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| Turnout | 74.93% (of registered voters) 2.31pp59.08% (of eligible voters)  2.04pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1984 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 47 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.California voted for theRepublicanincumbent and former California Governor,Ronald Reagan, in a landslide over theDemocratic challenger, formerMinnesotaSenator andVice PresidentWalter 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 the2024 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 andSonoma. Mondale flippedMarin andSanta Cruz Counties. These were among a handful of counties nationwide that he flipped.[a][2]
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.[3]
| 1984 United States presidential election in California[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Wilson Reagan(Incumbent) | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | 47 | |
| Democratic | Walter Frederick Mondale | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 115,513 | 1.22% | 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 | — | ||||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
| Total | 5,467,009 | 57.51% | 3,922,519 | 41.27% | 115,895 | 1.22% | 1,544,490 | 16.24% | 9,505,423 |
Reagan won 37 of the 45 congressional districts, including nineteen held by Democrats.
| District[5] | Reagan | Mondale | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 52.96% | 47.04% | Douglas H. Bosco |
| 2nd | 64.45% | 35.55% | Eugene A. Chappie |
| 3rd | 55.32% | 44.68% | Bob Matsui |
| 4th | 56.80% | 43.20% | Vic Fazio |
| 5th | 33.74% | 66.26% | Sala Burton |
| 6th | 42.90% | 57.10% | Barbara Boxer |
| 7th | 52.47% | 47.53% | George Miller |
| 8th | 33.92% | 66.08% | Ron Dellums |
| 9th | 50.30% | 49.70% | Pete Stark |
| 10th | 51.53% | 48.47% | Don Edwards |
| 11th | 50.89% | 49.11% | Tom Lantos |
| 12th | 57.92% | 42.08% | Ed Zschau |
| 13th | 58.50% | 41.50% | Norman Mineta |
| 14th | 65.19% | 34.81% | Norman D. Shumway |
| 15th | 59.20% | 40.80% | Tony Coelho |
| 16th | 53.12% | 46.88% | Leon Panetta |
| 17th | 63.97% | 36.03% | Chip Pashayan |
| 18th | 51.10% | 48.90% | Richard Lehman |
| 19th | 63.09% | 36.91% | Bob Lagomarsino |
| 20th | 70.16% | 29.82% | Bill Thomas |
| 21st | 72.98% | 27% | Bobbi Fiedler |
| 22nd | 73.28% | 26.72% | Carlos Moorhead |
| 23rd | 53.30% | 46.70% | Anthony Beilenson |
| 24th | 44.24% | 55.76% | Henry Waxman |
| 25th | 39.11% | 60.89% | Edward Roybal |
| 26th | 54.55% | 45.45% | Howard Berman |
| 27th | 53.07% | 46.93% | Mel Levine |
| 28th | 32.05% | 67.95% | Julian Dixon |
| 29th | 21.99% | 78.01% | Augustus Hawkins |
| 30th | 55.87% | 44.13% | Matthew Martinez |
| 31st | 41.01% | 58.99% | Mervyn Dymally |
| 32nd | 59.09% | 40.91% | Glenn Anderson |
| 33rd | 70.68% | 29.32% | David Dreier |
| 34th | 59.56% | 40.44% | Ed Torres |
| 35th | 72.10% | 27.90% | Jerry Lewis |
| 36th | 56.32% | 43.68% | George Brown |
| 37th | 65.78% | 34.22% | Al McCandless |
| 38th | 70.15% | J29.85% | Jerry M. Patterson |
| Bob Dornan | |||
| 39th | 77.91% | 22.09% | William Dannemeyer |
| 40th | 75.83% | 24.17% | Robert Badham |
| 41st | 64.85% | 35.15% | Bill Lowery |
| 42nd | 73.10% | 26.90% | Dan Lungren |
| 43rd | 74.98% | 25.02% | Ron Packard |
| 44th | 52.70% | 47.30% | Jim Bates |
| 45th | 71.97% | 28.03% | Duncan Hunter |
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