1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and DC, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

South Carolina 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 incumbent Vice President and 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. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Bamberg County voted for a Republican candidate.

Campaign
82% of white voters supported Reagan while 17% supported Mondale.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Abbeville
 * Anderson
 * Bamberg
 * Barnwell
 * Calhoun
 * Cherokee
 * Chester
 * Chesterfield
 * Colleton
 * Darlington
 * Dillon
 * Georgetown
 * Greenwood
 * Lancaster
 * Laurens
 * Oconee
 * Saluda
 * Union
 * York