1984 United States presidential election in Maine
County Results
Congressional District Results
Municipality Results
Reagan
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90-100%
Mondale
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Tie
The 1984 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1984 United States presidential election . Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Maine 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 Maine, with more than 99% of the electorate voting either Democratic or Republican , and only four parties appearing on the ballot.[1] Every county in Maine voted for Reagan by a double-digit margin, a strong performance in a historically Republican-leaning state that had trended Democratic since the 1960s. Reagan became the first Republican to win industrialized, Catholic French-Canadian Androscoggin County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 .[2]
Even amidst a national Republican landslide, Maine weighed in as almost 4% more Republican than the national average. This election marked something of a high water mark for Republicans in Maine; no candidate of either party has since come close to Reagan's vote share or margin, and the state at-large has subsequently only voted Republican once more (in the following election of 1988 ).
Results [ edit ]
Results by congressional district [ edit ]
Reagan won both of Maine's congressional districts.[3]
District
Reagan #
Reagan %
Mondale #
Mondale %
Hall #
Hall %
Total votes cast
Representative
1st
175,472
59.69%
117,450
39.95%
685
0.23%
293,979
John McKernan Jr.
2nd
161,028
62.16%
97,065
37.47%
607
0.23%
259,063
Olympia Snowe
Results by county [ edit ]
County
Ronald Reagan[4] Republican
Walter Mondale[4] Democratic
Gus Hall[4] Communist
Various candidates[4] Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Androscoggin
26,904
57.24%
19,885
42.31%
101
0.21%
110
0.23%
7,019
14.93%
47,000
Aroostook
21,837
63.59%
12,348
35.96%
95
0.28%
58
0.17%
9,489
27.63%
34,338
Cumberland
65,842
56.75%
49,894
43.00%
190
0.16%
100
0.09%
15,948
13.75%
116,026
Franklin
8,330
62.40%
4,954
37.11%
40
0.30%
25
0.19%
3,376
25.29%
13,349
Hancock
14,660
65.12%
7,764
34.49%
53
0.24%
34
0.15%
6,896
30.63%
22,511
Kennebec
31,753
59.70%
21,183
39.82%
173
0.33%
82
0.15%
10,570
19.88%
53,191
Knox
11,311
65.00%
6,024
34.62%
47
0.27%
19
0.11%
5,287
30.38%
17,401
Lincoln
10,312
67.68%
4,869
31.96%
29
0.19%
26
0.17%
5,443
35.72%
15,236
Oxford
15,408
64.34%
8,430
35.20%
67
0.28%
43
0.18%
6,978
29.14%
23,948
Penobscot
40,403
62.11%
24,445
37.58%
112
0.17%
94
0.14%
15,958
24.53%
65,054
Piscataquis
5,427
63.98%
3,016
35.56%
24
0.28%
15
0.18%
2,411
28.42%
8,482
Sagadahoc
9,222
63.51%
5,208
35.87%
64
0.44%
26
0.18%
4,014
27.64%
14,520
Somerset
13,010
62.64%
7,657
36.86%
66
0.32%
38
0.18%
5,353
25.78%
20,771
Waldo
8,814
62.22%
5,289
37.34%
40
0.28%
23
0.16%
3,525
24.88%
14,166
Washington
9,713
64.41%
5,308
35.20%
31
0.21%
29
0.19%
4,405
29.21%
15,081
York
43,554
60.43%
28,241
39.19%
160
0.22%
115
0.16%
15,313
21.24%
72,070
Totals
336,500
60.83%
214,515
38.78%
1,292
0.23%
837
0.15%
121,985
22.05%
553,144
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Elections and referendums in Maine
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