1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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  1960 November 3, 1964 [1] 1968  
  37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Goldwater and Miller (cropped).jpg
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote90
Popular vote669,659372,977
Percentage64.01%35.65%

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County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 64.01% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 35.65% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

This is the solitary occasion since the Civil War where the Unionist strongholds of Whitley County and Knox County [5] have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [6] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Oldham, Jessamine, Wayne, Whitley, Estill, Garrard, Green, and Lee. [7] This is also the sole occasion since 1936 that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, and the only occasion since 1876 that the Democrat has won more than 60%. This is also the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state by double digits.

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote
Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Lyndon Johnson Democratic Texas 669,65964.01%9 Hubert Humphrey Minnesota 9
Barry Goldwater Republican Arizona 372,97735.65%0 William Miller New York 0
John Kasper National States’ Rights New York 3,4690.33%0 Jesse Stoner Georgia 0
Total1,046,105100%99
Needed to win270270

Results by county

CountyLyndon Baines Johnson [8]
Democratic
Barry Morris Goldwater [8]
Republican
John Kasper [8]
National States’ Rights
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adair 2,85448.15%3,05251.49%210.35%-198-3.34%5,927
Allen 2,02346.59%2,30953.18%100.23%-286-6.59%4,342
Anderson 2,49169.46%1,08530.26%100.28%1,40639.21%3,586
Ballard 2,86784.10%51915.22%230.67%2,34868.88%3,409
Barren 6,42068.44%2,93631.30%240.26%3,48437.14%9,380
Bath 2,57171.68%1,00928.13%70.20%1,56243.55%3,587
Bell 6,97962.16%4,18537.28%630.56%2,79424.89%11,227
Boone 5,07759.58%3,43040.25%150.18%1,64719.33%8,522
Bourbon 4,06876.52%1,22222.99%260.49%2,84653.54%5,316
Boyd 11,43662.03%6,94137.65%600.33%4,49524.38%18,437
Boyle 4,97671.47%1,97228.33%140.20%3,00443.15%6,962
Bracken 1,95869.46%86130.54%00.00%1,09738.91%2,819
Breathitt 4,71487.57%66912.43%00.00%4,04575.14%5,383
Breckinridge 3,73363.15%2,16736.66%110.19%1,56626.49%5,911
Bullitt 3,90073.17%1,41726.59%130.24%2,48346.59%5,330
Butler 1,55538.95%2,42960.85%80.20%-874-21.89%3,992
Caldwell 2,83161.57%1,73837.80%290.63%1,09323.77%4,598
Calloway 7,29082.04%1,57617.74%200.23%5,71464.30%8,886
Campbell 16,01256.65%12,20943.20%430.15%3,80313.46%28,264
Carlisle 1,56584.46%28215.22%60.32%1,28369.24%1,853
Carroll 2,59283.48%49115.81%220.71%2,10167.67%3,105
Carter 4,13659.20%2,82140.37%300.43%1,31518.82%6,987
Casey 1,87535.01%3,45764.54%240.45%-1,582-29.54%5,356
Christian 8,72769.10%3,88230.74%210.17%4,84538.36%12,630
Clark 4,20567.42%2,01932.37%130.21%2,18635.05%6,237
Clay 3,09848.84%3,22350.81%220.35%-125-1.97%6,343
Clinton 99429.50%2,35169.78%240.71%-1,357-40.28%3,369
Crittenden 1,62746.53%1,86353.27%70.20%-236-6.75%3,497
Cumberland 1,34842.60%1,79456.70%220.70%-446-14.10%3,164
Daviess 15,25364.21%8,35035.15%1520.64%6,90329.06%23,755
Edmonson 1,02238.61%1,60360.56%220.83%-581-21.95%2,647
Elliott 2,02686.18%32313.74%20.09%1,70372.44%2,351
Estill 2,10551.32%1,99648.66%10.02%1092.66%4,102
Fayette 25,31757.29%18,73942.40%1360.31%6,57814.89%44,192
Fleming 2,67861.53%1,66838.33%60.14%1,01023.21%4,352
Floyd 11,64482.93%2,35216.75%450.32%9,29266.18%14,041
Franklin 10,13081.08%2,32018.57%440.35%7,81062.51%12,494
Fulton 2,49367.89%1,16931.84%100.27%1,32436.06%3,672
Gallatin 1,24682.14%26717.60%40.26%97964.54%1,517
Garrard 2,09253.16%1,82846.45%150.38%2646.71%3,935
Grant 2,46169.42%1,06830.13%160.45%1,39339.29%3,545
Graves 9,95880.37%2,38919.28%430.35%7,56961.09%12,390
Grayson 2,92049.54%2,97450.46%00.00%-54-0.92%5,894
Green 2,16050.40%2,11049.23%160.37%501.17%4,286
Greenup 6,68062.06%4,04537.58%390.36%2,63524.48%10,764
Hancock 1,42364.98%75634.52%110.50%66730.46%2,190
Hardin 7,46066.23%3,74433.24%600.53%3,71632.99%11,264
Harlan 9,39469.96%4,02529.97%90.07%5,36939.98%13,428
Harrison 4,17979.66%1,05420.09%130.25%3,12559.57%5,246
Hart 3,31362.57%1,96137.03%210.40%1,35225.53%5,295
Henderson 8,02274.38%2,73425.35%290.27%5,28849.03%10,785
Henry 3,52180.70%83819.21%40.09%2,68361.49%4,363
Hickman 2,14977.47%61322.10%120.43%1,53655.37%2,774
Hopkins 7,95470.41%3,32829.46%150.13%4,62640.95%11,297
Jackson 92025.58%2,65473.78%230.64%-1,734-48.21%3,597
Jefferson 146,02364.09%80,95135.53%8490.37%65,07228.56%227,823
Jessamine 2,48554.86%1,96843.44%771.70%51711.41%4,530
Johnson 3,05349.59%3,07549.94%290.47%-22-0.36%6,157
Kenton 23,10359.55%15,63040.29%620.16%7,47319.26%38,795
Knott 4,73990.61%4829.22%90.17%4,25781.40%5,230
Knox 4,15053.41%3,58346.11%370.48%5677.30%7,770
Larue 2,74269.29%1,19530.20%200.51%1,54739.10%3,957
Laurel 3,63341.93%5,00857.80%240.28%-1,375-15.87%8,665
Lawrence 2,70360.67%1,74539.17%70.16%95821.50%4,455
Lee 1,37654.11%1,16245.69%50.20%2148.42%2,543
Leslie 1,79547.56%1,97152.23%80.21%-176-4.66%3,774
Letcher 5,42067.22%2,63232.64%110.14%2,78834.58%8,063
Lewis 2,04747.67%2,23051.93%170.40%-183-4.26%4,294
Lincoln 3,30762.67%1,95837.10%120.23%1,34925.56%5,277
Livingston 2,14772.07%82127.56%110.37%1,32644.51%2,979
Logan 6,23473.39%2,23226.28%280.33%4,00247.12%8,494
Lyon 1,41270.39%58329.06%110.55%82941.33%2,006
Madison 6,87761.40%4,26638.09%570.51%2,61123.31%11,200
Magoffin 2,49864.83%1,32734.44%280.73%1,17130.39%3,853
Marion 4,26579.81%1,07420.10%50.09%3,19159.71%5,344
Marshall 5,96877.83%1,67921.90%210.27%4,28955.93%7,668
Martin 1,69451.24%1,56747.40%451.36%1273.84%3,306
Mason 4,50264.76%2,43735.05%130.19%2,06529.70%6,952
McCracken 16,17877.75%4,54321.83%870.42%11,63555.92%20,808
McCreary 1,42838.77%2,23060.55%250.68%-802-21.78%3,683
McLean 2,57668.60%1,17331.24%60.16%1,40337.36%3,755
Meade 3,07674.37%1,05525.51%50.12%2,02148.86%4,136
Menifee 1,07676.80%31822.70%70.50%75854.10%1,401
Mercer 3,56467.03%1,73232.57%210.39%1,83234.46%5,317
Metcalfe 1,96760.49%1,27739.27%80.25%69021.22%3,252
Monroe 1,71334.19%3,29365.73%40.08%-1,580-31.54%5,010
Montgomery 3,03966.31%1,54033.60%40.09%1,49932.71%4,583
Morgan 3,29384.72%54614.05%481.23%2,74770.67%3,887
Muhlenberg 6,42165.92%3,30033.88%200.21%3,12132.04%9,741
Nelson 5,58676.56%1,68323.07%270.37%3,90353.50%7,296
Nicholas 1,74273.25%62126.11%150.63%1,12147.14%2,378
Ohio 3,30352.54%2,97947.38%50.08%3245.15%6,287
Oldham 2,62267.51%1,25632.34%60.15%1,36635.17%3,884
Owen 2,98087.93%40511.95%40.12%2,57575.98%3,389
Owsley 57132.74%1,16766.92%60.34%-596-34.17%1,744
Pendleton 2,49565.40%1,31334.42%70.18%1,18230.98%3,815
Perry 6,72867.64%3,21132.28%80.08%3,51735.36%9,947
Pike 14,14066.53%7,07833.30%350.16%7,06233.23%21,253
Powell 1,62261.79%99337.83%100.38%62923.96%2,625
Pulaski 5,84043.98%7,38355.60%550.41%-1,543-11.62%13,278
Robertson 73465.59%38334.23%20.18%35131.37%1,119
Rockcastle 1,63136.44%2,82963.20%160.36%-1,198-26.76%4,476
Rowan 2,82464.24%1,55435.35%180.41%1,27028.89%4,396
Russell 1,72940.46%2,52159.00%230.54%-792-18.53%4,273
Scott 3,28970.90%1,33028.67%200.43%1,95942.23%4,639
Shelby 4,93377.89%1,38421.85%160.25%3,54956.04%6,333
Simpson 3,16876.45%96723.33%90.22%2,20153.11%4,144
Spencer 1,42272.77%52526.87%70.36%89745.91%1,954
Taylor 3,08253.98%2,59445.44%330.58%4888.55%5,709
Todd 2,73866.93%1,33932.73%140.34%1,39934.20%4,091
Trigg 2,79075.12%91224.56%120.32%1,87850.57%3,714
Trimble 1,88186.36%29213.41%50.23%1,58972.96%2,178
Union 3,93475.93%1,22023.55%270.52%2,71452.38%5,181
Warren 9,88762.45%5,91537.36%290.18%3,97225.09%15,831
Washington 2,79064.12%1,56135.88%00.00%1,22928.25%4,351
Wayne 2,73753.21%2,38946.44%180.35%3486.77%5,144
Webster 3,74175.36%1,21724.52%60.12%2,52450.85%4,964
Whitley 4,78249.82%4,77949.79%380.40%30.03%9,599
Wolfe 2,01877.71%56221.64%170.65%1,45656.06%2,597
Woodford 2,97470.59%1,21528.84%240.57%1,75941.75%4,213
Totals669,65964.01%372,97735.65%3,4690.33%296,68228.36%1,046,105

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