1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Turnout 78.0%[ 1] 1.0 pp
County Results Municipality Results
Reagan
50–60%
60–70%
Mondale
50–60%
60–70%
The 1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 four electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Rhode Island 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 incumbent Vice President and 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. Rhode Island is 1 of 6 States that voted for Reagan in 1984 and have not voted Republican in any presidential race since; the other 5 are Washington , Hawaii , Massachusetts , New York , and Oregon . This was also the last time that the counties of Bristol , Newport and Washington voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Kent County or any county in the state until Donald Trump won it in 2016 .
To date, this is the last time that the cities of Cranston , Newport , and Warwick , as well as the towns of Bristol , Cumberland , Jamestown , Narragansett , New Shoreham , South Kingstown , Warren , and Westerly voted Republican. The city of Woonsocket would not vote Republican again until 2024 . This is the last time Republicans won any congressional district in the state.
Results
By county
County
Ronald Reagan Republican
Walter Mondale Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Bristol
11,635
55.18%
9,386
44.52%
63
0.30%
2,249
10.66%
21,084
Kent
40,427
56.15%
31,352
43.55%
214
0.30%
9,075
12.60%
71,993
Newport
19,629
57.38%
14,466
42.29%
114
0.33%
5,163
15.09%
34,209
Providence
116,024
48.16%
124,109
51.52%
765
0.32%
-8,085
-3.36%
240,898
Washington
24,365
57.59%
17,793
42.06%
147
0.35%
6,572
15.53%
42,305
Totals
212,080
51.66%
197,106
48.02%
1,306
0.32%
14,974
3.64%
410,492
Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References
^ This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 1984 (422,851) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 1984 (542,216). See "General Election November 2, 1984" . Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved February 6, 2018 .