Elections / 1964 · President

Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Lyndon B. Johnson (D) · Barry Goldwater (R)

National popular vote

70,714,915 votes counted

Johnson (D)

43,296,296

61.2%

Goldwater (R)

27,081,904

38.3%

All others

336,715

0.5%

Margin

D+22.9

The county map

3,137 county-level results on record for 1964

Democrats carried 2,324 counties, Republicans 807, third-party candidates 6. 1,748 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Miller County, GA (R+161.1 swing) · Crenshaw County, AL (R+145.8 swing) · Seminole County, GA (R+141.1 swing) · Henry County, AL (R+139.4 swing) · Pike County, AL (R+138.8 swing) · Coffee County, AL (R+132.8 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	D	+31.6%	86,908	45,127	132,036
Alabama	R	−69.5%	0	479,085	689,816
Arkansas	D	+12.7%	314,197	243,264	560,426
Arizona	R	−0.8%	237,461	241,420	479,362
California	D	+18.3%	4,171,877	2,879,108	7,057,586
Colorado	D	+23.1%	476,024	296,767	776,985
Connecticut	D	+35.7%	826,250	390,983	1,218,546
District of Columbia	D	+71.0%	169,796	28,801	198,597
Delaware	D	+22.2%	122,704	78,078	201,320
Florida	D	+2.3%	948,540	905,941	1,854,481
Georgia	R	−8.3%	522,556	616,584	1,139,335
Hawaii	D	+57.5%	163,249	44,022	207,271
Iowa	D	+24.0%	733,030	449,148	1,184,539
Idaho	D	+1.8%	148,920	143,557	292,477
Illinois	D	+18.9%	2,796,833	1,905,946	4,702,841
Indiana	D	+12.4%	1,170,848	911,118	2,091,606
Kansas	D	+9.0%	464,028	386,579	857,901
Kentucky	D	+28.4%	669,659	372,977	1,046,105
Louisiana	D	+13.6%	509,225	387,068	896,293
Massachusetts	D	+52.7%	1,786,422	549,727	2,344,798
Maryland	D	+30.9%	730,912	385,495	1,116,457
Maine	D	+37.7%	262,264	118,701	381,221
Michigan	D	+33.6%	2,136,615	1,060,152	3,203,102
Minnesota	D	+27.8%	991,117	559,624	1,554,462
Missouri	D	+28.1%	1,164,344	653,535	1,817,879
Mississippi	R	−74.3%	52,619	356,529	409,148
Montana	D	+18.4%	164,246	113,032	278,628
North Carolina	D	+12.3%	800,139	624,844	1,424,983
North Dakota	D	+16.1%	149,784	108,207	258,389
Nebraska	D	+5.2%	307,307	276,847	584,154
New Hampshire	D	+27.8%	184,064	104,029	288,093
New Jersey	D	+31.7%	1,867,671	963,843	2,846,770
New Mexico	D	+18.6%	194,015	132,838	328,613
Nevada	D	+17.2%	79,339	56,094	135,433
New York	D	+37.3%	4,913,156	2,243,559	7,166,015
Ohio	D	+25.9%	2,498,331	1,470,865	3,969,196
Oklahoma	D	+11.5%	519,834	412,665	932,499
Oregon	D	+27.8%	501,017	282,779	786,305
Pennsylvania	D	+30.2%	3,130,954	1,673,657	4,822,690
Rhode Island	D	+61.7%	315,463	74,615	390,078
South Carolina	R	−17.8%	215,699	309,048	524,755
South Dakota	D	+11.2%	163,010	130,108	293,118
Tennessee	D	+11.0%	634,947	508,965	1,143,912
Texas	D	+26.8%	1,663,185	958,566	2,626,811
Utah	D	+9.4%	219,628	181,785	401,413
Virginia	D	+7.1%	560,872	486,468	1,050,254
Vermont	D	+32.6%	108,127	54,942	163,089
Washington	D	+24.6%	779,881	470,366	1,258,556
Wisconsin	D	+24.3%	1,050,424	638,495	1,691,815
West Virginia	D	+35.9%	538,087	253,953	792,040
Wyoming	D	+13.1%	80,718	61,998	142,716