The 1984 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and Washington, D.C., the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, which selected the President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president of the United States.
The State of Washington (state), Washington was won by incumbent United States President of the United States, President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President of the United States, Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President of the United States, Vice President and former Director of Central Intelligence, C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with United States House of Representatives, Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York (state), New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
Nearly all list of counties in Washington, counties in Washington voted mainly Republican, save a handful of counties along the southern Pacific coast of the state, which voted mainly Democratic. This included Seattle, Seattle's highly populated King County, Washington, King County, which is the most recent time Seattle has voted Republican. This is also the last time that Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County, Thurston County, Washington, Thurston County, and San Juan County, Washington, San Juan County voted Republican.
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Washington weighed in for this election as 3% more Democratic Party (United States), Democratic than the national average. This is the last time Washington has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, though Colin Powell would receive the votes of three faithless electors in 2016 United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2016. As of the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election, this is the last election where the Republican candidate won King County, Washington, King County, home of Washington's largest city, Seattle.
The presidential election of 1984 was a very Partisan (politics), partisan election for Washington, with over 98 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic or Republican Party (United States), Republican parties.
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Washington (state)
* Presidency of Ronald Reagan
References
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1984 United States presidential election by state, Washington
United States presidential elections in Washington (state), 1984
1984 Washington (state) elections, presidential