Lyndon B. Johnson carried Minnesota D+27.8.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in Minnesota, 1964. The state ran 4.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+22.9 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

1,554,462 votes counted

Johnson (D)

991,117

63.8%

Goldwater (R)

559,624

36.0%

All others

3,721

0.2%

Margin

D+27.8

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1964 presidential election

Minnesota, 1964

JohnsonD+27.8

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	63.8%	991,117
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	36.0%	559,624
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	3,721

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+31.8%	3,874	2,000	5,890
Anoka County	D	+41.1%	31,714	13,201	45,005
Becker County	D	+26.4%	6,453	3,751	10,220
Beltrami County	D	+30.4%	5,967	3,184	9,166
Benton County	D	+24.7%	4,679	2,818	7,520
Big Stone County	D	+36.0%	2,831	1,331	4,172
Blue Earth County	D	+14.2%	10,687	8,009	18,797
Brown County	D	+1.8%	6,069	5,851	11,937
Carlton County	D	+54.8%	9,552	2,780	12,359
Carver County	R	−2.9%	5,123	5,424	10,558
Cass County	D	+19.7%	4,635	3,110	7,754
Chippewa County	D	+23.7%	4,550	2,806	7,365
Chisago County	D	+26.4%	4,347	2,525	6,889
Clay County	D	+25.0%	10,161	6,085	16,285
Clearwater County	D	+39.0%	2,596	1,137	3,739
Cook County	D	+12.2%	976	764	1,742
Cottonwood County	D	+8.9%	4,090	3,423	7,528
Crow Wing County	D	+28.3%	9,197	5,131	14,349
Dakota County	D	+34.3%	28,391	13,856	42,328
Dodge County	D	+11.8%	3,138	2,474	5,620
Douglas County	D	+18.9%	6,040	4,122	10,175
Faribault County	D	+10.5%	5,946	4,817	10,775
Fillmore County	D	+9.3%	5,813	4,824	10,651
Freeborn County	D	+26.4%	10,554	6,136	16,709
Goodhue County	D	+16.0%	9,035	6,539	15,589
Grant County	D	+20.5%	2,631	1,734	4,366
Hennepin County	D	+21.7%	241,020	154,736	396,727
Houston County	D	+6.2%	3,885	3,433	7,326
Hubbard County	D	+5.6%	2,553	2,283	4,843
Isanti County	D	+34.0%	4,026	1,982	6,018
Itasca County	D	+48.8%	12,054	4,137	16,231
Jackson County	D	+30.4%	4,576	2,441	7,021
Kanabec County	D	+32.8%	2,666	1,348	4,024
Kandiyohi County	D	+38.7%	9,108	4,011	13,156
Kittson County	D	+41.5%	2,790	1,153	3,945
Koochiching County	D	+57.1%	5,878	1,602	7,491
Lac qui Parle County	D	+27.5%	3,934	2,236	6,180
Lake County	D	+59.1%	4,704	1,205	5,925
Lake of the Woods County	D	+44.0%	1,266	489	1,765
Le Sueur County	D	+31.4%	6,117	3,191	9,325
Lincoln County	D	+36.8%	3,024	1,393	4,428
Lyon County	D	+35.5%	6,649	3,165	9,822
Mahnomen County	D	+50.4%	1,967	648	2,619
Marshall County	D	+41.6%	4,594	1,893	6,490
Martin County	R	−7.9%	5,575	6,529	12,126
McLeod County	D	+1.9%	5,755	5,545	11,316
Meeker County	D	+25.9%	5,270	3,099	8,378
Mille Lacs County	D	+27.6%	4,369	2,474	6,872
Morrison County	D	+36.0%	7,492	3,515	11,032
Mower County	D	+35.1%	13,573	6,510	20,140
Murray County	D	+24.3%	3,822	2,325	6,152
Nicollet County	D	+17.4%	5,121	3,605	8,736
Nobles County	D	+29.3%	6,431	3,517	9,960
Norman County	D	+37.1%	3,631	1,662	5,301
Olmsted County	D	+12.1%	16,195	12,699	28,950
Otter Tail County	R	−2.7%	9,997	10,542	20,565
Pennington County	D	+40.9%	3,894	1,630	5,534
Pine County	D	+38.3%	5,123	2,279	7,420
Pipestone County	D	+15.1%	3,365	2,481	5,851
Polk County	D	+37.3%	11,052	5,039	16,111
Pope County	D	+23.2%	3,549	2,213	5,764
Ramsey County	D	+40.2%	133,948	56,898	191,592
Red Lake County	D	+52.6%	1,861	573	2,450
Redwood County	D	+1.9%	4,722	4,546	9,277
Renville County	D	+16.6%	6,072	4,340	10,437
Rice County	D	+25.5%	9,299	5,518	14,843
Rock County	D	+9.6%	2,896	2,389	5,287
Roseau County	D	+37.5%	3,636	1,651	5,293
Scott County	D	+37.2%	7,248	3,311	10,570
Sherburne County	D	+27.9%	3,787	2,132	5,940
Sibley County	R	−3.7%	3,577	3,854	7,436
St. Louis County	D	+51.6%	79,529	25,246	105,183
Stearns County	D	+18.8%	19,063	13,009	32,166
Steele County	D	+10.4%	6,022	4,882	10,939
Stevens County	D	+13.4%	2,910	2,220	5,137
Swift County	D	+34.5%	4,380	2,132	6,524
Todd County	D	+17.2%	5,673	4,006	9,702
Traverse County	D	+35.3%	2,247	1,073	3,322
Wabasha County	D	+16.4%	4,367	3,133	7,504
Wadena County	D	+9.2%	2,908	2,418	5,334
Waseca County	D	+0.9%	3,633	3,570	7,217
Washington County	D	+34.3%	18,108	8,850	27,022
Watonwan County	D	+12.3%	3,615	2,823	6,445
Wilkin County	D	+25.4%	2,751	1,636	4,391
Winona County	D	+28.4%	11,397	6,345	17,770
Wright County	D	+22.6%	8,687	5,476	14,185
Yellow Medicine County	D	+26.2%	4,707	2,751	7,464