Lyndon B. Johnson carried California D+18.3.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in California, 1964. The state ran 4.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+22.6 nationally).

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

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California result

7,057,586 votes counted

Johnson (D)

4,171,877

59.1%

Goldwater (R)

2,879,108

40.8%

All others

6,601

0.1%

Margin

D+18.3

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1964 presidential election

California, 1964

JohnsonD+18.3

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	59.1%	4,171,877
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	40.8%	2,879,108
OtherAll other candidates	0.1%	6,601

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1964 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1964 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1964

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+33.0%	283,833	142,998	427,340
Alpine County	R	−15.3%	91	124	215
Amador County	D	+33.9%	3,410	1,682	5,098
Butte County	D	+3.1%	20,831	19,574	40,419
Calaveras County	D	+16.7%	3,145	2,244	5,397
Colusa County	D	+21.3%	2,790	1,811	4,606
Contra Costa County	D	+27.0%	113,071	65,011	178,245
Del Norte County	D	+27.5%	3,652	2,075	5,727
El Dorado County	D	+20.8%	8,810	5,775	14,610
Fresno County	D	+31.2%	89,375	46,792	136,308
Glenn County	D	+8.0%	3,937	3,351	7,290
Humboldt County	D	+32.7%	25,515	12,909	38,499
Imperial County	D	+3.8%	11,143	10,330	21,492
Inyo County	D	+6.9%	3,161	2,751	5,915
Kern County	D	+17.5%	64,174	45,014	109,308
Kings County	D	+38.9%	13,073	5,753	18,840
Lake County	D	+12.8%	4,680	3,616	8,302
Lassen County	D	+31.4%	4,072	2,124	6,201
Los Angeles County	D	+14.9%	1,568,300	1,161,067	2,730,918
Madera County	D	+35.6%	9,391	4,461	13,862
Marin County	D	+23.6%	46,462	28,682	75,364
Mariposa County	D	+14.8%	1,704	1,264	2,968
Mendocino County	D	+30.4%	11,869	6,322	18,227
Merced County	D	+37.6%	19,431	8,814	28,269
Modoc County	D	+17.5%	1,972	1,386	3,358
Mono County	R	−12.1%	666	850	1,516
Monterey County	D	+23.9%	40,093	24,579	64,844
Napa County	D	+25.7%	19,580	11,567	31,210
Nevada County	D	+13.2%	6,397	4,899	11,318
Orange County	R	−11.9%	176,539	224,196	401,165
Placer County	D	+32.0%	18,256	9,389	27,676
Plumas County	D	+40.8%	4,019	1,686	5,713
Riverside County	D	+13.7%	80,528	61,165	141,788
Sacramento County	D	+31.5%	149,668	77,871	227,871
San Benito County	D	+21.4%	3,779	2,444	6,237
San Bernardino County	D	+14.3%	123,012	92,145	215,400
San Diego County	R	−0.6%	211,808	214,445	426,286
San Francisco County	D	+42.5%	230,758	92,994	323,908
San Joaquin County	D	+23.6%	59,210	36,546	95,839
San Luis Obispo County	D	+19.8%	22,252	14,906	37,186
San Mateo County	D	+28.8%	140,978	77,916	219,191
Santa Barbara County	D	+12.0%	48,381	38,020	86,486
Santa Clara County	D	+26.5%	202,249	117,420	320,527
Santa Cruz County	D	+17.3%	26,714	18,836	45,644
Shasta County	D	+35.1%	19,142	9,178	28,350
Sierra County	D	+33.4%	828	413	1,241
Siskiyou County	D	+27.5%	9,126	5,186	14,335
Solano County	D	+39.1%	34,930	15,263	50,240
Sonoma County	D	+23.1%	44,354	27,677	72,136
Stanislaus County	D	+32.4%	43,078	21,973	65,128
Sutter County	R	−3.2%	6,787	7,241	14,044
Tehama County	D	+20.9%	6,928	4,529	11,467
Trinity County	D	+26.8%	2,175	1,252	3,439
Tulare County	D	+20.2%	33,974	22,527	56,552
Tuolumne County	D	+26.6%	4,939	2,861	7,820
Ventura County	D	+17.9%	57,805	40,264	98,238
Yolo County	D	+39.2%	18,266	7,976	26,274
Yuba County	D	+15.4%	6,766	4,964	11,739