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The1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states, as well asthe District of Columbia, were part of the1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president of the United States.Connecticut was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentRonald Reagan ofCalifornia, who was running against formerVice PresidentWalter Mondale ofMinnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with formerC.I.A. DirectorGeorge H. W. Bush ofTexas, and Mondale ran withRepresentativeGeraldine Ferraro ofNew York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
Connecticut weighed in for this election as 2% moreRepublican than the national average. As of the2024 United States presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichHartford County voted for the Republican candidate. This is also the final time that a Republican presidential candidate was able to win every county in the state or win by a double-digit margin. Reagan won Connecticut by a 22% margin and with slightly over 60% of the vote, making it 3.7% more Republican than the nation overall amid his national landslide. Since1896, Connecticut had generally leaned Republican, voting for losing Republican candidates in1916,1932,1948, and1976 (but also voting forHubert Humphrey in1968 and forJohn F. Kennedy, as he only narrowly won in1960). The basis for Republican strength in Connecticut had been suburban Fairfield County, where Reagan approached 2/3 of the vote. However, Reagan also took New Haven County—the swing county amongst the state's three largest—by twenty points, and won Hartford County—generally the most Democratic-friendly of the state's three largest counties—by double digits.
After 1996, all of Connecticut's large counties would become reliably Democratic, and the state with them. Reagan's 890,877 votes were the most received by a Republican presidential candidate in the state's history.
To date, this is the last time that the cities ofMeriden,Norwich, andWest Haven, as well as the towns ofAshford,Cornwall,East Hartford,Hamden,Manchester,Newington,Portland,Rocky Hill,West Hartford,Windham, andWindsor voted Republican.
| 1984 United States presidential election in Connecticut | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 890,877 | 60.77% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 569,597 | 38.83% | 0 | |
| Communist Party | Gus Hall | 4,826 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Dennis Serrette | 1,374 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | 226 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,466,900 | 100.0% | 8 | ||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Fairfield | 257,319 | 65.78% | 132,253 | 33.81% | 1,607 | 0.41% | 125,066 | 31.97% | 391,179 |
| Hartford | 208,210 | 55.02% | 168,609 | 44.56% | 1,586 | 0.42% | 39,601 | 10.46% | 378,405 |
| Litchfield | 52,583 | 66.21% | 26,564 | 33.45% | 269 | 0.34% | 26,019 | 32.76% | 79,416 |
| Middlesex | 39,580 | 59.32% | 26,915 | 40.34% | 227 | 0.34% | 12,665 | 18.98% | 66,722 |
| New Haven | 212,166 | 59.81% | 140,945 | 39.74% | 1,601 | 0.45% | 71,221 | 20.07% | 354,712 |
| New London | 63,121 | 61.59% | 38,857 | 37.91% | 509 | 0.50% | 24,264 | 23.68% | 102,487 |
| Tolland | 32,981 | 61.88% | 20,103 | 37.72% | 214 | 0.40% | 12,878 | 24.16% | 53,298 |
| Windham | 24,917 | 61.59% | 15,351 | 37.95% | 187 | 0.46% | 9,566 | 23.64% | 40,455 |
| Totals | 890,877 | 60.73% | 569,597 | 38.83% | 6,426 | 0.44% | 321,280 | 21.90% | 1,466,900 |
Reagan won all 6 congressional districts, including four held by Democrats.[2]
| District | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Others | Total votes cast | Representative | |||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | |||
| 1st | 129,384 | 52.68% | 115,174 | 46.89% | 1,060 | 0.43% | 245,618 | Barbara B. Kennelly |
| 2nd | 141,593 | 60.62% | 90,869 | 38.91% | 1,105 | 0.47% | 233,567 | Sam Gejdenson |
| 3rd | 146,171 | 58.67% | 101,877 | 40.90% | 1,078 | 0.43% | 249,126 | Bruce Morrison |
| 4th | 154,515 | 63.20% | 88,941 | 36.38% | 1,036 | 0.42% | 244,492 | Stewart McKinney |
| 5th | 163,371 | 66.59% | 80,816 | 32.95% | 1,146 | 0.46% | 245,333 | William R. Ratchford |
| 6th | 155,843 | 62.65% | 91,920 | 36.95% | 1,001 | 0.40% | 248,764 | Nancy Johnson |
| Totals | 890,877 | 60.73% | 569,597 | 38.83% | 6,426 | 0.44% | 1,466,900 | |
State and district results of the1984 United States presidential election | ||
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