1984 United States presidential election in Oregon
The 1984 United States presidential election in Oregon 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 seven electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Oregon 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 Oregon, with the Democratic or Republican parties the only parties appearing on the ballot.[1] The vast majority of counties turned out for Reagan, including the eastern interior and southwestern Rogue Valley . The only exceptions were Lane County in the central west, which had voted Republican in 1980, and three counties along the lower Columbia River , including Portland 's highly populated Multnomah County , which has been a Democratic stronghold since last voting for Republican Richard Nixon in 1960.[2]
Results
Results by county
County
Ronald Reagan Republican
Walter Mondale Democratic
Various candidates Write-ins
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Baker
5,204
66.62%
2,591
33.17%
17
0.22%
2,613
33.45%
7,812
Benton
17,836
52.36%
16,073
47.19%
153
0.45%
1,763
5.17%
34,062
Clackamas
68,630
59.08%
47,254
40.68%
289
0.25%
21,376
18.40%
116,173
Clatsop
7,522
49.86%
7,525
49.88%
38
0.25%
-3
-0.02%
15,085
Columbia
7,811
48.50%
8,219
51.03%
75
0.47%
-408
-2.53%
16,105
Coos
13,637
49.88%
13,582
49.68%
120
0.44%
55
0.20%
27,339
Crook
3,773
62.22%
2,268
37.40%
23
0.38%
1,505
24.82%
6,064
Curry
5,363
60.84%
3,423
38.83%
29
0.33%
1,940
22.01%
8,815
Deschutes
19,323
62.20%
11,671
37.57%
72
0.23%
7,652
24.63%
31,066
Douglas
25,243
63.11%
14,609
36.53%
144
0.36%
10,634
26.58%
39,996
Gilliam
700
65.24%
369
34.39%
4
0.37%
331
30.85%
1,073
Grant
2,695
66.69%
1,344
33.26%
2
0.05%
1,351
33.43%
4,041
Harney
2,197
62.56%
1,290
36.73%
25
0.71%
907
25.83%
3,512
Hood River
4,531
59.85%
3,022
39.92%
18
0.24%
1,509
19.93%
7,571
Jackson
37,895
61.76%
23,230
37.86%
234
0.38%
14,665
23.90%
61,359
Jefferson
3,283
62.94%
1,920
36.81%
13
0.25%
1,363
26.13%
5,216
Josephine
19,470
69.38%
8,539
30.43%
53
0.19%
10,931
38.95%
28,062
Klamath
17,686
69.81%
7,575
29.90%
74
0.29%
10,111
39.91%
25,335
Lake
2,466
67.51%
1,184
32.41%
3
0.08%
1,282
35.10%
3,653
Lane
61,493
48.86%
63,999
50.85%
360
0.29%
-2,506
-1.99%
125,852
Lincoln
9,110
51.17%
8,637
48.51%
57
0.32%
473
2.66%
17,804
Linn
23,463
59.10%
16,161
40.71%
75
0.19%
7,302
18.39%
39,699
Malheur
8,441
76.24%
2,611
23.58%
19
0.17%
5,830
52.66%
11,071
Marion
54,535
59.79%
36,440
39.95%
234
0.26%
18,095
19.84%
91,209
Morrow
2,130
62.70%
1,254
36.91%
13
0.38%
876
25.79%
3,397
Multnomah
119,932
45.17%
144,179
54.30%
1,428
0.54%
-24,247
-9.13%
265,539
Polk
12,678
59.15%
8,709
40.64%
45
0.21%
3,969
18.51%
21,432
Sherman
828
67.48%
398
32.44%
1
0.08%
430
35.04%
1,227
Tillamook
5,267
51.10%
4,988
48.39%
53
0.51%
279
2.71%
10,308
Umatilla
14,211
63.12%
8,246
36.63%
57
0.25%
5,965
26.49%
22,514
Union
6,645
61.36%
4,134
38.18%
50
0.46%
2,511
23.18%
10,829
Wallowa
2,619
68.36%
1,204
31.43%
8
0.21%
1,415
36.93%
3,831
Wasco
6,905
55.36%
5,526
44.31%
41
0.33%
1,379
11.05%
12,472
Washington
75,877
62.76%
44,602
36.89%
417
0.34%
31,275
25.87%
120,896
Wheeler
504
66.58%
253
33.42%
251
33.16%
757
Yamhill
15,797
62.31%
9,450
37.28%
104
0.41%
6,347
25.03%
25,351
Totals
685,700
55.91%
536,479
43.74%
4,348
0.35%
149,221
12.17%
1,226,527
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Analysis
Oregon weighed in for this election as 3% more Democratic than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election , it is the last time Oregon has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, and also the last time Lincoln County , Benton County and Hood River County have voted for a Republican presidential nominee. It also marks the last time any presidential candidate won Oregon while carrying the majority of its counties. Lane County among a handful of counties nationwide that flipped against Reagan after voting for him in 1980.[a] [2]
See also
Notes
^ Along with Keweenaw County, Michigan , Marin County, California , Santa Cruz County, California , Tompkins County, New York , Arlington County, Virginia , and Alexandria, Virginia
References