See main article: 1984 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Country: | Rhode Island |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1980 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1988 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Turnout: | 78.0%[1] 1.0 pp |
| 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: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 212,080 |
| Percentage1: | 51.66% |
| Nominee2: | Walter Mondale |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 197,106 |
| Percentage2: | 48.02% |
| 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 Rhode Island 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 four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Rhode Island 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. Rhode Island is 1 of 6 States that voted for Reagan in 1984 and have not voted Republican in any presidential race since; the other 5 are Washington, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon. This was also the last time that the counties of Bristol, Newport and Washington voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Kent County or any county in the state until Donald Trump won it in 2016.
To date, this is the last time that the cities of Cranston, Newport, Warwick, and Woonsocket, as well as the towns of Bristol, Cumberland, Jamestown, Narragansett, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Warren, and Westerly voted Republican.
| 1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 212,080 | 51.66% | 4 | ||
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 197,106 | 48.02% | 0 | ||
| America First | Bob Richards | 510 | 0.12% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 277 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| Citizen's Party | Sonia Johnson | 240 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
| Workers World | Larry Holmes | 91 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Communist Party | Gus Hall | 75 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Workers Party | Melvin Mason | 61 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| New Alliance Party | Dennis Serrette | 49 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Write-Ins | 3 | >0.01% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 410,492 | 100.0% | 4 | |||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Bristol | 11,635 | 55.18% | 9,386 | 44.52% | 63 | 0.30% | 2,249 | 10.66% | 21,084 | ||||||||||
| Kent | 40,427 | 56.15% | 31,352 | 43.55% | 214 | 0.30% | 9,075 | 12.60% | 71,993 | ||||||||||
| Newport | 19,629 | 57.38% | 14,466 | 42.29% | 114 | 0.33% | 5,163 | 15.09% | 34,209 | ||||||||||
| Providence | 116,024 | 48.16% | 124,109 | 51.52% | 765 | 0.32% | -8,085 | -3.36% | 240,898 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 24,365 | 57.59% | 17,793 | 42.06% | 147 | 0.35% | 6,572 | 15.53% | 42,305 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 212,080 | 51.66% | 197,106 | 48.02% | 1,306 | 0.32% | 14,974 | 3.64% | 410,492 | ||||||||||