1984 United States presidential election in California

Main article: United States presidential election, 1984

United States presidential election in California, 1984

November 6, 1984

Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale Party Republican Democratic Home state California Minnesota Running mate George H.W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro Electoral vote 47 0 Popular vote 5,467,009 3,922,519 Percentage 57.5% 41.3%

County Results   Mondale—60-70%   Mondale—50-60%   Mondale—<50%   Reagan—50-60%   Reagan—60-70%   Reagan—70-80%

President before election Ronald Reagan Republican Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

Reagan and cohort, just after the announcement of his 1984 electoral victory. Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California.

The 1984 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1984 United States presidential election. California voted for the Republican incumbent and former California Governor, Ronald Reagan, in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Minnesota Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale. Reagan easily won his home state with a comfortable 16.24% margin and carried all but five counties. Despite this, California's margin was 1.98% more Democratic than the nation as a whole, a sign of the state's future trend toward the Democratic Party.

Reagan is the last Republican to carry these California counties in a Presidential election: Contra Costa, Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. No Republican since Reagan has come close to matching his performance in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he's also the last candidate from either party to carry every county they won in the state by a majority of the vote in those counties (51% or more).

As a result of this election, San Francisco and Alameda were the only two counties in California to have never been carried by Reagan in either of his campaigns for president or for Governor of California (Reagan also did not carry Yolo County in any of his presidential campaigns; however, he carried the county in his 1966 gubernatorial campaign).

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Wilson Reagan (Incumbent)	5,467,009	57.51%	47
	Democratic	Walter Frederick Mondale	3,922,519	41.27%	0
	Libertarian	David Bergland	49,951	0.53%	0
	American Independent	Bob Richards	39,265	0.41%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Sonia Johnson	26,297	0.28%	0
	No party	Write-in	366	0.00%	0
	No party	Dennis L. Serrette (write-in)	16	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			9,505,423	100.00%	47
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Reagan	Votes	Mondale	Votes	Others	Votes
Orange	74.70%	635,013	24.27%	206,272	1.03%	8,792
Mono	72.31%	2,659	26.16%	962	1.52%	56
Sutter	71.23%	14,477	27.24%	5,535	1.53%	311
Inyo	70.32%	5,863	28.30%	2,360	1.38%	115
Glenn	69.74%	6,020	28.82%	2,488	1.44%	124
Modoc	69.49%	2,995	28.28%	1,219	2.23%	96
Ventura	68.67%	151,383	30.19%	66,550	1.15%	2,529
Colusa	65.30%	3,388	33.25%	1,725	1.45%	75
San Diego	65.30%	502,344	33.41%	257,029	1.29%	9,894
Kern	65.03%	94,776	34.01%	49,567	0.96%	1,401
El Dorado	64.93%	27,583	33.69%	14,312	1.37%	583
San Bernardino	64.80%	222,071	33.98%	116,454	1.22%	4,180
Calaveras	64.26%	7,632	34.36%	4,081	1.38%	164
Kings	64.10%	13,364	35.13%	7,324	0.77%	160
Tulare	63.88%	51,066	35.11%	28,065	1.02%	812
San Luis Obispo	63.72%	49,035	35.02%	26,946	1.26%	969
Yuba	63.52%	9,780	34.68%	5,339	1.81%	278
Riverside	63.48%	182,324	35.53%	102,043	0.99%	2,835
Butte	63.06%	45,381	35.32%	25,421	1.61%	1,162
Placer	62.94%	38,035	35.24%	21,294	1.82%	1,098
Tehama	62.78%	11,586	35.37%	6,527	1.85%	342
Santa Barbara	62.76%	89,314	36.01%	51,243	1.24%	1,763
Nevada	62.36%	19,809	35.25%	11,198	2.40%	761
Shasta	62.19%	33,041	36.32%	19,298	1.48%	788
Imperial	62.01%	13,829	36.94%	8,237	1.05%	235
Amador	61.48%	6,986	36.86%	4,188	1.66%	189
Mariposa	61.20%	3,989	36.81%	2,399	1.99%	130
Lassen	61.09%	5,352	37.14%	3,254	1.77%	155
San Benito	60.71%	5,695	37.89%	3,554	1.40%	131
Madera	60.04%	13,954	38.70%	8,994	1.26%	293
Trinity	59.71%	3,544	37.37%	2,218	2.91%	173
San Joaquin	59.61%	81,795	39.24%	53,846	1.15%	1,572
Stanislaus	59.23%	55,665	39.86%	37,459	0.92%	861
Merced	58.85%	24,997	40.05%	17,012	1.10%	468
Del Norte	58.41%	3,996	39.41%	2,696	2.18%	149
Siskiyou	58.25%	10,544	39.39%	7,130	2.36%	427
Tuolumne	58.09%	10,485	40.35%	7,283	1.57%	283
Napa	57.77%	26,322	40.82%	18,599	1.40%	640
Monterey	57.16%	55,710	41.79%	40,733	1.05%	1,027
Sierra	56.86%	1,078	41.19%	781	1.95%	37
Alpine	56.65%	264	41.63%	194	1.72%	8
Plumas	56.61%	5,224	41.58%	3,837	1.81%	167
Sacramento	55.56%	204,922	43.14%	159,128	1.30%	4,791
Lake	54.83%	10,874	43.61%	8,648	1.56%	309
Santa Clara	54.81%	288,638	43.65%	229,865	1.54%	8,136
Solano	54.51%	51,678	44.29%	41,982	1.20%	1,138
Los Angeles	54.50%	1,424,113	44.35%	1,158,912	1.14%	29,889
Contra Costa	54.48%	172,331	44.57%	140,994	0.95%	2,993
Fresno	54.30%	104,757	44.74%	86,315	0.97%	1,864
Mendocino	52.09%	16,369	45.85%	14,407	2.06%	646
San Mateo	51.87%	135,185	46.91%	122,268	1.22%	3,178
Humboldt	51.64%	27,832	46.79%	25,217	1.56%	842
Sonoma	51.08%	76,447	47.64%	71,295	1.28%	1,915
Marin	49.02%	56,887	49.58%	57,533	1.40%	1,630
Yolo	47.84%	24,329	50.89%	25,879	1.27%	645
Santa Cruz	45.20%	41,652	53.27%	49,091	1.52%	1,404
Alameda	40.01%	192,408	58.65%	282,041	1.34%	6,425
San Francisco	31.44%	90,219	67.35%	193,278	1.21%	3,475