Lyndon B. Johnson carried North Carolina D+12.3.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in North Carolina, 1964. The state ran 10.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+22.9 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

1,424,983 votes counted

Johnson (D)

800,139

56.2%

Goldwater (R)

624,844

43.8%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+12.3

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1964 presidential election

North Carolina, 1964

JohnsonD+12.3

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	56.2%	800,139
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	43.8%	624,844
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	+12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+0.7%	15,397	15,177	30,574
Alexander County	R	−0.5%	3,722	3,760	7,482
Alleghany County	D	+20.2%	2,368	1,573	3,941
Anson County	D	+41.3%	4,144	1,721	5,865
Ashe County	D	+8.5%	4,965	4,191	9,156
Avery County	R	−27.1%	1,523	2,656	4,179
Beaufort County	D	+25.8%	6,090	3,595	9,685
Bertie County	D	+56.3%	3,332	931	4,263
Bladen County	D	+35.1%	4,516	2,169	6,685
Brunswick County	D	+6.5%	4,240	3,721	7,961
Buncombe County	D	+24.0%	31,623	19,372	50,995
Burke County	D	+11.9%	12,815	10,081	22,896
Cabarrus County	R	−5.0%	11,921	13,178	25,099
Caldwell County	D	+10.8%	10,846	8,733	19,579
Camden County	D	+23.9%	870	534	1,404
Carteret County	D	+18.5%	6,231	4,289	10,520
Caswell County	D	+16.7%	2,513	1,793	4,306
Catawba County	R	−4.0%	15,814	17,116	32,930
Chatham County	D	+12.6%	5,295	4,111	9,406
Cherokee County	D	+10.3%	3,823	3,106	6,929
Chowan County	D	+36.6%	1,696	787	2,483
Clay County	D	+6.2%	1,457	1,286	2,743
Cleveland County	D	+15.8%	10,836	7,874	18,710
Columbus County	D	+33.6%	9,004	4,471	13,475
Craven County	D	+22.5%	7,422	4,691	12,113
Cumberland County	D	+20.8%	13,864	9,093	22,957
Currituck County	D	+32.5%	1,455	741	2,196
Dare County	D	+26.0%	1,476	867	2,343
Davidson County	R	−11.5%	13,735	17,292	31,027
Davie County	R	−18.2%	3,086	4,460	7,546
Duplin County	D	+30.5%	7,169	3,821	10,990
Durham County	D	+20.0%	22,874	15,264	38,138
Edgecombe County	D	+33.2%	7,834	3,932	11,766
Forsyth County	D	+2.2%	31,615	30,276	61,891
Franklin County	D	+36.9%	4,554	2,097	6,651
Gaston County	D	+8.2%	20,197	17,129	37,326
Gates County	D	+50.8%	1,702	556	2,258
Graham County	D	+10.8%	1,737	1,398	3,135
Granville County	D	+27.3%	4,596	2,624	7,220
Greene County	D	+50.1%	2,712	901	3,613
Guilford County	D	+5.7%	39,969	35,635	75,604
Halifax County	D	+30.6%	8,952	4,757	13,709
Harnett County	D	+11.9%	7,477	5,883	13,360
Haywood County	D	+31.3%	10,664	5,575	16,239
Henderson County	R	−18.3%	6,066	8,780	14,846
Hertford County	D	+59.8%	3,953	994	4,947
Hoke County	D	+48.6%	2,254	779	3,033
Hyde County	D	+37.4%	1,127	514	1,641
Iredell County	R	−6.9%	11,231	12,892	24,123
Jackson County	D	+21.3%	4,905	3,183	8,088
Johnston County	D	+15.7%	10,326	7,523	17,849
Jones County	D	+46.6%	2,129	776	2,905
Lee County	D	+26.4%	4,730	2,753	7,483
Lenoir County	D	+15.1%	7,617	5,617	13,234
Lincoln County	D	+10.9%	7,304	5,869	13,173
Macon County	D	+13.1%	3,774	2,900	6,674
Madison County	D	+6.9%	3,829	3,336	7,165
Martin County	D	+52.3%	4,821	1,511	6,332
McDowell County	D	+20.4%	6,314	4,174	10,488
Mecklenburg County	D	+3.1%	49,582	46,589	96,171
Mitchell County	R	−30.5%	1,736	3,263	4,999
Montgomery County	D	+7.5%	3,933	3,385	7,318
Moore County	D	+10.6%	6,384	5,162	11,546
Nash County	D	+17.8%	9,163	6,396	15,559
New Hanover County	D	+1.8%	12,584	12,140	24,724
Northampton County	D	+61.9%	5,046	1,187	6,233
Onslow County	D	+22.5%	5,955	3,771	9,726
Orange County	D	+22.8%	9,206	5,785	14,991
Pamlico County	D	+28.6%	1,864	1,036	2,900
Pasquotank County	D	+28.4%	4,269	2,380	6,649
Pender County	D	+24.1%	3,205	1,961	5,166
Perquimans County	D	+21.6%	1,458	941	2,399
Person County	D	+37.4%	4,740	2,162	6,902
Pitt County	D	+37.5%	11,317	5,149	16,466
Polk County	D	+4.4%	3,017	2,765	5,782
Randolph County	R	−12.7%	10,638	13,739	24,377
Richmond County	D	+46.3%	8,516	3,123	11,639
Robeson County	D	+58.7%	13,796	3,591	17,387
Rockingham County	D	+11.6%	11,432	9,063	20,495
Rowan County	D	+0.4%	14,934	14,804	29,738
Rutherford County	D	+14.6%	9,541	7,115	16,656
Sampson County	D	+2.8%	8,067	7,634	15,701
Scotland County	D	+51.5%	3,844	1,229	5,073
Stanly County	R	−5.9%	7,931	8,924	16,855
Stokes County	D	+2.4%	4,898	4,664	9,562
Surry County	D	+10.3%	9,810	7,970	17,780
Swain County	D	+19.9%	2,294	1,534	3,828
Transylvania County	D	+11.7%	4,483	3,547	8,030
Tyrrell County	D	+45.4%	996	374	1,370
Union County	D	+26.0%	7,208	4,229	11,437
Vance County	D	+20.1%	5,186	3,452	8,638
Wake County	D	+16.8%	31,653	22,542	54,195
Warren County	D	+19.8%	2,849	1,909	4,758
Washington County	D	+37.3%	2,505	1,144	3,649
Watauga County	D	+1.2%	4,031	3,932	7,963
Wayne County	D	+12.9%	9,791	7,555	17,346
Wilkes County	R	−9.1%	9,176	11,014	20,190
Wilson County	D	+18.3%	7,238	5,002	12,240
Yadkin County	R	−23.4%	3,638	5,860	9,498
Yancey County	D	+29.9%	3,714	2,004	5,718