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The1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president of the United States.New Mexico was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentRonald Reagan ofCalifornia, who was running against formerVice PresidentWalter Mondale ofMinnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbentVice President formerC.I.A. DirectorGeorge H. W. Bush ofTexas, and Mondale ran withRepresentativeGeraldine Ferraro ofNew York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
The presidential election of 1984 was a verypartisan election for New Mexico, with more than 98 percent of the electorate voting for either theDemocratic orRepublican parties.[1] In typical form for the time, the highly populatedcounties ofBernalillo andLos Alamos turned out mainly Republican. Meanwhile, the ongoing Democratic stronghold in the northern part of the state, inclusive ofSanta Fe County andRio Arriba County, is evident during this election.
Reagan won the election in New Mexico with a resounding 20-point sweep, making New Mexico 2.3% moreRepublican than the national average. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichGuadalupe County and the only election in which recently createdCibola County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[2] In addition, this is also the most recent presidential election when the Republican candidate won the state by a double-digit margin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |
| 307,101 | 59.70% | +4.73 | |
| Democratic | 201,769 | 39.23% | +2.45 | ||
| Libertarian | 4,459 | 0.87% | −0.09 | ||
| Citizens | 455 | 0.09% | −0.39 | ||
| Socialist Workers | 224 | 0.07% | ±0.00 | ||
| Prohibition |
| 206 | 0.04% | −0.24 | |
| New Alliance |
| 155 | 0.03% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 1 | 0.00% | |||
| Total votes | 514,370 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanwin | |||||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Bernalillo | 104,694 | 60.08% | 67,789 | 38.90% | 1,779 | 1.02% | 36,905 | 21.18% | 174,262 |
| Catron | 970 | 68.55% | 418 | 29.54% | 27 | 1.91% | 552 | 39.01% | 1,415 |
| Chaves | 15,248 | 73.37% | 5,332 | 25.66% | 202 | 0.97% | 9,916 | 47.71% | 20,782 |
| Cibola | 3,578 | 53.09% | 3,140 | 46.59% | 22 | 0.32% | 438 | 6.50% | 6,740 |
| Colfax | 2,994 | 54.59% | 2,435 | 44.39% | 56 | 1.02% | 559 | 10.20% | 5,485 |
| Curry | 9,188 | 74.01% | 3,108 | 25.03% | 119 | 0.96% | 6,080 | 48.98% | 12,415 |
| De Baca | 756 | 65.23% | 386 | 33.30% | 17 | 1.47% | 370 | 31.93% | 1,159 |
| Dona Ana | 22,153 | 60.87% | 13,878 | 38.13% | 362 | 1.00% | 8,275 | 22.74% | 36,393 |
| Eddy | 11,810 | 60.99% | 7,364 | 38.03% | 191 | 0.98% | 4,446 | 22.96% | 19,365 |
| Grant | 4,979 | 45.93% | 5,755 | 53.09% | 106 | 0.98% | -776 | -7.16% | 10,840 |
| Guadalupe | 990 | 50.36% | 946 | 48.12% | 30 | 1.52% | 44 | 2.24% | 1,966 |
| Harding | 401 | 63.55% | 224 | 35.50% | 6 | 0.95% | 177 | 28.05% | 631 |
| Hidalgo | 1,282 | 59.32% | 860 | 39.80% | 19 | 0.88% | 422 | 19.52% | 2,161 |
| Lea | 14,569 | 75.26% | 4,558 | 23.55% | 230 | 1.19% | 10,011 | 51.71% | 19,357 |
| Lincoln | 3,992 | 77.04% | 1,134 | 21.88% | 56 | 1.08% | 2,858 | 55.16% | 5,182 |
| Los Alamos | 6,882 | 69.60% | 2,859 | 28.91% | 147 | 1.49% | 4,023 | 40.69% | 9,888 |
| Luna | 4,145 | 61.17% | 2,557 | 37.74% | 74 | 1.09% | 1,588 | 23.43% | 6,776 |
| McKinley | 6,557 | 44.78% | 7,915 | 54.05% | 171 | 1.17% | -1,358 | -9.27% | 14,643 |
| Mora | 1,017 | 44.47% | 1,235 | 54.00% | 35 | 1.53% | -218 | -9.53% | 2,287 |
| Otero | 9,751 | 69.22% | 4,167 | 29.58% | 169 | 1.20% | 5,584 | 39.64% | 14,087 |
| Quay | 2,842 | 66.82% | 1,368 | 32.17% | 43 | 1.01% | 1,474 | 34.65% | 4,253 |
| Rio Arriba | 4,116 | 36.93% | 6,938 | 62.25% | 92 | 0.82% | -2,822 | -25.32% | 11,146 |
| Roosevelt | 4,598 | 72.26% | 1,696 | 26.65% | 69 | 1.09% | 2,902 | 45.61% | 6,363 |
| San Juan | 18,690 | 66.97% | 8,963 | 32.11% | 257 | 0.92% | 9,727 | 34.86% | 27,910 |
| San Miguel | 3,485 | 39.38% | 5,227 | 59.06% | 138 | 1.56% | -1,742 | -19.68% | 8,850 |
| Sandoval | 9,005 | 55.43% | 7,080 | 43.58% | 161 | 0.99% | 1,925 | 11.85% | 16,246 |
| Santa Fe | 15,886 | 45.98% | 18,262 | 52.85% | 404 | 1.17% | -2,376 | -6.87% | 34,552 |
| Sierra | 2,663 | 66.00% | 1,335 | 33.09% | 37 | 0.91% | 1,328 | 32.91% | 4,035 |
| Socorro | 3,403 | 56.27% | 2,541 | 42.01% | 104 | 1.72% | 862 | 14.26% | 6,048 |
| Taos | 4,154 | 44.04% | 5,144 | 54.54% | 134 | 1.42% | -990 | -10.50% | 9,432 |
| Torrance | 2,326 | 64.02% | 1,274 | 35.07% | 33 | 0.91% | 1,052 | 28.95% | 3,633 |
| Union | 1,503 | 74.44% | 488 | 24.17% | 28 | 1.39% | 1,015 | 50.27% | 2,019 |
| Valencia | 8,474 | 60.32% | 5,393 | 38.39% | 182 | 1.29% | 3,081 | 21.93% | 14,049 |
| Totals | 307,101 | 59.70% | 201,769 | 39.23% | 5,500 | 1.07% | 105,332 | 20.47% | 514,370 |
Reagan won all 3 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.
| District | Reagan | Mondale | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 60% | 39% | Manuel Lujan Jr. |
| 2nd | 66% | 33% | Joe Skeen |
| 3rd | 53% | 46% | Bill Richardson |
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