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[2] In addition, this is also the most recent presidential election when the Republican candidate won the state by a double-digit margin.
Reagan won the election in New Mexico with a resounding 20-point sweep, making New Mexico 2.3% more Republican than the nation at large. No Republican candidate has received as strong of support in the American West at large as Reagan did.
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 104,694 | 60.08% | 67,789 | 38.90% | 1,779 | 1.02% | 36,905 | 21.18% | 174,262 | ||||||||||
| Catron | 970 | 68.55% | 418 | 29.54% | 27 | 1.91% | 552 | 39.01% | 1,415 | ||||||||||
| Chaves | 15,248 | 73.37% | 5,332 | 25.66% | 202 | 0.97% | 9,916 | 47.71% | 20,782 | ||||||||||
| Cibola | 3,578 | 53.09% | 3,140 | 46.59% | 22 | 0.32% | 438 | 6.50% | 6,740 | ||||||||||
| Colfax | 2,994 | 54.59% | 2,435 | 44.39% | 56 | 1.02% | 559 | 10.20% | 5,485 | ||||||||||
| Curry | 9,188 | 74.01% | 3,108 | 25.03% | 119 | 0.96% | 6,080 | 48.98% | 12,415 | ||||||||||
| De Baca | 756 | 65.23% | 386 | 33.30% | 17 | 1.47% | 370 | 31.93% | 1,159 | ||||||||||
| Dona Ana | 22,153 | 60.87% | 13,878 | 38.13% | 362 | 1.00% | 8,275 | 22.74% | 36,393 | ||||||||||
| Eddy | 11,810 | 60.99% | 7,364 | 38.03% | 191 | 0.98% | 4,446 | 22.96% | 19,365 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 4,979 | 45.93% | 5,755 | 53.09% | 106 | 0.98% | -776 | -7.16% | 10,840 | ||||||||||
| Guadalupe | 990 | 50.36% | 946 | 48.12% | 30 | 1.52% | 44 | 2.24% | 1,966 | ||||||||||
| Harding | 401 | 63.55% | 224 | 35.50% | 6 | 0.95% | 177 | 28.05% | 631 | ||||||||||
| Hidalgo | 1,282 | 59.32% | 860 | 39.80% | 19 | 0.88% | 422 | 19.52% | 2,161 | ||||||||||
| Lea | 14,569 | 75.26% | 4,558 | 23.55% | 230 | 1.19% | 10,011 | 51.71% | 19,357 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 3,992 | 77.04% | 1,134 | 21.88% | 56 | 1.08% | 2,858 | 55.16% | 5,182 | ||||||||||
| Los Alamos | 6,882 | 69.60% | 2,859 | 28.91% | 147 | 1.49% | 4,023 | 40.69% | 9,888 | ||||||||||
| Luna | 4,145 | 61.17% | 2,557 | 37.74% | 74 | 1.09% | 1,588 | 23.43% | 6,776 | ||||||||||
| McKinley | 6,557 | 44.78% | 7,915 | 54.05% | 171 | 1.17% | -1,358 | -9.27% | 14,643 | ||||||||||
| Mora | 1,017 | 44.47% | 1,235 | 54.00% | 35 | 1.53% | -218 | -9.53% | 2,287 | ||||||||||
| Otero | 9,751 | 69.22% | 4,167 | 29.58% | 169 | 1.20% | 5,584 | 39.64% | 14,087 | ||||||||||
| Quay | 2,842 | 66.82% | 1,368 | 32.17% | 43 | 1.01% | 1,474 | 34.65% | 4,253 | ||||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 4,116 | 36.93% | 6,938 | 62.25% | 92 | 0.82% | -2,822 | -25.32% | 11,146 | ||||||||||
| Roosevelt | 4,598 | 72.26% | 1,696 | 26.65% | 69 | 1.09% | 2,902 | 45.61% | 6,363 | ||||||||||
| San Juan | 18,690 | 66.97% | 8,963 | 32.11% | 257 | 0.92% | 9,727 | 34.86% | 27,910 | ||||||||||
| San Miguel | 3,485 | 39.38% | 5,227 | 59.06% | 138 | 1.56% | -1,742 | -19.68% | 8,850 | ||||||||||
| Sandoval | 9,005 | 55.43% | 7,080 | 43.58% | 161 | 0.99% | 36,905 | 21.18% | 16,246 | ||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 15,886 | 45.98% | 18,262 | 52.85% | 404 | 1.17% | -2,376 | -6.87% | 34,552 | ||||||||||
| Sierra | 2,663 | 66.00% | 1,335 | 33.09% | 37 | 0.91% | 1,328 | 32.91% | 4,035 | ||||||||||
| Socorro | 3,403 | 56.27% | 2,541 | 42.01% | 104 | 1.72% | 862 | 14.26% | 6,048 | ||||||||||
| Taos | 4,154 | 44.04% | 5,144 | 54.54% | 134 | 1.42% | -990 | -10.50% | 9,432 | ||||||||||
| Torrance | 2,326 | 64.02% | 1,274 | 35.07% | 33 | 0.91% | 1,052 | 28.95% | 3,633 | ||||||||||
| Union | 1,503 | 74.44% | 488 | 24.17% | 28 | 1.39% | 1,015 | 50.27% | 2,019 | ||||||||||
| Valencia | 8,474 | 60.32% | 5,393 | 38.39% | 182 | 1.29% | 3,081 | 21.93% | 14,049 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 307,101 | 59.70% | 201,769 | 39.23% | 5,500 | 1.07% | 105,332 | 20.47% | 514,370 | ||||||||||