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1984 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Field	Value
election_name	1984 United States presidential election in Maryland
country	Maryland
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 United States presidential election in Maryland
previous_year	1980
next_election	1988 United States presidential election in Maryland
next_year	1988
election_date	November 6, 1984
turnout	75.26%
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	10
popular_vote1	879,918
percentage1	52.51%
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	787,935
percentage2	47.02%
map_image	[[File:Maryland Presidential Election Results 1984.svg	375px]]
map_size	375px
map_caption	County Results
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

Reagan Mondale

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. Maryland weighed in as the Democratic Party's strongest state in the South for the first time, a distinction that it has held in every election since bar 1992 and 1996 (in which it was second to Bill Clinton's native Arkansas), and 1988 (in which it was second to the heavily unionized West Virginia).

Reagan won all but one of the state's 23 counties. The race was close, however, due to Mondale's strong performances in largely African-American Baltimore City and Prince George's County. Reagan also won Montgomery County in the Washington suburbs by only 888 votes out of almost 300,000 cast; this was the last time to date that a Republican has won this county. This also marks the last time the Democratic candidate was held below 60% of the vote in neighboring Prince George's County.

Maryland was one of five states, alongside Georgia, Hawaii, West Virginia and Rhode Island, that Reagan lost in 1980 but won in 1984.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Maryland	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
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 Reagan
Republican	Walter Mondale
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	879,918	52.51%	787,935	47.02%	8,020	0.48%	91,983	5.49%	1,675,873
	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		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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Kent
Somerset

References

"Maryland Manual, 1985-86 - Page 619".
"1984 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas.
"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
"Maryland - Google Drive".
"Maryland Manual 1985–1986". The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland.

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