1964 Elections

Presidential Year

3 offices contested.

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1964

Balance of Power

61.0%Popular Vote38.3%

70,989,747 votes

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President

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1964

Presidential Election · 1964

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson

Democraticdefeating Barry Goldwater

486

Johnson

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

Goldwater

486 EV269 needed to win52 EV

Popular Vote

Johnson(DEM)61.0%

Goldwater(REP)38.3%

candidates(OTH)0.7%

National margin:D+22.8%

70,989,747 total votes cast

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Results by State

Johnson: 45 states · 486 EV|Goldwater: 6 states · 52 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Johnson %	Votes	Goldwater %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	District of Columbia	3	3	85.5%	169,796	14.5%	28,801	—	D+71.0	—
▶	Rhode Island	4	7	80.9%	315,463	19.1%	74,615	—	D+61.7	↑ D+34.5
▶	Hawaii	4	11	78.8%	163,249	21.2%	44,022	—	D+57.5	↑ D+57.5
▶	Massachusetts	14	25	76.2%	1,786,422	23.4%	549,727	—	D+52.7	↑ D+32.1
▶	Maine	4	29	68.8%	262,264	31.2%	118,701	—	D+37.7	↑ D+51.8
▶	New York	43	72	68.6%	4,913,102	31.3%	2,243,559	—	D+37.3	↑ D+32.0
▶	West Virginia	7	79	67.9%	538,087	32.1%	253,953	—	D+35.9	↑ D+30.4
▶	Connecticut	8	87	67.8%	826,269	32.1%	390,996	—	D+35.7	↑ D+28.3
▶	Michigan	21	108	66.7%	2,136,615	33.1%	1,060,152	—	D+33.6	↑ D+31.6
▶	Vermont	3	111	66.3%	108,127	33.7%	54,942	—	D+32.6	↑ D+49.9
▶	Alaska	3	114	65.9%	44,329	34.1%	22,930	—	D+31.8	↑ D+33.7
▶	New Jersey	17	131	65.6%	1,867,671	33.9%	963,843	—	D+31.8	↑ D+30.9
▶	Maryland	10	141	65.5%	730,912	34.5%	385,495	—	D+30.9	↑ D+23.7
▶	Pennsylvania	29	170	64.9%	3,130,954	34.7%	1,673,657	—	D+30.2	↑ D+27.9
▶	Kentucky	9	179	64.0%	669,659	35.6%	372,977	—	D+28.4	↑ D+35.5
▶	Minnesota	10	189	63.8%	991,117	36.0%	559,624	—	D+27.8	↑ D+26.3
▶	Oregon	6	195	63.7%	501,017	36.0%	282,779	—	D+27.8	↑ D+33.0
▶	New Hampshire	4	199	63.6%	182,065	36.4%	104,029	—	D+27.3	↑ D+34.1
▶	Texas	25	224	63.3%	1,663,185	36.5%	958,566	—	D+26.8	↑ D+24.8
▶	Ohio	26	250	62.9%	2,498,331	37.1%	1,470,865	—	D+25.9	↑ D+32.5
▶	Washington	9	259	62.0%	779,699	37.4%	470,366	—	D+24.6	↑ D+27.0
▶	Wisconsin	12	271	62.1%	1,050,424	37.7%	638,495	—	D+24.4	↑ D+28.1
▶	Iowa	9	280	61.9%	733,030	37.9%	449,148	—	D+24.0	↑ D+37.5
▶	Missouri	12	292	53.7%	1,164,344	30.2%	653,535	16.1%	D+23.6	↑ D+23.1
▶	Colorado	6	298	61.3%	476,024	38.2%	296,767	—	D+23.1	↑ D+32.8
▶	Delaware	3	301	61.0%	122,704	38.8%	78,078	—	D+22.2	↑ D+20.5
▶	Illinois	26	327	59.5%	2,796,833	40.5%	1,905,946	—	D+18.9	↑ D+18.8
▶	New Mexico	4	331	59.0%	194,015	40.4%	132,838	—	D+18.6	↑ D+18.2
▶	Montana	4	335	59.0%	164,246	40.6%	113,032	—	D+18.4	↑ D+20.9
▶	California	40	375	59.1%	4,171,877	40.8%	2,879,108	—	D+18.3	↑ D+18.9
▶	Nevada	3	378	58.6%	79,339	41.4%	56,094	—	D+17.2	↑ D+14.8
▶	North Dakota	4	382	58.0%	149,784	41.9%	108,207	—	D+16.1	↑ D+27.0
▶	Wyoming	3	385	56.6%	80,718	43.4%	61,998	—	D+13.1	↑ D+23.1
▶	Arkansas	6	391	56.1%	314,197	43.4%	243,264	—	D+12.7	↑ D+5.0
▶	Indiana	13	404	56.0%	1,170,848	43.6%	911,118	—	D+12.4	↑ D+22.9
▶	North Carolina	13	417	56.1%	800,139	43.9%	624,844	—	D+12.3	↑ D+8.1
▶	Oklahoma	8	425	55.8%	519,834	44.3%	412,665	—	D+11.5	↑ D+29.5
▶	South Dakota	4	429	55.6%	163,010	44.4%	130,108	—	D+11.2	↑ D+27.6
▶	Tennessee	11	440	55.5%	635,047	44.5%	508,965	—	D+11.0	↑ D+18.2
▶	Utah	4	444	54.7%	219,628	45.3%	181,785	—	D+9.4	↑ D+19.1
▶	Kansas	7	451	54.1%	464,028	45.1%	386,579	—	D+9.0	↑ D+30.4
▶	Virginia	12	463	53.5%	558,038	46.2%	481,334	—	D+7.4	↑ D+12.8
▶	Nebraska	5	468	52.6%	307,307	47.4%	276,847	—	D+5.2	↑ D+29.4
▶	Florida	14	482	51.1%	948,540	48.9%	905,941	—	D+2.3	↑ D+5.3
▶	Idaho	4	486	50.9%	148,920	49.1%	143,557	—	D+1.8	↑ D+9.4
▶	Mississippi	7	7	12.9%	52,619	87.1%	356,529	—	R+74.3	↓ R+86.0
▶	Alabama	10	17	30.6%	210,733	69.5%	479,085	—	R+38.9	↓ R+53.6
▶	South Carolina	8	25	41.1%	215,723	58.9%	309,048	—	R+17.8	↓ R+20.3
▶	Louisiana	10	35	43.2%	387,068	56.8%	509,230	—	R+13.6	↓ R+35.5
▶	Georgia	12	47	45.9%	522,163	54.1%	616,584	—	R+8.3	↓ R+33.4
▶	Arizona	5	52	49.5%	237,753	50.5%	242,535	—	R+1.0	↑ D+10.2

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1960 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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U.S. Senate

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35 contests|D won 27|R won 6|Other 2

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	FanninREP	51.4%	241,084	ElsonDEM	48.6%	227,704	R+2.9	↑ D+9.3
▶	California	MurphyREP	51.5%	3,628,555	SalingerDEM	48.5%	3,411,912	R+3.1	↓ R+17.2
▶	Connecticut	DoddDEM	64.6%	781,008	LodgeREP	35.3%	426,939	D+29.3	↑ D+14.4
▶	Delaware	WilliamsREP	51.7%	103,782	CarvelDEM	48.3%	96,850	R+3.5	↑ D+3.1
▶	Florida	HollandDEM	63.9%	997,585	KirkREP	36.0%	562,212	D+27.9	↓ R+14.6
▶	Hawaii	OtherOTH	87.1%	181,809	FongREP	7.0%	14,652	R+1.1	—
▶	Indiana	HartkeDEM	54.3%	1,128,505	BontragerREP	45.3%	941,519	D+9.0	↓ R+5.0
▶	Maine	MuskieDEM	66.6%	253,511	McIntireREP	33.4%	127,040	D+33.2	↑ D+11.7
▶	Maryland	TydingsDEM	62.8%	678,649	BeallREP	37.2%	402,393	D+25.6	↑ D+27.5
▶	Massachusetts	KennedyDEM	74.3%	1,716,907	WhitmoreREP	25.4%	587,663	D+48.8	↑ D+1.9
▶	Michigan	HartDEM	64.4%	1,996,912	PetersonREP	35.3%	1,096,272	D+29.0	↑ D+21.6
▶	Minnesota	McCarthyDEM	60.3%	931,363	WhitneyREP	39.3%	605,933	D+21.1	↑ D+14.8
▶	Mississippi	OtherOTH	55.7%	191,384	StennisDEM	44.3%	151,980	D+44.3	↓ R+55.7
▶	Missouri	SymingtonDEM	66.5%	1,186,666	BradshawREP	33.5%	596,377	D+33.1	↑ D+0.2
▶	Montana	MansfieldDEM	64.5%	180,643	BlewettREP	35.5%	99,367	D+29.0	↓ R+23.4
▶	Nebraska	HruskaREP	61.4%	345,772	ArndtDEM	38.6%	217,605	R+22.8	↓ R+11.5
▶	Nevada	CannonDEM	50.0%	67,336	LaxaltREP	50.0%	67,288	D+0.0	↓ R+15.3
▶	New Jersey	WilliamsDEM	61.9%	1,677,515	ShanleyREP	37.3%	1,011,280	D+24.6	↑ D+20.1
▶	New Mexico	MontoyaDEM	54.7%	178,209	MechemREP	45.3%	147,562	D+9.4	↓ R+7.1
▶	New York	KennedyDEM	53.5%	3,823,749	KeatingREP	43.4%	3,104,056	D+10.1	↑ D+12.4
▶	North Dakota	BurdickDEM	57.6%	149,264	KleppeREP	42.4%	109,681	D+15.3	↑ D+31.0
▶	Ohio	YoungDEM	50.2%	1,923,608	TaftREP	49.8%	1,906,782	D+0.4	↓ R+4.5
▶	Oklahoma(S)	HarrisDEM	51.2%	466,782	WilkinsonREP	48.8%	445,392	D+2.3	—
▶	Pennsylvania	ScottREP	50.6%	2,429,858	BlattDEM	49.1%	2,359,223	R+1.5	↑ D+1.4
▶	Rhode Island	PastoreDEM	82.7%	319,607	LagueuxREP	17.3%	66,715	D+65.5	↑ D+36.5
▶	Tennessee	GoreDEM	53.6%	570,542	KuykendallREP	46.4%	493,475	D+7.2	↓ R+52.8
▶	Tennessee(S)	BassDEM	52.1%	568,905	BakerREP	47.4%	517,330	D+4.7	↓ R+55.3
▶	Texas	YarboroughDEM	56.2%	1,463,958	BushREP	43.6%	1,134,337	D+12.7	↓ R+38.3
▶	Utah	MossDEM	57.3%	227,822	WikinsonREP	42.7%	169,562	D+14.7	↑ D+10.8
▶	Vermont	ProutyREP	50.7%	83,302	FayetteDEM	46.5%	76,457	R+4.2	↑ D+0.1
▶	Virginia	ByrdDEM	63.8%	592,260	MayREP	19.0%	176,624	D+44.8	↓ R+24.6
▶	Washington	JacksonDEM	72.2%	875,950	AndrewsREP	27.8%	337,138	D+44.4	↑ D+8.5
▶	West Virginia	ByrdDEM	67.7%	515,015	BenedictREP	32.3%	246,072	D+35.3	↑ D+16.7
▶	Wisconsin	ProxmireDEM	53.3%	892,013	RenkREP	46.6%	780,116	D+6.7	↓ R+7.7
▶	Wyoming	McGeeDEM	54.0%	76,485	WoldREP	46.0%	65,185	D+8.0	↑ D+6.3

Governor

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26 contests|D won 18|R won 8

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	GoddardDEM	53.2%	252,098	KleindienstREP	46.8%	221,404	D+6.5	↑ D+25.1
▶	Arkansas	FaubusDEM	57.0%	337,489	RockefellerREP	43.0%	254,561	D+14.0	↓ R+24.4
▶	Delaware	TerryDEM	51.4%	102,797	BucksonREP	48.6%	97,374	D+2.7	↓ R+0.8
▶	Florida	BurnsDEM	56.1%	933,554	HolleyREP	41.3%	686,297	D+14.9	↓ R+4.8
▶	Illinois	KernerDEM	51.9%	2,418,394	PercyREP	48.1%	2,239,095	D+3.9	↓ R+7.4
▶	Indiana	BraniginDEM	56.2%	1,164,763	RistineREP	43.5%	901,342	D+12.7	↑ D+11.6
▶	Iowa	HughesDEM	68.0%	794,610	HultmanREP	31.3%	365,131	D+36.8	↑ D+41.1
▶	Kansas	AveryREP	50.9%	432,667	WilesDEM	47.1%	400,264	R+3.8	↑ D+8.0
▶	Louisiana	McKeithenDEM	60.7%	469,589	LyonsREP	38.5%	297,753	D+22.2	↓ R+41.3
▶	Massachusetts	VolpeREP	50.3%	1,176,462	BellottiDEM	49.3%	1,153,416	R+1.0	↑ D+4.8
▶	Michigan	RomneyREP	55.9%	1,764,355	StaeblerDEM	43.7%	1,381,442	R+12.1	↓ R+13.4
▶	Missouri	HearnesDEM	62.1%	1,110,651	ShepleyREP	37.9%	678,949	D+24.1	↑ D+8.1
▶	Montana	BabcockREP	51.3%	144,113	RenneDEM	48.7%	136,862	R+2.6	↑ D+7.6
▶	Nebraska	MorrisonDEM	60.0%	347,026	BurneyREP	40.0%	231,029	D+20.1	↑ D+16.1
▶	New Hampshire	KingDEM	66.8%	190,863	PillsburyREP	33.2%	94,824	D+33.6	↑ D+44.5
▶	New Mexico	CampbellDEM	60.2%	191,497	TuckerREP	39.8%	126,540	D+20.4	↑ D+21.1
▶	North Carolina	MooreDEM	56.6%	790,343	GavinREP	43.4%	606,165	D+13.2	↑ D+23.3
▶	North Dakota	GuyDEM	55.7%	146,414	HalcrowREP	44.3%	116,247	D+11.5	↑ D+6.5
▶	Rhode Island	ChafeeREP	61.1%	239,501	GalloglyDEM	38.9%	152,165	R+22.3	↓ R+35.6
▶	South Dakota	BoeREP	51.7%	150,151	LindleyDEM	48.3%	140,419	R+3.4	↓ R+1.9
▶	Texas	ConnallyDEM	73.8%	1,877,793	CrichtonREP	26.0%	661,675	D+47.8	↑ D+2.3
▶	Utah	RamptonDEM	57.0%	226,956	MelichREP	43.0%	171,300	D+14.0	↑ D+19.3
▶	Vermont	HoffDEM	64.9%	106,610	FooteREP	34.4%	56,485	D+30.5	↑ D+43.4
▶	Washington	EvansREP	55.8%	697,256	RoselliniDEM	43.9%	548,692	R+11.9	↓ R+13.3
▶	West Virginia	SmithDEM	54.9%	433,023	UnderwoodREP	45.1%	355,559	D+9.8	↑ D+1.8
▶	Wisconsin	KnowlesREP	50.5%	856,779	ReynoldsDEM	49.4%	837,901	R+1.1	↓ R+4.2