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The 1984 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 9 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Alabama was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
Every county in the state gave either Reagan or Mondale a majority save Etowah County, which gave Reagan a plurality. Macon County gave Mondale 82.71% of the vote, which was the highest percentage he received in any county nationwide outside the District of Columbia.[1]
Reagan easily carried Alabama on Election Day, winning the state by a 22-point margin, a dramatic shift from 1980, when Reagan had won it by just 1.3% over Southerner Jimmy Carter. This was only the third time that the Republican nominee exceeded 60% of the vote in Alabama, after Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Richard Nixon in 1972. Mondale carried most of Alabama's Black Belt counties, but outside these predominantly African-American counties, he carried only Colbert, Lawrence, and Jackson Counties, which lay within the region served by the Tennessee Valley Authority (Colbert is home to Muscle Shoals). Overwhelmingly, the state's 'Wallace country' went red this election, unlike in 1976 or even 1980.[2] As an example, Reagan claimed over 2/3 of the vote in Coffee County, which had voted for Carter in 1976 by over 20% and had voted for Reagan in 1980 by just 4.7%.[2]
Campaign
Jesse Jackson's voters were 96% black, 2% white, 1% Hispanic, and 1% were members of other groups.[3] 61% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times'.[4]
73% of white voters supported Reagan while 25% supported Mondale.[5][6]
Results
| 1984 United States presidential election in Alabama | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 872,849 | 60.54% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 551,899 | 38.28% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 9,504 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| Independent | Gus Hall | 4,671 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Independent | Bob Richards | 1,401 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Independent | Melvin Mason | 730 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent | Dennis Serrette | 659 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,441,713 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
Results by county
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Walter Mondale Democratic |
David Bergland[7] Libertarian |
Gus Hall[7] Independent |
Various candidates[7] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 8,350 | 70.07% | 3,366 | 28.25% | 165 | 1.38% | 15 | 0.13% | 21 | 0.18% | 4,984 | 41.82% | 11,917 |
| Baldwin | 24,964 | 75.55% | 7,272 | 22.01% | 337 | 1.02% | 29 | 0.09% | 443 | 1.34% | 17,692 | 53.54% | 33,045 |
| Barbour | 5,459 | 53.73% | 4,591 | 45.18% | 89 | 0.88% | 7 | 0.07% | 15 | 0.15% | 868 | 8.55% | 10,161 |
| Bibb | 3,487 | 61.32% | 2,167 | 38.10% | 13 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.25% | 1,320 | 23.22% | 5,687 |
| Blount | 8,508 | 68.16% | 3,738 | 29.95% | 102 | 0.82% | 21 | 0.17% | 113 | 0.91% | 4,770 | 38.21% | 12,482 |
| Bullock | 1,697 | 32.02% | 3,537 | 66.75% | 49 | 0.92% | 4 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.23% | -1,840 | -34.73% | 5,299 |
| Butler | 4,941 | 56.73% | 3,641 | 41.81% | 116 | 1.33% | 5 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,300 | 14.92% | 8,709 |
| Calhoun | 23,291 | 61.16% | 12,752 | 33.49% | 400 | 1.05% | 1,143 | 3.00% | 496 | 1.30% | 10,539 | 27.67% | 38,082 |
| Chambers | 8,024 | 59.60% | 5,302 | 39.38% | 113 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.07% | 14 | 0.10% | 2,722 | 20.22% | 13,463 |
| Cherokee | 3,225 | 51.04% | 3,029 | 47.93% | 55 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.11% | 196 | 3.11% | 6,319 |
| Chilton | 8,243 | 70.53% | 2,934 | 25.10% | 93 | 0.80% | 388 | 3.32% | 30 | 0.26% | 5,309 | 45.43% | 11,688 |
| Choctaw | 3,960 | 53.88% | 3,373 | 45.90% | 6 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.10% | 587 | 7.98% | 7,349 |
| Clarke | 6,282 | 58.11% | 4,452 | 41.18% | 67 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,830 | 16.93% | 10,811 |
| Clay | 3,432 | 68.19% | 1,456 | 28.93% | 70 | 1.39% | 63 | 1.25% | 12 | 0.24% | 1,976 | 39.26% | 5,033 |
| Cleburne | 3,259 | 70.50% | 1,238 | 26.78% | 43 | 0.93% | 33 | 0.71% | 50 | 1.08% | 2,021 | 43.72% | 4,623 |
| Coffee | 10,558 | 69.84% | 4,370 | 28.91% | 141 | 0.93% | 10 | 0.07% | 39 | 0.26% | 6,188 | 40.93% | 15,118 |
| Colbert | 9,530 | 45.31% | 11,008 | 52.34% | 231 | 1.10% | 29 | 0.14% | 234 | 1.11% | -1,478 | -7.03% | 21,032 |
| Conecuh | 3,538 | 55.86% | 2,735 | 43.18% | 36 | 0.57% | 14 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.17% | 803 | 12.68% | 6,334 |
| Coosa | 2,585 | 58.95% | 1,781 | 40.62% | 9 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 804 | 18.33% | 4,385 |
| Covington | 9,944 | 71.63% | 3,812 | 27.46% | 55 | 0.40% | 45 | 0.32% | 27 | 0.19% | 6,132 | 44.17% | 13,883 |
| Crenshaw | 3,261 | 61.86% | 1,904 | 36.12% | 32 | 0.61% | 65 | 1.23% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,357 | 25.74% | 5,272 |
| Cullman | 14,782 | 63.92% | 7,989 | 34.55% | 143 | 0.62% | 176 | 0.76% | 36 | 0.16% | 6,793 | 29.37% | 23,126 |
| Dale | 10,319 | 75.37% | 3,215 | 23.48% | 133 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.06% | 17 | 0.12% | 7,104 | 51.89% | 13,692 |
| Dallas | 9,585 | 46.26% | 10,955 | 52.88% | 151 | 0.73% | 13 | 0.06% | 14 | 0.07% | -1,370 | -6.62% | 20,718 |
| DeKalb | 12,098 | 62.53% | 7,212 | 37.27% | 19 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.08% | 4,886 | 25.26% | 19,349 |
| Elmore | 11,694 | 72.74% | 4,198 | 26.11% | 162 | 1.01% | 7 | 0.04% | 16 | 0.10% | 7,496 | 46.63% | 16,077 |
| Escambia | 8,694 | 68.33% | 3,853 | 30.28% | 70 | 0.55% | 77 | 0.61% | 30 | 0.24% | 4,841 | 38.05% | 12,724 |
| Etowah | 19,243 | 49.62% | 19,074 | 49.18% | 184 | 0.47% | 252 | 0.65% | 28 | 0.07% | 169 | 0.44% | 38,781 |
| Fayette | 4,654 | 64.63% | 2,533 | 35.18% | 9 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,121 | 29.45% | 7,201 |
| Franklin | 5,304 | 52.90% | 4,601 | 45.89% | 100 | 1.00% | 8 | 0.08% | 14 | 0.14% | 703 | 7.01% | 10,027 |
| Geneva | 6,308 | 70.00% | 2,330 | 25.86% | 80 | 0.89% | 282 | 3.13% | 11 | 0.12% | 3,978 | 44.14% | 9,011 |
| Greene | 1,361 | 26.13% | 3,675 | 70.55% | 51 | 0.98% | 122 | 2.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,314 | -44.42% | 5,209 |
| Hale | 2,691 | 44.44% | 3,289 | 54.31% | 60 | 0.99% | 4 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.20% | -598 | -9.87% | 6,056 |
| Henry | 3,952 | 63.34% | 2,231 | 35.76% | 17 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.24% | 1,721 | 27.58% | 6,239 |
| Houston | 20,854 | 75.82% | 6,488 | 23.59% | 56 | 0.20% | 90 | 0.33% | 17 | 0.06% | 14,366 | 52.23% | 27,505 |
| Jackson | 6,730 | 46.15% | 7,635 | 52.36% | 169 | 1.16% | 15 | 0.10% | 33 | 0.23% | -905 | -6.21% | 14,582 |
| Jefferson | 158,362 | 59.41% | 107,506 | 40.33% | 485 | 0.18% | 72 | 0.03% | 122 | 0.05% | 50,856 | 19.08% | 266,547 |
| Lamar | 3,943 | 67.21% | 1,910 | 32.55% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.15% | 2,033 | 34.66% | 5,867 |
| Lauderdale | 15,354 | 53.57% | 12,907 | 45.04% | 352 | 1.23% | 23 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.08% | 2,447 | 8.53% | 28,659 |
| Lawrence | 4,466 | 47.04% | 4,866 | 51.25% | 77 | 0.81% | 71 | 0.75% | 14 | 0.15% | -400 | -4.21% | 9,494 |
| Lee | 16,757 | 64.05% | 9,077 | 34.70% | 289 | 1.10% | 17 | 0.06% | 21 | 0.08% | 7,680 | 29.35% | 26,161 |
| Limestone | 8,423 | 60.12% | 5,410 | 38.62% | 160 | 1.14% | 12 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.04% | 3,013 | 21.50% | 14,010 |
| Lowndes | 1,629 | 31.02% | 3,567 | 67.92% | 38 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.25% | -1,938 | -36.90% | 5,252 |
| Macon | 1,543 | 16.24% | 7,857 | 82.71% | 52 | 0.55% | 19 | 0.20% | 28 | 0.29% | -6,314 | -66.47% | 9,499 |
| Madison | 50,428 | 64.54% | 26,881 | 34.40% | 683 | 0.87% | 58 | 0.07% | 84 | 0.11% | 23,547 | 30.14% | 78,134 |
| Marengo | 5,261 | 51.51% | 4,811 | 47.11% | 101 | 0.99% | 8 | 0.08% | 32 | 0.31% | 450 | 4.40% | 10,213 |
| Marion | 6,771 | 63.20% | 3,918 | 36.57% | 17 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,853 | 26.63% | 10,713 |
| Marshall | 12,330 | 60.47% | 7,704 | 37.78% | 305 | 1.50% | 32 | 0.16% | 20 | 0.10% | 4,626 | 22.69% | 20,391 |
| Mobile | 81,923 | 62.56% | 47,252 | 36.08% | 804 | 0.61% | 772 | 0.59% | 208 | 0.16% | 34,671 | 26.48% | 130,959 |
| Monroe | 5,917 | 60.65% | 3,725 | 38.18% | 55 | 0.56% | 40 | 0.41% | 19 | 0.19% | 2,192 | 22.47% | 9,756 |
| Montgomery | 43,328 | 57.77% | 31,206 | 41.61% | 337 | 0.45% | 19 | 0.03% | 115 | 0.15% | 12,122 | 16.16% | 75,005 |
| Morgan | 24,301 | 67.99% | 11,324 | 31.68% | 73 | 0.20% | 12 | 0.03% | 31 | 0.09% | 12,977 | 36.31% | 35,741 |
| Perry | 2,600 | 48.08% | 2,731 | 50.50% | 66 | 1.22% | 5 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.11% | -131 | -2.42% | 5,408 |
| Pickens | 4,685 | 56.47% | 3,586 | 43.23% | 9 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,099 | 13.24% | 8,296 |
| Pike | 6,231 | 62.60% | 3,541 | 35.58% | 146 | 1.47% | 12 | 0.12% | 23 | 0.23% | 2,690 | 27.02% | 9,953 |
| Randolph | 4,940 | 65.74% | 2,439 | 32.46% | 124 | 1.65% | 6 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.08% | 2,501 | 33.28% | 7,515 |
| Russell | 6,654 | 46.04% | 7,610 | 52.66% | 166 | 1.15% | 6 | 0.04% | 16 | 0.11% | -956 | -6.62% | 14,452 |
| Shelby | 21,858 | 77.88% | 5,884 | 20.96% | 271 | 0.97% | 20 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.02% | 15,974 | 56.92% | 28,068 |
| St. Clair | 10,408 | 71.02% | 4,000 | 27.30% | 232 | 1.58% | 8 | 0.05% | 35 | 0.24% | 6,408 | 43.72% | 14,654 |
| Sumter | 2,493 | 35.65% | 4,478 | 64.04% | 16 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.07% | -1,985 | -28.39% | 6,993 |
| Talladega | 14,067 | 61.11% | 8,490 | 36.88% | 220 | 0.96% | 209 | 0.91% | 34 | 0.15% | 5,577 | 24.23% | 23,020 |
| Tallapoosa | 9,045 | 66.19% | 4,458 | 32.62% | 139 | 1.02% | 11 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.10% | 4,587 | 33.57% | 13,666 |
| Tuscaloosa | 28,075 | 62.75% | 16,066 | 35.91% | 533 | 1.19% | 37 | 0.08% | 28 | 0.06% | 12,009 | 26.84% | 44,739 |
| Walker | 12,852 | 54.11% | 10,591 | 44.59% | 94 | 0.40% | 194 | 0.82% | 22 | 0.09% | 2,261 | 9.52% | 23,753 |
| Washington | 4,434 | 58.78% | 3,081 | 40.85% | 17 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,353 | 17.93% | 7,543 |
| Wilcox | 2,337 | 38.81% | 3,663 | 60.83% | 8 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.17% | -1,326 | -22.02% | 6,022 |
| Winston | 6,845 | 72.22% | 2,624 | 27.69% | 5 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,221 | 44.53% | 9,478 |
| Totals | 872,849 | 60.54% | 551,899 | 38.28% | 9,504 | 0.66% | 4,671 | 0.32% | 2,790 | 0.19% | 320,950 | 22.26% | 1,441,713 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Cherokee
- Chambers
- Choctaw
- Clarke
- Clay
- Conecuh
- Coosa
- Crenshaw
- Cullman
- Etowah
- Pickens
- Washington
- Walker
- Talladega
- Tallapoosa
- Morgan
- Randolph
- Limestone
- Marion
- Marengo
- Marshall
- Lauderdale
- Henry
- Lamar
- Bibb
- Barbour
- Butler
- Fayette
- Franklin
See also
References
- ^ Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1984 Presidential Election Statistics
- ^ a b "CQ Almanac Online Edition". library.cqpress.com. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Ranney 1985, p. 54.
- ^ Ranney 1985, p. 62.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ a b c "AL US President Race, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
Works cited
- Ranney, Austin, ed. (1985). The American Elections of 1984. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822302306.
