Lyndon B. Johnson carried Illinois D+18.9.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in Illinois, 1964. The state ran 4.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+22.9 nationally).

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

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Illinois result

4,702,841 votes counted

Johnson (D)

2,796,833

59.5%

Goldwater (R)

1,905,946

40.5%

All others

62

0.0%

Margin

D+18.9

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1964 presidential election

Illinois, 1964

JohnsonD+18.9

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	59.5%	2,796,833
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	40.5%	1,905,946
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	62

D+60

R+60

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

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+13.4%	18,321	13,993	32,314
Alexander County	D	+24.4%	4,763	2,895	7,658
Bond County	D	+11.0%	3,815	3,058	6,873
Boone County	R	−15.5%	3,694	5,053	8,747
Brown County	D	+21.2%	2,083	1,355	3,438
Bureau County	R	−2.5%	9,086	9,552	18,638
Calhoun County	D	+16.7%	1,805	1,288	3,093
Carroll County	R	−5.0%	4,062	4,487	8,549
Cass County	D	+21.9%	4,424	2,836	7,260
Champaign County	D	+7.9%	25,792	22,010	47,802
Christian County	D	+31.8%	11,898	6,153	18,051
Clark County	D	+0.7%	4,464	4,403	8,867
Clay County	D	+10.8%	4,551	3,665	8,216
Clinton County	D	+22.0%	7,339	4,692	12,031
Coles County	D	+12.3%	11,377	8,878	20,255
Cook County	D	+26.4%	1,537,181	895,718	2,432,899
Crawford County	D	+7.6%	5,624	4,834	10,458
Cumberland County	D	+15.2%	3,056	2,251	5,307
De Witt County	D	+9.6%	4,371	3,605	7,976
DeKalb County	R	−7.0%	10,257	11,791	22,049
Douglas County	D	+5.3%	4,695	4,223	8,918
DuPage County	R	−19.8%	66,229	98,871	165,100
Edgar County	D	+1.2%	5,966	5,827	11,793
Edwards County	R	−6.4%	1,991	2,262	4,253
Effingham County	D	+14.7%	6,782	5,044	11,826
Fayette County	D	+16.7%	6,295	4,492	10,787
Ford County	R	−15.1%	3,427	4,650	8,077
Franklin County	D	+28.1%	13,581	7,620	21,201
Fulton County	D	+25.2%	13,030	7,785	20,815
Gallatin County	D	+34.2%	2,845	1,394	4,239
Greene County	D	+20.9%	4,781	3,128	7,909
Grundy County	R	−2.6%	5,246	5,522	10,768
Hamilton County	D	+10.0%	3,133	2,561	5,694
Hancock County	D	+5.5%	6,199	5,557	11,756
Hardin County	D	+10.6%	1,639	1,324	2,963
Henderson County	D	+9.9%	2,271	1,863	4,134
Henry County	D	+6.3%	12,085	10,644	22,729
Iroquois County	R	−14.6%	7,029	9,423	16,452
Jackson County	D	+26.9%	12,165	7,013	19,178
Jasper County	D	+13.2%	3,406	2,614	6,020
Jefferson County	D	+21.4%	9,653	6,248	15,901
Jersey County	D	+12.8%	3,936	3,041	6,977
Jo Daviess County	D	+2.2%	4,818	4,607	9,425
Johnson County	R	−11.2%	1,770	2,217	3,987
Kane County	R	−6.5%	40,703	46,391	87,094
Kankakee County	D	+12.8%	20,792	16,082	36,874
Kendall County	R	−24.9%	3,430	5,710	9,140
Knox County	D	+7.7%	15,000	12,850	27,850
Lake County	D	+3.2%	62,785	58,840	121,667
LaSalle County	D	+18.6%	30,923	21,216	52,139
Lawrence County	D	+10.3%	5,136	4,176	9,312
Lee County	R	−7.2%	7,315	8,445	15,760
Livingston County	R	−9.4%	8,476	10,239	18,715
Logan County	D	+6.2%	7,712	6,805	14,517
Macon County	D	+32.2%	35,045	17,957	53,002
Macoupin County	D	+28.7%	15,227	8,430	23,657
Madison County	D	+36.9%	65,115	30,009	95,124
Marion County	D	+27.3%	12,363	7,060	19,423
Marshall County	D	+5.2%	3,561	3,209	6,770
Mason County	D	+26.3%	4,857	2,833	7,690
Massac County	D	+4.9%	3,396	3,078	6,474
McDonough County	R	−5.8%	6,144	6,907	13,051
McHenry County	R	−11.1%	18,014	22,503	40,517
McLean County	D	+1.1%	19,550	19,120	38,670
Menard County	D	+3.5%	2,491	2,322	4,813
Mercer County	D	+2.2%	4,410	4,220	8,630
Monroe County	D	+7.8%	4,605	3,936	8,541
Montgomery County	D	+24.4%	10,581	6,425	17,006
Morgan County	D	+12.1%	9,235	7,240	16,475
Moultrie County	D	+19.9%	3,733	2,493	6,226
Ogle County	R	−20.3%	6,917	10,430	17,347
Peoria County	D	+17.4%	47,360	33,327	80,687
Perry County	D	+21.5%	6,639	4,287	10,926
Piatt County	D	+10.7%	3,897	3,141	7,038
Pike County	D	+23.0%	6,576	4,113	10,689
Pope County	R	−8.7%	1,117	1,329	2,446
Pulaski County	D	+32.0%	3,332	1,716	5,048
Putnam County	D	+9.2%	1,359	1,131	2,490
Randolph County	D	+22.6%	9,199	5,803	15,002
Richland County	D	+4.2%	4,239	3,901	8,140
Rock Island County	D	+27.6%	41,759	23,714	65,473
Saline County	D	+18.9%	8,337	5,691	14,028
Sangamon County	D	+13.1%	43,073	33,077	76,166
Schuyler County	D	+1.8%	2,504	2,417	4,921
Scott County	D	+9.1%	1,952	1,627	3,579
Shelby County	D	+24.7%	7,088	4,281	11,369
St. Clair County	D	+44.8%	74,005	28,226	102,231
Stark County	R	−8.8%	1,776	2,117	3,893
Stephenson County	D	+8.0%	10,854	9,252	20,106
Tazewell County	D	+24.9%	28,561	17,170	45,731
Union County	D	+24.7%	5,208	3,142	8,350
Vermilion County	D	+11.9%	24,765	19,506	44,271
Wabash County	D	+12.3%	3,721	2,905	6,626
Warren County	R	−5.9%	4,670	5,258	9,931
Washington County	R	−2.3%	3,670	3,840	7,510
Wayne County	D	+4.6%	5,198	4,745	9,943
White County	D	+19.7%	5,963	4,000	9,963
Whiteside County	R	−1.6%	12,536	12,940	25,476
Will County	D	+12.5%	49,663	38,619	88,282
Williamson County	D	+23.1%	14,613	9,130	23,743
Winnebago County	D	+10.0%	48,834	39,920	88,754
Woodford County	R	−2.7%	5,914	6,248	12,162