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1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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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 11 0
Popular vote 990,212 711,714
Percentage 57.84% 41.57%
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Tennessee 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. Mondale performed better in Tennessee than any other state that was part of the Confederacy.

Reagan carried every population center in the state. He narrowly won the state's two largest counties, typically Democratic Shelby (Memphis) and Davidson (Nashville), and got over 60% of the vote in typically Republican Knox (Knoxville) and Hamilton (Chattanooga) Counties. He also got over 60% in Rutherford County (Murfreesboro), and over 2/3 of the vote in the two largest counties in the Tri-Cities region, Sullivan and Washington. In addition, Reagan performed powerfully throughout rural East Tennessee, surpassing 70% of the vote in eight counties in the region (as well as in the emerging Nashville suburb of Williamson County[1]), and carried most of the rural counties in more typically Democratic Middle and West Tennessee as well.

Campaign

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The Republican presidential nominee won Tennessee in every presidential election since 1968 except for Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter's victory in 1976.[2]

65% of white voters supported Reagan while 34% supported Mondale.[3][4] Despite Reagan's victory in the election, Democratic nominee Al Gore won in the concurrent senatorial election.[2]

Results

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1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 990,212 57.84% 11
Democratic Walter Mondale 711,714 41.57% 0
Independent David Bergland 3,072 0.18% 0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 1,852 0.11% 0
Independent Bob Richards 1,763 0.10% 0
Independent Gus Hall 1,036 0.06% 0
Independent Sonia Johnson 978 0.06% 0
Independent Melvin Mason 715 0.04% 0
Independent Dennis Serrette 524 0.03% 0
Write-Ins 127 0.01% 0
Totals 1,711,993 100.0% 11

Results by county

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County Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Walter Mondale
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Anderson 16,783 61.31% 10,415 38.05% 176 0.64% 6,368 23.26% 27,374
Bedford 4,699 50.55% 4,499 48.40% 98 1.05% 200 2.15% 9,296
Benton 2,481 42.07% 3,398 57.62% 18 0.31% -917 -15.55% 5,897
Bledsoe 1,950 59.34% 1,316 40.05% 20 0.61% 634 19.29% 3,286
Blount 20,525 68.74% 9,188 30.77% 146 0.49% 11,337 37.97% 29,859
Bradley 16,322 72.54% 6,085 27.04% 95 0.42% 10,237 45.50% 22,502
Campbell 5,685 54.43% 4,692 44.93% 67 0.64% 993 9.50% 10,444
Cannon 1,669 46.88% 1,846 51.85% 45 1.26% -177 -4.97% 3,560
Carroll 6,017 56.43% 4,568 42.84% 77 0.72% 1,449 13.59% 10,662
Carter 13,153 73.35% 4,642 25.89% 138 0.77% 8,511 47.46% 17,933
Cheatham 4,109 57.32% 3,007 41.94% 53 0.74% 1,102 15.38% 7,169
Chester 2,793 59.68% 1,854 39.62% 33 0.71% 939 20.06% 4,680
Claiborne 4,474 60.70% 2,870 38.94% 27 0.37% 1,604 21.76% 7,371
Clay 1,338 50.80% 1,281 48.63% 15 0.57% 57 2.17% 2,634
Cocke 6,665 75.50% 2,068 23.43% 95 1.08% 4,597 52.07% 8,828
Coffee 7,695 57.14% 5,691 42.26% 82 0.61% 2,004 14.88% 13,468
Crockett 2,479 55.97% 1,937 43.73% 13 0.29% 542 12.24% 4,429
Cumberland 7,083 65.85% 3,605 33.52% 68 0.63% 3,478 32.33% 10,756
Davidson 98,155 51.99% 89,498 47.40% 1,161 0.61% 8,657 4.59% 188,814
Decatur 2,390 53.82% 2,031 45.73% 20 0.45% 359 8.09% 4,441
DeKalb 2,337 46.65% 2,645 52.79% 28 0.56% -308 -6.14% 5,010
Dickson 5,846 49.52% 5,809 49.21% 150 1.27% 37 0.31% 11,805
Dyer 6,610 62.11% 3,991 37.50% 41 0.39% 2,619 24.61% 10,642
Fayette 3,733 50.44% 3,634 49.10% 34 0.46% 99 1.34% 7,401
Fentress 2,922 62.18% 1,755 37.35% 22 0.47% 1,167 24.83% 4,699
Franklin 5,705 49.09% 5,846 50.31% 70 0.60% -141 -1.22% 11,621
Gibson 9,484 52.71% 8,334 46.32% 174 0.97% 1,150 6.39% 17,992
Giles 3,875 50.07% 3,812 49.26% 52 0.67% 63 0.81% 7,739
Grainger 3,212 66.72% 1,565 32.51% 37 0.77% 1,647 34.21% 4,814
Greene 13,215 73.15% 4,763 26.37% 87 0.48% 8,452 46.78% 18,065
Grundy 1,396 34.77% 2,596 64.66% 23 0.57% -1,200 -29.89% 4,015
Hamblen 11,144 68.97% 4,922 30.46% 92 0.57% 6,222 38.51% 16,158
Hamilton 69,626 62.38% 41,449 37.13% 547 0.49% 28,177 25.25% 111,622
Hancock 1,491 69.87% 619 29.01% 24 1.12% 872 40.86% 2,134
Hardeman 3,712 48.68% 3,797 49.79% 117 1.53% -85 -1.11% 7,626
Hardin 4,632 59.59% 3,051 39.25% 90 1.16% 1,581 20.34% 7,773
Hawkins 9,863 66.67% 4,802 32.46% 128 0.87% 5,061 34.21% 14,793
Haywood 2,839 46.04% 3,308 53.65% 19 0.31% -469 -7.61% 6,166
Henderson 5,362 68.56% 2,426 31.02% 33 0.42% 2,936 37.54% 7,821
Henry 5,376 49.61% 5,407 49.89% 54 0.50% -31 -0.28% 10,837
Hickman 2,370 44.43% 2,941 55.14% 23 0.43% -571 -10.71% 5,334
Houston 882 33.68% 1,716 65.52% 21 0.80% -834 -31.84% 2,619
Humphreys 2,249 37.91% 3,668 61.82% 16 0.27% -1,419 -23.91% 5,933
Jackson 1,544 34.42% 2,894 64.51% 48 1.07% -1,350 -30.09% 4,486
Jefferson 7,721 70.35% 3,185 29.02% 69 0.63% 4,536 41.33% 10,975
Johnson 3,853 79.10% 999 20.51% 19 0.39% 2,854 58.59% 4,871
Knox 76,965 63.61% 43,448 35.91% 574 0.47% 33,517 27.70% 120,987
Lake 878 41.97% 1,191 56.93% 23 1.10% -313 -14.96% 2,092
Lauderdale 3,566 50.23% 3,506 49.39% 27 0.38% 60 0.84% 7,099
Lawrence 6,034 52.18% 5,458 47.20% 71 0.61% 576 4.98% 11,563
Lewis 1,733 52.42% 1,556 47.07% 17 0.51% 177 5.35% 3,306
Lincoln 3,982 49.08% 4,103 50.57% 29 0.36% -121 -1.49% 8,114
Loudon 7,113 68.36% 3,227 31.01% 65 0.62% 3,886 37.35% 10,405
Macon 3,330 65.23% 1,747 34.22% 28 0.55% 1,583 31.01% 5,105
Madison 17,819 59.64% 12,006 40.18% 55 0.18% 5,813 19.46% 29,880
Marion 4,337 52.06% 3,942 47.32% 52 0.62% 395 4.74% 8,331
Marshall 3,416 53.43% 2,935 45.91% 42 0.66% 481 7.52% 6,393
Maury 9,008 56.18% 6,950 43.35% 75 0.47% 2,058 12.83% 16,033
McMinn 9,604 64.83% 5,141 34.71% 68 0.46% 4,463 30.12% 14,813
McNairy 4,776 55.34% 3,825 44.32% 30 0.35% 951 11.02% 8,631
Meigs 1,575 60.53% 1,012 38.89% 15 0.58% 563 21.64% 2,602
Monroe 6,665 60.88% 4,223 38.58% 59 0.54% 2,442 22.30% 10,947
Montgomery 13,228 56.61% 9,939 42.54% 198 0.85% 3,289 14.07% 23,365
Moore 863 51.37% 808 48.10% 9 0.54% 55 3.27% 1,680
Morgan 2,903 57.19% 2,121 41.78% 52 1.02% 782 15.41% 5,076
Obion 6,384 56.74% 4,769 42.38% 99 0.88% 1,615 14.36% 11,252
Overton 2,054 42.53% 2,749 56.92% 27 0.56% -695 -14.39% 4,830
Perry 948 41.82% 1,316 58.05% 3 0.13% -368 -16.23% 2,267
Pickett 1,246 63.67% 706 36.08% 5 0.26% 540 27.59% 1,957
Polk 2,785 56.15% 2,112 42.58% 63 1.27% 673 13.57% 4,960
Putnam 8,999 54.40% 7,443 45.00% 99 0.60% 1,556 9.40% 16,541
Rhea 5,692 66.29% 2,804 32.65% 91 1.06% 2,888 33.64% 8,587
Roane 11,882 63.83% 6,623 35.58% 109 0.59% 5,259 28.25% 18,614
Robertson 5,445 48.34% 5,756 51.11% 62 0.55% -311 -2.77% 11,263
Rutherford 19,503 61.98% 11,618 36.92% 348 1.11% 7,885 25.06% 31,469
Scott 3,107 62.63% 1,810 36.48% 44 0.89% 1,297 26.15% 4,961
Sequatchie 1,785 58.68% 1,238 40.70% 19 0.62% 547 17.98% 3,042
Sevier 12,517 78.03% 3,384 21.10% 140 0.87% 9,133 56.93% 16,041
Shelby 169,717 50.32% 165,947 49.20% 1,638 0.49% 3,770 1.12% 337,302
Smith 2,393 42.05% 3,258 57.25% 40 0.70% -865 -15.20% 5,691
Stewart 1,285 36.82% 2,174 62.29% 31 0.89% -889 -25.47% 3,490
Sullivan 36,516 67.83% 16,925 31.44% 394 0.73% 19,591 36.39% 53,835
Sumner 18,442 61.09% 11,535 38.21% 209 0.69% 6,907 22.88% 30,186
Tipton 5,945 60.21% 3,895 39.45% 34 0.34% 2,050 20.76% 9,874
Trousdale 781 40.36% 1,142 59.02% 12 0.62% -361 -18.66% 1,935
Unicoi 4,249 71.07% 1,696 28.37% 34 0.57% 2,553 42.70% 5,979
Union 2,447 61.51% 1,495 37.58% 36 0.90% 952 23.93% 3,978
Van Buren 718 46.78% 810 52.77% 7 0.46% -92 -5.99% 1,535
Warren 4,811 49.64% 4,813 49.66% 67 0.69% -2 -0.02% 9,691
Washington 21,762 69.38% 9,452 30.13% 154 0.49% 12,310 39.25% 31,368
Wayne 3,332 68.29% 1,534 31.44% 13 0.27% 1,798 36.85% 4,879
Weakley 6,480 57.41% 4,752 42.10% 55 0.49% 1,728 15.31% 11,287
White 2,895 48.59% 3,033 50.91% 30 0.50% -138 -2.32% 5,958
Williamson 17,975 71.91% 6,929 27.72% 93 0.37% 11,046 44.19% 24,997
Wilson 12,858 59.95% 8,433 39.32% 158 0.74% 4,425 20.63% 21,449
Totals 990,212 57.84% 711,714 41.57% 10,067 0.59% 278,498 16.27% 1,711,993

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Plotz, David (July 2, 2004). "Kerry can't win Tennessee, but can Bush lose it?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 202.
  3. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  4. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

Works cited

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