The 1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1984 as part of the

1984 United States presidential election The 1984 United States presidential election was the 50th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale, in a ...

. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota voted for the

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candidate, former Vice President Walter Mondale. He narrowly won his home state over incumbent President

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by just 3,761 votes, giving him his only state victory in the election (Mondale also carried the District of Columbia), resulting in the state weighing in at around 18 percentage points more Democratic than the nation at large. Minnesota was the only state not to back Reagan in either of his two presidential campaigns. Although Mondale won only twenty of the state's 87 counties – making Reagan the only presidential nominee to win a majority of counties in every state – his large majorities in the heavily unionized Iron Range of the northeast overbalanced Reagan's majorities in the more Republican west of the state. Since the Republican Reagan won all 49 other states in 1984, this established Minnesota's status as the state with the longest streak of voting Democratic. , it still has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon carried it when he was re-elected in

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. However, the District of Columbia has voted Democratic in all presidential elections since

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, when it was first granted the right to vote in presidential elections. As of 2020, only five of the 20 counties Mondale won in 1984 were won by either Hillary Clinton in

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or Joe Biden in 2020. Some examples of counties that have been lost to the Republican Party include those after

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Anoka County Anoka County ( ) is the fourth-most-populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 363,887. The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word ''an ...

), after

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Aitkin County Aitkin County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,697. Its county seat is Aitkin. Part of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is in the county. The county was created in 1857 and organiz ...

), or after

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( Itasca County). Minnesota regenerated as a left-leaning force in the 1990s, late 2000s and early 2010s, but has become a Democratic-leaning swing state in the 21st century, ironically with many former Mondale counties voting Republican in the 21st century. Carter and Mondale celebrate primary victories in Minneapolis, MN

Carter and Mondale celebrate primary victories in Minneapolis, MN

Despite Mondale carrying his home state, Republican Senator

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was re-elected the same night. When Reagan was asked in December 1984 what he wanted for Christmas, he joked, "Well, Minnesota would have been nice". This marked the first time that a Republican won two terms without ever winning the state at least once.

Results

Results by county

References

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Results

Results by county

See also

References