1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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The 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and DC, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
South Carolina 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. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Bamberg County voted for a Republican candidate.[1]
Campaign
[edit]82% of white voters supported Reagan while 17% supported Mondale.[2][3]
Results
[edit]| 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 615,539 | 63.55% | 8 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 344,470 | 35.57% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 4,360 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| American Party | Delmar Dennis | 3,490 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| United Citizens Party | Dennis Serrette | 681 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Totals | 968,540 | 100.0% | 8 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County[4] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Walter Mondale Democratic |
David Bergland Libertarian |
Delmar Dennis American |
Dennis Serrette United Citizens |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 3,798 | 55.24% | 3,051 | 44.38% | 18 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 747 | 10.86% | 6,875 |
| Aiken | 25,872 | 71.60% | 9,892 | 27.38% | 320 | 0.89% | 31 | 0.09% | 18 | 0.05% | 15,980 | 44.22% | 36,133 |
| Allendale | 1,570 | 41.66% | 2,170 | 57.57% | 20 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.05% | -600 | -15.91% | 3,769 |
| Anderson | 24,123 | 69.54% | 10,324 | 29.76% | 139 | 0.40% | 92 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.04% | 13,799 | 39.78% | 34,691 |
| Bamberg | 2,908 | 49.87% | 2,892 | 49.60% | 17 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.27% | 5,831 |
| Barnwell | 4,346 | 60.45% | 2,811 | 39.10% | 21 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,535 | 21.35% | 7,189 |
| Beaufort | 13,668 | 64.72% | 7,347 | 34.79% | 71 | 0.34% | 17 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.07% | 6,321 | 29.93% | 21,118 |
| Berkeley | 16,972 | 69.24% | 7,380 | 30.11% | 76 | 0.31% | 65 | 0.27% | 18 | 0.07% | 9,592 | 39.13% | 24,511 |
| Calhoun | 2,742 | 53.83% | 2,315 | 45.45% | 17 | 0.33% | 9 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.22% | 427 | 8.38% | 5,094 |
| Charleston | 53,779 | 63.83% | 29,481 | 34.99% | 323 | 0.38% | 477 | 0.57% | 200 | 0.24% | 24,298 | 28.84% | 84,260 |
| Cherokee | 8,655 | 67.57% | 4,101 | 32.02% | 36 | 0.28% | 10 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.05% | 4,554 | 35.55% | 12,809 |
| Chester | 4,441 | 55.20% | 3,559 | 44.24% | 27 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.07% | 882 | 10.96% | 8,045 |
| Chesterfield | 5,451 | 54.15% | 4,593 | 45.62% | 18 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 858 | 8.53% | 10,067 |
| Clarendon | 5,102 | 47.48% | 5,591 | 52.03% | 31 | 0.29% | 20 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.02% | -489 | -4.55% | 10,746 |
| Colleton | 6,200 | 55.63% | 4,910 | 44.06% | 21 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.05% | 1,290 | 11.57% | 11,145 |
| Darlington | 11,100 | 58.70% | 7,456 | 39.43% | 194 | 1.03% | 131 | 0.69% | 29 | 0.15% | 3,644 | 19.27% | 18,910 |
| Dillon | 4,646 | 57.71% | 3,360 | 41.74% | 24 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.07% | 1,286 | 15.97% | 8,050 |
| Dorchester | 15,289 | 68.26% | 7,037 | 31.42% | 55 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.03% | 8,252 | 36.84% | 22,399 |
| Edgefield | 3,224 | 49.77% | 3,227 | 49.81% | 13 | 0.20% | 11 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.05% | -3 | -0.04% | 6,478 |
| Fairfield | 3,147 | 43.19% | 4,117 | 56.50% | 14 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.04% | -970 | -13.31% | 7,287 |
| Florence | 22,753 | 60.51% | 14,639 | 38.93% | 124 | 0.33% | 61 | 0.16% | 23 | 0.06% | 8,114 | 21.58% | 37,600 |
| Georgetown | 7,370 | 53.29% | 6,392 | 46.22% | 40 | 0.29% | 21 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.05% | 978 | 7.07% | 13,830 |
| Greenville | 66,766 | 73.07% | 24,137 | 26.42% | 337 | 0.37% | 99 | 0.11% | 30 | 0.03% | 42,629 | 46.65% | 91,369 |
| Greenwood | 10,887 | 62.91% | 6,339 | 36.63% | 63 | 0.36% | 14 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.02% | 4,548 | 26.28% | 17,307 |
| Hampton | 3,464 | 47.92% | 3,736 | 51.69% | 16 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -272 | -3.77% | 7,228 |
| Horry | 20,396 | 69.23% | 8,940 | 30.34% | 85 | 0.29% | 33 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.03% | 11,456 | 38.89% | 29,463 |
| Jasper | 3,102 | 45.09% | 3,753 | 54.56% | 11 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.04% | -651 | -9.47% | 6,879 |
| Kershaw | 8,822 | 66.70% | 4,323 | 32.69% | 60 | 0.45% | 17 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.03% | 4,499 | 34.01% | 13,226 |
| Lancaster | 10,383 | 63.92% | 5,804 | 35.73% | 37 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.02% | 4,579 | 28.19% | 16,244 |
| Laurens | 9,729 | 64.49% | 5,312 | 35.21% | 25 | 0.17% | 15 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,417 | 29.28% | 15,086 |
| Lee | 3,548 | 47.31% | 3,912 | 52.16% | 23 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.03% | -364 | -4.85% | 7,500 |
| Lexington | 38,628 | 80.95% | 8,828 | 18.50% | 225 | 0.47% | 28 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.03% | 29,800 | 62.45% | 47,721 |
| McCormick | 1,186 | 43.51% | 1,526 | 55.98% | 19 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -340 | -12.47% | 2,726 |
| Marion | 4,698 | 48.07% | 5,043 | 51.60% | 19 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.05% | -345 | -3.53% | 9,773 |
| Marlboro | 3,951 | 47.70% | 4,294 | 51.84% | 6 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.15% | -343 | -4.14% | 8,283 |
| Newberry | 7,176 | 65.19% | 3,790 | 34.43% | 29 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,386 | 30.76% | 11,008 |
| Oconee | 8,625 | 71.61% | 3,333 | 27.67% | 70 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.04% | 5,292 | 43.94% | 12,044 |
| Orangeburg | 14,286 | 48.20% | 15,121 | 51.02% | 55 | 0.19% | 156 | 0.53% | 18 | 0.06% | -835 | -2.82% | 29,636 |
| Pickens | 15,155 | 76.68% | 4,481 | 22.67% | 100 | 0.51% | 20 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.04% | 10,674 | 54.01% | 19,764 |
| Richland | 46,773 | 57.44% | 32,212 | 39.56% | 766 | 0.94% | 1,591 | 1.95% | 87 | 0.11% | 14,561 | 17.88% | 81,429 |
| Saluda | 3,515 | 63.90% | 1,962 | 35.67% | 18 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,553 | 28.23% | 5,501 |
| Spartanburg | 41,553 | 66.41% | 20,130 | 32.17% | 555 | 0.89% | 285 | 0.46% | 52 | 0.08% | 21,423 | 34.24% | 62,575 |
| Sumter | 12,909 | 57.14% | 9,566 | 42.35% | 61 | 0.27% | 38 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.07% | 3,343 | 14.79% | 22,590 |
| Union | 6,331 | 58.64% | 4,424 | 40.98% | 34 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,907 | 17.66% | 10,796 |
| Williamsburg | 6,492 | 45.95% | 7,586 | 53.69% | 29 | 0.21% | 15 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.04% | -1,094 | -7.74% | 14,128 |
| York | 20,008 | 67.99% | 9,273 | 31.51% | 98 | 0.33% | 45 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.01% | 10,735 | 36.48% | 29,427 |
| Totals | 615,539 | 63.55% | 344,470 | 35.57% | 4,360 | 0.45% | 3,490 | 0.36% | 681 | 0.07% | 271,069 | 27.98% | 968,540 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Abbeville
- Anderson
- Bamberg
- Barnwell
- Calhoun
- Cherokee
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Colleton
- Darlington
- Dillon
- Georgetown
- Greenwood
- Lancaster
- Laurens
- Oconee
- Saluda
- Union
- York
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ "SC US President, November 06, 1984". Our Campaigns.
Works cited
[edit]- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
