Barry Goldwater carried Mississippi R+74.3.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in Mississippi, 1964. The state ran 97.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+22.9 nationally).

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

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Mississippi result

409,148 votes counted

Johnson (D)

52,619

12.9%

Goldwater (R)

356,529

87.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+74.3

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1964 presidential election

Mississippi, 1964

GoldwaterR+74.3

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Barry Goldwater ✓Republican	87.1%	356,529
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic	12.9%	52,619
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−68.7%	1,093	5,900	6,993
Alcorn County	R	−27.6%	1,917	3,377	5,294
Amite County	R	−92.8%	103	2,742	2,845
Attala County	R	−88.7%	263	4,409	4,672
Benton County	R	−59.7%	236	934	1,170
Bolivar County	R	−73.0%	731	4,680	5,411
Calhoun County	R	−83.3%	294	3,224	3,518
Carroll County	R	−90.8%	98	2,043	2,141
Chickasaw County	R	−83.7%	279	3,138	3,417
Choctaw County	R	−86.6%	150	2,096	2,246
Claiborne County	R	−87.2%	84	1,226	1,310
Clarke County	R	−86.8%	253	3,591	3,844
Clay County	R	−85.3%	226	2,848	3,074
Coahoma County	R	−62.5%	964	4,172	5,136
Copiah County	R	−89.9%	239	4,506	4,745
Covington County	R	−77.1%	392	3,033	3,425
DeSoto County	R	−72.8%	461	2,928	3,389
Forrest County	R	−78.3%	1,128	9,291	10,419
Franklin County	R	−92.1%	91	2,211	2,302
George County	R	−84.1%	242	2,797	3,039
Greene County	R	−79.0%	216	1,845	2,061
Grenada County	R	−91.8%	155	3,648	3,803
Hancock County	R	−25.9%	1,501	2,550	4,051
Harrison County	R	−50.3%	5,393	16,301	21,694
Hinds County	R	−75.9%	5,058	36,831	41,889
Holmes County	R	−93.2%	110	3,115	3,225
Humphreys County	R	−91.4%	84	1,863	1,947
Issaquena County	R	−86.1%	34	456	490
Itawamba County	R	−31.0%	1,127	2,140	3,267
Jackson County	R	−65.5%	2,371	11,357	13,728
Jasper County	R	−85.4%	236	2,994	3,230
Jefferson County	R	−89.6%	69	1,258	1,327
Jefferson Davis County	R	−81.8%	235	2,351	2,586
Jones County	R	−71.9%	1,981	12,123	14,104
Kemper County	R	−83.9%	191	2,185	2,376
Lafayette County	R	−63.3%	720	3,202	3,922
Lamar County	R	−82.0%	334	3,372	3,706
Lauderdale County	R	−78.7%	1,583	13,291	14,874
Lawrence County	R	−81.9%	236	2,373	2,609
Leake County	R	−92.5%	170	4,343	4,513
Lee County	R	−36.4%	2,409	5,165	7,574
Leflore County	R	−87.3%	380	5,589	5,969
Lincoln County	R	−87.8%	437	6,750	7,187
Lowndes County	R	−84.0%	533	6,135	6,668
Madison County	R	−85.8%	251	3,283	3,534
Marion County	R	−83.1%	505	5,469	5,974
Marshall County	R	−73.6%	343	2,251	2,594
Monroe County	R	−70.2%	985	5,627	6,612
Montgomery County	R	−91.1%	149	3,181	3,330
Neshoba County	R	−89.8%	293	5,431	5,724
Newton County	R	−90.4%	238	4,735	4,973
Noxubee County	R	−93.2%	70	1,980	2,050
Oktibbeha County	R	−81.4%	390	3,795	4,185
Panola County	R	−81.3%	413	4,002	4,415
Pearl River County	R	−69.0%	735	4,009	4,744
Perry County	R	−72.8%	279	1,775	2,054
Pike County	R	−84.4%	543	6,418	6,961
Pontotoc County	R	−58.7%	702	2,699	3,401
Prentiss County	R	−38.6%	1,013	2,289	3,302
Quitman County	R	−72.0%	336	2,065	2,401
Rankin County	R	−91.6%	332	7,541	7,873
Scott County	R	−90.4%	238	4,729	4,967
Sharkey County	R	−79.4%	128	1,116	1,244
Simpson County	R	−89.6%	271	4,949	5,220
Smith County	R	−88.9%	238	4,045	4,283
Stone County	R	−81.7%	179	1,776	1,955
Sunflower County	R	−88.5%	251	4,127	4,378
Tallahatchie County	R	−84.9%	255	3,126	3,381
Tate County	R	−78.8%	283	2,390	2,673
Tippah County	R	−43.6%	974	2,482	3,456
Tishomingo County	R	−32.9%	977	1,934	2,911
Tunica County	R	−81.0%	99	945	1,044
Union County	R	−40.8%	1,237	2,939	4,176
Walthall County	R	−90.3%	154	3,014	3,168
Warren County	R	−63.9%	1,631	7,409	9,040
Washington County	R	−47.4%	2,004	5,611	7,615
Wayne County	R	−85.5%	276	3,539	3,815
Webster County	R	−84.8%	237	2,884	3,121
Wilkinson County	R	−86.9%	103	1,473	1,576
Winston County	R	−88.6%	237	3,922	4,159
Yalobusha County	R	−80.4%	259	2,385	2,644
Yazoo County	R	−91.8%	204	4,801	5,005