The 1984 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Maine 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.
The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Maine, with more than 99% of the electorate voting either Democratic or Republican, and only four parties appearing on the ballot. Every county in Maine voted for Reagan by a double-digit margin, a strong performance in a historically Republican-leaning state that had trended Democratic since the 1960s. Reagan became the first Republican to win industrialized, Catholic French-Canadian Androscoggin County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 218-219
Even amidst a national Republican landslide, Maine weighed in as almost 4% more Republican than the national average. This election marked something of a high water mark for Republicans in Maine; no candidate of either party has since come close to Reagan's vote share or margin, and the state at-large has subsequently only voted Republican once more (in the following election of 1988).
Results 1984 United States presidential election in MainePartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 336,500 60.83% 4 Democratic Walter Mondale 214,515 38.78% 0 Communist Party Gus Hall 1,292 0.23% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 755 0.14% 0 Write-Ins 82 0.01% 0 Totals 553,144 100.0% 4
Results by congressional district Reagan won both of Maine's congressional districts.
District Reagan Mondale Representative 59.69% 39.95%John R. McKernan Jr. 62.16% 37.47%Olympia Snowe
Results by county CountyRonald ReaganOur Campaigns; ME US Presidential Race; November 06, 1084RepublicanWalter MondaleDemocraticGus HallCommunistVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Androscoggin26,90457.24%19,88542.31%1010.21%1100.23%7,01914.93%47,000Aroostook21,83763.59%12,34835.96%950.28%580.17%9,48927.63%34,338Cumberland65,84256.75%49,89443.00%1900.16%1000.09%15,94813.75%116,026Franklin8,33062.40%4,95437.11%400.30%250.19%3,37625.29%13,349Hancock14,66065.12%7,76434.49%530.24%340.15%6,89630.63%22,511Kennebec31,75359.70%21,18339.82%1730.33%820.15%10,57019.88%53,191Knox11,31165.00%6,02434.62%470.27%190.11%5,28730.38%17,401Lincoln10,31267.68%4,86931.96%290.19%260.17%5,44335.72%15,236Oxford15,40864.34%8,43035.20%670.28%430.18%6,97829.14%23,948Penobscot40,40362.11%24,44537.58%1120.17%940.14%15,95824.53%65,054Piscataquis5,42763.98%3,01635.56%240.28%150.18%2,41128.42%8,482Sagadahoc9,22263.51%5,20835.87%640.44%260.18%4,01427.64%14,520Somerset13,01062.64%7,65736.86%660.32%380.18%5,35325.78%20,771Waldo8,81462.22%5,28937.34%400.28%230.16%3,52524.88%14,166Washington9,71364.41%5,30835.20%310.21%290.19%4,40529.21%15,081York43,55460.43%28,24139.19%1600.22%1150.16%15,31321.24%72,070Totals336,50060.83%214,51538.78%1,2920.23%8370.15%121,98522.05%553,144
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Androscoggin Cumberland
See also United States presidential elections in Maine Presidency of Ronald Reagan
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