1984 United States presidential election in Maryland
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The 1984 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maryland was won by incumbent President Ronald Reagan (R-California), with 52.51% of the popular vote, over former Vice President Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) with 47.02% of the popular vote, a 5.49% margin.[1]
The vast majority of counties voted for Reagan, winning not just the traditionally Republican western region and Eastern Shore, but also the traditionally Democratic central portion of the state. The race, however, was close due to Mondale's strong performance in the city of Baltimore and Prince George's County, including Reagan's weak performance in Montgomery County, which he won by 888 votes, which also makes this the last time to date that a Republican won this county.[2]
Reagan ultimately won the national vote, defeating Mondale.[3]
Results
| 1984 United States presidential election in Maryland[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (Incumbent) | 879,918 | 52.51% | 10 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 787,935 | 47.02% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 5,721 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 898 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Workers World | Larry Holmes | 745 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| New Alliance | Dennis L. Serrette | 656 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,675,873 | 100.0% | 10 | ||
Results by county
| County | Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican |
Walter Frederick Mondale Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 19,763 | 63.30% | 11,143 | 35.69% | 317 | 1.02% | 8,620 | 27.61% | 31,223 |
| Anne Arundel | 94,171 | 66.04% | 47,565 | 33.36% | 855 | 0.60% | 46,606 | 32.68% | 142,591 |
| Baltimore County | 171,929 | 61.31% | 106,908 | 38.12% | 1,591 | 0.57% | 65,021 | 23.19% | 280,428 |
| Baltimore City | 80,120 | 28.20% | 202,277 | 71.18% | 1,766 | 0.62% | -122,157 | -42.98% | 284,163 |
| Calvert | 8,303 | 59.99% | 5,455 | 39.41% | 82 | 0.59% | 2,848 | 20.58% | 13,840 |
| Caroline | 4,876 | 68.69% | 2,198 | 30.96% | 25 | 0.35% | 2,678 | 37.73% | 7,099 |
| Carroll | 27,230 | 75.22% | 8,898 | 24.58% | 71 | 0.20% | 18,332 | 50.64% | 36,199 |
| Cecil | 13,111 | 65.93% | 6,681 | 33.60% | 93 | 0.47% | 6,430 | 32.33% | 19,885 |
| Charles | 16,132 | 60.97% | 10,264 | 38.79% | 64 | 0.24% | 5,868 | 22.18% | 26,460 |
| Dorchester | 6,699 | 67.12% | 3,160 | 31.66% | 122 | 1.22% | 3,539 | 35.46% | 9,981 |
| Frederick | 29,606 | 68.67% | 13,411 | 31.11% | 96 | 0.22% | 16,195 | 37.56% | 43,113 |
| Garrett | 7,042 | 74.31% | 2,386 | 25.18% | 49 | 0.52% | 4,656 | 49.13% | 9,477 |
| Harford | 37,382 | 68.41% | 17,133 | 31.36% | 127 | 0.23% | 20,249 | 37.05% | 54,642 |
| Howard | 35,641 | 57.78% | 25,713 | 41.68% | 334 | 0.54% | 9,928 | 16.10% | 61,688 |
| Kent | 3,897 | 61.63% | 2,390 | 37.80% | 36 | 0.57% | 1,507 | 23.83% | 6,323 |
| Montgomery | 146,924 | 50.00% | 146,036 | 49.69% | 910 | 0.31% | 888 | 0.31% | 293,870 |
| Prince George's | 95,121 | 40.96% | 136,063 | 58.59% | 1,036 | 0.45% | -40,942 | -17.63% | 232,220 |
| Queen Anne's | 6,784 | 69.49% | 2,938 | 30.09% | 41 | 0.42% | 3,846 | 39.40% | 9,763 |
| Somerset | 4,508 | 64.68% | 2,439 | 34.99% | 23 | 0.33% | 2,069 | 29.69% | 6,970 |
| St. Mary's | 11,201 | 63.39% | 6,420 | 36.33% | 49 | 0.28% | 4,781 | 27.06% | 17,670 |
| Talbot | 8,028 | 71.32% | 3,198 | 28.41% | 30 | 0.27% | 4,830 | 42.91% | 11,256 |
| Washington | 27,118 | 66.68% | 13,329 | 32.78% | 219 | 0.54% | 13,789 | 33.90% | 40,666 |
| Wicomico | 16,124 | 66.27% | 8,160 | 33.54% | 48 | 0.20% | 7,964 | 32.73% | 24,332 |
| Worcester | 8,208 | 68.32% | 3,770 | 31.38% | 36 | 0.30% | 4,438 | 36.94% | 12,014 |
| Totals | 879,918 | 52.51% | 787,935 | 47.02% | 8,020 | 0.48% | 91,983 | 5.49% | 1,675,873 |
See also
References
- ^ a b Maryland Manual 1985–1986. The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland. p. 611. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1984 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
