Mississippi — 1964 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1964 presidential electionMississippi · PresidentGoldwaterR+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 |
1964presidential margin
D+60R+60
82 counties, each filled by 1964 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Mississippi cast 7 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (82 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, MS | Republican | R+68.7 |
| Alcorn County, MS | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Amite County, MS | Republican | R+92.8 |
| Attala County, MS | Republican | R+88.7 |
| Benton County, MS | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Bolivar County, MS | Republican | R+73.0 |
| Calhoun County, MS | Republican | R+83.3 |
| Carroll County, MS | Republican | R+90.8 |
| Chickasaw County, MS | Republican | R+83.7 |
| Choctaw County, MS | Republican | R+86.6 |
| Claiborne County, MS | Republican | R+87.2 |
| Clarke County, MS | Republican | R+86.8 |
| Clay County, MS | Republican | R+85.3 |
| Coahoma County, MS | Republican | R+62.5 |
| Copiah County, MS | Republican | R+89.9 |
| Covington County, MS | Republican | R+77.1 |
| DeSoto County, MS | Republican | R+72.8 |
| Forrest County, MS | Republican | R+78.3 |
| Franklin County, MS | Republican | R+92.1 |
| George County, MS | Republican | R+84.1 |
| Greene County, MS | Republican | R+79.0 |
| Grenada County, MS | Republican | R+91.8 |
| Hancock County, MS | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Harrison County, MS | Republican | R+50.3 |
| Hinds County, MS | Republican | R+75.9 |
| Holmes County, MS | Republican | R+93.2 |
| Humphreys County, MS | Republican | R+91.4 |
| Issaquena County, MS | Republican | R+86.1 |
| Itawamba County, MS | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Jackson County, MS | Republican | R+65.5 |
| Jasper County, MS | Republican | R+85.4 |
| Jefferson County, MS | Republican | R+89.6 |
| Jefferson Davis County, MS | Republican | R+81.8 |
| Jones County, MS | Republican | R+71.9 |
| Kemper County, MS | Republican | R+83.9 |
| Lafayette County, MS | Republican | R+63.3 |
| Lamar County, MS | Republican | R+82.0 |
| Lauderdale County, MS | Republican | R+78.7 |
| Lawrence County, MS | Republican | R+81.9 |
| Leake County, MS | Republican | R+92.5 |
| Lee County, MS | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Leflore County, MS | Republican | R+87.3 |
| Lincoln County, MS | Republican | R+87.8 |
| Lowndes County, MS | Republican | R+84.0 |
| Madison County, MS | Republican | R+85.8 |
| Marion County, MS | Republican | R+83.1 |
| Marshall County, MS | Republican | R+73.6 |
| Monroe County, MS | Republican | R+70.2 |
| Montgomery County, MS | Republican | R+91.1 |
| Neshoba County, MS | Republican | R+89.8 |
| Newton County, MS | Republican | R+90.4 |
| Noxubee County, MS | Republican | R+93.2 |
| Oktibbeha County, MS | Republican | R+81.4 |
| Panola County, MS | Republican | R+81.3 |
| Pearl River County, MS | Republican | R+69.0 |
| Perry County, MS | Republican | R+72.8 |
| Pike County, MS | Republican | R+84.4 |
| Pontotoc County, MS | Republican | R+58.7 |
| Prentiss County, MS | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Quitman County, MS | Republican | R+72.0 |
| Rankin County, MS | Republican | R+91.6 |
| Scott County, MS | Republican | R+90.4 |
| Sharkey County, MS | Republican | R+79.4 |
| Simpson County, MS | Republican | R+89.6 |
| Smith County, MS | Republican | R+88.9 |
| Stone County, MS | Republican | R+81.7 |
| Sunflower County, MS | Republican | R+88.5 |
| Tallahatchie County, MS | Republican | R+84.9 |
| Tate County, MS | Republican | R+78.8 |
| Tippah County, MS | Republican | R+43.6 |
| Tishomingo County, MS | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Tunica County, MS | Republican | R+81.0 |
| Union County, MS | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Walthall County, MS | Republican | R+90.3 |
| Warren County, MS | Republican | R+63.9 |
| Washington County, MS | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Wayne County, MS | Republican | R+85.5 |
| Webster County, MS | Republican | R+84.8 |
| Wilkinson County, MS | Republican | R+86.9 |
| Winston County, MS | Republican | R+88.6 |
| Yalobusha County, MS | Republican | R+80.4 |
| Yazoo County, MS | Republican | R+91.8 |
Mississippi results by county
82 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Barry Goldwater+4,807 | 5,90084.4% | 1,09315.6% | 00.0% | 6,993 |
| Alcorn County | Barry Goldwater+1,460 | 3,37763.8% | 1,91736.2% | 00.0% | 5,294 |
| Amite County | Barry Goldwater+2,639 | 2,74296.4% | 1033.6% | 00.0% | 2,845 |
| Attala County | Barry Goldwater+4,146 | 4,40994.4% | 2635.6% | 00.0% | 4,672 |
| Benton County | Barry Goldwater+698 | 93479.8% | 23620.2% | 00.0% | 1,170 |
| Bolivar County | Barry Goldwater+3,949 | 4,68086.5% | 73113.5% | 00.0% | 5,411 |
| Calhoun County | Barry Goldwater+2,930 | 3,22491.6% | 2948.4% | 00.0% | 3,518 |
| Carroll County | Barry Goldwater+1,945 | 2,04395.4% | 984.6% | 00.0% | 2,141 |
| Chickasaw County | Barry Goldwater+2,859 | 3,13891.8% | 2798.2% | 00.0% | 3,417 |
| Choctaw County | Barry Goldwater+1,946 | 2,09693.3% | 1506.7% | 00.0% | 2,246 |
| Claiborne County | Barry Goldwater+1,142 | 1,22693.6% | 846.4% | 00.0% | 1,310 |
| Clarke County | Barry Goldwater+3,338 | 3,59193.4% | 2536.6% | 00.0% | 3,844 |
| Clay County | Barry Goldwater+2,622 | 2,84892.6% | 2267.4% | 00.0% | 3,074 |
| Coahoma County | Barry Goldwater+3,208 | 4,17281.2% | 96418.8% | 00.0% | 5,136 |
| Copiah County | Barry Goldwater+4,267 | 4,50695.0% | 2395.0% | 00.0% | 4,745 |
| Covington County | Barry Goldwater+2,641 | 3,03388.6% | 39211.4% | 00.0% | 3,425 |
| DeSoto County | Barry Goldwater+2,467 | 2,92886.4% | 46113.6% | 00.0% | 3,389 |
| Forrest County | Barry Goldwater+8,163 | 9,29189.2% | 1,12810.8% | 00.0% | 10,419 |
| Franklin County | Barry Goldwater+2,120 | 2,21196.0% | 914.0% | 00.0% | 2,302 |
| George County | Barry Goldwater+2,555 | 2,79792.0% | 2428.0% | 00.0% | 3,039 |
| Greene County | Barry Goldwater+1,629 | 1,84589.5% | 21610.5% | 00.0% | 2,061 |
| Grenada County | Barry Goldwater+3,493 | 3,64895.9% | 1554.1% | 00.0% | 3,803 |
| Hancock County | Barry Goldwater+1,049 | 2,55062.9% | 1,50137.1% | 00.0% | 4,051 |
| Harrison County | Barry Goldwater+10,908 | 16,30175.1% | 5,39324.9% | 00.0% | 21,694 |
| Hinds County | Barry Goldwater+31,773 | 36,83187.9% | 5,05812.1% | 00.0% | 41,889 |
| Holmes County | Barry Goldwater+3,005 | 3,11596.6% | 1103.4% | 00.0% | 3,225 |
| Humphreys County | Barry Goldwater+1,779 | 1,86395.7% | 844.3% | 00.0% | 1,947 |
| Issaquena County | Barry Goldwater+422 | 45693.1% | 346.9% | 00.0% | 490 |
| Itawamba County | Barry Goldwater+1,013 | 2,14065.5% | 1,12734.5% | 00.0% | 3,267 |
| Jackson County | Barry Goldwater+8,986 | 11,35782.7% | 2,37117.3% | 00.0% | 13,728 |
| Jasper County | Barry Goldwater+2,758 | 2,99492.7% | 2367.3% | 00.0% | 3,230 |
| Jefferson County | Barry Goldwater+1,189 | 1,25894.8% | 695.2% | 00.0% | 1,327 |
| Jefferson Davis County | Barry Goldwater+2,116 | 2,35190.9% | 2359.1% | 00.0% | 2,586 |
| Jones County | Barry Goldwater+10,142 | 12,12386.0% | 1,98114.0% | 00.0% | 14,104 |
| Kemper County | Barry Goldwater+1,994 | 2,18592.0% | 1918.0% | 00.0% | 2,376 |
| Lafayette County | Barry Goldwater+2,482 | 3,20281.6% | 72018.4% | 00.0% | 3,922 |
| Lamar County | Barry Goldwater+3,038 | 3,37291.0% | 3349.0% | 00.0% | 3,706 |
| Lauderdale County | Barry Goldwater+11,708 | 13,29189.4% | 1,58310.6% | 00.0% | 14,874 |
| Lawrence County | Barry Goldwater+2,137 | 2,37391.0% | 2369.0% | 00.0% | 2,609 |
| Leake County | Barry Goldwater+4,173 | 4,34396.2% | 1703.8% | 00.0% | 4,513 |
| Lee County | Barry Goldwater+2,756 | 5,16568.2% | 2,40931.8% | 00.0% | 7,574 |
| Leflore County | Barry Goldwater+5,209 | 5,58993.6% | 3806.4% | 00.0% | 5,969 |
| Lincoln County | Barry Goldwater+6,313 | 6,75093.9% | 4376.1% | 00.0% | 7,187 |
| Lowndes County | Barry Goldwater+5,602 | 6,13592.0% | 5338.0% | 00.0% | 6,668 |
| Madison County | Barry Goldwater+3,032 | 3,28392.9% | 2517.1% | 00.0% | 3,534 |
| Marion County | Barry Goldwater+4,964 | 5,46991.5% | 5058.5% | 00.0% | 5,974 |
| Marshall County | Barry Goldwater+1,908 | 2,25186.8% | 34313.2% | 00.0% | 2,594 |
| Monroe County | Barry Goldwater+4,642 | 5,62785.1% | 98514.9% | 00.0% | 6,612 |
| Montgomery County | Barry Goldwater+3,032 | 3,18195.5% | 1494.5% | 00.0% | 3,330 |
| Neshoba County | Barry Goldwater+5,138 | 5,43194.9% | 2935.1% | 00.0% | 5,724 |
| Newton County | Barry Goldwater+4,497 | 4,73595.2% | 2384.8% | 00.0% | 4,973 |
| Noxubee County | Barry Goldwater+1,910 | 1,98096.6% | 703.4% | 00.0% | 2,050 |
| Oktibbeha County | Barry Goldwater+3,405 | 3,79590.7% | 3909.3% | 00.0% | 4,185 |
| Panola County | Barry Goldwater+3,589 | 4,00290.6% | 4139.4% | 00.0% | 4,415 |
| Pearl River County | Barry Goldwater+3,274 | 4,00984.5% | 73515.5% | 00.0% | 4,744 |
| Perry County | Barry Goldwater+1,496 | 1,77586.4% | 27913.6% | 00.0% | 2,054 |
| Pike County | Barry Goldwater+5,875 | 6,41892.2% | 5437.8% | 00.0% | 6,961 |
| Pontotoc County | Barry Goldwater+1,997 | 2,69979.4% | 70220.6% | 00.0% | 3,401 |
| Prentiss County | Barry Goldwater+1,276 | 2,28969.3% | 1,01330.7% | 00.0% | 3,302 |
| Quitman County | Barry Goldwater+1,729 | 2,06586.0% | 33614.0% | 00.0% | 2,401 |
| Rankin County | Barry Goldwater+7,209 | 7,54195.8% | 3324.2% | 00.0% | 7,873 |
| Scott County | Barry Goldwater+4,491 | 4,72995.2% | 2384.8% | 00.0% | 4,967 |
| Sharkey County | Barry Goldwater+988 | 1,11689.7% | 12810.3% | 00.0% | 1,244 |
| Simpson County | Barry Goldwater+4,678 | 4,94994.8% | 2715.2% | 00.0% | 5,220 |
| Smith County | Barry Goldwater+3,807 | 4,04594.4% | 2385.6% | 00.0% | 4,283 |
| Stone County | Barry Goldwater+1,597 | 1,77690.8% | 1799.2% | 00.0% | 1,955 |
| Sunflower County | Barry Goldwater+3,876 | 4,12794.3% | 2515.7% | 00.0% | 4,378 |
| Tallahatchie County | Barry Goldwater+2,871 | 3,12692.5% | 2557.5% | 00.0% | 3,381 |
| Tate County | Barry Goldwater+2,107 | 2,39089.4% | 28310.6% | 00.0% | 2,673 |
| Tippah County | Barry Goldwater+1,508 | 2,48271.8% | 97428.2% | 00.0% | 3,456 |
| Tishomingo County | Barry Goldwater+957 | 1,93466.4% | 97733.6% | 00.0% | 2,911 |
| Tunica County | Barry Goldwater+846 | 94590.5% | 999.5% | 00.0% | 1,044 |
| Union County | Barry Goldwater+1,702 | 2,93970.4% | 1,23729.6% | 00.0% | 4,176 |
| Walthall County | Barry Goldwater+2,860 | 3,01495.1% | 1544.9% | 00.0% | 3,168 |
| Warren County | Barry Goldwater+5,778 | 7,40982.0% | 1,63118.0% | 00.0% | 9,040 |
| Washington County | Barry Goldwater+3,607 | 5,61173.7% | 2,00426.3% | 00.0% | 7,615 |
| Wayne County | Barry Goldwater+3,263 | 3,53992.8% | 2767.2% | 00.0% | 3,815 |
| Webster County | Barry Goldwater+2,647 | 2,88492.4% | 2377.6% | 00.0% | 3,121 |
| Wilkinson County | Barry Goldwater+1,370 | 1,47393.5% | 1036.5% | 00.0% | 1,576 |
| Winston County | Barry Goldwater+3,685 | 3,92294.3% | 2375.7% | 00.0% | 4,159 |
| Yalobusha County | Barry Goldwater+2,126 | 2,38590.2% | 2599.8% | 00.0% | 2,644 |
| Yazoo County | Barry Goldwater+4,597 | 4,80195.9% | 2044.1% | 00.0% | 5,005 |
Nominees: Lyndon B. Johnson (D) · Barry Goldwater (R)
Mississippi's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +73.3% |
| 1896 | +84.1% |
| 1900 | +77.6% |
| 1904 | +85.5% |
| 1908 | +83.6% |
| 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% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1964 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.