1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana
November 6, 1984
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,037,299 651,586
Percentage 60.77% 38.18%
Parish Results
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Louisiana 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.

Campaign

Governor Edwin Edwards told voters to boycott the primaries. This resulted in black voters making up a large amount of the Democratic primary electorate and a Jesse Jackson victory.[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that St. John the Baptist Parish voted for a Republican candidate.[2]

76% of white voters supported Reagan while 23% supported Mondale.[3][4]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 1,037,299 60.77% 10
Democratic Walter Mondale 651,586 38.18% 0
Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 9,502 0.56% 0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 3,552 0.21% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 1,876[lower-alpha 1] 0.11% 0
America First Bob Richards 1,310[lower-alpha 1] 0.08% 0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 1,164[lower-alpha 1] 0.07% 0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 533[lower-alpha 1] 0.03% 0
Totals 1,706,822 100.0% 10

Results by parish

Parish Ronald Wilson Reagan
Republican		 Walter Frederick Mondale
Democratic		 Sonia Ann Johnson
Citizens		 Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche
Independent		 Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % # %
Acadia 14,906 61.00% 9,262 37.90% 174 0.71% 96 0.39% 5,644 23.10% 24,438
Allen 4,474 47.75% 4,842 51.68% 15 0.16% 38 0.41% -368 -3.93% 9,369
Ascension 11,945 51.73% 11,048 47.84% 26 0.11% 73 0.32% 897 3.88% 23,092
Assumption 5,433 52.67% 4,660 45.17% 202 1.96% 21 0.20% 773 7.49% 10,316
Avoyelles 9,402 56.56% 6,808 40.96% 364 2.19% 48 0.29% 2,594 15.61% 16,622
Beauregard 7,353 63.30% 4,199 36.15% 10 0.09% 55 0.47% 3,154 27.15% 11,617
Bienville 4,587 56.10% 3,530 43.17% 29 0.35% 31 0.38% 1,057 12.93% 8,177
Bossier 22,638 76.15% 7,006 23.57% 21 0.07% 64 0.22% 15,632 52.58% 29,729
Caddo 63,429 63.81% 35,727 35.94% 79 0.08% 165 0.17% 27,702 27.87% 99,400
Calcasieu 35,566 51.52% 33,214 48.11% 69 0.10% 189 0.27% 2,352 3.41% 69,038
Caldwell 3,341 69.47% 1,348 28.03% 110 2.29% 10 0.21% 1,993 41.44% 4,809
Cameron 2,265 58.27% 1,608 41.37% 2 0.05% 12 0.31% 657 16.90% 3,887
Catahoula 3,640 67.71% 1,649 30.67% 76 1.41% 11 0.20% 1,991 37.03% 5,376
Claiborne 4,349 60.76% 2,788 38.95% 9 0.13% 12 0.17% 1,561 21.81% 7,158
Concordia 6,177 63.92% 3,332 34.48% 140 1.45% 14 0.14% 2,845 29.44% 9,663
De Soto 5,989 55.98% 4,642 43.39% 33 0.31% 35 0.33% 1,347 12.59% 10,699
East Baton Rouge 95,704 62.63% 56,673 37.09% 199 0.13% 230 0.15% 39,031 25.54% 152,806
East Carroll 1,974 48.01% 2,089 50.80% 41 1.00% 8 0.19% -115 -2.80% 4,112
East Feliciana 4,199 49.98% 4,122 49.06% 52 0.62% 29 0.35% 77 0.92% 8,402
Evangeline 8,680 55.15% 6,981 44.35% 41 0.26% 38 0.24% 1,699 10.79% 15,740
Franklin 6,708 68.02% 2,937 29.78% 194 1.97% 23 0.23% 3,771 38.24% 9,862
Grant 5,334 66.03% 2,588 32.04% 136 1.68% 20 0.25% 2,746 33.99% 8,078
Iberia 17,727 62.30% 10,170 35.74% 516 1.81% 43 0.15% 7,557 26.56% 28,456
Iberville 6,455 42.71% 8,587 56.82% 42 0.28% 28 0.19% -2,132 -14.11% 15,112
Jackson 5,034 65.08% 2,568 33.20% 119 1.54% 14 0.18% 2,466 31.88% 7,735
Jefferson 123,997 74.84% 41,183 24.86% 198 0.12% 296 0.18% 82,814 49.99% 165,674
Jefferson Davis 8,296 57.61% 5,962 41.40% 72 0.50% 71 0.49% 2,334 16.21% 14,401
Lafayette 44,344 69.10% 19,265 30.02% 445 0.69% 124 0.19% 25,079 39.08% 64,178
Lafourche 20,930 65.54% 10,186 31.90% 729 2.28% 90 0.28% 10,744 33.64% 31,935
LaSalle 5,404 78.76% 1,318 19.21% 121 1.76% 18 0.26% 4,086 59.55% 6,861
Lincoln 9,087 61.95% 5,432 37.03% 132 0.90% 17 0.12% 3,655 24.92% 14,668
Livingston 17,465 65.85% 8,913 33.61% 66 0.25% 78 0.29% 8,552 32.24% 26,522
Madison 2,849 48.80% 2,906 49.78% 71 1.22% 12 0.21% -57 -0.98% 5,838
Morehouse 8,585 62.92% 4,829 35.39% 207 1.52% 24 0.18% 3,756 27.53% 13,645
Natchitoches 8,836 59.23% 5,806 38.92% 242 1.62% 33 0.22% 3,030 20.31% 14,917
Orleans 86,316 41.83% 119,478 57.90% 239 0.12% 314 0.15% -33,162 -16.07% 206,347
Ouachita 37,270 69.72% 15,525 29.04% 558 1.04% 104 0.19% 21,745 40.68% 53,457
Plaquemines 7,655 69.93% 3,261 29.79% 11 0.10% 20 0.18% 4,394 40.14% 10,947
Pointe Coupee 5,477 44.69% 6,732 54.93% 22 0.18% 24 0.20% -1,255 -10.24% 12,255
Rapides 32,879 65.95% 16,121 32.34% 754 1.51% 101 0.20% 16,758 33.61% 49,855
Red River 3,060 60.65% 1,958 38.81% 9 0.18% 18 0.36% 1,102 21.84% 5,045
Richland 5,980 66.08% 2,918 32.24% 130 1.44% 22 0.24% 3,062 33.83% 9,050
Sabine 6,295 66.46% 2,980 31.46% 162 1.71% 35 0.37% 3,315 35.00% 9,472
Saint Bernard 24,428 74.95% 8,076 24.78% 32 0.10% 58 0.18% 16,352 50.17% 32,594
Saint Charles 10,185 59.78% 6,784 39.82% 29 0.17% 40 0.23% 3,401 19.96% 17,038
Saint Helena 2,366 43.75% 2,956 54.66% 49 0.91% 37 0.68% -590 -10.91% 5,408
Saint James 4,627 43.39% 5,989 56.17% 30 0.28% 17 0.16% -1,362 -12.77% 10,663
Saint John the Baptist 9,093 54.09% 7,646 45.48% 37 0.22% 36 0.21% 1,447 8.61% 16,812
Saint Landry 19,055 51.32% 17,950 48.35% 73 0.20% 49 0.13% 1,105 2.98% 37,127
Saint Martin 9,698 52.35% 8,589 46.36% 206 1.11% 33 0.18% 1,109 5.99% 18,526
Saint Mary 15,275 61.28% 9,411 37.76% 206 0.83% 33 0.13% 5,864 23.53% 24,925
Saint Tammany 38,664 76.32% 11,719 23.13% 146 0.29% 132 0.26% 26,945 53.19% 50,661
Tangipahoa 19,580 60.27% 12,799 39.39% 52 0.16% 58 0.18% 6,781 20.87% 32,489
Tensas 1,956 53.78% 1,628 44.76% 46 1.26% 7 0.19% 328 9.02% 3,637
Terrebonne 23,696 69.70% 9,640 28.35% 604 1.78% 59 0.17% 14,056 41.34% 33,999
Union 6,585 67.87% 2,916 30.05% 173 1.78% 29 0.30% 3,669 37.81% 9,703
Vermilion 12,721 57.00% 9,033 40.47% 510 2.29% 54 0.24% 3,688 16.52% 22,318
Vernon 9,035 67.72% 4,076 30.55% 180 1.35% 50 0.37% 4,959 37.17% 13,341
Washington 11,185 59.06% 7,680 40.55% 30 0.16% 44 0.23% 3,505 18.51% 18,939
Webster 12,055 64.76% 6,509 34.97% 14 0.08% 37 0.20% 5,546 29.79% 18,615
West Baton Rouge 4,189 47.31% 4,631 52.30% 21 0.24% 13 0.15% -442 -4.99% 8,854
West Carroll 3,874 71.04% 1,474 27.03% 85 1.56% 20 0.37% 2,400 44.01% 5,453
West Feliciana 2,097 47.60% 2,296 52.12% 5 0.11% 7 0.16% -199 -4.52% 4,405
Winn 4,934 64.04% 2,633 34.17% 107 1.39% 31 0.40% 2,301 29.86% 7,705
Totals1,037,29960.77%651,58638.18%9,5020.56%3,5520.21%385,71322.60%1,706,822

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Totals for this candidate were not separated by parish but only listed as a statewide total which is included in the statewide aggregate below.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 259.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  4. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  5. 1 2 "LA US President Race, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

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