The 1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1984 United States presidential election . Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
South Dakota 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 incumbent Vice President and 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 South Dakota, with over 99.5% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only four candidates appearing on the ballot.[1] counties in South Dakota voted in majority for the Republican candidate. This included the typically more Democratic East River counties such as Brown , and Minnehaha (Sioux Falls ). Reagan did the best in Haakon County , and Mondale did the best in nearby Shannon County , which gave Mondale his third-best percentage nationwide behind the District of Columbia and Alabama ’s Macon County .[2]
South Dakota weighed in for this election as about eight points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Dewey County , Buffalo County , and Clay County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[3]
Reagan carried South Dakota by 26.5%, the strongest performance of any presidential nominee in the state since 1952 . After nearly voting for Carter in 1976 , the state trended much more heavily Republican in both of Reagan's elections; it had been one of only nine to give Reagan over 60% of the vote in the three-way election of 1980 . South Dakota became much more competitive in the drought-influenced 1988 election , but would go on to re-establish itself as a reliably red state in the 21st century. Even so, as of 2020, Reagan's 63.00% vote share in South Dakota has remained unmatched by any subsequent nominee.
Reagan challenging Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall! ," from the Brandenburg Gate in June, 1987. Reagan's firm stance with the Soviet Union was an important contributor to his 1984 reelection. Results edit Results by county edit County[4] Ronald Wilson Reagan Walter Frederick Mondale Dennis L. Serrette Melvin T. Mason Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Aurora 1,029 54.65% 840 44.61% 10 0.53% 4 0.21% 189 10.04% 1,883 Beadle 8,576 70.75% 3,523 29.06% 18 0.15% 5 0.04% 5,053 41.68% 12,122 Bennett 856 65.05% 453 34.42% 4 0.30% 3 0.23% 403 30.62% 1,316 Bon Homme 2,478 63.44% 1,408 36.05% 13 0.33% 7 0.18% 1,070 27.39% 3,906 Brookings 6,679 61.76% 4,089 37.81% 37 0.34% 9 0.08% 2,590 23.95% 10,814 Brown 10,541 60.35% 6,852 39.23% 51 0.29% 21 0.12% 3,689 21.12% 17,465 Brule 1,578 61.74% 961 37.60% 13 0.51% 4 0.16% 617 24.14% 2,556 Buffalo 253 51.21% 236 47.77% 3 0.61% 2 0.40% 17 3.44% 494 Butte 2,865 78.13% 784 21.38% 14 0.38% 4 0.11% 2,081 56.75% 3,667 Campbell 1,035 82.47% 214 17.05% 4 0.32% 2 0.16% 821 65.42% 1,255 Charles Mix 2,660 58.29% 1,879 41.18% 14 0.31% 10 0.22% 781 17.12% 4,563 Clark 1,748 64.31% 960 35.32% 7 0.26% 3 0.11% 788 28.99% 2,718 Clay 3,057 52.63% 2,711 46.68% 29 0.50% 11 0.19% 346 5.96% 5,808 Codington 6,108 63.11% 3,528 36.45% 37 0.38% 5 0.05% 2,580 26.66% 9,678 Corson 955 54.48% 792 45.18% 5 0.29% 1 0.06% 163 9.30% 1,753 Custer 2,183 71.27% 858 28.01% 19 0.62% 3 0.10% 1,325 43.26% 3,063 Davison 4,783 59.43% 3,248 40.36% 14 0.17% 3 0.04% 1,535 19.07% 8,048 Day 2,150 52.43% 1,932 47.11% 14 0.34% 5 0.12% 218 5.32% 4,101 Deuel 1,537 61.73% 941 37.79% 11 0.44% 1 0.04% 596 23.94% 2,490 Dewey 941 54.49% 772 44.70% 8 0.46% 6 0.35% 169 9.79% 1,727 Douglas 1,713 76.00% 536 23.78% 5 0.22% 0 0.00% 1,177 52.22% 2,254 Edmunds 1,553 60.43% 1,007 39.18% 9 0.35% 1 0.04% 546 21.25% 2,570 Fall River 2,748 70.37% 1,135 29.07% 16 0.41% 6 0.15% 1,613 41.31% 3,905 Faulk 1,124 65.89% 579 33.94% 3 0.18% 0 0.00% 545 31.95% 1,706 Grant 2,738 62.80% 1,606 36.83% 13 0.30% 3 0.07% 1,132 25.96% 4,360 Gregory 1,777 69.17% 780 30.36% 12 0.47% 0 0.00% 997 38.81% 2,569 Haakon 1,168 82.84% 237 16.81% 4 0.28% 1 0.07% 931 66.03% 1,410 Hamlin 1,782 64.54% 963 34.88% 10 0.36% 6 0.22% 819 29.66% 2,761 Hand 2,030 70.34% 846 29.31% 8 0.28% 2 0.07% 1,184 41.03% 2,886 Hanson 898 58.69% 625 40.85% 6 0.39% 1 0.07% 273 17.84% 1,530 Harding 723 79.28% 186 20.39% 2 0.22% 1 0.11% 537 58.88% 912 Hughes 4,985 70.32% 2,072 29.23% 29 0.41% 3 0.04% 2,913 41.09% 7,089 Hutchinson 3,372 72.92% 1,237 26.75% 8 0.17% 7 0.15% 2,135 46.17% 4,624 Hyde 797 69.43% 350 30.49% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 447 38.94% 1,148 Jackson 903 70.82% 365 28.63% 6 0.47% 1 0.08% 538 42.20% 1,275 Jerauld 1,012 64.79% 542 34.70% 6 0.38% 2 0.13% 470 30.09% 1,562 Jones 689 76.64% 206 22.91% 3 0.33% 1 0.11% 483 53.73% 899 Kingsbury 2,121 62.70% 1,249 36.92% 12 0.35% 1 0.03% 872 25.78% 3,383 Lake 3,027 55.92% 2,367 43.73% 15 0.28% 4 0.07% 660 12.19% 5,413 Lawrence 5,949 69.42% 2,565 29.93% 39 0.46% 16 0.19% 3,384 39.49% 8,569 Lincoln 3,988 60.10% 2,626 39.57% 19 0.29% 3 0.05% 1,362 20.52% 6,636 Lyman 1,120 69.78% 478 29.78% 6 0.37% 1 0.06% 642 40.00% 1,605 Marshall 1,529 57.72% 1,111 41.94% 5 0.19% 4 0.15% 418 15.78% 2,649 McCook 1,902 62.12% 1,148 37.49% 8 0.26% 4 0.13% 754 24.62% 3,062 McPherson 1,813 81.08% 418 18.69% 5 0.22% 0 0.00% 1,395 62.39% 2,236 Meade 5,908 73.47% 2,093 26.03% 31 0.39% 9 0.11% 3,815 47.44% 8,041 Mellette 616 66.45% 303 32.69% 6 0.65% 2 0.22% 313 33.76% 927 Miner 1,004 50.78% 960 48.56% 8 0.40% 5 0.25% 44 2.23% 1,977 Minnehaha 29,908 56.25% 23,042 43.34% 177 0.33% 44 0.08% 6,866 12.91% 53,171 Moody 1,633 50.59% 1,586 49.13% 7 0.22% 2 0.06% 47 1.46% 3,228 Pennington 21,947 72.22% 8,224 27.06% 186 0.61% 32 0.11% 13,723 45.16% 30,389 Perkins 1,686 69.93% 714 29.61% 11 0.46% 0 0.00% 972 40.32% 2,411 Potter 1,551 76.22% 482 23.69% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 1,069 52.53% 2,035 Roberts 2,767 57.17% 2,063 42.62% 7 0.14% 3 0.06% 704 14.55% 4,840 Sanborn 1,080 63.72% 611 36.05% 2 0.12% 2 0.12% 469 27.67% 1,695 Shannon 324 17.71% 1,489 81.41% 7 0.38% 9 0.49% -1,165 -63.70% 1,829 Spink 2,627 60.75% 1,680 38.85% 12 0.28% 5 0.12% 947 21.90% 4,324 Stanley 942 72.52% 351 27.02% 6 0.46% 0 0.00% 591 45.50% 1,299 Sully 836 75.52% 266 24.03% 4 0.36% 1 0.09% 570 51.49% 1,107 Todd 679 39.61% 1,022 59.63% 7 0.41% 6 0.35% -343 -20.01% 1,714 Tripp 2,483 72.18% 935 27.18% 14 0.41% 8 0.23% 1,548 45.00% 3,440 Turner 3,086 67.20% 1,486 32.36% 14 0.30% 6 0.13% 1,600 34.84% 4,592 Union 2,431 51.98% 2,221 47.49% 20 0.43% 5 0.11% 210 4.49% 4,677 Walworth 2,396 75.02% 779 24.39% 15 0.47% 4 0.13% 1,617 50.63% 3,194 Yankton 5,161 63.36% 2,932 36.00% 37 0.45% 15 0.18% 2,229 27.37% 8,145 Ziebach 429 54.17% 359 45.33% 2 0.25% 2 0.25% 70 8.84% 792 Totals 200,267 63.00% 116,113 36.53% 1,150 0.36% 337 0.11% 84,154 26.47% 317,867
See also edit References edit ^ "1984 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2013 . ^ "1984 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2013 . ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 ^ Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 06, 1984
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Main article 1984 United States presidential election The 1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6 1984 All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1984 United States presidential election Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College which selected the president and vice president of the United States 1984 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1980 November 6 1984 1988 Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter MondaleParty Republican DemocraticHome state California MinnesotaRunning mate George H W Bush Geraldine FerraroElectoral vote 3 0Popular vote 200 267 116 113Percentage 63 00 36 53 County Results Reagan 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Mondale 50 60 80 90 President before electionRonald ReaganRepublican Elected President Ronald ReaganRepublicanSouth Dakota 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 incumbent Vice President and 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 South Dakota with over 99 5 of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties and only four candidates appearing on the ballot 1 All but two counties in South Dakota voted in majority for the Republican candidate This included the typically more Democratic East River counties such as Brown and Minnehaha Sioux Falls Reagan did the best in Haakon County and Mondale did the best in nearby Shannon County which gave Mondale his third best percentage nationwide behind the District of Columbia and Alabama s Macon County 2 South Dakota weighed in for this election as about eight points more Republican than the national average As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last election in which Dewey County Buffalo County and Clay County voted for a Republican presidential candidate 3 Reagan carried South Dakota by 26 5 the strongest performance of any presidential nominee in the state since 1952 After nearly voting for Carter in 1976 the state trended much more heavily Republican in both of Reagan s elections it had been one of only nine to give Reagan over 60 of the vote in the three way election of 1980 South Dakota became much more competitive in the drought influenced 1988 election but would go on to re establish itself as a reliably red state in the 21st century Even so as of 2020 Reagan s 63 00 vote share in South Dakota has remained unmatched by any subsequent nominee Reagan challenging Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall from the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987 Reagan s firm stance with the Soviet Union was an important contributor to his 1984 reelection Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit1984 United States presidential election in South DakotaParty Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Ronald Reagan incumbent 200 267 63 00 3Democratic Walter Mondale 116 113 36 53 0Independent Dennis Serrette 1 150 0 36 0Independent Melvin Mason 337 0 11 0Totals 317 867 100 0 3Results by county edit County 4 Ronald Wilson ReaganRepublican Walter Frederick MondaleDemocratic Dennis L SerretteIndependent Melvin T MasonIndependent Margin Total votes cast Aurora 1 029 54 65 840 44 61 10 0 53 4 0 21 189 10 04 1 883Beadle 8 576 70 75 3 523 29 06 18 0 15 5 0 04 5 053 41 68 12 122Bennett 856 65 05 453 34 42 4 0 30 3 0 23 403 30 62 1 316Bon Homme 2 478 63 44 1 408 36 05 13 0 33 7 0 18 1 070 27 39 3 906Brookings 6 679 61 76 4 089 37 81 37 0 34 9 0 08 2 590 23 95 10 814Brown 10 541 60 35 6 852 39 23 51 0 29 21 0 12 3 689 21 12 17 465Brule 1 578 61 74 961 37 60 13 0 51 4 0 16 617 24 14 2 556Buffalo 253 51 21 236 47 77 3 0 61 2 0 40 17 3 44 494Butte 2 865 78 13 784 21 38 14 0 38 4 0 11 2 081 56 75 3 667Campbell 1 035 82 47 214 17 05 4 0 32 2 0 16 821 65 42 1 255Charles Mix 2 660 58 29 1 879 41 18 14 0 31 10 0 22 781 17 12 4 563Clark 1 748 64 31 960 35 32 7 0 26 3 0 11 788 28 99 2 718Clay 3 057 52 63 2 711 46 68 29 0 50 11 0 19 346 5 96 5 808Codington 6 108 63 11 3 528 36 45 37 0 38 5 0 05 2 580 26 66 9 678Corson 955 54 48 792 45 18 5 0 29 1 0 06 163 9 30 1 753Custer 2 183 71 27 858 28 01 19 0 62 3 0 10 1 325 43 26 3 063Davison 4 783 59 43 3 248 40 36 14 0 17 3 0 04 1 535 19 07 8 048Day 2 150 52 43 1 932 47 11 14 0 34 5 0 12 218 5 32 4 101Deuel 1 537 61 73 941 37 79 11 0 44 1 0 04 596 23 94 2 490Dewey 941 54 49 772 44 70 8 0 46 6 0 35 169 9 79 1 727Douglas 1 713 76 00 536 23 78 5 0 22 0 0 00 1 177 52 22 2 254Edmunds 1 553 60 43 1 007 39 18 9 0 35 1 0 04 546 21 25 2 570Fall River 2 748 70 37 1 135 29 07 16 0 41 6 0 15 1 613 41 31 3 905Faulk 1 124 65 89 579 33 94 3 0 18 0 0 00 545 31 95 1 706Grant 2 738 62 80 1 606 36 83 13 0 30 3 0 07 1 132 25 96 4 360Gregory 1 777 69 17 780 30 36 12 0 47 0 0 00 997 38 81 2 569Haakon 1 168 82 84 237 16 81 4 0 28 1 0 07 931 66 03 1 410Hamlin 1 782 64 54 963 34 88 10 0 36 6 0 22 819 29 66 2 761Hand 2 030 70 34 846 29 31 8 0 28 2 0 07 1 184 41 03 2 886Hanson 898 58 69 625 40 85 6 0 39 1 0 07 273 17 84 1 530Harding 723 79 28 186 20 39 2 0 22 1 0 11 537 58 88 912Hughes 4 985 70 32 2 072 29 23 29 0 41 3 0 04 2 913 41 09 7 089Hutchinson 3 372 72 92 1 237 26 75 8 0 17 7 0 15 2 135 46 17 4 624Hyde 797 69 43 350 30 49 1 0 09 0 0 00 447 38 94 1 148Jackson 903 70 82 365 28 63 6 0 47 1 0 08 538 42 20 1 275Jerauld 1 012 64 79 542 34 70 6 0 38 2 0 13 470 30 09 1 562Jones 689 76 64 206 22 91 3 0 33 1 0 11 483 53 73 899Kingsbury 2 121 62 70 1 249 36 92 12 0 35 1 0 03 872 25 78 3 383Lake 3 027 55 92 2 367 43 73 15 0 28 4 0 07 660 12 19 5 413Lawrence 5 949 69 42 2 565 29 93 39 0 46 16 0 19 3 384 39 49 8 569Lincoln 3 988 60 10 2 626 39 57 19 0 29 3 0 05 1 362 20 52 6 636Lyman 1 120 69 78 478 29 78 6 0 37 1 0 06 642 40 00 1 605Marshall 1 529 57 72 1 111 41 94 5 0 19 4 0 15 418 15 78 2 649McCook 1 902 62 12 1 148 37 49 8 0 26 4 0 13 754 24 62 3 062McPherson 1 813 81 08 418 18 69 5 0 22 0 0 00 1 395 62 39 2 236Meade 5 908 73 47 2 093 26 03 31 0 39 9 0 11 3 815 47 44 8 041Mellette 616 66 45 303 32 69 6 0 65 2 0 22 313 33 76 927Miner 1 004 50 78 960 48 56 8 0 40 5 0 25 44 2 23 1 977Minnehaha 29 908 56 25 23 042 43 34 177 0 33 44 0 08 6 866 12 91 53 171Moody 1 633 50 59 1 586 49 13 7 0 22 2 0 06 47 1 46 3 228Pennington 21 947 72 22 8 224 27 06 186 0 61 32 0 11 13 723 45 16 30 389Perkins 1 686 69 93 714 29 61 11 0 46 0 0 00 972 40 32 2 411Potter 1 551 76 22 482 23 69 2 0 10 0 0 00 1 069 52 53 2 035Roberts 2 767 57 17 2 063 42 62 7 0 14 3 0 06 704 14 55 4 840Sanborn 1 080 63 72 611 36 05 2 0 12 2 0 12 469 27 67 1 695Shannon 324 17 71 1 489 81 41 7 0 38 9 0 49 1 165 63 70 1 829Spink 2 627 60 75 1 680 38 85 12 0 28 5 0 12 947 21 90 4 324Stanley 942 72 52 351 27 02 6 0 46 0 0 00 591 45 50 1 299Sully 836 75 52 266 24 03 4 0 36 1 0 09 570 51 49 1 107Todd 679 39 61 1 022 59 63 7 0 41 6 0 35 343 20 01 1 714Tripp 2 483 72 18 935 27 18 14 0 41 8 0 23 1 548 45 00 3 440Turner 3 086 67 20 1 486 32 36 14 0 30 6 0 13 1 600 34 84 4 592Union 2 431 51 98 2 221 47 49 20 0 43 5 0 11 210 4 49 4 677Walworth 2 396 75 02 779 24 39 15 0 47 4 0 13 1 617 50 63 3 194Yankton 5 161 63 36 2 932 36 00 37 0 45 15 0 18 2 229 27 37 8 145Ziebach 429 54 17 359 45 33 2 0 25 2 0 25 70 8 84 792Totals 200 267 63 00 116 113 36 53 1 150 0 36 337 0 11 84 154 26 47 317 867See also editPresidency of Ronald Reagan United States presidential elections in South DakotaReferences edit 1984 Presidential General Election Results South Dakota Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved November 11 2013 1984 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved November 11 2013 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 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