1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 615,539 344,470
Percentage 63.55% 35.57%
County Results
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and DC, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

South Carolina 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. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Bamberg County voted for a Republican candidate.[1]

Campaign

82% of white voters supported Reagan while 17% supported Mondale.[2][3]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 615,539 63.55% 8
Democratic Walter Mondale 344,470 35.57% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 4,360 0.45% 0
American Party Delmar Dennis 3,490 0.36% 0
United Citizens Party Dennis Serrette 681 0.07% 0
Totals 968,540 100.0% 8

Results by county

1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina by county[4]
County Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Walter Mondale
Democratic 		David Bergland
Libertarian 		Delmar Dennis
American 		Dennis Serrette
United Citizens 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Abbeville 3,798 55.24% 3,051 44.38% 18 0.26% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 747 10.87% 6,875
Aiken 25,872 71.60% 9,892 27.38% 320 0.89% 31 0.09% 18 0.05% 15,980 44.23% 36,133
Allendale 1,570 41.66% 2,170 57.57% 20 0.53% 7 0.19% 2 0.05% -600 -15.92% 3,769
Anderson 24,123 69.54% 10,324 29.76% 139 0.40% 92 0.27% 13 0.04% 13,799 39.78% 34,691
Bamberg 2,908 49.87% 2,892 49.60% 17 0.29% 6 0.10% 8 0.14% 16 0.27% 5,831
Barnwell 4,346 60.45% 2,811 39.10% 21 0.29% 6 0.08% 5 0.07% 1,535 21.35% 7,189
Beaufort 13,668 64.72% 7,347 34.79% 71 0.34% 17 0.08% 15 0.07% 6,321 29.93% 21,118
Berkeley 16,972 69.24% 7,380 30.11% 76 0.31% 65 0.27% 18 0.07% 9,592 39.13% 24,511
Calhoun 2,742 53.83% 2,315 45.45% 17 0.33% 9 0.18% 11 0.22% 427 8.38% 5,094
Charleston 53,779 63.83% 29,481 34.99% 323 0.38% 477 0.57% 200 0.24% 24,298 28.84% 84,260
Cherokee 8,655 67.57% 4,101 32.02% 36 0.28% 10 0.08% 7 0.05% 4,554 35.55% 12,809
Chester 4,441 55.20% 3,559 44.24% 27 0.34% 12 0.15% 6 0.07% 882 10.96% 8,045
Chesterfield 5,451 54.15% 4,593 45.62% 18 0.18% 3 0.03% 2 0.02% 858 8.52% 10,067
Clarendon 5,102 47.48% 5,591 52.03% 31 0.29% 20 0.19% 2 0.02% -489 -4.55% 10,746
Colleton 6,200 55.63% 4,910 44.06% 21 0.19% 8 0.07% 6 0.05% 1,290 11.57% 11,145
Darlington 11,100 58.70% 7,456 39.43% 194 1.03% 131 0.69% 29 0.15% 3,644 19.27% 18,910
Dillon 4,646 57.71% 3,360 41.74% 24 0.30% 14 0.17% 6 0.07% 1,286 15.98% 8,050
Dorchester 15,289 68.26% 7,037 31.42% 55 0.25% 11 0.05% 7 0.03% 8,252 36.84% 22,399
Edgefield 3,224 49.77% 3,227 49.81% 13 0.20% 11 0.17% 3 0.05% -3 -0.05% 6,478
Fairfield 3,147 43.19% 4,117 56.50% 14 0.19% 6 0.08% 3 0.04% -970 -13.31% 7,287
Florence 22,753 60.51% 14,639 38.93% 124 0.33% 61 0.16% 23 0.06% 8,114 21.58% 37,600
Georgetown 7,370 53.29% 6,392 46.22% 40 0.29% 21 0.15% 7 0.05% 978 7.07% 13,830
Greenville 66,766 73.07% 24,137 26.42% 337 0.37% 99 0.11% 30 0.03% 42,629 46.66% 91,369
Greenwood 10,887 62.91% 6,339 36.63% 63 0.36% 14 0.08% 4 0.02% 4,548 26.28% 17,307
Hampton 3,464 47.92% 3,736 51.69% 16 0.22% 11 0.15% 1 0.01% -272 -3.76% 7,228
Horry 20,396 69.23% 8,940 30.34% 85 0.29% 33 0.11% 9 0.03% 11,456 38.88% 29,463
Jasper 3,102 45.09% 3,753 54.56% 11 0.16% 10 0.15% 3 0.04% -651 -9.46% 6,879
Kershaw 8,822 66.70% 4,323 32.69% 60 0.45% 17 0.13% 4 0.03% 4,499 34.02% 13,226
Lancaster 10,383 63.92% 5,804 35.73% 37 0.23% 16 0.10% 4 0.02% 4,579 28.19% 16,244
Laurens 9,729 64.49% 5,312 35.21% 25 0.17% 15 0.10% 5 0.03% 4,417 29.28% 15,086
Lee 3,548 47.31% 3,912 52.16% 23 0.31% 15 0.20% 2 0.03% -364 -4.85% 7,500
Lexington 38,628 80.95% 8,828 18.50% 225 0.47% 28 0.06% 12 0.03% 29,800 62.45% 47,721
McCormick 1,186 43.51% 1,526 55.98% 19 0.19% 13 0.13% 0 0.00% -340 -12.47% 2,726
Marion 4,698 48.07% 5,043 51.60% 19 0.23% 15 0.18% 4 0.05% -345 -3.53% 9,773
Marlboro 3,951 47.70% 4,294 51.84% 6 0.22% 4 0.15% 4 0.15% -343 -4.14% 8,283
Newberry 7,176 65.19% 3,790 34.43% 29 0.26% 8 0.07% 5 0.05% 3,386 30.76% 11,008
Oconee 8,625 71.61% 3,333 27.67% 70 0.58% 11 0.09% 5 0.04% 5,292 43.94% 12,044
Orangeburg 14,286 48.20% 15,121 51.02% 55 0.19% 156 0.53% 18 0.06% -835 -2.82% 29,636
Pickens 15,155 76.68% 4,481 22.67% 100 0.51% 20 0.10% 8 0.04% 10,674 54.01% 19,764
Richland 46,773 57.44% 32,212 39.56% 766 0.94% 1,591 1.95% 87 0.11% 14,561 17.88% 81,429
Saluda 3,515 63.90% 1,962 35.67% 18 0.33% 2 0.04% 4 0.07% 1,553 28.23% 5,501
Spartanburg 41,553 66.41% 20,130 32.17% 555 0.89% 285 0.46% 52 0.08% 21,423 34.24% 62,575
Sumter 12,909 57.14% 9,566 42.35% 61 0.27% 38 0.17% 16 0.07% 3,343 14.80% 22,590
Union 6,331 58.64% 4,424 40.98% 34 0.31% 4 0.04% 3 0.03% 1,907 17.66% 10,796
Williamsburg 6,492 45.95% 7,586 53.69% 29 0.21% 15 0.11% 6 0.04% -1,094 -7.74% 14,128
York 20,008 67.99% 9,273 31.51% 98 0.33% 45 0.15% 3 0.01% 10,735 36.48% 29,427
Totals 615,539 63.55% 344,470 35.57% 4,359 0.45% 3,490 0.36% 682 0.07% 271,069 27.99% 968,540

See also

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  3. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  4. ^ "SC US President, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.

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