1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries

February 20 to June 12, 1984

3,933 delegates to the Democratic National Convention
1,967 (majority) votes needed to win
 
Candidate Walter Mondale Gary Hart Jesse Jackson
Home state Minnesota Colorado Illinois
Delegate count 1,708 PDs
384 SDs
1,198 PDs
58 SDs
364 PDs
25 SDs
Contests won 26 26 2
Popular vote 6,952,912 6,504,842 3,282,431
Percentage 38.3% 35.9% 18.1%

     Mondale      Hart      Jackson      Uncommitted

Previous Democratic nominee

Jimmy Carter

Democratic nominee

Walter Mondale

From February 20 to June 12, 1984, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1984 United States presidential election. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Democratic National Convention held from July 16 to July 19, 1984, in San Francisco, California.