1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii

Summary

The 1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Hawaii 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.

1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 185,050 147,154
Percentage 55.10% 43.82%

County Results
Reagan
  50–60%


President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Hawaii voted 7% more Democratic than the national average in this election. As a result of Reagan's victory in Hawaii, he became the second Republican presidential candidate to win Hawaii after Richard Nixon in 1972. As of 2020, this is the last time Hawaii has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, making Hawaii one of six states that Reagan is the last Republican presidential candidate to have won, the others being Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington.

The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Hawaii, with just under 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which any of Hawaii's counties voted for the Republican candidate. This was the third and final time in which Oahu voted Republican on the presidential level.

Reagan won the election in Hawaii with a decisive 11-point win. The election results in Hawaii are reflective of a nationwide reconsolidation of the base for the Republican Party which took place through the 1980s; called by Reagan the "second American Revolution."[2] This was most evident during the 1984 presidential election. No Republican candidate has received as strong of support in the American Pacific states at large, as Reagan did. Hawaii was one of five states, alongside Georgia, West Virginia, Maryland and Rhode Island, that Reagan lost in 1980 but won in 1984.

Democratic caucus edit

Gary Hart and John Glenn, who were not on the ballot, told their supporters to vote uncommitted.[3] Uncommitted won the caucus.[4] On May 26, the state convention selected 13 uncommitted and 6 Mondale delegates.[5]

Results edit

1984 United States presidential election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 185,050 55.10% 4
Democratic Walter Mondale 147,154 43.82% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 2,167 0.65% 0
Communist Party Gus Hall 821 0.24% 0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 654 0.19% 0
Totals 335,846 100.0% 4

Results by county edit

County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Hawaii 20,707 52.90% 17,866 45.64% 570 1.46% 2,841 7.26% 39,143
Honolulu 140,323 56.08% 107,444 42.94% 2,470 0.98% 32,879 13.14% 250,237
Kauai 9,249 50.45% 8,862 48.34% 221 1.21% 387 2.11% 18,332
Maui 14,720 52.45% 12,966 46.20% 381 1.35% 1,754 6.25% 28,067
Totals 185,050 55.10% 147,154 43.82% 3,642 1.08% 37,896 11.28% 335,846

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. ^ Raines, Howell (November 7, 1984). "Reagan Wins By a Landslide, Sweeping at Least 48 States; G.O.P. Gains Strength in House". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Isle Caucus Avoids Choice". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. March 14, 1984. p. A1. Archived from the original on March 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hawai'i votes 2-1 in favor of uncommitted". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. March 14, 1984. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Isle Democrats tilt toward Mondale". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. May 27, 1984. p. A3. Archived from the original on March 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.