1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana

Main article: 1984 United States presidential election

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.

1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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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 Reagan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Mondale   40–50%   50–60%

President before election Ronald Reagan Republican Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

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^[a]	0.11%	0
	America First	Bob Richards	1,310^[a]	0.08%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	Melvin Mason	1,164^[a]	0.07%	0
	New Alliance Party	Dennis Serrette	533^[a]	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
Totals	1,037,299	60.77%	651,586	38.18%	9,502	0.56%	3,552	0.21%	385,713	22.60%	1,706,822

See also

• United States presidential elections in Louisiana
• Presidency of Ronald Reagan

Notes

1. 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. "LA 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.