Who won the 1984 presidential election?

Ronald Reagan (Republican) won the 1984 presidential election with 525 electoral votes and 58.5% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1984?

The 1984 Electoral College result was 13 Democratic to 525 Republican (538 total electoral votes, 269 needed to win).

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1984

Presidential Election · 1984

Elected President

Ronald Reagan

Republicandefeating Walter Mondale

Mondale

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

525

Reagan

13 EV269 needed to win525 EV

Popular Vote

Reagan(REP)58.5%

Mondale(DEM)40.4%

candidates(OTH)1.2%

National margin:R+18.1%

93,131,992 total votes cast

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Mondale: 2 states · 13 EV|Reagan: 49 states · 525 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Mondale %	Votes	Reagan %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Utah	5	5	24.7%	155,369	74.5%	469,105	—	R+49.8	↑ D+2.4
▶	Idaho	4	9	26.4%	108,510	72.4%	297,523	—	R+46.0	↓ R+4.7
▶	Wyoming	3	12	28.2%	53,370	70.5%	133,241	—	R+42.3	↓ R+7.6
▶	Nebraska	5	17	28.8%	187,866	70.5%	460,054	—	R+41.7	↓ R+2.3
▶	Oklahoma	8	25	30.7%	385,080	68.6%	861,530	—	R+37.9	↓ R+12.4
▶	New Hampshire	4	29	30.9%	120,395	68.7%	267,051	—	R+37.7	↓ R+8.3
▶	Alaska	3	32	29.9%	62,007	66.7%	138,377	—	R+36.8	↓ R+8.8
▶	Arizona	7	39	32.5%	333,854	66.4%	681,416	—	R+33.9	↓ R+1.5
▶	Nevada	4	43	32.0%	91,655	65.8%	188,770	—	R+33.9	↑ D+1.8
▶	Kansas	7	50	32.6%	333,149	66.3%	677,296	—	R+33.7	↓ R+9.1
▶	North Dakota	3	53	33.8%	104,429	64.8%	200,336	—	R+31.0	↑ D+6.9
▶	Florida	21	74	34.7%	1,448,816	65.3%	2,730,350	—	R+30.7	↓ R+13.6
▶	Colorado	8	82	35.1%	454,975	63.4%	821,817	—	R+28.3	↓ R+4.3
▶	South Carolina	8	90	35.6%	344,470	63.5%	615,539	—	R+28.0	↓ R+26.5
▶	Texas	29	119	36.1%	1,949,276	63.6%	3,433,428	—	R+27.5	↓ R+13.6
▶	South Dakota	3	122	36.5%	116,113	63.0%	200,267	—	R+26.5	↑ D+2.4
▶	Virginia	12	134	37.1%	796,250	62.3%	1,337,078	—	R+25.2	↓ R+12.5
▶	Mississippi	7	141	37.4%	352,192	61.9%	582,377	—	R+24.5	↓ R+23.1
▶	North Carolina	13	154	37.9%	824,287	61.9%	1,346,481	—	R+24.0	↓ R+21.9
▶	Indiana	12	166	37.7%	841,481	61.7%	1,377,230	—	R+24.0	↓ R+5.6
▶	Louisiana	10	176	38.2%	651,586	60.8%	1,037,299	—	R+22.6	↓ R+17.1
▶	Alabama	9	185	38.2%	550,899	60.6%	873,067	—	R+22.4	↓ R+21.1
▶	Montana	4	189	38.2%	146,742	60.5%	232,450	—	R+22.3	↑ D+2.1
▶	Arkansas	6	195	38.3%	338,646	60.5%	534,774	—	R+22.2	↓ R+21.6
▶	Maine	4	199	38.8%	214,515	60.8%	336,500	—	R+22.1	↓ R+18.7
▶	Connecticut	8	207	38.8%	569,597	60.7%	890,877	—	R+21.9	↓ R+12.3
▶	New Jersey	16	223	39.2%	1,261,323	60.1%	1,933,630	—	R+20.9	↓ R+7.5
▶	Kentucky	9	232	39.4%	539,589	60.0%	822,782	—	R+20.7	↓ R+19.2
▶	New Mexico	5	237	39.2%	201,769	59.7%	307,101	—	R+20.5	↓ R+2.3
▶	Georgia	12	249	39.8%	706,628	60.2%	1,068,722	—	R+20.4	↓ R+35.2
▶	Delaware	3	252	39.9%	101,656	59.8%	152,190	—	R+19.9	↓ R+17.5
▶	Michigan	20	272	40.2%	1,529,638	59.2%	2,251,571	—	R+19.0	↓ R+12.5
▶	Ohio	23	295	40.1%	1,825,440	58.9%	2,678,559	—	R+18.8	↓ R+8.2
▶	Vermont	3	298	40.8%	95,730	58.0%	135,865	—	R+17.1	↓ R+11.2
▶	Missouri	11	309	32.6%	848,583	48.9%	1,274,188	18.5%	R+16.4	↓ R+10.7
▶	Tennessee	11	320	41.6%	711,714	57.8%	990,212	—	R+16.3	↓ R+16.0
▶	California	47	367	41.3%	3,922,519	57.5%	5,467,009	—	R+16.3	↑ D+0.5
▶	Washington	10	377	42.9%	807,352	55.8%	1,051,670	—	R+13.0	↓ R+0.6
▶	Illinois	24	401	43.3%	2,086,499	56.2%	2,707,103	—	R+12.9	↓ R+5.0
▶	Oregon	7	408	43.7%	536,479	55.9%	685,700	—	R+12.2	↓ R+2.5
▶	Hawaii	4	412	43.8%	147,138	55.1%	184,999	—	R+11.3	↓ R+13.2
▶	West Virginia	6	418	44.6%	328,125	55.1%	405,483	—	R+10.5	↓ R+15.0
▶	Wisconsin	11	429	45.0%	995,843	54.2%	1,199,585	—	R+9.2	↓ R+4.5
▶	New York	36	465	45.8%	3,119,609	53.8%	3,664,763	—	R+8.0	↓ R+5.3
▶	Iowa	8	473	45.9%	605,620	53.3%	703,088	—	R+7.4	↑ D+5.3
▶	Pennsylvania	25	498	46.0%	2,228,131	53.3%	2,584,323	—	R+7.3	↓ R+0.2
▶	Maryland	10	508	47.0%	787,935	52.5%	879,918	—	R+5.5	↓ R+8.4
▶	Rhode Island	4	512	48.0%	197,106	51.7%	212,080	—	R+3.6	↓ R+14.1
▶	Massachusetts	13	525	48.4%	1,239,606	51.2%	1,310,936	—	R+2.8	↓ R+2.6
▶	District of Columbia	3	3	85.4%	180,408	13.7%	29,009	—	D+71.7	↑ D+10.2
▶	Minnesota	10	13	49.7%	1,036,364	49.6%	1,032,603	—	D+0.2	↓ R+3.8

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1980 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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