Who won Texas in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Texas in 1984, winning its 29 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1984?

Texas cast 29 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1984?

Yes. Texas backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

Cold War RealignmentTX · 29 EV

1984

Texas: Reagan carries 29 EV.

Texas cast its 29 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Texas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1984 result in Texas

Texas backed Reagan (Republican) in the 1984 presidential election, casting 29 electoral votes for the ticket. Texas ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Texas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Texas did not move alone — neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana broke the same way in 1984. Across the 44 presidential elections Texas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 525 of the 538 electoral votes, against Walter Mondale's 13. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 58.77% of the ballots cast.

The 1984 national map

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