A county result
Scioto County, presidential election of 1984
Scioto County
56.65%Ronald Reagan (R), the most votes33,219Votes counted for president
What this is
Scioto County counted 33,219 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 | 18,818 | 56.65% |
| Walter F. Mondale | Democratic | 14,120 | 42.51% |
| Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. | Independent | 87 | 0.26% |
| David Bergland | Libertarian | 38 | 0.11% |
| Dennis L. Serrette | Alliance | 38 | 0.11% |
| Melvin T. Mason | Socialist Workers | 36 | 0.11% |
| Edward Winn | Workers League | 34 | 0.10% |
| Gus Hall | Communist | 25 | 0.08% |
| Gavrielle Holmes | Workers World | 21 | 0.06% |
| Earl F. Dodge | no party listed | 1 | 0% |
| Henry King | no party listed | 1 | 0% |
| Larry Harmon | 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
- Scioto County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+14.1 against Ohio's R+18.8: 4.6 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 73rd of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1980
- From 1980 to 1984 the county's lean moved 13.1 points toward the Republicans, from R+1.0 to R+14.1.
- Matched
- Scioto 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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