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The1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and DC, were part of the1984 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president of the United States.
South Carolina was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentRonald Reagan ofCalifornia, who was running against formerVice PresidentWalter Mondale ofMinnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbentVice President and formerC.I.A. DirectorGeorge H. W. Bush ofTexas, and Mondale ran withRepresentativeGeraldine Ferraro ofNew York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. As of the2020 presidential election, this is the last time thatBamberg County voted for a Republican candidate.[1]
Among white voters, 82% supported Reagan while 17% supported Mondale.[2][3]
| 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 615,539 | 63.55% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 344,470 | 35.57% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 4,360 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| American Party | Delmar Dennis | 3,490 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| United Citizens Party | Dennis Serrette | 681 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Totals | 968,540 | 100.0% | 8 | ||
| County[4] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | David Bergland Libertarian | Delmar Dennis American | Dennis Serrette United Citizens | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 3,798 | 55.24% | 3,051 | 44.38% | 18 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 747 | 10.86% | 6,875 |
| Aiken | 25,872 | 71.60% | 9,892 | 27.38% | 320 | 0.89% | 31 | 0.09% | 18 | 0.05% | 15,980 | 44.22% | 36,133 |
| Allendale | 1,570 | 41.66% | 2,170 | 57.57% | 20 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.05% | -600 | -15.91% | 3,769 |
| Anderson | 24,123 | 69.54% | 10,324 | 29.76% | 139 | 0.40% | 92 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.04% | 13,799 | 39.78% | 34,691 |
| Bamberg | 2,908 | 49.87% | 2,892 | 49.60% | 17 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.27% | 5,831 |
| Barnwell | 4,346 | 60.45% | 2,811 | 39.10% | 21 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,535 | 21.35% | 7,189 |
| Beaufort | 13,668 | 64.72% | 7,347 | 34.79% | 71 | 0.34% | 17 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.07% | 6,321 | 29.93% | 21,118 |
| Berkeley | 16,972 | 69.24% | 7,380 | 30.11% | 76 | 0.31% | 65 | 0.27% | 18 | 0.07% | 9,592 | 39.13% | 24,511 |
| Calhoun | 2,742 | 53.83% | 2,315 | 45.45% | 17 | 0.33% | 9 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.22% | 427 | 8.38% | 5,094 |
| Charleston | 53,779 | 63.83% | 29,481 | 34.99% | 323 | 0.38% | 477 | 0.57% | 200 | 0.24% | 24,298 | 28.84% | 84,260 |
| Cherokee | 8,655 | 67.57% | 4,101 | 32.02% | 36 | 0.28% | 10 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.05% | 4,554 | 35.55% | 12,809 |
| Chester | 4,441 | 55.20% | 3,559 | 44.24% | 27 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.07% | 882 | 10.96% | 8,045 |
| Chesterfield | 5,451 | 54.15% | 4,593 | 45.62% | 18 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 858 | 8.53% | 10,067 |
| Clarendon | 5,102 | 47.48% | 5,591 | 52.03% | 31 | 0.29% | 20 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.02% | -489 | -4.55% | 10,746 |
| Colleton | 6,200 | 55.63% | 4,910 | 44.06% | 21 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.05% | 1,290 | 11.57% | 11,145 |
| Darlington | 11,100 | 58.70% | 7,456 | 39.43% | 194 | 1.03% | 131 | 0.69% | 29 | 0.15% | 3,644 | 19.27% | 18,910 |
| Dillon | 4,646 | 57.71% | 3,360 | 41.74% | 24 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,286 | 15.97% | 8,050 |
| Dorchester | 15,289 | 68.26% | 7,037 | 31.42% | 55 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.03% | 8,252 | 36.84% | 22,399 |
| Edgefield | 3,224 | 49.77% | 3,227 | 49.81% | 13 | 0.20% | 11 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.05% | -3 | -0.04% | 6,478 |
| Fairfield | 3,147 | 43.19% | 4,117 | 56.50% | 14 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.04% | -970 | -13.31% | 7,287 |
| Florence | 22,753 | 60.51% | 14,639 | 38.93% | 124 | 0.33% | 61 | 0.16% | 23 | 0.06% | 8,114 | 21.58% | 37,600 |
| Georgetown | 7,370 | 53.29% | 6,392 | 46.22% | 40 | 0.29% | 21 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.05% | 978 | 7.07% | 13,830 |
| Greenville | 66,766 | 73.07% | 24,137 | 26.42% | 337 | 0.37% | 99 | 0.11% | 30 | 0.03% | 42,629 | 46.65% | 91,369 |
| Greenwood | 10,887 | 62.91% | 6,339 | 36.63% | 63 | 0.36% | 14 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.02% | 4,548 | 26.28% | 17,307 |
| Hampton | 3,464 | 47.92% | 3,736 | 51.69% | 16 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -272 | -3.77% | 7,228 |
| Horry | 20,396 | 69.23% | 8,940 | 30.34% | 85 | 0.29% | 33 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.03% | 11,456 | 38.89% | 29,463 |
| Jasper | 3,102 | 45.09% | 3,753 | 54.56% | 11 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.04% | -651 | -9.47% | 6,879 |
| Kershaw | 8,822 | 66.70% | 4,323 | 32.69% | 60 | 0.45% | 17 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.03% | 4,499 | 34.01% | 13,226 |
| Lancaster | 10,383 | 63.92% | 5,804 | 35.73% | 37 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.02% | 4,579 | 28.19% | 16,244 |
| Laurens | 9,729 | 64.49% | 5,312 | 35.21% | 25 | 0.17% | 15 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,417 | 29.28% | 15,086 |
| Lee | 3,548 | 47.31% | 3,912 | 52.16% | 23 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.03% | -364 | -4.85% | 7,500 |
| Lexington | 38,628 | 80.95% | 8,828 | 18.50% | 225 | 0.47% | 28 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.03% | 29,800 | 62.45% | 47,721 |
| McCormick | 1,186 | 43.51% | 1,526 | 55.98% | 19 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -340 | -12.47% | 2,726 |
| Marion | 4,698 | 48.07% | 5,043 | 51.60% | 19 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.05% | -345 | -3.53% | 9,773 |
| Marlboro | 3,951 | 47.70% | 4,294 | 51.84% | 6 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.15% | -343 | -4.14% | 8,283 |
| Newberry | 7,176 | 65.19% | 3,790 | 34.43% | 29 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,386 | 30.76% | 11,008 |
| Oconee | 8,625 | 71.61% | 3,333 | 27.67% | 70 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.04% | 5,292 | 43.94% | 12,044 |
| Orangeburg | 14,286 | 48.20% | 15,121 | 51.02% | 55 | 0.19% | 156 | 0.53% | 18 | 0.06% | -835 | -2.82% | 29,636 |
| Pickens | 15,155 | 76.68% | 4,481 | 22.67% | 100 | 0.51% | 20 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.04% | 10,674 | 54.01% | 19,764 |
| Richland | 46,773 | 57.44% | 32,212 | 39.56% | 766 | 0.94% | 1,591 | 1.95% | 87 | 0.11% | 14,561 | 17.88% | 81,429 |
| Saluda | 3,515 | 63.90% | 1,962 | 35.67% | 18 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,553 | 28.23% | 5,501 |
| Spartanburg | 41,553 | 66.41% | 20,130 | 32.17% | 555 | 0.89% | 285 | 0.46% | 52 | 0.08% | 21,423 | 34.24% | 62,575 |
| Sumter | 12,909 | 57.14% | 9,566 | 42.35% | 61 | 0.27% | 38 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.07% | 3,343 | 14.79% | 22,590 |
| Union | 6,331 | 58.64% | 4,424 | 40.98% | 34 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,907 | 17.66% | 10,796 |
| Williamsburg | 6,492 | 45.95% | 7,586 | 53.69% | 29 | 0.21% | 15 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.04% | -1,094 | -7.74% | 14,128 |
| York | 20,008 | 67.99% | 9,273 | 31.51% | 98 | 0.33% | 45 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.01% | 10,735 | 36.48% | 29,427 |
| Totals | 615,539 | 63.55% | 344,470 | 35.57% | 4,360 | 0.45% | 3,490 | 0.36% | 681 | 0.07% | 271,069 | 27.98% | 968,540 |
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