See main article: 1984 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1988 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1984 |
| Flag Year: | 1885 |
| 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: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,346,481 |
| Percentage1: | 61.90% |
| Nominee2: | Walter Mondale |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 824,287 |
| Percentage2: | 37.89% |
| 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 North Carolina took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
North Carolina voted for President Ronald Reagan, running with Vice President George H. W. Bush, against former Vice President Walter Mondale, running with U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro.
, this is the last election in which Vance County and Chatham County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and Scotland County would not vote Republican again until 2020.[1]
Jesse Jackson's voters were 89% black, 8% white, 1% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups.
73% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale.
| 1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 1,346,481 | 61.90% | 13 | ||
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 824,287 | 37.89% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 3,794 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers | Melvin Mason | 799 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2,175,361 | 100.00% | 13 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican | Walter Frederick Mondale Democratic | David Peter Bergland Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||
| Avery | 79.87% | 4,702 | 19.69% | 1,159 | 0.29% | 17 | 0.15% | 9 | 60.18% | 3,543 | |
| Mitchell | 78.51% | 4,737 | 21.31% | 1,286 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.02% | 1 | 57.19% | 3,451 | |
| Randolph | 77.36% | 25,759 | 22.56% | 7,511 | 0.07% | 23 | 0.02% | 6 | 54.80% | 18,248 | |
| Yadkin | 74.37% | 8,976 | 25.48% | 3,075 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.04% | 5 | 48.89% | 5,901 | |
| Davie | 73.72% | 8,201 | 26.17% | 2,911 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.01% | 1 | 47.55% | 5,290 | |
| Gaston | 73.36% | 39,167 | 26.49% | 14,142 | 0.13% | 70 | 0.02% | 13 | 46.87% | 25,025 | |
| Wilkes | 73.03% | 18,670 | 26.80% | 6,852 | 0.16% | 40 | 0.01% | 2 | 46.23% | 11,818 | |
| Catawba | 72.78% | 31,476 | 27.05% | 11,700 | 0.14% | 61 | 0.03% | 13 | 45.72% | 19,776 | |
| Henderson | 72.55% | 19,369 | 27.05% | 7,222 | 0.30% | 80 | 0.10% | 26 | 45.50% | 12,147 | |
| Davidson | 72.55% | 30,471 | 27.31% | 11,469 | 0.13% | 54 | 0.02% | 7 | 45.24% | 19,002 | |
| Cabarrus | 72.54% | 22,528 | 27.29% | 8,477 | 0.14% | 43 | 0.03% | 10 | 45.24% | 14,051 | |
| Dare | 71.83% | 4,738 | 27.88% | 1,839 | 0.24% | 16 | 0.05% | 3 | 43.95% | 2,899 | |
| Onslow | 70.75% | 13,928 | 29.02% | 5,713 | 0.17% | 34 | 0.06% | 12 | 41.73% | 8,215 | |
| Union | 70.45% | 16,885 | 29.41% | 7,048 | 0.11% | 27 | 0.03% | 8 | 41.04% | 9,837 | |
| Alexander | 70.22% | 8,502 | 29.58% | 3,581 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.03% | 4 | 40.65% | 4,921 | |
| Rowan | 70.20% | 25,207 | 29.64% | 10,643 | 0.14% | 52 | 0.01% | 5 | 40.56% | 14,564 | |
| Iredell | 70.14% | 23,641 | 29.67% | 9,999 | 0.16% | 55 | 0.03% | 9 | 40.48% | 13,642 | |
| Caldwell | 69.79% | 17,024 | 29.97% | 7,311 | 0.20% | 50 | 0.04% | 9 | 39.82% | 9,713 | |
| Alamance | 69.74% | 26,063 | 30.05% | 11,230 | 0.18% | 68 | 0.02% | 9 | 39.69% | 14,833 | |
| Stanly | 67.99% | 13,116 | 31.82% | 6,138 | 0.15% | 29 | 0.05% | 9 | 36.17% | 6,978 | |
| Lincoln | 67.64% | 12,621 | 32.13% | 5,996 | 0.20% | 38 | 0.02% | 4 | 35.51% | 6,625 | |
| Lee | 67.47% | 8,198 | 32.30% | 3,925 | 0.21% | 25 | 0.02% | 3 | 35.17% | 4,273 | |
| Moore | 67.40% | 14,681 | 32.42% | 7,063 | 0.14% | 30 | 0.04% | 9 | 34.97% | 7,618 | |
| Johnston | 67.32% | 16,210 | 32.53% | 7,833 | 0.10% | 24 | 0.05% | 13 | 34.79% | 8,377 | |
| Nash | 66.73% | 17,295 | 33.14% | 8,588 | 0.09% | 23 | 0.04% | 11 | 33.60% | 8,707 | |
| Carteret | 66.28% | 11,637 | 33.50% | 5,882 | 0.20% | 35 | 0.02% | 3 | 32.78% | 5,755 | |
| Stokes | 65.63% | 9,515 | 34.14% | 4,950 | 0.19% | 28 | 0.03% | 5 | 31.49% | 4,565 | |
| New Hanover | 65.21% | 23,771 | 34.54% | 12,591 | 0.21% | 75 | 0.04% | 15 | 30.67% | 11,180 | |
| McDowell | 65.08% | 7,639 | 34.73% | 4,076 | 0.14% | 17 | 0.04% | 5 | 30.36% | 3,563 | |
| Macon | 64.93% | 6,661 | 34.80% | 3,570 | 0.20% | 21 | 0.06% | 6 | 30.13% | 3,091 | |
| Transylvania | 64.91% | 6,956 | 34.83% | 3,733 | 0.23% | 25 | 0.03% | 3 | 30.07% | 3,223 | |
| Polk | 64.73% | 4,046 | 34.70% | 2,169 | 0.54% | 34 | 0.03% | 2 | 30.03% | 1,877 | |
| Surry | 64.88% | 13,340 | 34.96% | 7,188 | 0.13% | 26 | 0.04% | 8 | 29.92% | 6,152 | |
| Watauga | 64.27% | 9,370 | 35.41% | 5,163 | 0.28% | 41 | 0.03% | 5 | 28.86% | 4,207 | |
| Burke | 64.32% | 18,766 | 35.48% | 10,353 | 0.17% | 51 | 0.03% | 8 | 28.83% | 8,413 | |
| Wayne | 64.13% | 17,961 | 35.74% | 10,011 | 0.11% | 30 | 0.02% | 6 | 28.38% | 7,950 | |
| Craven | 64.04% | 12,893 | 35.69% | 7,186 | 0.20% | 41 | 0.07% | 14 | 28.35% | 5,707 | |
| Cherokee | 63.72% | 4,894 | 36.15% | 2,776 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.03% | 2 | 27.58% | 2,118 | |
| Currituck | 63.24% | 2,885 | 36.56% | 1,668 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.02% | 1 | 26.68% | 1,217 | |
| Mecklenburg | 62.67% | 106,754 | 37.10% | 63,190 | 0.20% | 337 | 0.03% | 58 | 25.57% | 43,564 | |
| Rockingham | 62.70% | 17,895 | 37.16% | 10,605 | 0.11% | 32 | 0.02% | 7 | 25.54% | 7,290 | |
| Graham | 62.63% | 2,514 | 37.22% | 1,494 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.05% | 2 | 25.41% | 1,020 | |
| Clay | 62.39% | 2,259 | 37.01% | 1,340 | 0.52% | 19 | 0.08% | 3 | 25.38% | 919 | |
| Cleveland | 62.22% | 17,095 | 37.44% | 10,288 | 0.30% | 82 | 0.04% | 12 | 24.77% | 6,807 | |
| Person | 62.30% | 5,854 | 37.54% | 3,528 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.04% | 4 | 24.75% | 2,326 | |
| Rutherford | 62.23% | 11,369 | 37.56% | 6,862 | 0.18% | 33 | 0.02% | 4 | 24.67% | 4,507 | |
| Ashe | 62.10% | 6,611 | 37.66% | 4,009 | 0.21% | 22 | 0.03% | 3 | 24.44% | 2,602 | |
| Buncombe | 61.61% | 37,698 | 38.14% | 23,337 | 0.20% | 122 | 0.05% | 29 | 23.47% | 14,361 | |
| Wake | 61.61% | 81,251 | 38.16% | 50,323 | 0.20% | 267 | 0.02% | 30 | 23.45% | 30,928 | |
| Forsyth | 61.53% | 59,208 | 38.26% | 36,814 | 0.18% | 174 | 0.02% | 24 | 23.27% | 22,394 | |
| Guilford | 61.25% | 73,096 | 38.57% | 46,027 | 0.16% | 186 | 0.03% | 31 | 22.68% | 27,069 | |
| Harnett | 61.11% | 11,198 | 38.78% | 7,106 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.02% | 4 | 22.33% | 4,092 | |
| Lenoir | 60.79% | 13,321 | 39.04% | 8,556 | 0.12% | 27 | 0.05% | 10 | 21.74% | 4,765 | |
| Beaufort | 60.66% | 9,284 | 39.12% | 5,987 | 0.18% | 27 | 0.05% | 7 | 21.54% | 3,297 | |
| Wilson | 59.31% | 12,243 | 40.42% | 8,343 | 0.19% | 40 | 0.08% | 17 | 18.89% | 3,900 | |
| Brunswick | 58.89% | 9,763 | 40.86% | 6,774 | 0.21% | 35 | 0.04% | 6 | 18.03% | 2,989 | |
| Pitt | 58.36% | 18,983 | 41.45% | 13,481 | 0.15% | 48 | 0.04% | 14 | 16.92% | 5,502 | |
| Cumberland | 58.18% | 31,602 | 41.63% | 22,614 | 0.16% | 89 | 0.03% | 14 | 16.55% | 8,988 | |
| Perquimans | 57.28% | 1,939 | 42.57% | 1,441 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.03% | 1 | 14.71% | 498 | |
| Montgomery | 57.07% | 5,109 | 42.79% | 3,831 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.07% | 6 | 14.28% | 1,278 | |
| Alleghany | 56.08% | 2,589 | 43.60% | 2,013 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.04% | 2 | 12.48% | 576 | |
| Jackson | 55.97% | 5,582 | 43.78% | 4,367 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.03% | 3 | 12.18% | 1,215 | |
| Haywood | 55.94% | 10,146 | 43.88% | 7,958 | 0.13% | 24 | 0.05% | 9 | 12.06% | 2,188 | |
| Franklin | 55.57% | 5,984 | 44.26% | 4,766 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.07% | 8 | 11.31% | 1,218 | |
| Chowan | 55.41% | 2,171 | 44.31% | 1,736 | 0.23% | 9 | 0.05% | 2 | 11.10% | 435 | |
| Madison | 54.81% | 3,666 | 44.67% | 2,988 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.37% | 25 | 10.14% | 678 | |
| Granville | 54.42% | 6,302 | 45.05% | 5,217 | 0.50% | 58 | 0.03% | 3 | 9.37% | 1,085 | |
| Pasquotank | 54.58% | 4,646 | 45.27% | 3,854 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.08% | 7 | 9.30% | 792 | |
| Camden | 54.25% | 1,282 | 45.49% | 1,075 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.04% | 1 | 8.76% | 207 | |
| Hyde | 54.27% | 1,195 | 45.59% | 1,004 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.67% | 191 | |
| Pamlico | 54.14% | 2,554 | 45.62% | 2,152 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.06% | 3 | 8.52% | 402 | |
| Yancey | 53.96% | 4,296 | 45.86% | 3,651 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.06% | 5 | 8.10% | 645 | |
| Sampson | 53.87% | 10,665 | 46.04% | 9,115 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.02% | 3 | 7.83% | 1,550 | |
| Pender | 53.73% | 5,079 | 46.06% | 4,354 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.04% | 4 | 7.67% | 725 | |
| Vance | 53.68% | 6,836 | 46.18% | 5,880 | 0.12% | 15 | 0.02% | 3 | 7.51% | 956 | |
| Greene | 53.47% | 3,195 | 46.39% | 2,772 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | 7.08% | 423 | |
| Chatham | 53.39% | 8,595 | 46.33% | 7,458 | 0.24% | 39 | 0.04% | 7 | 7.06% | 1,137 | |
| Duplin | 52.96% | 7,708 | 46.93% | 6,830 | 0.09% | 13 | 0.03% | 4 | 6.03% | 878 | |
| Martin | 52.32% | 4,266 | 47.47% | 3,870 | 0.15% | 12 | 0.06% | 5 | 4.86% | 396 | |
| Columbus | 51.11% | 9,150 | 48.75% | 8,728 | 0.11% | 20 | 0.03% | 6 | 2.36% | 422 | |
| Jones | 50.30% | 2,062 | 49.40% | 2,025 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.90% | 37 | |
| Scotland | 50.23% | 4,077 | 49.62% | 4,028 | 0.14% | 11 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.60% | 49 | |
| Swain | 50.02% | 2,012 | 49.73% | 2,000 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.30% | 12 | |
| Caswell | 48.84% | 3,992 | 50.86% | 4,157 | 0.23% | 19 | 0.07% | 6 | -2.02% | -165 | |
| Tyrrell | 48.89% | 774 | 50.98% | 807 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | -2.08% | -33 | |
| Halifax | 48.65% | 8,832 | 51.11% | 9,278 | 0.17% | 30 | 0.07% | 13 | -2.46% | -446 | |
| Bladen | 48.07% | 4,701 | 51.78% | 5,064 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.02% | 2 | -3.71% | -363 | |
| Edgecombe | 47.66% | 9,635 | 52.16% | 10,545 | 0.12% | 24 | 0.06% | 12 | -4.50% | -910 | |
| Richmond | 47.50% | 6,807 | 52.30% | 7,494 | 0.18% | 26 | 0.02% | 3 | -4.79% | -687 | |
| Durham | 47.39% | 29,185 | 52.36% | 32,244 | 0.22% | 134 | 0.03% | 21 | -4.97% | -3,059 | |
| Washington | 46.67% | 2,731 | 53.21% | 3,114 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | -6.54% | -383 | |
| Robeson | 45.76% | 12,947 | 53.93% | 15,257 | 0.20% | 56 | 0.11% | 31 | -8.17% | -2,310 | |
| Hoke | 43.14% | 2,449 | 56.61% | 3,214 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.05% | 3 | -13.48% | -765 | |
| Gates | 43.10% | 1,694 | 56.62% | 2,225 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.10% | 4 | -13.51% | -531 | |
| Orange | 42.96% | 15,585 | 56.69% | 20,564 | 0.30% | 108 | 0.06% | 20 | -13.72% | -4,979 | |
| Anson | 42.45% | 3,719 | 57.25% | 5,015 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.17% | 15 | -14.79% | -1,296 | |
| Bertie | 41.91% | 2,879 | 57.54% | 3,953 | 0.42% | 29 | 0.13% | 9 | -15.63% | -1,074 | |
| Hertford | 41.27% | 3,176 | 58.45% | 4,498 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.06% | 5 | -17.18% | -1,322 | |
| Warren | 40.25% | 2,664 | 59.63% | 3,946 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.08% | 5 | -19.37% | -1,282 | |
| Northampton | 38.39% | 3,198 | 61.15% | 5,094 | 0.29% | 24 | 0.17% | 14 | -22.76% | -1,896 | |