A county result
Defiance County, presidential election of 1984
Defiance County
67.89%Ronald Reagan (R), the most votes16,130Votes counted for president
What this is
Defiance County counted 16,130 votes for president across 12 candidates in 1984. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | Republican | 10,951 | 67.89% |
| Walter F. Mondale | Democratic | 5,004 | 31.02% |
| Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. | Independent | 52 | 0.32% |
| David Bergland | Libertarian | 32 | 0.20% |
| Melvin T. Mason | Socialist Workers | 27 | 0.17% |
| Dennis L. Serrette | Alliance | 23 | 0.14% |
| Edward Winn | Workers League | 23 | 0.14% |
| Gus Hall | Communist | 9 | 0.06% |
| Gavrielle Holmes | Workers World | 9 | 0.06% |
| Earl F. Dodge | no party listed | 0 | 0% |
| Larry Harmon | no party listed | 0 | 0% |
| Henry King | no party listed | 0 | 0% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Ronald Reagan (Republican) with 58.90%, an 18.8-point margin over Walter Mondale. The country elected Ronald Reagan.
- Against the state
- Defiance County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+36.9 against Ohio's R+18.8: 18.1 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 38th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1980
- From 1980 to 1984 the county's lean moved 9.6 points toward the Republicans, from R+27.2 to R+36.9.
- Matched
- Defiance County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
- oh_1984_general_president_county.xlsx -- Ohio Secretary of State Past Election Results portal · Ohio Secretary of State · 1984-11-06 · accessed 2026-09-17
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