1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Turnout	89.77% [1]
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater Party Democratic Republican Home state Texas Arizona Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 826,269 390,996 Percentage 67.81% 32.09%
County Results Municipality Results Johnson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Goldwater   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Lyndon Johnson Democratic Elected President Lyndon Johnson Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, over the Republican nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Johnson ran with Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, while Goldwater's running mate was Congressman William E. Miller of New York.

Johnson carried Connecticut by a wide margin of 35.72%. His 67.81% vote share is the largest for a Democrat in Connecticut presidential election history, and the largest for any party since John Quincy Adams in 1828. He was the first Democrat to win every county since 1852. ^[2]

To date, this is the last time that the city of Shelton and the towns of Bethlehem, Goshen, Harwinton, Middlebury, New Fairfield, Oxford, and Somers voted Democratic.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)	826,269	67.81%	8
	Republican	Barry Goldwater	390,996	32.09%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	1,313	0.11%	0
Totals			1,218,578	100.00%	8

By county

County	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Fairfield	194,782	60.75%	125,576	39.17%	261	0.08%	69,206	21.58%	320,619
Hartford	240,071	72.86%	88,811	26.95%	622	0.19%	151,260	45.91%	329,504
Litchfield	40,172	65.78%	20,834	34.12%	62	0.10%	19,338	31.66%	61,068
Middlesex	30,517	67.39%	14,697	32.45%	71	0.16%	15,820	34.94%	45,285
New Haven	218,743	69.10%	97,656	30.85%	171	0.05%	121,087	38.25%	316,570
New London	54,551	69.06%	24,391	30.88%	49	0.06%	30,160	38.18%	78,991
Tolland	22,195	68.92%	9,951	30.90%	58	0.18%	12,244	38.02%	32,204
Windham	25,238	73.50%	9,080	26.44%	19	0.06%	16,158	47.06%	34,337
Totals	826,269	67.81%	390,996	32.09%	1,313	0.10%	435,273	35.72%	1,218,578

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Fairfield
• Litchfield
• Tolland

See also

• United States presidential elections in Connecticut

References

1. "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1965". CT State Library.
2. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 403 ISBN   0313257957
3. "1964 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 7, 2013.