November 5, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson Wins 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater with 487 electoral votes, winning 46 states.
Lyndon B. Johnson
487 EV
270 to win
Barry Goldwater
51 EV
487
270
Lyndon B. Johnson wins
487
Electoral Votes
61.2%
Popular Vote
46
States Carried
70,714,949
Total Votes Cast
Lyndon B. Johnson won the 1964 presidential election with 487 electoral votes to Barry Goldwater's 51. Lyndon B. Johnson received 61.2% of the popular vote and carried 46 states. Compared to the previous election, 1734 counties changed parties—334 flipped Republican and 1400 flipped Democratic.
1964 National Results
Electoral College
270 needed to winDemocrat
Lyndon B. Johnson
487
electoral votes
Republican
Barry Goldwater
51
electoral votes
487
270
Popular Vote
70,714,949 total votesLyndon B. Johnson61.2%
43,296,315 votes
Barry Goldwater38.3%
27,081,917 votes
D+22.9% margin
(16,214,398 vote difference)
Source: Official state election returnsLyndon B. Johnson elected president
State Results
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Recent Presidential Elections
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Electoral | Popular | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Barry Goldwater | 487-51 | D+22.9% | DEM |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | Richard Nixon | 279-256 | D+0.2% | DEM |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 72-456 | R+15.4% | GOP |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 82-446 | R+10.8% | GOP |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | Thomas E. Dewey | 376-152 | D+4.5% | DEM |
State-by-State Results
46 Dem5 Rep
Battleground States (Margin < 5%)
| State | EV | 1964 |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3 | D+71.0 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | D+61.7 |
| Hawaii | 4 | D+57.5 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | D+52.7 |
| Maine | 4 | D+37.7 |
| New York | 28 | D+37.3 |
| West Virginia | 4 | D+35.9 |
| Connecticut | 7 | D+35.7 |
| Michigan | 15 | D+33.6 |
| Vermont | 3 | D+32.6 |
| New Jersey | 14 | D+31.8 |
| Alaska | 3 | D+31.6 |
| Maryland | 10 | D+30.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | D+30.2 |
| Kentucky | 8 | D+28.4 |
| Missouri | 10 | D+28.1 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | D+27.8 |
| Minnesota | 10 | D+27.8 |
| Oregon | 8 | D+27.8 |
| Texas | 40 | D+26.8 |
| Ohio | 17 | D+25.9 |
| Washington | 12 | D+24.6 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | D+24.4 |
| Iowa | 6 | D+24.0 |
| Colorado | 10 | D+23.1 |
| Delaware | 3 | D+22.2 |
| Illinois | 19 | D+18.9 |
| New Mexico | 5 | D+18.6 |
| Montana | 4 | D+18.4 |
| California | 54 | D+18.3 |
| Nevada | 6 | D+17.2 |
| North Dakota | 3 | D+16.1 |
| Louisiana | 8 | D+13.6 |
| Wyoming | 3 | D+13.1 |
| Arkansas | 6 | D+12.7 |
| Indiana | 11 | D+12.4 |
| North Carolina | 16 | D+12.3 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | D+11.5 |
| South Dakota | 3 | D+11.2 |
| Tennessee | 11 | D+11.0 |
| Utah | 6 | D+9.4 |
| Kansas | 6 | D+9.0 |
| Virginia | 13 | D+7.1 |
| Nebraska | 5 | D+5.2 |
| Florida | 30 | D+2.3 |
| Idaho | 4 | D+1.8 |
| Arizona | 11 | R+0.8 |
| Georgia | 16 | R+8.3 |
| South Carolina | 9 | R+17.8 |
| Alabama | 9 | R+69.5 |
| Mississippi | 6 | R+74.3 |