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The1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1984, and was part of the1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.Pennsylvania voted for theRepublican nominee,PresidentRonald Reagan, over theDemocratic nominee, formerVice PresidentWalter 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 DemocraticWestern Pennsylvania, as well as his decisive victories in the cities ofPittsburgh andPhiladelphia. As of the2024[update], this is the last election in whichLackawanna County has voted Republican, the last time thatErie County voted Republican until2016, and the last time a Republican won one-third of the vote in Philadelphia.[1]
This was one of only three elections sincethe Civil War in which Pennsylvania has voted more Democratic than neighboringNew York (along with1952 and1956), and the most recent election in which it voted to the left ofIllinois,Washington, orHawaii. Reagan became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carryingMercer orArmstrong Counties.
Reagan was the last Republican candidate to win the state twice untilDonald Trump did so in 2016 and 2024. He also remains the last Republican candidate to win the state in two consecutive elections.
Ronald Reagan ran uncontested, winning 616,916 votes (turnout: 27.66%).
Jesse Jackson's voters were 81% black and 18% white.[2] 41% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted byCBS News andThe New York Times, while 19% listed Hart and 24% selected none.[3]
| 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% |
| 1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| 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 | ||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
| Totals | 2,584,323 | 53.34% | 2,228,131 | 45.99% | 32,449 | 0.67% | 356,192 | 7.35% | 4,844,903 |
Reagan carried 17 of the 23 congressional districts, including seven held by Democrats.
| District[5] | Reagan | Mondale |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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 forRichard Nixon in1972 and Reagan in1980.[6]
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