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

Background The percentage of registered voters in Louisiana who were Republicans rose from 7.4% in 1980 to 11.3% in 1984 while the Democratic figure fell from 86.6% to 80.6%.

Campaign Governor Edwin Edwards told voters to boycott the primaries. This resulted in black voters making up a large amount of the Democratic primary electorate and a Jesse Jackson victory.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that St. John the Baptist Parish voted for a Republican candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Reagan was the first Republican to ever carry the state twice.

Among white voters, 76% supported Reagan while 23% supported Mondale.

Results 1984 United States presidential election in LouisianaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 1,037,299 60.77% 10 Democratic Walter Mondale 651,586 38.18% 0 Citizen's Party Sonia Johnson 9,502 0.56% 0 Independent Lyndon LaRouche 3,552 0.21% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 1,876 0.11% 0 America First Bob Richards 1,310 0.08% 0 Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 1,164 0.07% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 533 0.03% 0 Totals 1,706,822 100.0% 10

Results by parish ParishRonald ReaganRepublicanWalter MondaleDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Acadia14,90660.59%9,26237.65%4341.76%5,64422.94%24,602Allen4,47447.69%4,84251.61%660.70%-368-3.92%9,382Ascension11,94551.55%11,04847.68%1770.77%8973.87%23,170Assumption5,43352.43%4,66044.97%2702.60%7737.46%10,363Avoyelles9,40256.39%6,80840.83%4632.78%2,59415.56%16,673Beauregard7,35363.13%4,19936.05%960.82%3,15427.08%11,648Bienville4,58755.76%3,53042.91%1091.33%1,05712.85%8,226Bossier22,63876.01%7,00623.52%1380.47%15,63252.49%29,782Caddo63,42963.68%35,72735.87%4450.45%27,70227.81%99,601Calcasieu35,56651.39%33,21447.99%4300.62%2,3523.40%69,210Caldwell3,34169.33%1,34827.97%1302.70%1,99341.36%4,819Cameron2,26557.99%1,60841.17%330.84%65716.82%3,906Catahoula3,64067.52%1,64930.59%1021.89%1,99136.93%5,391Claiborne4,34960.29%2,78838.65%771.06%1,56121.64%7,214Concordia6,17763.73%3,33234.38%1831.89%2,84529.35%9,692DeSoto5,98955.77%4,64243.23%1081.00%1,34712.54%10,739East Baton Rouge95,70462.44%56,67336.98%8910.58%39,03125.46%153,268East Carroll1,97447.77%2,08950.56%691.67%-115-2.79%4,132East Feliciana4,16649.59%4,12249.07%1131.34%440.52%8,401Evangeline8,68054.78%6,98144.06%1831.16%1,69910.72%15,844Franklin6,70867.80%2,93729.68%2492.52%3,77138.12%9,894Grant5,33465.88%2,58831.96%1752.16%2,74633.92%8,097Iberia17,72762.14%10,17035.65%6292.21%7,55726.49%28,526Iberville6,45542.58%8,58756.65%1170.77%-2,132-14.07%15,159Jackson5,03464.86%2,56833.09%1592.05%2,46631.77%7,761Jefferson123,99774.69%41,18324.81%8430.50%82,81449.88%166,023Jefferson Davis8,29657.36%5,96241.22%2061.42%2,33416.14%14,464Lafayette44,34468.80%19,26529.89%8491.31%25,07938.91%64,458Lafourche20,93065.40%10,18631.83%8892.77%10,74433.57%32,005LaSalle5,40478.60%1,31819.17%1532.23%4,08659.43%6,875Lincoln9,08761.81%5,43236.95%1821.24%3,65524.86%14,701Livingston17,46565.72%8,91333.54%1980.74%8,55232.18%26,576Madison2,84948.58%2,90649.56%1091.86%-57-0.98%5,864Morehouse8,58562.73%4,82935.29%2711.98%3,75627.44%13,685Natchitoches8,83658.99%5,80638.76%3362.25%3,03020.23%14,978Orleans86,31641.71%119,47857.73%1,1620.56%-33,162-16.02%206,956Ouachita37,27069.57%15,52528.98%7791.45%21,74540.59%53,574Plaquemines7,65569.74%3,26129.71%610.55%4,39440.03%10,977Pointe Coupee5,47744.58%6,73254.79%780.63%-1,255-10.21%12,287Rapides32,87965.81%16,12132.27%9631.92%16,75833.54%49,963Red River3,06060.39%1,95838.64%490.97%1,10221.75%5,067Richland5,98065.84%2,91832.13%1852.03%3,06233.71%9,083Sabine6,29566.26%2,98031.37%2252.37%3,31534.89%9,500St. Bernard24,42874.80%8,07624.73%1530.47%16,35250.07%32,657St. Charles10,18559.62%6,78439.71%1130.67%3,40119.91%17,082St. Helena2,36643.53%2,95654.39%1132.08%-590-10.86%5,435St. James4,62743.10%5,98955.79%1191.11%-1,362-12.69%10,735St. John the Baptist9,09353.96%7,64645.37%1120.67%1,4478.59%16,851St. Landry19,05551.19%17,95048.22%2180.59%1,1052.97%37,223St. Martin9,69852.17%8,58946.20%3041.63%1,1095.97%18,591St. Mary15,27561.16%9,41137.68%2881.16%5,86423.48%24,974St. Tammany38,66476.15%11,71923.08%3920.77%26,94553.07%50,775Tangipahoa19,58060.10%12,79939.29%2000.61%6,78120.81%32,579Tensas1,95653.52%1,62844.54%711.94%3288.98%3,655Terrebonne23,69669.51%9,64028.28%7532.21%14,05641.23%34,089Union6,58567.73%2,91629.99%2222.28%3,66937.74%9,723Vermilion12,72156.85%9,03340.37%6242.78%3,68816.48%22,378Vernon9,03567.58%4,07630.49%2581.93%4,95937.09%13,369Washington11,18558.91%7,68040.45%1230.64%3,50518.46%18,988Webster12,05564.54%6,50934.85%1130.61%5,54629.69%18,677West Baton Rouge4,18947.16%4,63152.13%630.71%-442-4.97%8,883West Carroll3,87470.84%1,47426.95%1212.21%2,40043.89%5,469West Feliciana2,09747.38%2,29651.88%330.74%-199-4.50%4,426Winn4,93463.85%2,63334.08%1602.07%2,30129.77%7,727Totals1,037,29960.77%651,58638.18%17,9371.05%385,71322.59%1,706,822

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Ascension Assumption Beauregard Bienville Calcasieu Cameron DeSoto East Feliciana Livingston Jefferson Davis Natchitoches Red River Sabine St. Charles St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary Tangipahoa Tensas Vernon Washington

See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana Presidency of Ronald Reagan

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