The 1984 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and
the District of Columbia
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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 eight electors to the
Electoral College, which selected the
president and
vice president of the United States.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
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 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. Reagan won all but three counties, and lost the three he did lose by a combined aggregate of only 381 votes.
Nearly every list of counties in Oklahoma, 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, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County. Reagan did best in Texas County, Oklahoma, Texas County, and Mondale did best in Hughes County, Oklahoma, 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 Party (United States), Republican than the national average. Reagan's 68.61% of the vote has not been matched in the state since this election.
Results
Results by county
Slates of Electors
Democrat: Carl Albert, Margaret Watson, Dorris Nash, Doris Montgomery, James W. Brown, Edna Mae Phelps, Ed Edmondson (politician), 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
See also
* United States presidential elections in Oklahoma
* Presidency of Ronald Reagan
References
{{1984 United States elections
1984 United States presidential election by state, Oklahoma
United States presidential elections in Oklahoma, 1984
1984 Oklahoma elections