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1984 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1984 United States presidential election in California
country	California
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1980
next_election	1988 United States presidential election in California
next_year	1988
turnout	74.93% (of registered voters) 2.31 pp
59.08% (of eligible voters) 2.04 pp
election_date	November 6, 1984
image_size	x200px
image1	File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg
nominee1	Ronald Reagan
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	California
running_mate1	George H. W. Bush
electoral_vote1	47
popular_vote1	5,467,009
percentage1	57.51%
image2	Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg
nominee2	Walter Mondale
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Minnesota
running_mate2	Geraldine Ferraro
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	3,922,519
percentage2	41.27%
map_image
title	President
before_election	Ronald Reagan
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Ronald Reagan
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 1984 United States presidential election

59.08% (of eligible voters) 2.04 pp Reagan Mondale

The 1984 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 47 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. 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 1.97% more Democratic than the nation as a whole.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Republican carried the following California counties in a presidential election: Contra Costa, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma. Mondale flipped Marin and Santa Cruz Counties.

Democratic primary

Jesse Jackson's voters were 50% black, 38% white, 7% Hispanic, and 5% were members of other groups. Massachusetts was the only state where black voters composed a smaller percentage of his supporters.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in California	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
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	Ronald Reagan
Republican	Walter Mondale
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	5,467,009	57.51%	3,922,519	41.27%	115,895	1.22%	1,544,490	16.24%	9,505,423
	Alameda		192,408		40.01%		282,041		58.65%		6,425		1.34%		-89,633		-18.64%		480,874
	Alpine		264		56.65%		194		41.63%		8		1.72%		70		15.02%		466
	Amador		6,986		61.48%		4,188		36.86%		189		1.66%		2,798		24.62%		11,363
	Butte		45,381		63.06%		25,421		35.32%		1,162		1.62%		19,960		27.74%		71,964
	Calaveras		7,632		64.26%		4,081		34.36%		164		1.38%		3,551		29.90%		11,877
	Colusa		3,388		65.30%		1,725		33.25%		75		1.45%		1,663		32.05%		5,188
	Contra Costa		172,331		54.48%		140,994		44.57%		2,993		0.95%		31,337		9.91%		316,318
	Del Norte		3,996		58.41%		2,696		39.41%		149		2.18%		1,300		19.00%		6,841
	El Dorado		27,583		64.93%		14,312		33.69%		583		1.38%		13,271		31.24%		42,478
	Fresno		104,757		54.30%		86,315		44.74%		1,864		0.96%		18,442		9.56%		192,936
	Glenn		6,020		69.74%		2,488		28.82%		124		1.44%		3,532		40.92%		8,632
	Humboldt		27,832		51.64%		25,217		46.79%		842		1.57%		2,615		4.85%		53,891
	Imperial		13,829		62.01%		8,237		36.94%		235		1.05%		5,592		25.07%		22,301
	Inyo		5,863		70.32%		2,360		28.30%		115		1.38%		3,503		42.02%		8,338
	Kern		94,776		65.03%		49,567		34.01%		1,401		0.96%		45,209		31.02%		145,744
	Kings		13,364		64.10%		7,324		35.13%		160		0.77%		6,040		28.97%		20,848
	Lake		10,874		54.83%		8,648		43.61%		309		1.56%		2,226		11.22%		19,831
	Lassen		5,352		61.09%		3,254		37.14%		155		1.77%		2,098		23.95%		8,761
	Los Angeles		1,424,113		54.50%		1,158,912		44.35%		29,889		1.15%		265,201		10.15%		2,612,914
	Madera		13,954		60.04%		8,994		38.70%		293		1.26%		4,960		21.34%		23,241
	Marin		56,887		49.02%		57,533		49.58%		1,630		1.40%		-646		-0.56%		116,050
	Mariposa		3,989		61.20%		2,399		36.81%		130		1.99%		1,590		24.39%		6,518
	Mendocino		16,369		52.09%		14,407		45.85%		646		2.06%		1,962		6.24%		31,422
	Merced		24,997		58.85%		17,012		40.05%		468		1.10%		7,985		18.80%		42,477
	Modoc		2,995		69.49%		1,219		28.28%		96		2.23%		1,776		41.21%		4,310
	Mono		2,659		72.31%		962		26.16%		56		1.53%		1,697		46.15%		3,677
	Monterey		55,710		57.16%		40,733		41.79%		1,027		1.05%		14,977		15.37%		97,470
	Napa		26,322		57.77%		18,599		40.82%		640		1.41%		7,723		16.95%		45,561
	Nevada		19,809		62.36%		11,198		35.25%		761		2.39%		8,611		27.11%		31,768
	Orange		635,013		74.70%		206,272		24.27%		8,792		1.03%		428,741		50.43%		850,077
	Placer		38,035		62.94%		21,294		35.24%		1,098		1.82%		16,741		27.70%		60,427
	Plumas		5,224		56.61%		3,837		41.58%		167		1.81%		1,387		15.03%		9,228
	Riverside		182,324		63.48%		102,043		35.53%		2,835		0.99%		80,281		27.95%		287,202
	Sacramento		204,922		55.56%		159,128		43.14%		4,791		1.30%		45,794		12.42%		368,841
	San Benito		5,695		60.71%		3,554		37.89%		131		1.40%		2,141		22.82%		9,380
	San Bernardino		222,071		64.80%		116,454		33.98%		4,180		1.22%		105,617		30.82%		342,705
	San Diego		502,344		65.30%		257,029		33.41%		9,894		1.29%		245,315		31.89%		769,267
	San Francisco		90,219		31.44%		193,278		67.35%		3,475		1.21%		-103,059		-35.91%		286,972
	San Joaquin		81,795		59.61%		53,846		39.24%		1,572		1.15%		27,949		20.37%		137,213
	San Luis Obispo		49,035		63.72%		26,946		35.02%		969		1.26%		22,089		28.70%		76,950
	San Mateo		135,185		51.87%		122,268		46.91%		3,178		1.22%		12,917		4.96%		260,631
	Santa Barbara		89,314		62.76%		51,243		36.01%		1,763		1.23%		38,071		26.75%		142,320
	Santa Clara		288,638		54.81%		229,865		43.65%		8,136		1.54%		58,773		11.16%		596,639
	Santa Cruz		41,652		45.20%		49,091		53.27%		1,404		1.53%		-7,439		-8.07%		92,147
	Shasta		33,041		62.19%		19,298		36.32%		788		1.49%		13,743		25.87%		53,127
	Sierra		1,078		56.86%		781		41.19%		37		1.95%		297		15.67%		1,896
	Siskiyou		10,544		58.25%		7,130		39.39%		427		2.36%		3,414		18.86%		18,101
	Solano		51,678		54.51%		41,982		44.29%		1,138		1.20%		9,696		10.22%		94,798
	Sonoma		76,447		51.08%		71,295		47.64%		1,915		1.28%		5,152		3.44%		149,657
	Stanislaus		55,665		59.23%		37,459		39.86%		861		0.91%		18,206		19.37%		93,985
	Sutter		14,477		71.23%		5,535		27.24%		311		1.53%		8,942		43.99%		20,323
	Tehama		11,586		62.78%		6,527		35.37%		342		1.85%		5,059		27.41%		18,455
	Trinity		3,544		59.71%		2,218		37.37%		173		2.92%		1,326		22.34%		5,935
	Tulare		51,066		63.88%		28,065		35.11%		812		1.01%		23,001		28.77%		79,943
	Tuolumne		10,485		58.09%		7,283		40.35%		283		1.56%		3,202		17.74%		18,051
	Ventura		151,383		68.67%		66,550		30.19%		2,529		1.14%		84,833		38.48%		220,462
	Yolo		24,329		47.84%		25,879		50.89%		645		1.27%		-1,550		-3.05%		50,853
	Yuba		9,780		63.52%		5,339		34.68%		278		1.80%		4,441		28.84%		15,397

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Marin
Santa Cruz

By congressional district

Reagan won 37 of the 45 congressional districts, including nineteen held by Democrats.

District	Reagan	Representative
52.96%	47.04%	Douglas H. Bosco
64.45%	35.55%	Eugene A. Chappie
55.32%	44.68%	Bob Matsui
56.80%	43.20%	Vic Fazio
33.74%	66.26%	Sala Burton
42.90%	57.10%	Barbara Boxer
52.47%	47.53%	George Miller
33.92%	66.08%	Ron Dellums
50.30%	49.70%	Pete Stark
51.53%	48.47%	Don Edwards
50.89%	49.11%	Tom Lantos
57.92%	42.08%	Ed Zschau
58.50%	41.50%	Norman Mineta
65.19%	34.81%	Norman D. Shumway
59.20%	40.80%	Tony Coelho
53.12%	46.88%	Leon Panetta
63.97%	36.03%	Chip Pashayan
51.10%	48.90%	Richard Lehman
63.09%	36.91%	Bob Lagomarsino
70.16%	29.82%	Bill Thomas
72.98%	27%	Bobbi Fiedler
73.28%	26.72%	Carlos Moorhead
53.30%	46.70%	Anthony Beilenson
44.24%	55.76%	Henry Waxman
39.11%	60.89%	Edward Roybal
54.55%	45.45%	Howard Berman
53.07%	46.93%	Mel Levine
32.05%	67.95%	Julian Dixon
21.99%	78.01%	Augustus Hawkins
55.87%	44.13%	Matthew Martinez
41.01%	58.99%	Mervyn Dymally
59.09%	40.91%	Glenn Anderson
70.68%	29.32%	David Dreier
59.56%	40.44%	Ed Torres
72.10%	27.90%	Jerry Lewis
56.32%	43.68%	George Brown
65.78%	34.22%	Al McCandless
70.15%	29.85%	Jerry M. Patterson
	Bob Dornan
77.91%	22.09%	William Dannemeyer
75.83%	24.17%	Robert Badham
64.85%	35.15%	Bill Lowery
73.10%	26.90%	Dan Lungren
74.98%	25.02%	Ron Packard
52.70%	47.30%	Jim Bates
71.97%	28.03%	Duncan Hunter

References

Notes

Works cited

References

"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018".
"1984 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
"1984 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District".

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