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The 1964 United States presidential election in Florida was held November 3, 1964. All contemporary fifty states and the District of Columbia took part, and Florida voters selected fourteen electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Florida was the second-closest state won by Johnson, after Idaho. [1] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate carried Charlotte County. [2]
The Democratic Party lost only six counties at a presidential level between 1892 and 1944. [3] The Republican presidential nominee won Florida in the 1952, 1956, and 1960 elections. [4]
Retirement communities further south who were supportive of Republican in presidential elections over the previous fifteen years, were opposed to Barry Goldwater’s desire to privatize Social Security and his criticism of the United States' space program. [5] [4]
Lyndon B. Johnson won Florida by 42,599 votes, a margin of 2.30%, or a swing of 5.32% from the 1960 result. Increased registration of black voters, which reached 51%, was crucial to Johnson regaining Florida. In the northern counties of Lafayette and Liberty, where no black people were registered, swings toward Goldwater reached over 100%. [6]
However, amidst a national Democratic landslide, Florida weighed in as a massive 20.28% more Republican than the nation at large, the most Republican Florida has ever been compared to the nation at large. Although Johnson carried 20 of the state's 67 counties, in only two of them, Monroe and Dade, did he exceed his nationwide vote share of 61.05%. [7]
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate carried Charlotte County. [2]
1964 United States presidential election in Florida [1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Democratic | Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas (incumbent) | Hubert Horatio Humphrey of Minnesota | 948,540 | 51.15% | 14 | 100.00% | ||
Republican | Barry Goldwater of Arizona | William E. Miller of New York | 905,941 | 48.85% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 1,854,841 | 100.00% | 14 | 100.00% |
County [8] | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic | Barry Goldwater Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alachua | 13,483 | 54.73% | 11,151 | 45.27% | 2,332 | 9.46% | 24,634 |
Baker | 1,137 | 50.35% | 1,121 | 49.65% | 16 | 0.70% | 2,258 |
Bay | 7,846 | 37.91% | 12,849 | 62.09% | -5,003 | -24.18% | 20,695 |
Bradford | 2,320 | 53.87% | 1,987 | 46.13% | 333 | 7.74% | 4,307 |
Brevard | 24,833 | 50.29% | 24,551 | 49.71% | 282 | 0.58% | 49,384 |
Broward | 68,406 | 44.51% | 85,264 | 55.49% | -16,858 | -10.98% | 153,670 |
Calhoun | 980 | 35.34% | 1,793 | 64.66% | -813 | -29.32% | 2,773 |
Charlotte | 4,831 | 53.71% | 4,163 | 46.29% | 668 | 7.42% | 8,994 |
Citrus | 2,521 | 51.98% | 2,329 | 48.02% | 192 | 3.96% | 4,850 |
Clay | 3,114 | 45.01% | 3,805 | 54.99% | -691 | -9.98% | 6,919 |
Collier | 2,877 | 44.55% | 3,581 | 55.45% | -704 | -10.90% | 6,458 |
Columbia | 3,249 | 43.94% | 4,145 | 56.06% | -896 | -12.12% | 7,394 |
DeSoto | 1,777 | 47.22% | 1,986 | 52.78% | -209 | -5.56% | 3,763 |
Dixie | 923 | 50.41% | 908 | 49.59% | 15 | 0.82% | 1,831 |
Duval | 79,365 | 49.45% | 81,116 | 50.55% | -1,751 | -1.10% | 160,481 |
Escambia | 25,371 | 43.91% | 32,414 | 56.09% | -7,043 | -12.18% | 57,785 |
Flagler | 940 | 56.69% | 718 | 43.31% | 222 | 13.38% | 1,658 |
Franklin | 1,366 | 49.05% | 1,419 | 50.95% | -53 | -1.90% | 2,785 |
Gadsden | 4,556 | 46.67% | 5,207 | 53.33% | -651 | -6.66% | 9,763 |
Gilchrist | 711 | 56.83% | 540 | 43.17% | 171 | 13.66% | 1,251 |
Glades | 441 | 44.91% | 541 | 55.09% | -100 | -10.18% | 982 |
Gulf | 1,659 | 45.33% | 2,001 | 54.67% | -342 | -9.34% | 3,660 |
Hamilton | 1,302 | 52.93% | 1,158 | 47.07% | 144 | 5.86% | 2,460 |
Hardee | 1,908 | 45.12% | 2,321 | 54.88% | -413 | -9.76% | 4,229 |
Hendry | 1,352 | 45.04% | 1,650 | 54.96% | -298 | -9.92% | 3,002 |
Hernando | 2,320 | 49.82% | 2,337 | 50.18% | -17 | -0.36% | 4,657 |
Highlands | 4,233 | 47.14% | 4,747 | 52.86% | -514 | -5.72% | 8,980 |
Hillsborough | 71,289 | 58.48% | 50,616 | 41.52% | 20,673 | 16.96% | 121,905 |
Holmes | 1,193 | 27.00% | 3,225 | 73.00% | -2,032 | -46.00% | 4,418 |
Indian River | 5,122 | 45.28% | 6,191 | 54.72% | -1,069 | -9.44% | 11,313 |
Jackson | 4,386 | 38.31% | 7,064 | 61.69% | -2,678 | -23.38% | 11,450 |
Jefferson | 1,504 | 47.18% | 1,684 | 52.82% | -180 | -5.64% | 3,188 |
Lafayette | 545 | 45.68% | 648 | 54.32% | -103 | -8.64% | 1,193 |
Lake | 7,773 | 37.61% | 12,897 | 62.39% | -5,124 | -24.78% | 20,670 |
Lee | 10,204 | 44.19% | 12,886 | 55.81% | -2,682 | -11.62% | 23,090 |
Leon | 10,927 | 41.85% | 15,181 | 58.15% | -4,254 | -16.30% | 26,108 |
Levy | 1,986 | 55.69% | 1,580 | 44.31% | 406 | 11.38% | 3,566 |
Liberty | 377 | 29.29% | 910 | 70.71% | -533 | -41.42% | 1,287 |
Madison | 2,121 | 42.91% | 2,822 | 57.09% | -701 | -14.18% | 4,943 |
Manatee | 13,074 | 43.26% | 17,147 | 56.74% | -4,073 | -13.48% | 30,221 |
Marion | 9,112 | 45.58% | 10,879 | 54.42% | -1,767 | -8.84% | 19,991 |
Martin | 3,621 | 45.76% | 4,292 | 54.24% | -671 | -8.48% | 7,913 |
Miami-Dade | 208,941 | 64.01% | 117,480 | 35.99% | 91,461 | 28.02% | 326,421 |
Monroe | 8,936 | 64.86% | 4,842 | 35.14% | 4,094 | 29.72% | 13,778 |
Nassau | 2,781 | 47.02% | 3,134 | 52.98% | -353 | -5.96% | 5,915 |
Okaloosa | 7,890 | 44.20% | 9,961 | 55.80% | -2,071 | -11.60% | 17,851 |
Okeechobee | 1,016 | 43.57% | 1,316 | 56.43% | -300 | -12.86% | 2,332 |
Orange | 38,248 | 43.90% | 48,884 | 56.10% | -10,636 | -12.20% | 87,132 |
Osceola | 3,531 | 43.88% | 4,516 | 56.12% | -985 | -12.24% | 8,047 |
Palm Beach | 43,836 | 46.91% | 49,614 | 53.09% | -5,778 | -6.18% | 93,450 |
Pasco | 8,135 | 51.68% | 7,606 | 48.32% | 529 | 3.36% | 15,741 |
Pinellas | 98,381 | 55.02% | 80,414 | 44.98% | 17,967 | 10.04% | 178,795 |
Polk | 29,355 | 44.98% | 35,906 | 55.02% | -6,551 | -10.04% | 65,261 |
Putnam | 4,995 | 49.62% | 5,072 | 50.38% | -77 | -0.76% | 10,067 |
St. Johns | 4,357 | 36.90% | 7,450 | 63.10% | -3,093 | -26.20% | 11,807 |
St. Lucie | 7,748 | 51.82% | 7,204 | 48.18% | 544 | 3.64% | 14,952 |
Santa Rosa | 3,570 | 37.37% | 5,983 | 62.63% | -2,413 | -25.26% | 9,553 |
Sarasota | 13,937 | 38.87% | 21,917 | 61.13% | -7,980 | -22.26% | 35,854 |
Seminole | 9,125 | 47.52% | 10,078 | 52.48% | -953 | -4.96% | 19,203 |
Sumter | 2,259 | 58.07% | 1,631 | 41.93% | 628 | 16.14% | 3,890 |
Suwannee | 2,393 | 44.36% | 3,002 | 55.64% | -609 | -11.28% | 5,395 |
Taylor | 1,708 | 39.09% | 2,661 | 60.91% | -953 | -21.82% | 4,369 |
Union | 740 | 51.03% | 710 | 48.97% | 30 | 2.06% | 1,450 |
Volusia | 34,901 | 58.28% | 24,988 | 41.72% | 9,913 | 16.56% | 59,889 |
Wakulla | 753 | 37.22% | 1,270 | 62.78% | -517 | -25.56% | 2,023 |
Walton | 2,449 | 39.49% | 3,753 | 60.51% | -1,304 | -21.02% | 6,202 |
Washington | 1,500 | 35.50% | 2,725 | 64.50% | -1,225 | -29.00% | 4,225 |
Totals | 948,540 | 51.15% | 905,941 | 48.85% | 42,599 | 2.30% | 1,854,481 |
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