The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Arkansas, with just under 99% of the electorate voting only either Democratic or Republican, although a total of ten parties appeared on the ballot.[1] The vast majority of counties in Arkansas voted for Reagan in a particularly strong turnout, even in this typically conservative-leaning state. A bloc of heavily African-American counties in the southeastern Delta region turned out in majority for Mondale.
Arkansas weighed in for this election as 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which St. Francis County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[2]
Reagan won the election in Arkansas with a resounding 22-point landslide. While Arkansas typically voted conservative at the time, the election results in Arkansas are also reflective of a nationwide reconsolidation of the base for the Republican Party which took place through the 1980s; called by Reagan the "second American Revolution."[3] This was most evident during the 1984 presidential election. Arkansas continued in this election as a component of the Republican stronghold of the Deep South, which is evident after the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
It is speculated that Mondale lost support with voters nearly immediately during the campaign, namely during his acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. There he stated that he intended to increase taxes. To quote Mondale, "By the end of my first term, I will reduce the Reagan budget deficit by two thirds. Let's tell the truth. It must be done, it must be done. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."[4] Despite this claimed attempt at establishing truthfulness with the electorate, this claim to raise taxes badly eroded his chances in what had already begun as an uphill battle against the charismatic Ronald Reagan. Reagan also enjoyed high levels of bipartisan support during the 1984 presidential election, both in Arkansas, and across the nation at large. Many registered Democrats who voted for Reagan (Reagan Democrats) stated that they had chosen to do so because they associated him with the economic recovery, because of his strong stance on national security issues with Russia, and because they considered the Democrats as "supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle class."[5] These public opinion factors contributed to Reagan's 1984 landslide victory, in Arkansas and elsewhere.
^"1984 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^Raines, Howell (November 7, 1984). "Reagan Wins By a Landslide, Sweeping at Least 48 States; G.O.P. Gains Strength in House". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
^Prendergast, William B. (1999). The Catholic vote in American politics. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. pp. 186, 191–193. ISBN0-87840-724-3.
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Main article 1984 United States presidential election The 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6 1984 All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1984 United States presidential election State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College which selected the president and vice president of the United States 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1980 November 6 1984 1988 Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter MondaleParty Republican DemocraticHome state California MinnesotaRunning mate George H W Bush Geraldine FerraroElectoral vote 6 0Popular vote 534 774 338 646Percentage 60 47 38 29 County Results Reagan 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Mondale 40 50 50 60 President before electionRonald ReaganRepublican Elected President Ronald ReaganRepublicanArkansas 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 Arkansas with just under 99 of the electorate voting only either Democratic or Republican although a total of ten parties appeared on the ballot 1 The vast majority of counties in Arkansas voted for Reagan in a particularly strong turnout even in this typically conservative leaning state A bloc of heavily African American counties in the southeastern Delta region turned out in majority for Mondale Arkansas weighed in for this election as 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last election in which St Francis County voted for a Republican presidential candidate 2 Reagan won the election in Arkansas with a resounding 22 point landslide While Arkansas typically voted conservative at the time the election results in Arkansas are also reflective of a nationwide reconsolidation of the base for the Republican Party which took place through the 1980s called by Reagan the second American Revolution 3 This was most evident during the 1984 presidential election Arkansas continued in this election as a component of the Republican stronghold of the Deep South which is evident after the presidency of Jimmy Carter It is speculated that Mondale lost support with voters nearly immediately during the campaign namely during his acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention There he stated that he intended to increase taxes To quote Mondale By the end of my first term I will reduce the Reagan budget deficit by two thirds Let s tell the truth It must be done it must be done Mr Reagan will raise taxes and so will I He won t tell you I just did 4 Despite this claimed attempt at establishing truthfulness with the electorate this claim to raise taxes badly eroded his chances in what had already begun as an uphill battle against the charismatic Ronald Reagan Reagan also enjoyed high levels of bipartisan support during the 1984 presidential election both in Arkansas and across the nation at large Many registered Democrats who voted for Reagan Reagan Democrats stated that they had chosen to do so because they associated him with the economic recovery because of his strong stance on national security issues with Russia and because they considered the Democrats as supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle class 5 These public opinion factors contributed to Reagan s 1984 landslide victory in Arkansas and elsewhere Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults Edit1984 United States presidential election in ArkansasParty Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Ronald Reagan incumbent 534 774 60 47 6Democratic Walter Mondale 338 646 38 29 0Libertarian David Bergland 2 221 0 25 0Independent Democrat Lyndon LaRouche 1 890 0 21 0Communist Party Gus Hall 1 499 0 17 0America First Bob Richards 1 461 0 17 0New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 1 291 0 15 0Citizen s Party Sonia Johnson 960 0 11 0Prohibition Earl Dodge 842 0 10 0Independent Arthur Lowery 822 0 09 0Totals 884 406 100 0 6Results by county Edit County Ronald Wilson ReaganRepublican Walter Frederick MondaleDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast Arkansas 4 804 59 99 3 153 39 37 51 0 64 1 651 20 62 8 008Ashley 5 675 62 44 3 373 37 11 41 0 45 2 302 25 33 9 089Baxter 10 870 69 84 4 528 29 09 166 1 07 6 342 40 75 15 564Benton 24 296 75 90 7 306 22 82 408 1 27 16 990 53 08 32 010Boone 7 961 68 83 3 356 29 01 250 2 16 4 605 39 81 11 567Bradley 2 690 53 62 2 313 46 10 14 0 28 377 7 51 5 017Calhoun 1 474 58 15 1 058 41 74 3 0 12 416 16 41 2 535Carroll 5 041 68 21 2 263 30 62 86 1 16 2 778 37 59 7 390Chicot 2 502 42 21 3 407 57 48 18 0 30 905 15 27 5 927Clark 4 185 47 27 4 638 52 39 30 0 34 453 5 12 8 853Clay 3 767 53 02 3 279 46 15 59 0 83 488 6 87 7 105Cleburne 5 769 64 04 3 172 35 21 67 0 74 2 597 28 83 9 008Cleveland 1 773 56 02 1 378 43 54 14 0 44 395 12 48 3 165Columbia 6 526 63 45 3 680 35 78 79 0 77 2 846 27 67 10 285Conway 5 049 57 14 3 742 42 35 45 0 51 1 307 14 79 8 836Craighead 14 047 62 87 8 035 35 96 261 1 17 6 012 26 91 22 343Crawford 9 551 75 20 3 071 24 18 79 0 62 6 480 51 02 12 701Crittenden 6 663 47 82 6 520 46 79 751 5 39 143 1 03 13 934Cross 3 917 59 04 2 701 40 71 17 0 26 1 216 18 33 6 635Dallas 2 361 52 80 2 035 45 51 76 1 70 326 7 29 4 472Desha 2 696 45 87 2 918 49 64 264 4 49 222 3 78 5 878Drew 3 407 56 10 2 638 43 44 28 0 46 769 12 66 6 073Faulkner 11 595 60 89 7 169 37 65 279 1 47 4 426 23 24 19 043Franklin 4 382 64 04 2 399 35 06 62 0 91 1 983 28 98 6 843Fulton 2 329 55 15 1 864 44 14 30 0 71 465 11 01 4 223Garland 21 213 62 47 11 484 33 82 1 261 3 71 9 729 28 65 33 958Grant 3 167 59 16 2 148 40 13 38 0 71 1 019 19 04 5 353Greene 6 179 56 17 4 730 43 00 91 0 83 1 449 13 17 11 000Hempstead 4 904 59 31 3 327 40 24 37 0 45 1 577 19 07 8 268Hot Spring 5 629 48 75 5 836 50 55 81 0 70 207 1 79 11 546Howard 3 079 63 72 1 746 36 13 7 0 14 1 333 27 59 4 832Independence 7 428 62 36 4 415 37 07 68 0 57 3 013 25 30 11 911Izard 2 726 53 08 2 346 45 68 64 1 25 380 7 40 5 136Jackson 3 901 48 88 4 038 50 60 42 0 53 137 1 72 7 981Jefferson 14 514 44 10 18 082 54 95 313 0 95 3 568 10 84 32 909Johnson 4 720 60 30 3 056 39 04 51 0 65 1 664 21 26 7 827Lafayette 2 290 57 15 1 695 42 30 22 0 55 595 14 85 4 007Lawrence 4 039 60 50 2 594 38 86 43 0 64 1 445 21 64 6 676Lee 2 101 44 54 2 541 53 87 75 1 59 440 9 33 4 717Lincoln 1 860 43 54 2 406 56 32 6 0 14 546 12 78 4 272Little River 3 155 59 58 2 090 39 47 50 0 94 1 065 20 11 5 295Logan 5 663 63 14 3 206 35 75 100 1 11 2 457 27 39 8 969Lonoke 8 425 64 11 4 636 35 28 81 0 62 3 789 28 83 13 142Madison 3 516 61 65 2 133 37 40 54 0 95 1 383 24 25 5 703Marion 3 545 64 17 1 945 35 21 34 0 62 1 600 28 96 5 524Miller 8 302 63 43 4 686 35 80 100 0 76 3 616 27 63 13 088Mississippi 10 180 57 30 7 548 42 49 38 0 21 2 632 14 81 17 766Monroe 2 508 50 45 2 413 48 54 50 1 01 95 1 91 4 971Montgomery 2 221 59 12 1 497 39 85 39 1 04 724 19 27 3 757Nevada 2 352 56 65 1 783 42 94 17 0 41 569 13 70 4 152Newton 2 749 65 88 1 414 33 88 10 0 24 1 335 31 99 4 173Ouachita 6 700 51 19 5 858 44 76 531 4 06 842 6 43 13 089Perry 2 047 58 82 1 404 40 34 29 0 83 643 18 48 3 480Phillips 4 686 43 70 5 946 55 45 91 0 85 1 260 11 75 10 723Pike 2 665 64 72 1 443 35 04 10 0 24 1 222 29 67 4 118Poinsett 5 622 58 64 3 906 40 74 59 0 62 1 716 17 90 9 587Polk 5 181 70 15 2 101 28 45 104 1 41 3 080 41 70 7 386Pope 10 667 67 28 5 082 32 05 106 0 67 5 585 35 23 15 855Prairie 2 407 62 10 1 437 37 07 32 0 83 970 25 03 3 876Pulaski 77 651 58 20 54 237 40 65 1 530 1 15 23 414 17 55 133 418Randolph 3 188 55 61 2 507 43 73 38 0 66 681 11 88 5 733St Francis 5 378 52 10 4 866 47 14 78 0 76 512 4 96 10 322Saline 11 709 60 68 6 977 36 16 611 3 17 4 732 24 52 19 297Scott 3 066 65 11 1 609 34 17 34 0 72 1 457 30 94 4 709Searcy 2 819 67 10 1 313 31 25 69 1 64 1 506 35 85 4 201Sebastian 27 595 74 95 8 688 23 60 534 1 45 18 907 51 35 36 817Sevier 3 302 62 64 1 942 36 84 27 0 51 1 360 25 80 5 271Sharp 4 392 63 38 2 492 35 96 46 0 66 1 900 27 42 6 930Stone 2 325 57 48 1 654 40 89 66 1 63 671 16 59 4 045Union 12 333 65 74 6 208 33 09 218 1 16 6 125 32 65 18 759Van Buren 4 060 60 97 2 529 37 98 70 1 05 1 531 22 99 6 659Washington 24 993 68 10 11 319 30 84 386 1 05 13 674 37 26 36 698White 12 566 64 66 6 603 33 97 266 1 37 5 963 30 68 19 435Woodruff 1 675 44 56 2 055 54 67 29 0 77 380 10 11 3 759Yell 4 051 59 56 2 679 39 39 72 1 06 1 372 20 17 6 802Totals 534 774 60 47 338 646 38 29 10 986 1 24 196 128 22 18 884 406See also EditUnited States presidential elections in Arkansas Presidency of Ronald ReaganReferences Edit 1984 Presidential General Election Results Arkansas Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved 2018 01 26 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 Raines Howell November 7 1984 Reagan Wins By a Landslide Sweeping at Least 48 States G O P Gains Strength in House The New York Times Retrieved November 11 2013 Mondale s Acceptance Speech 1984 AllPolitics Prendergast William B 1999 The Catholic vote in American politics Washington DC Georgetown University Press pp 186 191 193 ISBN 0 87840 724 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas amp oldid 1127701733, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
