1984 United States presidential election in Oklahoma explained

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The 1984 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 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 eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Oklahoma 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. Reagan won all but three counties, and lost the three he did lose by a combined aggregate of only 381 votes.

Nearly every county in Oklahoma voted in majority for the Republican candidate, a particularly strong turnout even in this typically archconservative state. This trend included Oklahoma City's Oklahoma County. Reagan did best in Texas County, and Mondale did best in Hughes County. The former Democratic stronghold in the Southeastern part of the state is evident in this election as only marginally Republican. Oklahoma weighed in for this election as 10% more Republican than the national average. Reagan's 68.61% of the vote has not been matched in the state since this election.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	861,530	68.61%	8
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	385,080	30.67%	0
	Libertarian	David Bergland	9,066	0.72%	0
Totals			1,255,676	100.0%	8
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered Voters)			52%/64%

Results by county

County	Ronald Reagan Republican		Walter Mondale Democratic		David Bergland Libertarian		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adair		4,423		65.57%		2,266		33.60%		56		0.83%		2,157		31.97%		6,745
	Alfalfa		2,715		75.25%		866		24.00%		27		0.75%		1,849		51.25%		3,608
	Atoka		2,361		53.13%		2,047		46.06%		36		0.81%		314		7.07%		4,444
	Beaver		2,689		82.69%		536		16.48%		27		0.83%		2,153		66.21%		3,252
	Beckham		5,005		65.39%		2,601		33.98%		48		0.63%		2,404		31.41%		7,654
	Blaine		4,037		72.69%		1,484		26.72%		33		0.59%		2,553		45.97%		5,554
	Bryan		6,246		53.07%		5,475		46.52%		48		0.41%		771		6.55%		11,769
	Caddo		6,811		60.06%		4,463		39.35%		67		0.59%		2,348		20.71%		11,341
	Canadian		20,929		79.52%		5,245		19.93%		146		0.55%		15,684		59.59%		26,320
	Carter		11,578		64.96%		6,161		34.57%		83		0.47%		5,417		30.39%		17,822
	Cherokee		7,614		58.50%		5,307		40.78%		94		0.72%		2,307		17.72%		13,015
	Choctaw		3,155		52.70%		2,801		46.78%		31		0.52%		354		5.92%		5,987
	Cimarron		1,420		79.15%		359		20.01%		15		0.84%		1,061		59.14%		1,794
	Cleveland		42,806		71.70%		16,512		27.66%		387		0.65%		26,294		44.04%		59,705
	Coal		1,259		49.10%		1,284		50.08%		21		0.82%		-25		-0.98%		2,564
	Comanche		21,382		70.35%		8,890		29.25%		122		0.40%		12,492		41.10%		30,394
	Cotton		1,796		58.31%		1,264		41.04%		20		0.65%		532		17.27%		3,080
	Craig		3,629		58.63%		2,515		40.63%		46		0.74%		1,114		18.00%		6,190
	Creek		15,011		66.34%		7,465		32.99%		152		0.67%		7,546		33.35%		22,628
	Custer		8,191		74.87%		2,700		24.68%		49		0.45%		5,491		50.19%		10,940
	Delaware		6,690		63.46%		3,789		35.94%		63		0.60%		2,901		27.52%		10,542
	Dewey		2,098		75.55%		664		23.91%		15		0.54%		1,434		51.64%		2,777
	Ellis		1,881		76.46%		562		22.85%		17		0.69%		1,319		53.61%		2,460
	Garfield		19,642		76.92%		5,730		22.44%		162		0.63%		13,912		54.48%		25,534
	Garvin		7,505		63.54%		4,215		35.69%		91		0.77%		3,290		27.85%		11,811
	Grady		11,042		69.19%		4,846		30.36%		72		0.45%		6,196		38.83%		15,960
	Grant		2,470		74.31%		825		24.82%		29		0.87%		1,645		49.49%		3,324
	Greer		1,664		57.36%		1,220		42.05%		17		0.59%		444		15.31%		2,901
	Harmon		1,009		55.90%		785		43.49%		11		0.61%		224		12.41%		1,805
	Harper		1,748		81.45%		373		17.38%		25		1.16%		1,375		64.07%		2,146
	Haskell		2,417		48.52%		2,535		50.89%		29		0.58%		-118		-2.37%		4,981
	Hughes		2,663		47.57%		2,901		51.82%		34		0.61%		-238		-4.25%		5,598
	Jackson		5,773		65.64%		2,996		34.06%		26		0.30%		2,777		31.58%		8,795
	Jefferson		1,656		52.09%		1,496		47.06%		27		0.85%		160		5.03%		3,179
	Johnston		2,195		54.36%		1,820		45.07%		23		0.57%		375		9.29%		4,038
	Kay		16,731		73.03%		6,044		26.38%		136		0.59%		10,687		46.65%		22,911
	Kingfisher		5,528		82.68%		1,125		16.83%		33		0.49%		4,403		65.85%		6,686
	Kiowa		2,951		59.08%		2,016		40.36%		28		0.56%		935		18.72%		4,995
	Latimer		2,210		53.90%		1,858		45.32%		32		0.78%		352		8.58%		4,100
	LeFlore		8,604		58.54%		5,990		40.75%		104		0.71%		2,614		17.79%		14,698
	Lincoln		8,088		72.29%		3,020		26.99%		81		0.72%		5,068		45.30%		11,189
	Logan		8,356		69.76%		3,551		29.65%		71		0.59%		4,805		40.11%		11,978
	Love		1,833		57.12%		1,359		42.35%		17		0.53%		474		14.77%		3,209
	McClain		6,056		69.83%		2,549		29.39%		67		0.77%		3,507		40.44%		8,672
	McCurtain		6,381		61.26%		3,994		38.34%		41		0.39%		2,387		22.92%		10,416
	McIntosh		3,646		50.89%		3,479		48.56%		40		0.56%		167		2.33%		7,165
	Major		3,385		83.89%		619		15.34%		31		0.77%		2,766		68.55%		4,035
	Marshall		2,488		54.56%		2,039		44.71%		33		0.72%		449		9.85%		4,560
	Mayes		8,585		62.04%		5,154		37.25%		99		0.72%		3,431		24.79%		13,838
	Murray		3,073		57.47%		2,229		41.69%		45		0.84%		844		15.78%		5,347
	Muskogee		14,652		53.90%		12,343		45.41%		188		0.69%		2,309		8.49%		27,183
	Noble		4,018		76.11%		1,238		23.45%		23		0.44%		2,780		52.66%		5,279
	Nowata		3,030		63.64%		1,687		35.43%		44		0.92%		1,343		28.21%		4,761
	Okfuskee		2,443		58.94%		1,684		40.63%		18		0.43%		759		18.31%		4,145
	Oklahoma		159,974		71.65%		60,235		26.98%		3,052		1.37%		99,739		44.67%		223,261
	Okmulgee		8,704		53.76%		7,380		45.59%		105		0.65%		1,324		8.17%		16,189
	Osage		10,083		62.02%		6,095		37.49%		79		0.49%		3,988		24.53%		16,257
	Ottawa		7,666		56.76%		5,781		42.81%		58		0.43%		1,885		13.95%		13,505
	Pawnee		4,699		67.83%		2,165		31.25%		64		0.92%		2,534		36.58%		6,928
	Payne		20,811		72.64%		7,653		26.71%		184		0.64%		13,158		45.93%		28,648
	Pittsburg		9,778		58.34%		6,860		40.93%		122		0.73%		2,918		17.41%		16,760
	Pontotoc		8,301		59.69%		5,526		39.74%		80		0.58%		2,775		19.95%		13,907
	Pottawatomie		16,143		69.40%		6,966		29.95%		152		0.65%		9,177		39.45%		23,261
	Pushmataha		2,499		54.16%		2,079		45.06%		36		0.78%		420		9.10%		4,614
	Roger Mills		1,550		69.10%		680		30.32%		13		0.58%		870		38.78%		2,243
	Rogers		16,137		72.40%		6,013		26.98%		138		0.62%		10,124		45.42%		22,288
	Seminole		6,009		59.91%		3,957		39.45%		64		0.64%		2,052		20.46%		10,030
	Sequoyah		7,042		62.32%		4,202		37.19%		56		0.50%		2,840		25.13%		11,300
	Stephens		12,871		66.58%		6,359		32.89%		103		0.53%		6,512		33.69%		19,333
	Texas		5,968		84.78%		1,033		14.68%		38		0.54%		4,935		70.10%		7,039
	Tillman		2,637		60.96%		1,674		38.70%		15		0.35%		963		22.26%		4,326
	Tulsa		159,549		72.90%		58,274		26.62%		1,049		0.48%		101,275		46.28%		218,872
	Wagoner		12,534		69.97%		5,271		29.43%		108		0.60%		7,263		40.54%		17,913
	Washington		19,043		77.20%		5,476		22.20%		148		0.60%		13,567		55.00%		24,667
	Washita		3,847		70.85%		1,547		28.49%		36		0.66%		2,300		42.36%		5,430
	Woods		3,741		74.55%		1,231		24.53%		46		0.92%		2,510		50.02%		5,018
	Woodward		6,376		79.08%		1,647		20.43%		40		0.50%		4,729		58.65%		8,063
Totals	861,530	68.61%	385,080	30.67%	9,066	0.72%	476,450	37.94%	1,255,676

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

• • • • • • • • Atoka Bryan Johnston McIntosh Marshall Muskogee Okmulgee Harmon
        • Jefferson Love Pushmataha Choctaw McCurtain
• Okfuskee
  • Latimer Pittsburg

Slates of Electors

Democrat: Carl Albert, Margaret Watson, Dorris Nash, Doris Montgomery, James W. Brown, Edna Mae Phelps, Ed Edmondson, Robert M. Kerr

Republican: Carolyn Branham, Joe Coleman, Ricky Farmer, Larry Lahman, Stuart Meltzer, Luke Reid, Maria Mendez, Mary Helen Swanson

Libertarian: Loren L. Baker, Constance F. Hill, Clare A. Mendus, Thomas J. Laurent III, Andrea Bross, Brian Holk, Monte L. Fruits, Brenda Bromiley^[1]

See also

• United States presidential elections in Oklahoma
• Presidency of Ronald Reagan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elections of 1984 . Oklahoma State Election Board . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201214539/https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/1984_RESULTS.pdf . December 1, 2020 . dead.