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The1984 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states andthe 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.Iowa was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentRonald Reagan ofCalifornia, who was running against formerVice PresidentWalter Mondale ofMinnesota. While the majority of counties turned out for Reagan, the politically volatile state of Iowa was a relatively narrow victory for him, thanks in part to theMidwest Farm Crisis of the early 1980s. The relatively weak Republican trend for this election is highlighted by the loss ofDes Moines's highly populatedPolk County to Mondale.
Iowa weighed in for this election as 11 points moreDemocratic than the national average. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichBlack Hawk County (Waterloo),Linn County (Cedar Rapids), andStory County (Ames) voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[1] Iowa would not vote Republican again until 2004.
A Democratic Party presidential debate was held in Des Moines on February 11, 1984, with Walter Mondale,George McGovern,Gary Hart,John Glenn,Alan Cranston,Fritz Hollings andReubin Askew participating.[2]
GovernorTerry Branstad was the chair of Reagan's campaign in Iowa.[3]
Michael Triggs, Monty Bertelli, Herbert Blume, Richard Johnson, Larry Allen, Claudine Mansfield, Margaret Severino, and Grace Copley served as presidential electors for Reagan.[4]
| 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 703,088 | 53.27% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 605,620 | 45.89% | 0 | |
| “Nominated By Petition” | Lyndon LaRouche | 6,248 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 1,844 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | 1,051 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Gerald Baker | 892 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Dennis Serrette | 463 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | Melvin Mason | 313 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Communist Party | Gus Hall | 286 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,319,805 | 100.0% | 8 | ||
| County[5] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Lyndon LaRouche Nominated By Petition | David Bergland Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,615 | 56.61% | 1,979 | 42.84% | 8 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.24% | 636 | 13.77% | 4,619 |
| Adams | 1,706 | 57.64% | 1,221 | 41.25% | 19 | 0.64% | 10 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.14% | 485 | 16.39% | 2,960 |
| Allamakee | 3,997 | 62.91% | 2,282 | 35.91% | 51 | 0.80% | 3 | 0.05% | 21 | 0.33% | 1,715 | 27.00% | 6,354 |
| Appanoose | 3,412 | 50.48% | 3,289 | 48.66% | 37 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.09% | 15 | 0.22% | 123 | 1.82% | 6,759 |
| Audubon | 2,306 | 54.97% | 1,854 | 44.20% | 26 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.12% | 452 | 10.77% | 4,195 |
| Benton | 5,566 | 52.13% | 4,993 | 46.76% | 82 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.10% | 26 | 0.24% | 573 | 5.37% | 10,678 |
| Black Hawk | 32,262 | 50.23% | 31,467 | 48.99% | 282 | 0.44% | 74 | 0.12% | 148 | 0.23% | 795 | 1.24% | 64,233 |
| Boone | 5,746 | 46.80% | 6,485 | 52.82% | 22 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.03% | 20 | 0.16% | -739 | -6.02% | 12,277 |
| Bremer | 6,895 | 62.37% | 4,084 | 36.94% | 44 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.12% | 19 | 0.17% | 2,811 | 25.43% | 11,055 |
| Buchanan | 4,965 | 54.25% | 4,129 | 45.12% | 25 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.13% | 21 | 0.23% | 836 | 9.13% | 9,152 |
| Buena Vista | 5,193 | 55.22% | 4,109 | 43.69% | 43 | 0.46% | 33 | 0.35% | 27 | 0.29% | 1,084 | 11.53% | 9,405 |
| Butler | 4,570 | 66.00% | 2,323 | 33.55% | 21 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.10% | 2,247 | 32.45% | 6,924 |
| Calhoun | 3,311 | 56.14% | 2,541 | 43.08% | 31 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.10% | 770 | 13.06% | 5,898 |
| Carroll | 5,021 | 49.83% | 4,960 | 49.22% | 65 | 0.65% | 9 | 0.09% | 22 | 0.22% | 61 | 0.61% | 10,077 |
| Cass | 5,053 | 67.10% | 2,417 | 32.09% | 35 | 0.46% | 12 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.19% | 2,636 | 35.01% | 7,531 |
| Cedar | 4,617 | 59.59% | 3,086 | 39.83% | 21 | 0.27% | 16 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,531 | 19.76% | 7,748 |
| Cerro Gordo | 11,214 | 48.86% | 11,570 | 50.41% | 118 | 0.51% | 18 | 0.08% | 30 | 0.13% | -356 | -1.55% | 22,950 |
| Cherokee | 4,046 | 54.16% | 3,349 | 44.83% | 46 | 0.62% | 6 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.31% | 697 | 9.33% | 7,470 |
| Chickasaw | 3,661 | 52.93% | 3,186 | 46.06% | 48 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.09% | 16 | 0.23% | 475 | 6.87% | 6,917 |
| Clarke | 2,262 | 52.35% | 2,030 | 46.98% | 12 | 0.28% | 10 | 0.23% | 7 | 0.16% | 232 | 5.37% | 4,321 |
| Clay | 4,450 | 53.51% | 3,774 | 45.38% | 57 | 0.69% | 9 | 0.11% | 26 | 0.31% | 676 | 8.13% | 8,316 |
| Clayton | 5,029 | 58.80% | 3,446 | 40.29% | 54 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.09% | 16 | 0.19% | 1,583 | 18.51% | 8,553 |
| Clinton | 13,914 | 54.77% | 11,240 | 44.25% | 150 | 0.59% | 33 | 0.13% | 67 | 0.26% | 2,674 | 10.52% | 25,404 |
| Crawford | 4,552 | 56.53% | 3,396 | 42.17% | 82 | 1.02% | 9 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,156 | 14.36% | 8,053 |
| Dallas | 6,080 | 47.85% | 6,564 | 51.66% | 17 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.12% | 31 | 0.24% | -484 | -3.81% | 12,707 |
| Davis | 1,956 | 46.77% | 2,187 | 52.30% | 19 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.05% | 18 | 0.43% | -231 | -5.53% | 4,182 |
| Decatur | 2,104 | 49.60% | 2,098 | 49.46% | 15 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.09% | 21 | 0.50% | 6 | 0.14% | 4,242 |
| Delaware | 4,769 | 59.61% | 3,158 | 39.47% | 45 | 0.56% | 4 | 0.05% | 25 | 0.31% | 1,611 | 20.14% | 8,001 |
| Des Moines | 9,559 | 45.85% | 11,173 | 53.59% | 53 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.14% | 36 | 0.17% | -1,614 | -7.74% | 20,850 |
| Dickinson | 4,064 | 56.68% | 3,025 | 42.19% | 58 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.20% | 1,039 | 14.49% | 7,170 |
| Dubuque | 19,239 | 46.37% | 21,876 | 52.72% | 234 | 0.56% | 50 | 0.12% | 92 | 0.22% | -2,637 | -6.35% | 41,491 |
| Emmet | 2,946 | 51.46% | 2,746 | 47.97% | 26 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.05% | 200 | 3.49% | 5,725 |
| Fayette | 6,505 | 57.56% | 4,677 | 41.38% | 69 | 0.61% | 16 | 0.14% | 35 | 0.31% | 1,828 | 16.18% | 11,302 |
| Floyd | 4,341 | 50.75% | 4,154 | 48.57% | 39 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.14% | 187 | 2.18% | 8,553 |
| Franklin | 3,129 | 56.43% | 2,349 | 42.36% | 48 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.05% | 16 | 0.29% | 780 | 14.07% | 5,545 |
| Fremont | 2,686 | 64.77% | 1,426 | 34.39% | 25 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,260 | 30.38% | 4,147 |
| Greene | 2,579 | 46.44% | 2,831 | 50.97% | 118 | 2.12% | 13 | 0.23% | 13 | 0.23% | -252 | -4.53% | 5,554 |
| Grundy | 4,527 | 69.45% | 1,915 | 29.38% | 55 | 0.84% | 7 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.21% | 2,612 | 40.07% | 6,518 |
| Guthrie | 2,783 | 51.89% | 2,517 | 46.93% | 44 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.24% | 266 | 4.96% | 5,363 |
| Hamilton | 4,279 | 55.61% | 3,330 | 43.27% | 42 | 0.55% | 15 | 0.19% | 29 | 0.38% | 949 | 12.34% | 7,695 |
| Hancock | 3,362 | 56.62% | 2,539 | 42.76% | 22 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.17% | 823 | 13.86% | 5,938 |
| Hardin | 5,195 | 53.38% | 4,477 | 46.00% | 29 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.11% | 20 | 0.21% | 718 | 7.38% | 9,732 |
| Harrison | 4,352 | 63.24% | 2,495 | 36.25% | 21 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.17% | 1,857 | 26.99% | 6,882 |
| Henry | 4,516 | 56.77% | 3,377 | 42.45% | 27 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.19% | 20 | 0.25% | 1,139 | 14.32% | 7,955 |
| Howard | 2,718 | 55.49% | 2,135 | 43.59% | 19 | 0.39% | 6 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.41% | 583 | 11.90% | 4,898 |
| Humboldt | 3,396 | 57.92% | 2,406 | 41.04% | 45 | 0.77% | 6 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.17% | 990 | 16.88% | 5,863 |
| Ida | 2,618 | 62.30% | 1,559 | 37.10% | 18 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,059 | 25.20% | 4,202 |
| Iowa | 4,352 | 60.02% | 2,815 | 38.82% | 63 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.19% | 1,537 | 21.20% | 7,251 |
| Jackson | 4,811 | 51.51% | 4,400 | 47.11% | 81 | 0.87% | 19 | 0.20% | 29 | 0.31% | 411 | 4.40% | 9,340 |
| Jasper | 8,576 | 51.36% | 8,023 | 48.04% | 50 | 0.30% | 20 | 0.12% | 30 | 0.18% | 553 | 3.32% | 16,699 |
| Jefferson | 4,727 | 61.19% | 2,961 | 38.33% | 9 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.17% | 15 | 0.19% | 1,766 | 22.86% | 7,725 |
| Johnson | 18,677 | 41.46% | 26,000 | 57.72% | 54 | 0.12% | 127 | 0.28% | 186 | 0.41% | -7,323 | -16.26% | 45,044 |
| Jones | 4,907 | 55.82% | 3,825 | 43.51% | 27 | 0.31% | 12 | 0.14% | 20 | 0.23% | 1,082 | 12.31% | 8,791 |
| Keokuk | 2,913 | 51.50% | 2,649 | 46.84% | 64 | 1.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 28 | 0.50% | 264 | 4.66% | 5,656 |
| Kossuth | 4,872 | 49.64% | 4,838 | 49.30% | 78 | 0.79% | 10 | 0.10% | 16 | 0.16% | 34 | 0.34% | 9,814 |
| Lee | 8,756 | 49.17% | 8,912 | 50.04% | 74 | 0.42% | 29 | 0.16% | 38 | 0.21% | -156 | -0.87% | 17,809 |
| Linn | 41,061 | 51.12% | 38,528 | 47.97% | 172 | 0.21% | 173 | 0.22% | 381 | 0.47% | 2,533 | 3.15% | 80,315 |
| Louisa | 2,623 | 57.36% | 1,927 | 42.14% | 10 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.20% | 696 | 15.22% | 4,573 |
| Lucas | 2,630 | 51.72% | 2,422 | 47.63% | 16 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.10% | 12 | 0.24% | 208 | 4.09% | 5,085 |
| Lyon | 4,178 | 74.05% | 1,401 | 24.83% | 49 | 0.87% | 8 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.11% | 2,777 | 49.22% | 5,642 |
| Madison | 3,168 | 50.60% | 3,067 | 48.99% | 9 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.18% | 101 | 1.61% | 6,261 |
| Mahaska | 6,086 | 59.13% | 4,107 | 39.90% | 65 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.09% | 26 | 0.25% | 1,979 | 19.23% | 10,293 |
| Marion | 7,259 | 53.24% | 6,313 | 46.30% | 40 | 0.29% | 12 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.07% | 946 | 6.94% | 13,634 |
| Marshall | 10,839 | 54.63% | 8,809 | 44.40% | 123 | 0.62% | 26 | 0.13% | 43 | 0.22% | 2,030 | 10.23% | 19,840 |
| Mills | 3,994 | 72.80% | 1,434 | 26.14% | 29 | 0.53% | 11 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.33% | 2,560 | 46.66% | 5,486 |
| Mitchell | 3,144 | 54.74% | 2,531 | 44.07% | 45 | 0.78% | 9 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.24% | 613 | 10.67% | 5,743 |
| Monona | 2,746 | 55.37% | 2,159 | 43.54% | 41 | 0.83% | 4 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.18% | 587 | 11.83% | 4,959 |
| Monroe | 1,927 | 44.91% | 2,342 | 54.58% | 7 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.28% | -415 | -9.67% | 4,291 |
| Montgomery | 4,224 | 71.23% | 1,661 | 28.01% | 27 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.17% | 2,563 | 43.22% | 5,930 |
| Muscatine | 9,069 | 59.79% | 5,986 | 39.46% | 75 | 0.49% | 16 | 0.11% | 22 | 0.15% | 3,083 | 20.33% | 15,168 |
| O'Brien | 5,008 | 66.16% | 2,479 | 32.75% | 59 | 0.78% | 12 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,529 | 33.41% | 7,569 |
| Osceola | 2,285 | 65.98% | 1,146 | 33.09% | 28 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,139 | 32.89% | 3,463 |
| Page | 5,876 | 75.06% | 1,914 | 24.45% | 24 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.10% | 3,962 | 50.61% | 7,828 |
| Palo Alto | 2,715 | 46.73% | 3,018 | 51.94% | 71 | 1.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.09% | -303 | -5.21% | 5,810 |
| Plymouth | 6,482 | 64.65% | 3,464 | 34.55% | 54 | 0.54% | 13 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.14% | 3,018 | 30.10% | 10,027 |
| Pocahontas | 2,627 | 50.64% | 2,481 | 47.82% | 24 | 0.46% | 41 | 0.79% | 15 | 0.29% | 146 | 2.82% | 5,188 |
| Polk | 71,413 | 48.30% | 75,413 | 51.01% | 540 | 0.37% | 244 | 0.17% | 238 | 0.16% | -4,000 | -2.71% | 147,848 |
| Pottawattamie | 21,527 | 63.11% | 12,329 | 36.14% | 179 | 0.52% | 33 | 0.10% | 44 | 0.13% | 9,198 | 26.97% | 34,112 |
| Poweshiek | 4,715 | 53.04% | 4,103 | 46.16% | 38 | 0.43% | 7 | 0.08% | 26 | 0.29% | 612 | 6.88% | 8,889 |
| Ringgold | 1,512 | 48.51% | 1,593 | 51.11% | 10 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -81 | -2.60% | 3,117 |
| Sac | 3,298 | 57.57% | 2,363 | 41.25% | 41 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.16% | 18 | 0.31% | 935 | 16.32% | 5,729 |
| Scott | 38,034 | 53.41% | 32,550 | 45.71% | 385 | 0.54% | 122 | 0.17% | 121 | 0.17% | 5,484 | 7.70% | 71,212 |
| Shelby | 4,200 | 64.25% | 2,291 | 35.05% | 31 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,909 | 29.20% | 6,537 |
| Sioux | 11,665 | 81.61% | 2,585 | 18.09% | 25 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.03% | 13 | 0.09% | 9,080 | 63.52% | 14,293 |
| Story | 19,804 | 51.56% | 18,277 | 47.58% | 107 | 0.28% | 94 | 0.24% | 128 | 0.33% | 1,527 | 3.98% | 38,410 |
| Tama | 4,882 | 54.30% | 4,061 | 45.17% | 25 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.18% | 821 | 9.13% | 8,990 |
| Taylor | 2,496 | 62.06% | 1,499 | 37.27% | 13 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.27% | 997 | 24.79% | 4,022 |
| Union | 3,583 | 54.49% | 2,875 | 43.72% | 34 | 0.52% | 12 | 0.18% | 72 | 1.09% | 708 | 10.77% | 6,576 |
| Van Buren | 2,138 | 56.73% | 1,606 | 42.61% | 19 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.13% | 532 | 14.12% | 3,769 |
| Wapello | 7,098 | 39.88% | 10,545 | 59.24% | 86 | 0.48% | 31 | 0.17% | 40 | 0.22% | -3,447 | -19.36% | 17,800 |
| Warren | 8,277 | 49.95% | 8,171 | 49.31% | 84 | 0.51% | 13 | 0.08% | 25 | 0.15% | 106 | 0.64% | 16,570 |
| Washington | 4,613 | 59.37% | 3,079 | 39.63% | 46 | 0.59% | 14 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.23% | 1,534 | 19.74% | 7,770 |
| Wayne | 2,061 | 51.26% | 1,927 | 47.92% | 14 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.20% | 11 | 0.27% | 134 | 3.34% | 4,021 |
| Webster | 9,619 | 48.58% | 9,930 | 50.15% | 206 | 1.04% | 25 | 0.13% | 22 | 0.11% | -311 | -1.57% | 19,802 |
| Winnebago | 3,616 | 57.27% | 2,669 | 42.27% | 16 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.03% | 11 | 0.17% | 947 | 15.00% | 6,314 |
| Winneshiek | 5,277 | 57.96% | 3,724 | 40.90% | 78 | 0.86% | 7 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.21% | 1,553 | 17.06% | 9,105 |
| Woodbury | 23,002 | 54.31% | 18,951 | 44.75% | 296 | 0.70% | 42 | 0.10% | 59 | 0.14% | 4,051 | 9.56% | 42,350 |
| Worth | 1,985 | 46.53% | 2,263 | 53.05% | 9 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.09% | -278 | -6.52% | 4,266 |
| Wright | 3,675 | 54.81% | 2,980 | 44.44% | 31 | 0.46% | 9 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.15% | 695 | 10.37% | 6,705 |
| Totals | 703,088 | 53.27% | 605,620 | 45.89% | 6,248 | 0.47% | 1,844 | 0.14% | 3,005 | 0.23% | 97,468 | 7.38% | 1,319,805 |
Reagan carried 5 of 6 congressional districts, including one held by Democrats.
| District[6] | Reagan | Mondale |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 52.2% | 47% |
| 2nd | 52.6% | 46.4% |
| 3rd | 51.7% | 47.4% |
| 4th | 49.9% | 50.1% |
| 5th | 57.4% | 41.8% |
| 6th | 57.1% | 42% |