Lyndon B. Johnson carried Tennessee D+11.0.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in Tennessee, 1964. The state ran 11.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+22.6 nationally).

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

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Tennessee result

1,143,912 votes counted

Johnson (D)

634,947

55.5%

Goldwater (R)

508,965

44.5%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+11.0

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1964 presidential election

Tennessee, 1964

JohnsonD+11.0

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	55.5%	634,947
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	44.5%	508,965
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+15.6%	12,146	8,860	21,006
Bedford County	D	+42.3%	5,610	2,272	7,882
Benton County	D	+31.4%	2,611	1,363	3,974
Bledsoe County	R	−0.7%	1,412	1,431	2,843
Blount County	R	−16.8%	8,459	11,876	20,335
Bradley County	R	−8.3%	5,693	6,717	12,410
Campbell County	D	+2.1%	4,412	4,232	8,644
Cannon County	D	+49.2%	2,190	746	2,936
Carroll County	D	+4.1%	4,056	3,734	7,790
Carter County	R	−22.8%	5,326	8,472	13,798
Cheatham County	D	+54.8%	2,750	803	3,553
Chester County	R	−0.1%	1,763	1,767	3,530
Claiborne County	R	−5.0%	2,581	2,852	5,433
Clay County	D	+31.6%	1,196	622	1,818
Cocke County	R	−41.4%	2,109	5,084	7,193
Coffee County	D	+38.8%	6,837	3,012	9,849
Crockett County	R	−1.5%	1,817	1,873	3,690
Cumberland County	D	+1.6%	3,073	2,975	6,048
Davidson County	D	+27.3%	79,387	45,335	124,722
Decatur County	D	+11.8%	1,813	1,429	3,242
DeKalb County	D	+24.1%	2,291	1,402	3,693
Dickson County	D	+57.3%	4,724	1,281	6,005
Dyer County	D	+2.2%	4,717	4,517	9,234
Fayette County	R	−5.1%	2,636	2,922	5,558
Fentress County	R	−11.9%	1,550	1,969	3,519
Franklin County	D	+45.4%	6,029	2,262	8,291
Gibson County	D	+27.5%	8,119	4,614	12,733
Giles County	D	+56.4%	4,940	1,378	6,318
Grainger County	R	−33.6%	1,309	2,634	3,943
Greene County	R	−7.8%	5,916	6,913	12,829
Grundy County	D	+60.4%	2,775	686	3,461
Hamblen County	R	−6.0%	4,607	5,196	9,803
Hamilton County	R	−2.1%	38,546	40,200	78,746
Hancock County	R	−37.7%	687	1,517	2,204
Hardeman County	D	+4.4%	2,675	2,450	5,125
Hardin County	R	−7.2%	2,620	3,025	5,645
Hawkins County	R	−15.4%	4,191	5,712	9,903
Haywood County	R	−2.5%	2,290	2,407	4,697
Henderson County	R	−23.2%	1,955	3,133	5,088
Henry County	D	+44.4%	5,874	2,261	8,135
Hickman County	D	+47.7%	2,877	1,019	3,896
Houston County	D	+69.1%	1,572	287	1,859
Humphreys County	D	+55.8%	3,230	916	4,146
Jackson County	D	+61.2%	2,291	551	2,842
Jefferson County	R	−30.9%	2,600	4,923	7,523
Johnson County	R	−51.4%	927	2,889	3,816
Knox County	R	−0.4%	42,463	42,797	85,260
Lake County	D	+38.7%	1,667	736	2,403
Lauderdale County	D	+34.3%	3,847	1,880	5,727
Lawrence County	D	+8.6%	5,449	4,590	10,039
Lewis County	D	+68.3%	2,061	388	2,449
Lincoln County	D	+47.5%	4,861	1,728	6,589
Loudon County	R	−10.4%	3,365	4,148	7,513
Macon County	R	−12.2%	1,446	1,846	3,292
Madison County	R	−1.7%	10,573	10,932	21,505
Marion County	D	+16.1%	3,775	2,728	6,503
Marshall County	D	+49.7%	3,989	1,340	5,329
Maury County	D	+25.2%	7,716	4,605	12,321
McMinn County	R	−3.9%	5,207	5,624	10,831
McNairy County	R	−1.9%	2,994	3,109	6,103
Meigs County	R	−0.5%	816	824	1,640
Monroe County	R	−2.9%	4,100	4,349	8,449
Montgomery County	D	+56.7%	10,178	2,814	12,992
Moore County	D	+59.3%	1,034	264	1,298
Morgan County	D	+3.0%	1,957	1,842	3,799
Obion County	D	+33.9%	5,672	2,802	8,474
Overton County	D	+47.7%	3,258	1,155	4,413
Perry County	D	+47.4%	1,440	514	1,954
Pickett County	R	−12.4%	728	935	1,663
Polk County	D	+11.3%	2,113	1,685	3,798
Putnam County	D	+35.6%	6,309	2,993	9,302
Rhea County	R	−1.7%	2,637	2,730	5,367
Roane County	D	+3.1%	6,108	5,735	11,843
Robertson County	D	+52.6%	5,784	1,797	7,581
Rutherford County	D	+40.2%	9,580	4,088	13,668
Scott County	R	−9.0%	2,007	2,406	4,413
Sequatchie County	D	+18.2%	1,162	804	1,966
Sevier County	R	−39.0%	2,995	6,821	9,816
Shelby County	D	+5.2%	111,496	100,527	212,023
Smith County	D	+46.0%	2,934	1,084	4,018
Stewart County	D	+69.4%	2,444	441	2,885
Sullivan County	D	+4.8%	19,496	17,703	37,199
Sumner County	D	+45.2%	9,102	3,437	12,539
Tipton County	D	+10.9%	3,821	3,073	6,894
Trousdale County	D	+72.2%	1,270	205	1,475
Unicoi County	R	−15.5%	2,000	2,731	4,731
Union County	R	−23.7%	1,091	1,770	2,861
Van Buren County	D	+49.4%	865	293	1,158
Warren County	D	+48.3%	5,027	1,754	6,781
Washington County	R	−1.7%	10,253	10,612	20,865
Wayne County	R	−36.1%	1,178	2,510	3,688
Weakley County	D	+31.6%	5,161	2,684	7,845
White County	D	+42.7%	2,987	1,199	4,186
Williamson County	D	+30.4%	5,075	2,707	7,782
Wilson County	D	+39.7%	6,267	2,707	8,974