Elections / 1964 · President

Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater.

Name: 1964 United States presidential election — results
Creator: Akashic
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Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

1964 presidentJohnsonD+22.6

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

The 1964 cycle at a glance

National popular vote

D+22.6

Electoral college

Johnson 486

of 538

Counties carried

D 2,304 · R 827

1,725 flipped

Tipping-point state

Washington

D+24.6

1964 presidential election

Johnson 486 +216270to win52 Goldwater

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Each state filled by its margin · the number is its electoral votes · cyan outlines a state that flipped party · hover for the detail

The popular vote in the long run

National Democratic-minus-Republican margin, 1892–1964. Blue above the line is a Democratic margin, red below Republican.

National presidential margin, 1892–1964
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.7%
1896	−6.1%
1900	−7.5%
1904	−19.7%
1908	−9.6%
1912	+19.5%
1916	+3.1%
1920	−26.2%
1924	−25.2%
1928	−17.5%
1932	+17.8%
1936	+24.3%
1940	+9.9%
1944	+7.5%
1948	+4.5%
1952	−10.8%
1956	−15.4%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+22.6%

The path to 270

Johnson's states, safest to closest — the running electoral-vote total crosses 270 at the tipping-point state.

State	Won by	Electoral votes	Running total
District of Columbia	+71.0%	3	3
Rhode Island	+61.7%	4	7
Hawaii	+57.5%	4	11
Massachusetts	+52.7%	14	25
Maine	+37.7%	4	29
New York	+37.3%	43	72
West Virginia	+35.9%	7	79
Connecticut	+35.7%	8	87
Michigan	+33.6%	21	108
Vermont	+32.6%	3	111
New Jersey	+31.7%	17	128
Alaska	+31.6%	3	131
Maryland	+30.9%	10	141
Pennsylvania	+30.2%	29	170
Kentucky	+28.4%	9	179
Missouri	+28.1%	12	191
New Hampshire	+27.8%	4	195
Minnesota	+27.8%	10	205
Oregon	+27.8%	6	211
Texas	+26.8%	25	236
Ohio	+25.9%	26	262
Washington270th vote	+24.6%	9	271
Wisconsin	+24.3%	12	283
Iowa	+24.0%	9	292
Colorado	+23.1%	6	298
Delaware	+22.2%	3	301
Illinois	+18.9%	26	327
New Mexico	+18.6%	4	331
Montana	+18.4%	4	335
California	+18.3%	40	375
Nevada	+17.2%	3	378
North Dakota	+16.1%	4	382
Wyoming	+13.1%	3	385
Arkansas	+12.7%	6	391
Indiana	+12.4%	13	404
North Carolina	+12.3%	13	417
Oklahoma	+11.5%	8	425
South Dakota	+11.2%	4	429
Tennessee	+11.0%	11	440
Utah	+9.4%	4	444
Kansas	+9.0%	7	451
Virginia	+7.1%	12	463
Nebraska	+5.2%	5	468
Florida	+2.3%	14	482
Idaho	+1.8%	4	486

the swing · 1960 → 1964

How the country moved

Every county that voted in both cycles, placed by how its margin swung and sized by its turnout. 2,532 of 3,130 moved toward the Democrats. The median county swung D+26.0; weighted by turnout — the average voter's county — the shift was D+22.3.

biggest movers

Miller, GAR+161.1 Crenshaw, ALR+145.8 Seminole, GAR+141.1 Henry, ALR+139.4 Pike, ALR+138.8 Coffee, ALR+132.8 Smith, MSR+130.1 Covington, ALR+129.6

Each dot is one county, area ∝ votes cast · 3,130 counties · 70,489,421 votes · county returns, MEDSL & Akashic, 1960 & 1964.

The sharpest county swings

Of the counties reporting in both cycles, the biggest shifts in presidential margin since 1960. Each links to the county's full record.

County	State	Swing	1960 margin	1964 margin
Miller County	GA	R+161.1	D+89.5	R+71.6
Crenshaw County	AL	R+145.8	D+67.1	R+78.7
Seminole County	GA	R+141.1	D+90.7	R+50.4
Henry County	AL	R+139.4	D+56.3	R+83.1
Pike County	AL	R+138.8	D+54.3	R+84.5
Coffee County	AL	R+132.8	D+52.7	R+80.2

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map. Electoral votes reflect the 1964 apportionment. The Swing column is the change in margin since 1960; the faint tick on each bar marks where the state stood then.

State	Won	Electoral votes	Margin	Swing	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	D	3	1960: R+1.9+31.6%	D+33.6	86,908	45,127	132,036
Alabama	R	10	1960: D+14.3−69.5%	R+83.7	0	479,085	689,816
Arkansas	D	6	1960: D+7.1+12.7%	D+5.5	314,197	243,264	560,426
Arizona	R	5	1960: R+11.1−0.8%	D+10.3	237,461	241,420	479,362
California	D	40	1960: R+0.5+18.3%	D+18.9	4,171,877	2,879,108	7,057,586
Colorado	D	6	1960: R+9.7+23.1%	D+32.8	476,024	296,767	776,985
Connecticut	D	8	1960: D+7.5+35.7%	D+28.3	826,250	390,983	1,218,546
District of Columbia	D	3	+71.0%	—	169,796	28,801	198,597
Delaware	D	3	1960: D+1.6+22.2%	D+20.5	122,704	78,078	201,320
Florida	D	14	1960: R+3.0+2.3%	D+5.3	948,540	905,941	1,854,481
Georgia	R	12	1960: D+25.1−8.3%	R+33.4	522,556	616,584	1,139,335
Hawaii	D	4	1960: D+0.1+57.5%	D+57.5	163,249	44,022	207,271
Iowa	D	9	1960: R+13.5+24.0%	D+37.5	733,030	449,148	1,184,539
Idaho	D	4	1960: R+7.6+1.8%	D+9.4	148,920	143,557	292,477
Illinois	D	26	1960: D+0.2+18.9%	D+18.8	2,796,833	1,905,946	4,702,841
Indiana	D	13	1960: R+10.4+12.4%	D+22.8	1,170,848	911,118	2,091,606
Kansas	D	7	1960: R+21.3+9.0%	D+30.4	464,028	386,579	857,901
Kentucky	D	9	1960: R+7.2+28.4%	D+35.5	669,659	372,977	1,046,105
Louisiana	R	10	1960: D+21.8−13.6%	R+35.4	387,068	509,225	897,293
Massachusetts	D	14	1960: D+20.7+52.7%	D+32.1	1,786,422	549,727	2,344,798
Maryland	D	10	1960: D+7.2+30.9%	D+23.7	730,912	385,495	1,116,457
Maine	D	4	1960: R+14.1+37.7%	D+51.8	262,264	118,701	381,221
Michigan	D	21	1960: D+2.0+33.6%	D+31.6	2,136,615	1,060,152	3,203,102
Minnesota	D	10	1960: D+1.4+27.8%	D+26.3	991,117	559,624	1,554,462
Missouri	D	12	1960: D+0.5+28.1%	D+27.6	1,164,344	653,535	1,817,879
Mississippi	R	7	1960: D+11.7−74.3%	R+86.0	52,619	356,529	409,148
Montana	D	4	1960: R+2.5+18.4%	D+20.9	164,246	113,032	278,628
North Carolina	D	13	1960: D+4.2+12.3%	D+8.1	800,139	624,844	1,424,983
North Dakota	D	4	1960: R+10.9+16.1%	D+27.0	149,784	108,207	258,389
Nebraska	D	5	1960: R+24.1+5.2%	D+29.4	307,307	276,847	584,154
New Hampshire	D	4	1960: R+6.8+27.8%	D+34.6	184,064	104,029	288,093
New Jersey	D	17	1960: D+0.8+31.7%	D+31.0	1,867,671	963,843	2,846,770
New Mexico	D	4	1960: D+0.7+18.6%	D+17.9	194,015	132,838	328,613
Nevada	D	3	1960: D+2.3+17.2%	D+14.8	79,339	56,094	135,433
New York	D	43	1960: D+5.3+37.3%	D+32.0	4,913,156	2,243,559	7,166,015
Ohio	D	26	1960: R+6.6+25.9%	D+32.5	2,498,331	1,470,865	3,969,196
Oklahoma	D	8	1960: R+18.0+11.5%	D+29.5	519,834	412,665	932,499
Oregon	D	6	1960: R+5.2+27.8%	D+33.0	501,017	282,779	786,305
Pennsylvania	D	29	1960: D+2.3+30.2%	D+27.9	3,130,954	1,673,657	4,822,690
Rhode Island	D	4	1960: D+27.3+61.7%	D+34.5	315,463	74,615	390,078
South Carolina	R	8	1960: D+2.5−17.8%	R+20.3	215,699	309,048	524,755
South Dakota	D	4	1960: R+16.4+11.2%	D+27.7	163,010	130,108	293,118
Tennessee	D	11	1960: R+7.1+11.0%	D+18.2	634,947	508,965	1,143,912
Texas	D	25	1960: D+2.0+26.8%	D+24.8	1,663,185	958,566	2,626,811
Utah	D	4	1960: R+9.6+9.4%	D+19.1	219,628	181,785	401,413
Virginia	D	12	1960: R+5.4+7.1%	D+12.5	560,872	486,468	1,050,254
Vermont	D	3	1960: R+17.3+32.6%	D+49.9	108,127	54,942	163,089
Washington	D	9	1960: R+2.4+24.6%	D+27.0	779,881	470,366	1,258,556
Wisconsin	D	12	1960: R+3.7+24.3%	D+28.1	1,050,424	638,495	1,691,815
West Virginia	D	7	1960: D+5.5+35.9%	D+30.4	538,087	253,953	792,040
Wyoming	D	3	1960: R+10.0+13.1%	D+23.1	80,718	61,998	142,716

Source. Compiled historical county records — 1964 presidential returns · official state + county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Johnson (D)	43,174,139	61.1%
Goldwater (R)	27,204,061	38.5%
All others	337,715	0.5%
Margin	15,970,078	D+22.6