1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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

Main article: 1984 United States presidential election

1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky

November 6, 1984

Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale Party Republican Democratic Home state California Minnesota Running mate George H.W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 822,782 539,589 Percentage 60.04% 39.37%

County Results Reagan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Mondale   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Tie   40–50%

President before election Ronald Reagan Republican Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

Kentucky 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.

Partisan background

The presidential election of 1984 was a very partisan election for Kentucky, with over 99% of the electorate voting only either Democratic or Republican, though several other parties did appear on the ballot. The majority of counties in Kentucky voted for Reagan, a particularly strong turnout even in this typically conservative state. The long-lasting Democratic stronghold along the Eastern border of the state is still evident during this election.

It is also worth mentioning Gallatin County, in the Northern part of the State along the Ohio River. A rare event in any election, Gallatin County voted a dead tie between the Republican and Democratic candidates, each gaining 1,042 votes from the small county.[1]

Reagan became the first Republican to ever carry Carroll County, a highly secessionist[2] rural Bluegrass county that had been the state's only county outside the coalfields to support George McGovern 12 years earlier.[3]

Kentucky weighed in for this election as 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average.

Democratic platform

Walter Mondale accepted the Democratic nomination for presidency after pulling narrowly ahead of Senator Gary Hart of Colorado and Rev. Jesse Jackson of Illinois - his main contenders during what would be a very contentious[4] Democratic primary. During the campaign, Mondale was vocal about reduction of government spending, and, in particular, was vocal against heightened military spending on the nuclear arms race against the Soviet Union,[5] which was reaching its peak on both sides in the early 1980s.

Taking a (what was becoming the traditional liberal) stance on the social issues of the day, Mondale advocated for gun control, the right to choose regarding abortion, and strongly opposed the repeal of laws regarding institutionalized prayer in public schools. He also criticized Reagan for his economic marginalization of the poor, stating that Reagan's reelection campaign was "a happy talk campaign," not focused on the real issues at hand.[6]

A very significant political move during this election: the Democratic Party nominated Representative Geraldine Ferraro to run with Mondale as Vice-President. Ferraro is the first female candidate to receive such a nomination in United States history. She said in an interview at the 1984 Democratic National Convention that this action "opened a door which will never be closed again,"[7] speaking to the role of women in politics.

Republican platform

Reagan challenging Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!," from the Brandenburg Gate in June, 1987. Reagan's firm stance with the Soviet Union was an important contributor to his 1984 reelection.

By 1984, Reagan was very popular with voters across the nation as the President who saw them out of the economic stagflation of the early and middle 1970s, and into a period of (relative) economic stability.[8]

The economic success seen under Reagan was politically accomplished (principally) in two ways. The first was initiation of deep tax cuts for the wealthy,[9] and the second was a wide-spectrum of tax cuts for crude oil production and refinement, namely, with the 1980 Windfall profits tax cuts.[10] These policies were augmented with a call for heightened military spending,[11] the cutting of social welfare programs for the poor,[12] and the increasing of taxes on those making less than $50,000 per year.[9] Collectively called "Reaganomics", these economic policies were established through several pieces of legislation passed between 1980 and 1987.

These new tax policies also arguably curbed several existing tax loopholes, preferences, and exceptions, but Reaganomics is typically remembered for its trickle down effect of taxing poor Americans more than rich ones. Reaganomics has (along with legislation passed under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton) been criticized by many analysts as "setting the stage" for economic troubles in the United State after 2007, such as the Great Recession.[13]

Virtually unopposed during the Republican primaries, Reagan ran on a campaign of furthering his economic policies. Reagan vowed to continue his "war on drugs," passing sweeping legislation after the 1984 election in support of mandatory minimum sentences for drug possession.[14] Furthermore, taking a (what was becoming the traditional conservative) stance on the social issues of the day, Reagan strongly opposed legislation regarding comprehension of gay marriage, abortion, and (to a lesser extent) environmentalism,[15] regarding the final as simply being bad for business.

Republican victory

Reagan won the election in Kentucky with a resounding 21 point sweep-out landslide. While Kentucky typically voted (and votes) conservative, the election results in Kentucky are also reflective of a nationwide reconsolidation of base for the Republican Party which took place through the 1980s; called by Reagan the "second American Revolution."[8] This was most evident during the 1984 presidential election.

It is speculated that Mondale lost support with voters nearly immediately during the campaign, namely during his acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. There he stated that he intended to increase taxes. To quote Mondale, "By the end of my first term, I will reduce the Reagan budget deficit by two thirds. Let's tell the truth. It must be done, it must be done. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."[6] Despite this claimed attempt at establishing truthfulness with the electorate, this promise to raise taxes badly eroded his chances in what had already begun as an uphill battle against the charismatic Ronald Reagan.

Reagan also enjoyed high levels of bipartisan support during the 1984 presidential election, both in Kentucky, and across the nation at large. Many registered Democrats who voted for Reagan (Reagan Democrats) stated that they had chosen to do so because they associated him with the economic recovery, because of his strong stance on national security issues with Russia, and because they considered the Democrats as "supporting American poor and minorities at the expense of the middle class."[15] These public opinion factors contributed to Reagan's 1984 landslide victory, in Kentucky and elsewhere.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	822,782	60.04%	9
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	539,589	39.37%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	Melvin Mason	3,129	0.23%	0
	Independent	Lyndon LaRouche	1,777	0.13%	0
	National Unity	John B. Anderson	1,479	0.11%	0
	Citizen's Party	Sonia Johnson	599	0.04%	0
	American Party	Delmar Dennis	429	0.03%	0
	New Alliance Party	Dennis Serrette	350	0.03%	0
	Communist Party	Gus Hall	327	0.02%	0
Totals			1,370,461	100.0%	9

Results by county

County	Ronald Wilson Reagan[16] Republican		Walter Frederick Mondale[16] Democratic		Melvin T. Mason[16] Socialist Workers		Lyndon H. LaRouche[16] Independent		John B. Anderson[16] National Unity		Various candidates[16] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adair	4,500	70.93%	1,812	28.56%	10	0.16%	6	0.09%	4	0.06%	12	0.19%	2,688	42.37%	6,344
Allen	3,427	69.04%	1,521	30.64%	3	0.06%	4	0.08%	3	0.06%	6	0.12%	1,906	38.40%	4,964
Anderson	3,425	66.06%	1,717	33.11%	23	0.44%	6	0.12%	8	0.15%	6	0.12%	1,708	32.94%	5,185
Ballard	1,663	45.13%	2,002	54.33%	3	0.08%	10	0.27%	3	0.08%	4	0.11%	-339	-9.20%	3,685
Barren	7,717	62.86%	4,503	36.68%	16	0.13%	22	0.18%	7	0.06%	12	0.10%	3,214	26.18%	12,277
Bath	2,020	52.88%	1,781	46.62%	2	0.05%	7	0.18%	6	0.16%	4	0.10%	239	6.26%	3,820
Bell	7,249	55.93%	5,490	42.36%	163	1.26%	13	0.10%	21	0.16%	25	0.19%	1,759	13.57%	12,961
Boone	12,690	71.90%	4,853	27.50%	16	0.09%	32	0.18%	28	0.16%	30	0.17%	7,837	44.40%	17,649
Bourbon	3,836	58.54%	2,649	40.42%	35	0.53%	11	0.17%	11	0.17%	11	0.17%	1,187	18.11%	6,553
Boyd	10,925	52.98%	9,601	46.56%	15	0.07%	33	0.16%	18	0.09%	29	0.14%	1,324	6.42%	20,621
Boyle	5,675	62.53%	3,378	37.22%	8	0.09%	5	0.06%	5	0.06%	5	0.06%	2,297	25.31%	9,076
Bracken	1,812	60.89%	1,136	38.17%	10	0.34%	13	0.44%	3	0.10%	2	0.07%	676	22.72%	2,976
Breathitt	2,855	45.25%	3,435	54.45%	9	0.14%	2	0.03%	2	0.03%	6	0.10%	-580	-9.19%	6,309
Breckinridge	4,432	62.14%	2,669	37.42%	3	0.04%	8	0.11%	6	0.08%	14	0.20%	1,763	24.72%	7,132
Bullitt	9,556	65.11%	5,005	34.10%	59	0.40%	29	0.20%	17	0.12%	10	0.07%	4,551	31.01%	14,676
Butler	3,121	74.47%	1,055	25.17%	1	0.02%	7	0.17%	3	0.07%	4	0.10%	2,066	49.30%	4,191
Caldwell	3,162	55.93%	2,427	42.93%	44	0.78%	11	0.19%	3	0.05%	6	0.11%	735	13.00%	5,653
Calloway	6,442	55.94%	5,028	43.66%	11	0.10%	14	0.12%	9	0.08%	11	0.10%	1,414	12.28%	11,515
Campbell	21,473	69.99%	9,068	29.56%	19	0.06%	54	0.18%	33	0.11%	32	0.10%	12,405	40.43%	30,679
Carlisle	1,308	50.15%	1,277	48.96%	11	0.42%	6	0.23%	4	0.15%	2	0.08%	31	1.19%	2,608
Carroll	1,824	53.65%	1,564	46.00%	1	0.03%	7	0.21%	1	0.03%	3	0.09%	260	7.65%	3,400
Carter	4,656	53.67%	3,985	45.94%	3	0.03%	13	0.15%	7	0.08%	11	0.13%	671	7.73%	8,675
Casey	4,356	79.01%	1,122	20.35%	17	0.31%	5	0.09%	7	0.13%	6	0.11%	3,234	58.66%	5,513
Christian	10,708	66.06%	5,432	33.51%	21	0.13%	12	0.07%	9	0.06%	27	0.17%	5,276	32.55%	16,209
Clark	6,130	62.82%	3,595	36.84%	4	0.04%	11	0.11%	15	0.15%	3	0.03%	2,535	25.98%	9,758
Clay	4,772	74.26%	1,634	25.43%	4	0.06%	4	0.06%	8	0.12%	4	0.06%	3,138	48.83%	6,426
Clinton	3,459	80.03%	838	19.39%	3	0.07%	5	0.12%	2	0.05%	15	0.35%	2,621	60.64%	4,322
Crittenden	2,167	59.16%	1,483	40.49%	2	0.05%	4	0.11%	2	0.05%	5	0.14%	684	18.67%	3,663
Cumberland	2,729	77.77%	766	21.83%	4	0.11%	2	0.06%	1	0.03%	7	0.20%	1,963	55.94%	3,509
Daviess	19,495	58.92%	13,347	40.34%	136	0.41%	53	0.16%	29	0.09%	26	0.08%	6,148	18.58%	33,086
Edmonson	3,001	71.05%	1,200	28.41%	19	0.45%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%	2	0.05%	1,801	42.64%	4,224
Elliott	601	26.20%	1,683	73.37%	4	0.17%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	4	0.17%	-1,082	-47.17%	2,294
Estill	3,512	68.57%	1,593	31.10%	3	0.06%	5	0.10%	4	0.08%	5	0.10%	1,919	37.47%	5,122
Fayette	51,993	63.60%	28,961	35.43%	479	0.59%	72	0.09%	140	0.17%	101	0.12%	23,032	28.18%	81,746
Fleming	2,824	63.33%	1,616	36.24%	3	0.07%	8	0.18%	5	0.11%	3	0.07%	1,208	27.09%	4,459
Floyd	5,218	33.57%	10,259	66.00%	19	0.12%	23	0.15%	7	0.05%	17	0.11%	-5,041	-32.43%	15,543
Franklin	11,057	58.12%	7,790	40.95%	124	0.65%	17	0.09%	19	0.10%	17	0.09%	3,267	17.17%	19,024
Fulton	1,780	53.45%	1,534	46.07%	2	0.06%	10	0.30%	1	0.03%	3	0.09%	246	7.39%	3,330
Gallatin	1,042	49.78%	1,042	49.78%	4	0.19%	3	0.14%	1	0.05%	1	0.05%	0	0.00%	2,093
Garrard	3,284	67.21%	1,566	32.05%	26	0.53%	4	0.08%	4	0.08%	2	0.04%	1,718	35.16%	4,886
Grant	2,840	61.70%	1,685	36.61%	47	1.02%	18	0.39%	5	0.11%	8	0.17%	1,155	25.09%	4,603
Graves	7,287	51.43%	6,759	47.70%	64	0.45%	35	0.25%	10	0.07%	15	0.11%	528	3.73%	14,170
Grayson	5,524	71.03%	2,200	28.29%	31	0.40%	9	0.12%	4	0.05%	9	0.12%	3,324	42.74%	7,777
Green	3,210	66.35%	1,611	33.30%	7	0.14%	5	0.10%	2	0.04%	3	0.06%	1,599	33.05%	4,838
Greenup	7,451	51.52%	6,923	47.87%	25	0.17%	32	0.22%	11	0.08%	20	0.14%	528	3.65%	14,462
Hancock	1,967	59.59%	1,287	38.99%	33	1.00%	7	0.21%	3	0.09%	4	0.12%	680	20.60%	3,301
Hardin	14,293	68.81%	6,329	30.47%	83	0.40%	21	0.10%	29	0.14%	16	0.08%	7,964	38.34%	20,771
Harlan	6,959	47.14%	7,663	51.91%	46	0.31%	26	0.18%	23	0.16%	45	0.30%	-704	-4.77%	14,762
Harrison	3,467	58.86%	2,405	40.83%	1	0.02%	6	0.10%	4	0.07%	7	0.12%	1,062	18.03%	5,890
Hart	3,065	57.06%	2,278	42.41%	3	0.06%	6	0.11%	4	0.07%	16	0.30%	787	14.65%	5,372
Henderson	7,389	51.88%	6,795	47.71%	11	0.08%	24	0.17%	8	0.06%	15	0.11%	594	4.17%	14,242
Henry	2,802	54.83%	2,279	44.60%	7	0.14%	9	0.18%	4	0.08%	9	0.18%	523	10.23%	5,110
Hickman	1,380	56.63%	1,049	43.04%	1	0.04%	2	0.08%	2	0.08%	3	0.12%	331	13.58%	2,437
Hopkins	9,368	57.95%	6,743	41.71%	11	0.07%	10	0.06%	15	0.09%	19	0.12%	2,625	16.24%	16,166
Jackson	3,856	87.38%	542	12.28%	8	0.18%	3	0.07%	1	0.02%	3	0.07%	3,314	75.10%	4,413
Jefferson	167,640	57.66%	122,133	42.01%	174	0.06%	301	0.10%	314	0.11%	188	0.06%	45,507	15.65%	290,750
Jessamine	7,081	74.10%	2,379	24.90%	62	0.65%	16	0.17%	8	0.08%	10	0.10%	4,702	49.20%	9,556
Johnson	5,225	62.58%	3,078	36.87%	12	0.14%	8	0.10%	8	0.10%	18	0.22%	2,147	25.72%	8,349
Kenton	34,304	69.66%	14,642	29.73%	32	0.06%	99	0.20%	82	0.17%	86	0.17%	19,662	39.93%	49,245
Knott	1,728	27.66%	4,487	71.81%	7	0.11%	5	0.08%	8	0.13%	13	0.21%	-2,759	-44.16%	6,248
Knox	5,730	65.87%	2,932	33.71%	4	0.05%	11	0.13%	9	0.10%	13	0.15%	2,798	32.16%	8,699
Larue	2,873	65.30%	1,514	34.41%	1	0.02%	6	0.14%	5	0.11%	1	0.02%	1,359	30.89%	4,400
Laurel	9,621	74.41%	3,267	25.27%	12	0.09%	12	0.09%	8	0.06%	9	0.07%	6,354	49.15%	12,929
Lawrence	2,713	54.71%	2,223	44.83%	9	0.18%	3	0.06%	1	0.02%	10	0.20%	490	9.88%	4,959
Lee	1,862	70.53%	768	29.09%	4	0.15%	3	0.11%	2	0.08%	1	0.04%	1,094	41.44%	2,640
Leslie	3,385	75.64%	1,075	24.02%	7	0.16%	2	0.04%	1	0.02%	5	0.11%	2,310	51.62%	4,475
Letcher	4,073	46.13%	4,707	53.31%	18	0.20%	12	0.14%	8	0.09%	12	0.14%	-634	-7.18%	8,830
Lewis	3,445	69.64%	1,484	30.00%	3	0.06%	7	0.14%	4	0.08%	4	0.08%	1,961	39.64%	4,947
Lincoln	3,996	61.27%	2,498	38.30%	7	0.11%	9	0.14%	3	0.05%	9	0.14%	1,498	22.97%	6,522
Livingston	1,866	47.96%	2,007	51.58%	3	0.08%	6	0.15%	3	0.08%	6	0.15%	-141	-3.62%	3,891
Logan	4,889	58.83%	3,347	40.28%	44	0.53%	12	0.14%	9	0.11%	9	0.11%	1,542	18.56%	8,310
Lyon	969	42.97%	1,272	56.41%	7	0.31%	5	0.22%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	-303	-13.44%	2,255
Madison	11,309	63.09%	6,509	36.31%	61	0.34%	10	0.06%	23	0.13%	14	0.08%	4,800	26.78%	17,926
Magoffin	2,343	44.22%	2,942	55.53%	3	0.06%	3	0.06%	1	0.02%	6	0.11%	-599	-11.31%	5,298
Marion	3,305	53.66%	2,835	46.03%	5	0.08%	1	0.02%	4	0.06%	9	0.15%	470	7.63%	6,159
Marshall	5,152	47.19%	5,725	52.44%	2	0.02%	16	0.15%	6	0.05%	16	0.15%	-573	-5.25%	10,917
Martin	3,238	68.03%	1,471	30.90%	8	0.17%	6	0.13%	9	0.19%	28	0.59%	1,767	37.12%	4,760
Mason	3,751	58.19%	2,663	41.31%	7	0.11%	6	0.09%	11	0.17%	8	0.12%	1,088	16.88%	6,446
McCracken	12,903	50.08%	12,535	48.65%	242	0.94%	20	0.08%	25	0.10%	40	0.16%	368	1.43%	25,765
McCreary	4,028	70.58%	1,609	28.19%	28	0.49%	13	0.23%	18	0.32%	11	0.19%	2,419	42.39%	5,707
McLean	1,942	50.03%	1,917	49.38%	5	0.13%	8	0.21%	5	0.13%	5	0.13%	25	0.64%	3,882
Meade	3,820	60.19%	2,503	39.44%	1	0.02%	13	0.20%	4	0.06%	6	0.09%	1,317	20.75%	6,347
Menifee	785	44.35%	956	54.01%	19	1.07%	3	0.17%	4	0.23%	3	0.17%	-171	-9.66%	1,770
Mercer	4,592	63.88%	2,516	35.00%	63	0.88%	8	0.11%	6	0.08%	4	0.06%	2,076	28.88%	7,189
Metcalfe	2,349	59.56%	1,575	39.93%	2	0.05%	10	0.25%	3	0.08%	5	0.13%	774	19.62%	3,944
Monroe	4,760	81.47%	1,052	18.00%	8	0.14%	9	0.15%	7	0.12%	7	0.12%	3,708	63.46%	5,843
Montgomery	3,864	60.59%	2,490	39.05%	6	0.09%	8	0.13%	6	0.09%	3	0.05%	1,374	21.55%	6,377
Morgan	1,834	42.35%	2,481	57.28%	5	0.12%	3	0.07%	3	0.07%	5	0.12%	-647	-14.94%	4,331
Muhlenberg	6,094	49.64%	6,157	50.15%	6	0.05%	10	0.08%	4	0.03%	6	0.05%	-63	-0.51%	12,277
Nelson	6,044	58.57%	4,199	40.69%	44	0.43%	10	0.10%	16	0.16%	6	0.06%	1,845	17.88%	10,319
Nicholas	1,535	57.38%	1,107	41.38%	22	0.82%	5	0.19%	6	0.22%	0	0.00%	428	16.00%	2,675
Ohio	5,119	60.82%	3,253	38.65%	7	0.08%	14	0.17%	6	0.07%	18	0.21%	1,866	22.17%	8,417
Oldham	8,112	73.81%	2,857	25.99%	3	0.03%	5	0.05%	8	0.07%	6	0.05%	5,255	47.81%	10,991
Owen	1,778	52.17%	1,612	47.30%	5	0.15%	3	0.09%	5	0.15%	5	0.15%	166	4.87%	3,408
Owsley	1,466	79.20%	375	20.26%	3	0.16%	2	0.11%	2	0.11%	3	0.16%	1,091	58.94%	1,851
Pendleton	2,767	63.76%	1,529	35.23%	29	0.67%	4	0.09%	3	0.07%	8	0.18%	1,238	28.53%	4,340
Perry	5,218	49.52%	5,258	49.90%	29	0.28%	7	0.07%	8	0.08%	17	0.16%	-40	-0.38%	10,537
Pike	11,869	42.68%	15,817	56.87%	39	0.14%	38	0.14%	23	0.08%	26	0.09%	-3,948	-14.20%	27,812
Powell	2,269	58.83%	1,575	40.83%	3	0.08%	4	0.10%	1	0.03%	5	0.13%	694	17.99%	3,857
Pulaski	14,434	76.40%	4,384	23.20%	10	0.05%	23	0.12%	18	0.10%	24	0.13%	10,050	53.19%	18,893
Robertson	567	54.36%	467	44.77%	5	0.48%	2	0.19%	2	0.19%	0	0.00%	100	9.59%	1,043
Rockcastle	4,328	79.73%	1,089	20.06%	2	0.04%	3	0.06%	1	0.02%	5	0.09%	3,239	59.67%	5,428
Rowan	3,698	57.16%	2,748	42.47%	9	0.14%	5	0.08%	7	0.11%	3	0.05%	950	14.68%	6,470
Russell	4,476	75.18%	1,448	24.32%	7	0.12%	8	0.13%	7	0.12%	8	0.13%	3,028	50.86%	5,954
Scott	4,461	62.44%	2,606	36.48%	47	0.66%	7	0.10%	9	0.13%	14	0.20%	1,855	25.97%	7,144
Shelby	5,390	61.68%	3,326	38.06%	5	0.06%	5	0.06%	8	0.09%	5	0.06%	2,064	23.62%	8,739
Simpson	3,073	58.70%	2,140	40.88%	5	0.10%	8	0.15%	5	0.10%	4	0.08%	933	17.82%	5,235
Spencer	1,456	61.38%	910	38.36%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	3	0.13%	1	0.04%	546	23.02%	2,372
Taylor	5,932	64.16%	3,286	35.54%	7	0.08%	7	0.08%	2	0.02%	11	0.12%	2,646	28.62%	9,245
Todd	2,364	55.23%	1,505	35.16%	98	2.29%	64	1.50%	73	1.71%	176	4.11%	859	20.07%	4,280
Trigg	2,512	56.63%	1,905	42.94%	3	0.07%	10	0.23%	2	0.05%	4	0.09%	607	13.68%	4,436
Trimble	1,389	55.78%	1,088	43.69%	3	0.12%	6	0.24%	1	0.04%	3	0.12%	301	12.09%	2,490
Union	2,524	44.78%	3,090	54.82%	4	0.07%	10	0.18%	5	0.09%	4	0.07%	-566	-10.04%	5,637
Warren	16,167	66.87%	7,937	32.83%	12	0.05%	27	0.11%	14	0.06%	21	0.09%	8,230	34.04%	24,178
Washington	2,804	60.24%	1,786	38.37%	50	1.07%	2	0.04%	3	0.06%	10	0.21%	1,018	21.87%	4,655
Wayne	4,449	66.00%	2,277	33.78%	3	0.04%	5	0.07%	2	0.03%	5	0.07%	2,172	32.22%	6,741
Webster	2,504	44.87%	3,042	54.52%	7	0.13%	15	0.27%	3	0.05%	9	0.16%	-538	-9.64%	5,580
Whitley	7,851	68.17%	3,575	31.04%	17	0.15%	28	0.24%	29	0.25%	16	0.14%	4,276	37.13%	11,516
Wolfe	1,257	46.68%	1,394	51.76%	24	0.89%	5	0.19%	5	0.19%	8	0.30%	-137	-5.09%	2,693
Woodford	4,746	66.73%	2,290	32.20%	49	0.69%	7	0.10%	9	0.13%	11	0.15%	2,456	34.53%	7,112
Totals	822,782	60.04%	539,589	39.37%	3,146	0.23%	1,770	0.13%	1,482	0.11%	1,692	0.12%	283,193	20.66%	1,370,461

See also

• Iran–Contra affair
• Nicaragua guerrilla war
• Presidency of Ronald Reagan

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