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1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1980
next_election	1988 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1988
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	25
popular_vote1	2,584,323
percentage1	53.34%
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	2,228,131
percentage2	45.99%
map_image	{{switcher	[[File:Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1984.svg	300px]]	County results
map_size	300px
title	President
before_election	Ronald Reagan
before_party	Republican
after_election	Ronald Reagan
after_party	Republican

Main article: 1984 United States presidential election

Municipality results}}

Reagan Mondale Tie The 1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, President Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, former Vice President Walter Mondale.

Reagan won the state by sweeping the small towns and rural areas of central Pennsylvania and performing well in the traditionally Republican suburbs of Philadelphia, but the race was kept within single digits by Mondale’s strong showing in heavily unionized and traditionally Democratic Western Pennsylvania, as well as his decisive victories in the cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. , this is the last election in which Lackawanna County has voted Republican, the last time that Erie County voted Republican until 2016, and the last time a Republican won one-third of the vote in Philadelphia.

This was one of only three elections since the Civil War in which Pennsylvania has voted more Democratic than neighboring New York (along with 1952 and 1956), and the most recent election in which it voted to the left of Illinois, Washington, or Hawaii. Reagan became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Mercer or Armstrong Counties.

Reagan was the last Republican candidate to win the state twice until Donald Trump did so in 2016 and 2024. He also remains the last Republican candidate to win the state in two consecutive elections.

Primaries

Republican primary

Ronald Reagan ran uncontested, winning 616,916 votes (turnout: 27.66%).

Democratic primary

Jesse Jackson's voters were 81% black and 18% white. 41% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times, while 19% listed Hart and 24% selected none.

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Walter Mondale	747,267	45.15%
Gary Hart	551,335	33.31%
Jesse Jackson	264,463	15.98%
John Glenn	22,605	1.37%
Others	69,281	4.19%
Totals	1,654,951	Turnout: 52.10%

Results

Results in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, shaded by municipality

1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	2,584,323	53.34%	25
Democratic	Walter Mondale	2,228,131	45.99%	0
Consumer	Sonia Johnson	21,628	0.45%	0
Libertarian	David Bergland	6,982	0.14%	0
Workers' League	Edward Winn	2,059	0.04%	0
Communist	Gus Hall	1,780	0.04%	0
Totals	4,844,903	100.00%	25

Results by county

County	Ronald Reagan
Republican	Walter Mondale
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	2,584,323	53.34%	2,228,131	45.99%	32,449	0.67%	356,192	7.35%	4,844,903
	Adams		16,786		69.44%		7,289		30.15%		99		0.41%		9,497		39.29%		24,174
	Allegheny		284,692		42.76%		372,576		55.96%		8,480		1.27%		-87,884		-13.20%		665,748
	Armstrong		13,709		48.37%		14,525		51.25%		110		0.39%		-816		-2.88%		28,344
	Beaver		32,052		36.79%		54,765		62.86%		300		0.34%		-22,713		-26.07%		87,117
	Bedford		13,085		70.57%		5,424		29.25%		34		0.18%		7,661		41.32%		18,543
	Berks		74,605		65.94%		37,849		33.45%		691		0.61%		36,756		32.49%		113,145
	Blair		30,104		65.52%		15,651		34.06%		190		0.41%		14,453		31.46%		45,945
	Bradford		14,808		72.71%		5,474		26.88%		85		0.42%		9,334		45.83%		20,367
	Bucks		130,119		63.25%		74,568		36.25%		1,032		0.50%		55,551		27.00%		205,719
	Butler		31,676		55.94%		24,735		43.68%		215		0.38%		6,941		12.26%		56,626
	Cambria		32,173		44.50%		39,865		55.14%		258		0.36%		-7,692		-10.64%		72,296
	Cameron		2,031		67.05%		990		32.68%		8		0.26%		1,041		34.37%		3,029
	Carbon		10,701		54.41%		8,836		44.93%		131		0.67%		1,865		9.48%		19,668
	Centre		27,802		62.85%		16,194		36.61%		240		0.54%		11,608		26.24%		44,236
	Chester		92,221		70.11%		38,870		29.55%		440		0.33%		53,351		40.56%		131,531
	Clarion		9,836		64.27%		5,407		35.33%		61		0.40%		4,429		28.94%		15,304
	Clearfield		18,653		60.62%		11,963		38.88%		153		0.50%		6,690		21.74%		30,769
	Clinton		6,678		59.24%		4,525		40.14%		70		0.62%		2,153		19.10%		11,273
	Columbia		14,402		63.39%		8,254		36.33%		62		0.27%		6,148		27.06%		22,718
	Crawford		20,181		60.80%		12,792		38.54%		222		0.67%		7,389		22.26%		33,195
	Cumberland		49,282		69.29%		21,374		30.05%		467		0.66%		27,908		39.24%		71,123
	Dauphin		54,330		61.28%		33,576		37.87%		752		0.85%		20,754		23.41%		88,658
	Delaware		161,754		61.79%		98,207		37.51%		1,821		0.70%		63,547		24.28%		261,782
	Elk		8,470		60.47%		5,486		39.17%		51		0.36%		2,984		21.30%		14,007
	Erie		55,860		51.12%		52,471		48.02%		935		0.86%		3,389		3.10%		109,266
	Fayette		21,314		37.69%		35,098		62.07%		135		0.24%		-13,784		-24.38%		56,547
	Forest		1,468		63.36%		839		36.21%		10		0.43%		629		27.15%		2,317
	Franklin		27,243		70.13%		11,480		29.55%		122		0.31%		15,763		40.58%		38,845
	Fulton		3,254		71.14%		1,309		28.62%		11		0.24%		1,945		42.52%		4,574
	Greene		6,376		40.40%		9,365		59.33%		43		0.27%		-2,989		-18.93%		15,784
	Huntingdon		10,220		69.57%		4,430		30.15%		41		0.28%		5,790		39.42%		14,691
	Indiana		18,845		54.22%		15,791		45.43%		123		0.35%		3,054		8.79%		34,759
	Jefferson		11,334		65.31%		5,950		34.28%		71		0.41%		5,384		31.03%		17,355
	Juniata		5,059		65.66%		2,624		34.06%		22		0.29%		2,435		31.60%		7,705
	Lackawanna		48,132		50.57%		45,851		48.17%		1,202		1.26%		2,281		2.40%		95,185
	Lancaster		99,090		75.63%		31,308		23.90%		618		0.47%		67,782		51.73%		131,016
	Lawrence		19,277		44.43%		23,981		55.27%		128		0.30%		-4,704		-10.84%		43,386
	Lebanon		27,008		71.61%		10,520		27.89%		188		0.50%		16,488		43.72%		37,716
	Lehigh		61,799		59.69%		41,089		39.69%		649		0.63%		20,710		20.00%		103,537
	Luzerne		69,169		53.50%		58,482		45.23%		1,640		1.27%		10,687		8.27%		129,291
	Lycoming		28,498		68.02%		13,147		31.38%		250		0.60%		15,351		36.64%		41,895
	McKean		10,963		69.22%		4,818		30.42%		58		0.37%		6,145		38.80%		15,839
	Mercer		24,211		49.11%		24,658		50.01%		434		0.88%		-447		-0.90%		49,303
	Mifflin		9,106		63.35%		5,178		36.03%		89		0.62%		3,928		27.32%		14,373
	Monroe		16,109		65.82%		8,193		33.48%		172		0.70%		7,916		32.34%		24,474
	Montgomery		181,426		64.18%		99,741		35.29%		1,499		0.53%		81,685		28.89%		282,666
	Montour		4,174		66.81%		2,055		32.89%		19		0.30%		2,119		33.92%		6,248
	Northampton		44,648		53.49%		37,979		45.50%		840		1.01%		6,669		7.99%		83,467
	Northumberland		22,109		61.13%		13,748		38.01%		308		0.85%		8,361		23.12%		36,165
	Perry		9,365		71.42%		3,692		28.16%		56		0.43%		5,673		43.26%		13,113
	Philadelphia		267,178		34.60%		501,369		64.94%		3,555		0.46%		-234,191		-30.34%		772,102
	Pike		6,343		71.17%		2,503		28.08%		67		0.75%		3,840		43.09%		8,913
	Potter		5,164		73.94%		1,789		25.62%		31		0.44%		3,375		48.32%		6,984
	Schuylkill		37,330		58.96%		25,758		40.68%		224		0.35%		11,572		18.28%		63,312
	Snyder		8,968		78.73%		2,383		20.92%		40		0.35%		6,585		57.81%		11,391
	Somerset		19,502		58.23%		13,900		41.50%		89		0.27%		5,602		16.73%		33,491
	Sullivan		1,926		66.67%		952		32.95%		11		0.38%		974		33.72%		2,889
	Susquehanna		10,566		69.95%		4,471		29.60%		67		0.44%		6,095		40.35%		15,104
	Tioga		10,532		71.92%		4,060		27.72%		52		0.36%		6,472		44.20%		14,644
	Union		7,792		73.66%		2,747		25.97%		40		0.38%		5,045		47.69%		10,579
	Venango		13,507		59.44%		9,114		40.11%		104		0.46%		4,393		19.33%		22,725
	Warren		10,838		62.93%		6,244		36.26%		139		0.81%		4,594		26.67%		17,221
	Washington		34,782		40.47%		50,911		59.24%		244		0.28%		-16,129		-18.77%		85,937
	Wayne		10,061		75.66%		3,155		23.73%		81		0.61%		6,906		51.93%		13,297
	Westmoreland		71,377		46.82%		79,906		52.41%		1,181		0.77%		-8,529		-5.59%		152,464
	Wyoming		7,230		74.01%		2,518		25.78%		21		0.21%		4,712		48.23%		9,769
	York		75,020		68.67%		33,359		30.54%		868		0.79%		41,661		38.13%		109,247

Results by congressional district

Reagan carried 17 of the 23 congressional districts, including seven held by Democrats.

Reagan
1st	34.8%	65.2%
2nd	10.4%	89.6%
3rd	64%	46%
4th	48%	52%
5th	66.9%	33.1%
6th	64%	36%
7th	62.3%	37.7%
8th	64.2%	35.8%
9th	66.7%	33.3%
10th	61.9%	38.1%
11th	56%	44%
12th	50.8%	49.2%
13th	60%	40%
14th	30.6%	69.4%
15th	57.6%	42.4%
16th	74.2%	25.8%
17th	66.9%	33.1%
18th	58.2%	41.8%
19th	67.9%	32.1%
20th	37.9%	62.1%
21st	53.2%	46.8%
22nd	42.9%	57.1%
19th	62.9%	37.1%

Electors

Marian Bell, James F. Malone III, Ginny Thornburgh, Coral Scranton, Fred Anton, Harvey Bartle III, Thomas Milhollan, Marta Bell Schoeninger, John H. Ware III, and Theodore Metzger Jr. were among the Republican electors. The Democratic elector slate included Judith Heh, Roxanne Jones, Cathy Irvis, James J. Manderino, and Nancy Nancarrow. Malone was the chair of the electors and Bell was an elector for Richard Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1980.

References

Works cited

References

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
David Leip. "1984 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
"1984 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District".
(December 18, 1984). "Faithful electors vote 25-0 in a celebration of Reagan". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].

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