1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey

1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Reagan 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Mondale 50–60%
President before election; Ronald Reagan; Republican	Elected President ; Ronald Reagan; Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey 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 16 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ronald Reagan of California and incumbent Vice President George H.W. Bush of Texas. Reagan and Bush defeated the Democratic nominees, former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota and his running mate Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York.

Reagan carried New Jersey with 60.09% of the vote to Mondale’s 39.20%, a margin of 20.89%.^[1]

Reagan also swept nearly every county in the state. Mondale’s only county victory was Essex County, where he defeated Reagan 55.1%–43.5%. This remains the last election in which a Republican presidential nominee has won heavily Democratic Hudson County and Mercer County,^[2] both of which narrowly defected to Reagan in 1984 primarily due to the support of working-class Reagan Democrats. Reagan's 1.9 million votes was the most received by a Republican in a presidential election in the state's history until Donald Trump received over 1.95 million votes in the state in 2024.

New Jersey weighed in for this election as 2.7% more Republican than the national average.

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 81% black, 13% white, 4% Hispanic, and 2% were members of other groups.^[3]

Results

1984 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	1,933,630	60.09%	16
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	1,261,323	39.20%	0
	Workers World	Larry Holmes	8,404	0.26%	0
	Libertarian	David Bergland	6,416	0.20%	0
	New Alliance	Dennis Serrette	2,293	0.07%	0
	Workers League	Edward Winn	537	0.02%	0
	Communist Party	Gus Hall	1,564	0.05%	0
	Socialist Workers	Melvin T. Mason	1,264	0.04%	0
	Citizens	Sonia Johnson	1,247	0.04%	0
Totals			3,217,862	100.0%	16
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)					57%/79%

Results by county

County	Ronald Reagan Republican		Walter Mondale Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Atlantic	49,158	59.33%	33,240	40.12%	453	0.55%	15,918	19.21%	82,851
Bergen	268,507	63.22%	155,039	36.50%	1,172	0.28%	113,468	26.72%	424,718
Burlington	89,815	60.83%	57,467	38.92%	377	0.26%	32,348	21.91%	147,659
Camden	109,749	54.63%	90,233	44.92%	904	0.45%	19,516	9.71%	200,886
Cape May	28,786	68.06%	13,378	31.63%	133	0.31%	15,408	36.43%	42,297
Cumberland	29,398	57.47%	21,141	41.33%	616	1.20%	8,257	16.14%	51,155
Essex	136,798	43.49%	173,295	55.09%	4,450	1.41%	-36,497	-11.60%	314,543
Gloucester	54,041	62.08%	32,702	37.57%	307	0.35%	21,339	24.51%	87,050
Hudson	112,834	54.18%	94,304	45.29%	1,106	0.53%	18,530	8.89%	208,244
Hunterdon	29,737	72.39%	10,972	26.71%	370	0.90%	18,765	45.68%	41,079
Mercer	71,195	51.55%	66,398	48.07%	528	0.38%	4,797	3.48%	138,121
Middlesex	160,221	59.82%	104,905	39.17%	2,727	1.02%	55,316	20.65%	267,853
Monmouth	152,595	65.52%	79,382	34.08%	932	0.40%	73,213	31.44%	232,909
Morris	137,719	71.91%	53,201	27.78%	584	0.30%	84,518	44.13%	191,504
Ocean	124,391	70.23%	51,012	28.80%	1,710	0.97%	73,379	41.43%	177,113
Passaic	101,951	58.28%	69,590	39.78%	3,399	1.94%	32,361	18.50%	174,940
Salem	17,368	65.66%	8,935	33.78%	149	0.56%	8,433	31.88%	26,452
Somerset	66,303	66.77%	31,924	32.15%	1,069	1.08%	34,379	34.62%	99,296
Sussex	35,680	75.36%	11,502	24.29%	163	0.34%	24,178	51.07%	47,345
Union	135,446	59.11%	92,056	40.17%	1,638	0.71%	43,390	18.94%	229,140
Warren	21,938	67.07%	10,647	32.55%	122	0.37%	11,291	34.52%	32,707
Totals	1,933,630	60.09%	1,261,323	39.20%	22,909	0.71%	672,307	20.89%	3,217,862

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

^ "1984 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Ranney 1985, p. 54.

Works cited

Ranney, Austin, ed. (1985). The American Elections of 1984. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822302306.

[1] "1984 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 14, 2013.

[How-2] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[FOOTNOTERanney198554-3] Ranney 1985, p. 54.

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