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The1984 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president of the United States.
Illinois gave its electoral votes to incumbent United StatesPresidentRonald Reagan ofCalifornia, who was running against formerVice PresidentWalter Mondale ofMinnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with Vice-PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush ofTexas, and Mondale ran withRepresentativeGeraldine Ferraro ofNew York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. Reagan, who was born and raised in Illinois, had moved to California as a young man.
As of2024, this is the last time a Republican presidential candidate won over 1 million votes inCook County, the state's most populous county and home toChicago. The presidential election of 1984 was a verypartisan election for Illinois, with over 99% of the electorate voting only either forDemocratic candidate Mondale orRepublican candidate Reagan, though several other parties did appear on the presidential ballot in the State.[1] Nearlyevery county in Illinois voted in majority for Reagan. One notable exception to this trend was Chicago's highly populated Cook County, which voted in majority for Mondale, albeit with a 2.6% margin, or 51% to 48.4%. Likewise, 1984 marks the last time any presidential candidate won Cook County with a single-digit margin, and the last election that a Republican won over a million votes in that county. Fulton, Henderson, Knox, Mercer, and Putnam Counties would not vote Republican again until 2016, while Calhoun and Madison counties would not do so again until 2012.
Illinois weighed in for this election as 5 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichJackson County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[2] Reagan won the election in Illinois with a decisive 13-point landslide, carrying 96 out of 102 counties. No Republican candidate has received as strong support in the AmericanGreat Lakes States, at large, post-Reagan. While Illinois typically voted conservative at the time, the election results in Illinois also reflect a nationwide reconsolidation of base for the Republican Party which took place through the 1980s; Reagan called it the "second American Revolution."[3] This was most evident during the 1984 presidential election. Notably, this is the closest to date that a Republican has come to carrying Cook County, home to Chicago, sinceRichard Nixon won it in1972.
One of the electors initially gave his vote for vice president to Ferraro by accident, but fixed the mistake on a second ballot.[4]
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate andHouse), as well asthose for state offices.[5][6]
Turnout in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 37.25% with a total of 2,254,503 votes cast.[5]
Turnout during the general election was 74.48%, with 4,819,088 votes cast.[6]
State-run primaries were held for the Democratic and Republican parties on March 20.[5]
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The1984 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 20, 1984, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1984 presidential election.
Jackson's voters were 88% black, 10% white, and 1% were members of other groups.[7]
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| Walter Frederick Mondale | 670,951 | 40.43 | |
| Gary Hart | 584,579 | 35.23 | |
| Jesse L. Jackson | 348,843 | 21.02 | |
| George McGovernwithdrew | 25,336 | 1.53 | |
| John Glennwithdrew | 19,800 | 1.19 | |
| Betty Jean Williams | 4,797 | 0.29 | |
| Alan Cranstonwithdrew | 2,786 | 0.17 | |
| Reubin Askewwithdrew | 2,182 | 0.13 | |
| Write-in | 151 | 0.01 | |
| Total | 1,659,425 | 100 |
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The1984 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 20, 1984, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1984 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| Ronald Reagan(incumbent) | 594,742 | 99.94 | |
| Write-in | 336 | 0.06 | |
| Total | 595,078 | 100 |
| 1984 United States presidential election in Illinois[6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan(incumbent) | 2,707,103 | 56.17% | 24 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 2,086,499 | 43.30% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 10,086 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Communist Party | Gus Hall | 4,672 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Citizen's Party | Sonia Johnson | 2,716 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Socialist Equality Party | Edward Winn | 2,632 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Dennis Serrette | 2,386 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | Melvin Mason | 2,132 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | 862 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4,819,088 | 100.0% | 24 | ||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| Adams | 20,225 | 65.99% | 10,336 | 33.72% | 88 | 0.29% | 9,889 | 32.27% | 30,649 |
| Alexander | 2,574 | 47.08% | 2,872 | 52.53% | 21 | 0.38% | -298 | -5.45% | 5,467 |
| Bond | 4,240 | 59.46% | 2,870 | 40.25% | 21 | 0.29% | 1,370 | 19.21% | 7,131 |
| Boone | 7,536 | 66.65% | 3,717 | 32.88% | 53 | 0.47% | 3,819 | 33.77% | 11,306 |
| Brown | 1,478 | 60.43% | 959 | 39.21% | 9 | 0.37% | 519 | 21.22% | 2,446 |
| Bureau | 11,741 | 62.57% | 6,925 | 36.90% | 99 | 0.53% | 4,816 | 25.67% | 18,765 |
| Calhoun | 1,648 | 53.04% | 1,443 | 46.44% | 16 | 0.51% | 205 | 6.60% | 3,107 |
| Carroll | 5,237 | 68.39% | 2,398 | 31.31% | 23 | 0.30% | 2,839 | 37.08% | 7,658 |
| Cass | 3,435 | 53.68% | 2,937 | 45.90% | 27 | 0.42% | 498 | 7.78% | 6,399 |
| Champaign | 39,224 | 58.61% | 27,266 | 40.74% | 435 | 0.65% | 11,958 | 17.87% | 66,925 |
| Christian | 8,534 | 52.84% | 7,541 | 46.69% | 77 | 0.48% | 993 | 6.15% | 16,152 |
| Clark | 5,318 | 63.45% | 3,032 | 36.17% | 32 | 0.38% | 2,286 | 27.28% | 8,382 |
| Clay | 4,562 | 64.22% | 2,524 | 35.53% | 18 | 0.25% | 2,038 | 28.69% | 7,104 |
| Clinton | 9,233 | 66.43% | 4,628 | 33.30% | 38 | 0.27% | 4,605 | 33.13% | 13,899 |
| Coles | 14,044 | 65.95% | 7,156 | 33.60% | 95 | 0.45% | 6,888 | 32.35% | 21,295 |
| Cook | 1,055,558 | 48.40% | 1,112,641 | 51.02% | 12,536 | 0.57% | -57,083 | -2.62% | 2,180,735 |
| Crawford | 6,261 | 66.44% | 3,130 | 33.21% | 33 | 0.35% | 3,131 | 33.23% | 9,424 |
| Cumberland | 3,002 | 63.04% | 1,733 | 36.39% | 27 | 0.57% | 1,269 | 26.65% | 4,762 |
| DeKalb | 20,294 | 64.50% | 10,942 | 34.78% | 229 | 0.73% | 9,352 | 29.72% | 31,465 |
| DeWitt | 4,534 | 65.57% | 2,352 | 34.01% | 29 | 0.42% | 2,182 | 31.56% | 6,915 |
| Douglas | 5,691 | 66.14% | 2,886 | 33.54% | 27 | 0.31% | 2,805 | 32.60% | 8,604 |
| DuPage | 227,141 | 75.66% | 71,430 | 23.79% | 1,644 | 0.55% | 155,711 | 51.87% | 300,215 |
| Edgar | 6,821 | 67.54% | 3,241 | 32.09% | 37 | 0.37% | 3,580 | 35.45% | 10,099 |
| Edwards | 2,778 | 72.25% | 1,057 | 27.49% | 10 | 0.26% | 1,721 | 44.76% | 3,845 |
| Effingham | 9,617 | 71.22% | 3,841 | 28.44% | 46 | 0.34% | 5,776 | 42.78% | 13,504 |
| Fayette | 6,607 | 63.09% | 3,844 | 36.70% | 22 | 0.21% | 2,763 | 26.39% | 10,473 |
| Ford | 4,871 | 73.11% | 1,763 | 26.46% | 29 | 0.44% | 3,108 | 46.65% | 6,663 |
| Franklin | 9,656 | 47.39% | 10,667 | 52.35% | 54 | 0.27% | -1,011 | -4.96% | 20,377 |
| Fulton | 9,147 | 49.77% | 9,131 | 49.69% | 99 | 0.54% | 16 | 0.08% | 18,377 |
| Gallatin | 1,939 | 47.15% | 2,164 | 52.63% | 9 | 0.22% | -225 | -5.48% | 4,112 |
| Greene | 4,057 | 60.96% | 2,563 | 38.51% | 35 | 0.53% | 1,494 | 22.45% | 6,655 |
| Grundy | 9,595 | 66.98% | 4,671 | 32.61% | 59 | 0.41% | 4,924 | 34.37% | 14,325 |
| Hamilton | 3,074 | 57.50% | 2,251 | 42.11% | 21 | 0.39% | 823 | 15.39% | 5,346 |
| Hancock | 6,251 | 62.50% | 3,713 | 37.13% | 37 | 0.37% | 2,538 | 25.37% | 10,001 |
| Hardin | 1,689 | 58.26% | 1,205 | 41.57% | 5 | 0.17% | 484 | 16.69% | 2,899 |
| Henderson | 2,289 | 53.51% | 1,969 | 46.03% | 20 | 0.47% | 320 | 7.48% | 4,278 |
| Henry | 14,504 | 57.41% | 10,679 | 42.27% | 79 | 0.31% | 3,825 | 15.14% | 25,262 |
| Iroquois | 11,327 | 77.13% | 3,300 | 22.47% | 58 | 0.39% | 8,027 | 54.66% | 14,685 |
| Jackson | 13,609 | 52.55% | 12,105 | 46.74% | 182 | 0.70% | 1,504 | 5.81% | 25,896 |
| Jasper | 3,673 | 67.35% | 1,750 | 32.09% | 31 | 0.57% | 1,923 | 35.26% | 5,454 |
| Jefferson | 9,642 | 57.10% | 7,200 | 42.64% | 43 | 0.25% | 2,442 | 14.46% | 16,885 |
| Jersey | 5,146 | 57.60% | 3,762 | 42.11% | 26 | 0.29% | 1,384 | 15.49% | 8,934 |
| Jo Daviess | 5,877 | 63.18% | 3,348 | 35.99% | 77 | 0.83% | 2,529 | 27.19% | 9,302 |
| Johnson | 3,424 | 67.36% | 1,647 | 32.40% | 12 | 0.24% | 1,777 | 34.96% | 5,083 |
| Kane | 72,655 | 69.09% | 31,875 | 30.31% | 629 | 0.60% | 40,780 | 38.78% | 105,159 |
| Kankakee | 23,807 | 60.02% | 15,246 | 38.44% | 612 | 1.54% | 8,561 | 21.58% | 39,665 |
| Kendall | 10,872 | 73.81% | 3,789 | 25.72% | 69 | 0.47% | 7,083 | 48.09% | 14,730 |
| Knox | 14,974 | 55.21% | 12,027 | 44.34% | 121 | 0.45% | 2,947 | 10.87% | 27,122 |
| Lake | 118,401 | 68.35% | 53,947 | 31.14% | 876 | 0.51% | 64,454 | 37.21% | 173,224 |
| LaSalle | 27,388 | 56.89% | 20,532 | 42.65% | 219 | 0.45% | 6,856 | 14.24% | 48,139 |
| Lawrence | 4,686 | 61.35% | 2,924 | 38.28% | 28 | 0.37% | 1,762 | 23.07% | 7,638 |
| Lee | 11,178 | 73.76% | 3,919 | 25.86% | 58 | 0.38% | 7,259 | 47.90% | 15,155 |
| Livingston | 12,291 | 72.65% | 4,567 | 26.99% | 61 | 0.36% | 7,724 | 45.66% | 16,919 |
| Logan | 9,932 | 70.71% | 4,052 | 28.85% | 62 | 0.44% | 5,880 | 41.86% | 14,046 |
| Macon | 30,457 | 54.28% | 25,463 | 45.38% | 192 | 0.34% | 4,994 | 8.90% | 56,112 |
| Macoupin | 12,282 | 53.51% | 10,602 | 46.19% | 69 | 0.30% | 1,680 | 7.32% | 22,953 |
| Madison | 57,021 | 53.94% | 48,352 | 45.74% | 340 | 0.32% | 8,669 | 8.20% | 105,713 |
| Marion | 11,300 | 59.65% | 7,599 | 40.11% | 46 | 0.24% | 3,701 | 19.54% | 18,945 |
| Marshall | 4,060 | 62.53% | 2,386 | 36.75% | 47 | 0.72% | 1,674 | 25.78% | 6,493 |
| Mason | 4,109 | 54.89% | 3,354 | 44.80% | 23 | 0.31% | 755 | 10.09% | 7,486 |
| Massac | 3,827 | 54.29% | 3,194 | 45.31% | 28 | 0.40% | 633 | 8.98% | 7,049 |
| McDonough | 9,383 | 67.02% | 4,561 | 32.58% | 57 | 0.41% | 4,822 | 34.44% | 14,001 |
| McHenry | 47,282 | 76.21% | 14,420 | 23.24% | 340 | 0.55% | 32,862 | 52.97% | 62,042 |
| McLean | 32,221 | 66.64% | 15,880 | 32.84% | 248 | 0.51% | 16,341 | 33.80% | 48,349 |
| Menard | 3,925 | 68.07% | 1,826 | 31.67% | 15 | 0.26% | 2,099 | 36.40% | 5,766 |
| Mercer | 4,907 | 54.97% | 3,982 | 44.61% | 38 | 0.43% | 925 | 10.36% | 8,927 |
| Monroe | 6,936 | 67.89% | 3,256 | 31.87% | 25 | 0.24% | 3,680 | 36.02% | 10,217 |
| Montgomery | 8,191 | 56.08% | 6,360 | 43.55% | 54 | 0.37% | 1,831 | 12.53% | 14,605 |
| Morgan | 10,683 | 66.37% | 5,361 | 33.30% | 53 | 0.33% | 5,322 | 33.07% | 16,097 |
| Moultrie | 3,593 | 59.17% | 2,458 | 40.48% | 21 | 0.35% | 1,135 | 18.69% | 6,072 |
| Ogle | 13,503 | 73.40% | 4,803 | 26.11% | 90 | 0.49% | 8,700 | 47.29% | 18,396 |
| Peoria | 45,607 | 55.02% | 36,830 | 44.43% | 462 | 0.56% | 8,777 | 10.59% | 82,899 |
| Perry | 5,852 | 55.88% | 4,584 | 43.77% | 36 | 0.34% | 1,268 | 12.11% | 10,472 |
| Piatt | 5,000 | 63.46% | 2,840 | 36.05% | 39 | 0.49% | 2,160 | 27.41% | 7,879 |
| Pike | 5,295 | 57.03% | 3,965 | 42.70% | 25 | 0.27% | 1,330 | 14.33% | 9,285 |
| Pope | 1,545 | 62.00% | 940 | 37.72% | 7 | 0.28% | 605 | 24.28% | 2,492 |
| Pulaski | 1,923 | 52.48% | 1,724 | 47.05% | 17 | 0.46% | 199 | 5.43% | 3,664 |
| Putnam | 1,912 | 56.02% | 1,487 | 43.57% | 14 | 0.41% | 425 | 12.45% | 3,413 |
| Randolph | 9,415 | 59.48% | 6,355 | 40.15% | 59 | 0.37% | 3,060 | 19.33% | 15,829 |
| Richland | 5,665 | 71.95% | 2,182 | 27.71% | 27 | 0.34% | 3,483 | 44.24% | 7,874 |
| Rock Island | 35,121 | 46.41% | 40,208 | 53.13% | 343 | 0.45% | -5,087 | -6.72% | 75,672 |
| Saline | 7,176 | 54.15% | 6,038 | 45.57% | 37 | 0.28% | 1,138 | 8.58% | 13,251 |
| Sangamon | 54,086 | 61.10% | 34,059 | 38.47% | 378 | 0.43% | 20,027 | 22.63% | 88,523 |
| Schuyler | 2,515 | 61.93% | 1,533 | 37.75% | 13 | 0.32% | 982 | 24.18% | 4,061 |
| Scott | 1,976 | 67.33% | 943 | 32.13% | 16 | 0.55% | 1,033 | 35.20% | 2,935 |
| Shelby | 6,372 | 59.38% | 4,317 | 40.23% | 41 | 0.38% | 2,055 | 19.15% | 10,730 |
| St. Clair | 51,046 | 49.01% | 52,294 | 50.21% | 808 | 0.78% | -1,248 | -1.20% | 104,148 |
| Stark | 2,228 | 67.15% | 1,072 | 32.31% | 18 | 0.54% | 1,156 | 34.84% | 3,318 |
| Stephenson | 14,237 | 67.37% | 6,723 | 31.82% | 171 | 0.81% | 7,514 | 35.55% | 21,131 |
| Tazewell | 33,782 | 59.15% | 23,095 | 40.44% | 238 | 0.42% | 10,687 | 18.71% | 57,115 |
| Union | 4,721 | 55.13% | 3,815 | 44.55% | 28 | 0.33% | 906 | 10.58% | 8,564 |
| Vermilion | 22,932 | 57.89% | 16,530 | 41.73% | 149 | 0.38% | 6,402 | 16.16% | 39,611 |
| Wabash | 3,639 | 66.73% | 1,795 | 32.92% | 19 | 0.35% | 1,844 | 33.81% | 5,453 |
| Warren | 5,846 | 63.59% | 3,318 | 36.09% | 29 | 0.32% | 2,528 | 27.50% | 9,193 |
| Washington | 5,129 | 68.24% | 2,363 | 31.44% | 24 | 0.32% | 2,766 | 36.80% | 7,516 |
| Wayne | 6,298 | 70.36% | 2,621 | 29.28% | 32 | 0.36% | 3,677 | 41.08% | 8,951 |
| White | 5,500 | 61.23% | 3,457 | 38.48% | 26 | 0.29% | 2,043 | 22.75% | 8,983 |
| Whiteside | 16,743 | 59.59% | 11,226 | 39.96% | 127 | 0.45% | 5,517 | 19.63% | 28,096 |
| Will | 78,684 | 63.25% | 45,193 | 36.33% | 520 | 0.42% | 33,491 | 26.92% | 124,397 |
| Williamson | 14,930 | 56.06% | 11,614 | 43.61% | 86 | 0.32% | 3,316 | 12.45% | 26,630 |
| Winnebago | 64,203 | 58.66% | 44,629 | 40.78% | 619 | 0.57% | 19,574 | 17.88% | 109,451 |
| Woodford | 10,758 | 70.44% | 4,425 | 28.97% | 89 | 0.58% | 6,333 | 41.47% | 15,272 |
| Totals | 2,707,103 | 56.17% | 2,086,499 | 43.30% | 25,486 | 0.53% | 620,604 | 12.87% | 4,819,088 |
Reagan won 18 of 22 congressional districts, 9 of which elected Democrat representatives.
| District | Reagan | Mondale | Representative |
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| 1st | 4.92% | 95.08% | Charles Hayes |
| 2nd | 16.28% | 83.72% | Gus Savage |
| 3rd | 65.13% | 34.87% | Marty Russo |
| 4th | 50.05% | 49.95% | George M. O'Brien |
| 5th | 58.33% | 41.67% | Bill Lipinski |
| 6th | 55.68% | 44.32% | Henry Hyde |
| 7th | 25.10% | 74.90% | Cardiss Collins |
| 8th | 51.40% | 48.60% | Dan Rostenkowski |
| 9th | 45.02% | 54.98% | Sidney R. Yates |
| 10th | 68.55% | 31.45% | John Porter |
| 11th | 59.31% | 40.69% | Frank Annunzio |
| 12th | 76.88% | 23.12% | Phil Crane |
| 13th | 54.13% | 45.87% | John N. Erlenborn |
| Harris Fawell | |||
| 14th | 69.19% | 30.81% | Tom Corcoran |
| John E. Grotberg | |||
| 15th | 68.00% | 32.00% | Ed Madigan |
| 16th | 63.16% | 36.84% | Lynn M. Martin |
| 17th | 54.31% | 45.69% | Lane Evans |
| 18th | 61.86% | 38.14% | Bob Michel |
| 19th | 62.40% | 37.60% | Dan Crane |
| Terry L. Bruce | |||
| 20th | 58.06% | 41.94% | Dick Durbin |
| 21st | 53.42% | 46.58% | Melvin Price |
| 22nd | 55.84% | 44.16% | Paul Simon |
| Kenneth J. Gray |
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