Lyndon B. Johnson carried Virginia D+7.1.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) vs Barry Goldwater (R) in Virginia, 1964. The state ran 15.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+22.6 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

1,050,254 votes counted

Johnson (D)

560,872

53.4%

Goldwater (R)

486,468

46.3%

All others

2,914

0.3%

Margin

D+7.1

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1964 presidential election

Virginia, 1964

JohnsonD+7.1

How it voted

Share of the 1964 vote

Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic	53.4%	560,872
Barry GoldwaterRepublican	46.3%	486,468
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	2,914

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1964

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+5.7%	3,528	3,145	6,683
Albemarle County	R	−3.0%	3,062	3,251	6,315
Alexandria city	R	−1.3%	2,879	2,958	5,863
Alleghany County	D	+18.3%	2,832	1,954	4,787
Amelia County	R	−20.7%	884	1,348	2,239
Amherst County	D	+1.0%	2,730	2,675	5,410
Appomattox County	R	−29.1%	1,339	2,444	3,791
Arlington County	D	+24.1%	33,567	20,485	54,363
Augusta County	R	−3.4%	4,039	4,327	8,372
Bath County	D	+19.8%	770	516	1,286
Bedford County	D	+3.4%	4,076	3,806	7,914
Bland County	D	+8.5%	851	717	1,570
Botetourt County	D	+6.2%	2,377	2,098	4,476
Bristol city	D	+6.2%	3,385	2,992	6,389
Brunswick County	R	−15.2%	1,883	2,560	4,446
Buchanan County	D	+33.8%	4,756	2,349	7,124
Buckingham County	R	−13.4%	1,182	1,547	2,733
Buena Vista city	D	+31.2%	16,828	8,825	25,683
Campbell County	R	−25.3%	3,401	5,713	9,145
Caroline County	D	+27.7%	2,064	1,166	3,243
Carroll County	R	−17.9%	2,517	3,617	6,146
Charles City County	D	+51.9%	1,023	323	1,348
Charlotte County	R	−24.6%	1,191	1,974	3,178
Charlottesville city	D	+30.6%	2,429	1,289	3,723
Chesapeake city	D	+20.1%	691	459	1,153
Chesterfield County	R	−35.2%	8,376	17,486	25,871
Clarke County	D	+3.1%	1,136	1,068	2,206
Colonial Heights city	D	+8.1%	5,205	4,415	9,704
Covington city	D	+2.7%	9,532	9,038	18,621
Craig County	D	+23.3%	767	477	1,244
Culpeper County	D	+3.0%	1,886	1,775	3,665
Cumberland County	R	−11.5%	871	1,099	1,977
Danville city	R	−33.8%	1,198	2,420	3,620
Dickenson County	D	+23.8%	3,485	2,143	5,639
Dinwiddie County	D	+2.0%	2,182	2,096	4,285
Emporia city	D	+28.3%	2,055	1,149	3,206
Essex County	R	−1.9%	760	789	1,550
Fairfax city	R	−26.4%	4,539	7,900	12,724
Fairfax County	D	+22.5%	48,680	30,755	79,517
Falls Church city	D	+19.1%	2,835	1,924	4,766
Fauquier County	D	+25.0%	3,506	2,101	5,613
Floyd County	R	−23.2%	1,144	1,836	2,985
Fluvanna County	D	+10.1%	1,008	823	1,834
Franklin city	D	+28.1%	2,371	1,329	3,707
Franklin County	D	+20.4%	3,447	2,279	5,737
Frederick County	D	+5.4%	2,880	2,585	5,474
Fredericksburg city	D	+23.2%	1,257	783	2,041
Galax city	D	+22.9%	2,410	1,511	3,928
Giles County	D	+22.9%	3,133	1,952	5,167
Gloucester County	D	+8.9%	1,949	1,631	3,583
Goochland County	D	+7.8%	1,452	1,241	2,697
Grayson County	D	+2.1%	3,238	3,105	6,352
Greene County	R	−16.4%	460	641	1,104
Greensville County	D	+0.4%	2,262	2,245	4,519
Halifax County	R	−28.2%	2,198	3,928	6,144
Hampton city	D	+1.4%	717	697	1,416
Hanover County	R	−28.8%	2,834	5,134	7,987
Harrisonburg city	D	+21.6%	13,542	8,731	22,288
Henrico County	R	−26.0%	2,864	4,879	7,751
Henry County	R	−39.2%	12,779	29,286	42,082
Highland County	D	+29.9%	5,295	2,844	8,184
Hopewell city	R	−1.5%	1,765	1,820	3,590
Isle of Wight County	R	−3.5%	476	511	989
James City County	D	+20.9%	2,656	1,737	4,399
King and Queen County	D	+23.0%	1,744	1,092	2,839
King George County	D	+5.8%	786	699	1,489
King William County	D	+25.5%	1,085	644	1,729
Lancaster County	R	−8.2%	904	1,065	1,975
Lee County	R	−14.4%	1,245	1,663	2,911
Lexington city	R	−12.0%	2,498	3,183	5,691
Loudoun County	D	+19.6%	5,151	3,463	8,626
Louisa County	D	+24.5%	4,278	2,594	6,877
Lunenburg County	D	+11.7%	1,731	1,369	3,103
Lynchburg city	R	−19.5%	6,758	10,044	16,834
Madison County	R	−24.2%	1,128	1,847	2,977
Martinsville city	D	+23.6%	2,943	1,805	4,824
Mathews County	R	−10.3%	862	1,060	1,923
Mecklenburg County	R	−0.5%	1,137	1,149	2,286
Middlesex County	R	−21.1%	3,238	4,976	8,227
Montgomery County	R	−2.3%	973	1,019	1,995
Nelson County	R	−8.6%	3,872	4,604	8,489
New Kent County	D	+29.9%	4,804	2,590	7,415
Newport News city	D	+18.2%	15,296	10,584	25,894
Norfolk city	D	+27.1%	32,388	18,429	51,546
Northampton County	D	+29.3%	1,635	893	2,534
Northumberland County	D	+0.5%	684	677	1,365
Norton city	D	+37.8%	824	372	1,196
Nottoway County	R	−2.3%	1,516	1,586	3,103
Orange County	R	−18.0%	988	1,423	2,418
Page County	R	−4.8%	2,138	2,353	4,499
Patrick County	R	−2.8%	1,508	1,595	3,107
Petersburg city	D	+16.3%	4,521	3,253	7,775
Pittsylvania County	R	−3.7%	2,606	2,804	5,419
Portsmouth city	D	+31.2%	16,073	8,420	24,544
Powhatan County	D	+22.2%	2,306	1,468	3,776
Prince Edward County	R	−15.3%	5,228	7,120	12,373
Prince George County	R	−9.9%	969	1,182	2,152
Prince William County	R	−25.4%	1,512	2,545	4,064
Pulaski County	R	−8.7%	1,502	1,790	3,295
Radford city	D	+10.3%	1,850	1,505	3,358
Rappahannock County	D	+25.3%	5,611	3,343	8,963
Richmond city	D	+13.5%	35,662	27,196	62,890
Richmond County	D	+7.7%	3,620	3,101	6,726
Roanoke city	D	+7.5%	15,314	13,164	28,496
Roanoke County	D	+20.1%	675	449	1,127
Rockbridge County	R	−17.2%	636	901	1,540
Rockingham County	R	−9.8%	8,808	10,714	19,536
Russell County	D	+8.3%	2,599	2,200	4,806
Salem city	R	−30.9%	636	1,206	1,843
Scott County	D	+0.6%	4,205	4,155	8,363
Shenandoah County	D	+17.9%	4,330	3,012	7,367
Smyth County	D	+2.0%	4,720	4,533	9,269
Southampton County	R	−11.1%	3,184	3,981	7,168
Spotsylvania County	D	+3.6%	4,113	3,830	7,952
Stafford County	D	+25.6%	2,566	1,520	4,090
Staunton city	R	−4.6%	2,705	2,969	5,680
Suffolk city	D	+3.8%	1,579	1,463	3,044
Surry County	D	+24.8%	2,097	1,261	3,367
Sussex County	D	+13.3%	2,469	1,888	4,364
Tazewell County	D	+5.9%	1,131	1,004	2,140
Virginia Beach city	D	+10.1%	12,892	10,529	23,442
Warren County	R	−10.9%	1,234	1,537	2,775
Washington County	D	+30.3%	6,081	3,231	9,417
Waynesboro city	D	+5.8%	2,369	2,107	4,531
Westmoreland County	D	+13.8%	2,494	1,886	4,390
Williamsburg city	D	+12.7%	1,171	906	2,093
Winchester city	D	+1.7%	2,254	2,180	4,437
Wise County	D	+10.0%	5,070	4,146	9,226
Wythe County	D	+5.2%	1,312	1,181	2,499
York County	D	+37.1%	7,220	3,309	10,539