Lyndon B. Johnson carried Kentucky D+28.4.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in Kentucky, 1964. The state ran 5.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+22.6 nationally).

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

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Kentucky result

1,046,105 votes counted

Johnson (D)

669,659

64.0%

Goldwater (R)

372,977

35.7%

All others

3,469

0.3%

Margin

D+28.4

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1964 presidential election

Kentucky, 1964

JohnsonD+28.4

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	64.0%	669,659
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	35.7%	372,977
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	3,469

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−3.3%	2,854	3,052	5,927
Allen County	R	−6.6%	2,023	2,309	4,342
Anderson County	D	+39.2%	2,491	1,085	3,586
Ballard County	D	+68.9%	2,867	519	3,409
Barren County	D	+37.1%	6,420	2,936	9,380
Bath County	D	+43.5%	2,571	1,009	3,587
Bell County	D	+24.9%	6,979	4,185	11,227
Boone County	D	+19.3%	5,077	3,430	8,522
Bourbon County	D	+53.5%	4,068	1,222	5,316
Boyd County	D	+24.4%	11,436	6,941	18,437
Boyle County	D	+43.1%	4,976	1,972	6,962
Bracken County	D	+38.9%	1,958	861	2,819
Breathitt County	D	+75.1%	4,714	669	5,383
Breckinridge County	D	+26.5%	3,733	2,167	5,911
Bullitt County	D	+46.6%	3,900	1,417	5,330
Butler County	R	−21.9%	1,555	2,429	3,992
Caldwell County	D	+23.8%	2,831	1,738	4,598
Calloway County	D	+64.3%	7,290	1,576	8,886
Campbell County	D	+13.5%	16,012	12,209	28,264
Carlisle County	D	+69.2%	1,565	282	1,853
Carroll County	D	+67.7%	2,592	491	3,105
Carter County	D	+18.8%	4,136	2,821	6,987
Casey County	R	−29.5%	1,875	3,457	5,356
Christian County	D	+38.4%	8,727	3,882	12,630
Clark County	D	+35.0%	4,205	2,019	6,237
Clay County	R	−2.0%	3,098	3,223	6,343
Clinton County	R	−40.3%	994	2,351	3,369
Crittenden County	R	−6.7%	1,627	1,863	3,497
Cumberland County	R	−14.1%	1,348	1,794	3,164
Daviess County	D	+29.1%	15,253	8,350	23,755
Edmonson County	R	−21.9%	1,022	1,603	2,647
Elliott County	D	+72.4%	2,026	323	2,351
Estill County	D	+2.7%	2,105	1,996	4,102
Fayette County	D	+14.9%	25,317	18,739	44,192
Fleming County	D	+23.2%	2,678	1,668	4,352
Floyd County	D	+66.2%	11,644	2,352	14,041
Franklin County	D	+62.5%	10,130	2,320	12,494
Fulton County	D	+36.1%	2,493	1,169	3,672
Gallatin County	D	+64.5%	1,246	267	1,517
Garrard County	D	+6.7%	2,092	1,828	3,935
Grant County	D	+39.3%	2,461	1,068	3,545
Graves County	D	+61.1%	9,958	2,389	12,390
Grayson County	R	−0.9%	2,920	2,974	5,894
Green County	D	+1.2%	2,160	2,110	4,286
Greenup County	D	+24.5%	6,680	4,045	10,764
Hancock County	D	+30.5%	1,423	756	2,190
Hardin County	D	+33.0%	7,460	3,744	11,264
Harlan County	D	+40.0%	9,394	4,025	13,428
Harrison County	D	+59.6%	4,179	1,054	5,246
Hart County	D	+25.5%	3,313	1,961	5,295
Henderson County	D	+49.0%	8,022	2,734	10,785
Henry County	D	+61.5%	3,521	838	4,363
Hickman County	D	+55.4%	2,149	613	2,774
Hopkins County	D	+40.9%	7,954	3,328	11,297
Jackson County	R	−48.2%	920	2,654	3,597
Jefferson County	D	+28.6%	146,023	80,951	227,823
Jessamine County	D	+11.4%	2,485	1,968	4,530
Johnson County	R	−0.4%	3,053	3,075	6,157
Kenton County	D	+19.3%	23,103	15,630	38,795
Knott County	D	+81.4%	4,739	482	5,230
Knox County	D	+7.3%	4,150	3,583	7,770
Larue County	D	+39.1%	2,742	1,195	3,957
Laurel County	R	−15.9%	3,633	5,008	8,665
Lawrence County	D	+21.5%	2,703	1,745	4,455
Lee County	D	+8.4%	1,376	1,162	2,543
Leslie County	R	−4.7%	1,795	1,971	3,774
Letcher County	D	+34.6%	5,420	2,632	8,063
Lewis County	R	−4.3%	2,047	2,230	4,294
Lincoln County	D	+25.6%	3,307	1,958	5,277
Livingston County	D	+44.5%	2,147	821	2,979
Logan County	D	+47.1%	6,234	2,232	8,494
Lyon County	D	+41.3%	1,412	583	2,006
Madison County	D	+23.3%	6,877	4,266	11,200
Magoffin County	D	+30.4%	2,498	1,327	3,853
Marion County	D	+59.7%	4,265	1,074	5,344
Marshall County	D	+55.9%	5,968	1,679	7,668
Martin County	D	+3.8%	1,694	1,567	3,306
Mason County	D	+29.7%	4,502	2,437	6,952
McCracken County	D	+55.9%	16,178	4,543	20,808
McCreary County	R	−21.8%	1,428	2,230	3,683
McLean County	D	+37.4%	2,576	1,173	3,755
Meade County	D	+48.9%	3,076	1,055	4,136
Menifee County	D	+54.1%	1,076	318	1,401
Mercer County	D	+34.5%	3,564	1,732	5,317
Metcalfe County	D	+21.2%	1,967	1,277	3,252
Monroe County	R	−31.5%	1,713	3,293	5,010
Montgomery County	D	+32.7%	3,039	1,540	4,583
Morgan County	D	+70.7%	3,293	546	3,887
Muhlenberg County	D	+32.0%	6,421	3,300	9,741
Nelson County	D	+53.5%	5,586	1,683	7,296
Nicholas County	D	+47.1%	1,742	621	2,378
Ohio County	D	+5.2%	3,303	2,979	6,287
Oldham County	D	+35.2%	2,622	1,256	3,884
Owen County	D	+76.0%	2,980	405	3,389
Owsley County	R	−34.2%	571	1,167	1,744
Pendleton County	D	+31.0%	2,495	1,313	3,815
Perry County	D	+35.4%	6,728	3,211	9,947
Pike County	D	+33.2%	14,140	7,078	21,253
Powell County	D	+24.0%	1,622	993	2,625
Pulaski County	R	−11.6%	5,840	7,383	13,278
Robertson County	D	+31.4%	734	383	1,119
Rockcastle County	R	−26.8%	1,631	2,829	4,476
Rowan County	D	+28.9%	2,824	1,554	4,396
Russell County	R	−18.5%	1,729	2,521	4,273
Scott County	D	+42.2%	3,289	1,330	4,639
Shelby County	D	+56.0%	4,933	1,384	6,333
Simpson County	D	+53.1%	3,168	967	4,144
Spencer County	D	+45.9%	1,422	525	1,954
Taylor County	D	+8.5%	3,082	2,594	5,709
Todd County	D	+34.2%	2,738	1,339	4,091
Trigg County	D	+50.6%	2,790	912	3,714
Trimble County	D	+73.0%	1,881	292	2,178
Union County	D	+52.4%	3,934	1,220	5,181
Warren County	D	+25.1%	9,887	5,915	15,831
Washington County	D	+28.2%	2,790	1,561	4,351
Wayne County	D	+6.8%	2,737	2,389	5,144
Webster County	D	+50.8%	3,741	1,217	4,964
Whitley County	D	+0.0%	4,782	4,779	9,599
Wolfe County	D	+56.1%	2,018	562	2,597
Woodford County	D	+41.8%	2,974	1,215	4,213