1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Flag of Minnesota (1957-1983).svg
  1960 November 3, 1964 1968  
Turnout76.33% [1] Decrease2.svg
  37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Goldwater for President (cropped).jpg
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote100
Popular vote991,117559,624
Percentage63.76%36.02%

Minnesota Presidential Election Results 1964.svg
County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic (DFL)

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic (DFL)

The 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Minnesota was won by the DFL candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had assumed the presidency less than a year earlier following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, won the state over U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona by a margin of 431,493 votes, or 27.76%. Johnson went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 22.58% of the popular vote. Goldwater carried only six states, including his home state of Arizona, together with the five southern states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

In the 1964 election, President Johnson carried Minnesota by a margin of victory that hadn't been seen in a presidential election in the state since Franklin D. Roosevelt carried the state by a margin of 30.83% over Alf Landon in 1936. This margin of victory was aided by the fact that Hubert Humphrey, the state's incumbent U.S. Senator, was on the Democratic ticket for vice president.

To date Johnson's performance is the best ever for a Democrat in Minnesota, in fact, no presidential candidate has since obtained more than 55% of the state's vote in a presidential election. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Brown County, Redwood County, and Rock County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Olmsted County would not vote Democratic again until 2008. [2]

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)991,11763.76%10
Republican Barry Goldwater 559,62436.00%0
Industrial Government Eric Hass 2,5440.16%0
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 1,1770.08%0
Totals1,554,462100.00%10
Voter turnout76%

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
DFL [4]
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Eric Hass [5]
Industrial Government
Clifton DeBerry [5]
Socialist Workers
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Aitkin 3,87465.77%2,00033.96%90.15%70.12%1,87431.81%5,890
Anoka 31,71470.47%13,20129.33%470.10%430.10%18,51341.14%45,005
Becker 6,45363.14%3,75136.70%60.06%100.10%2,70226.44%10,220
Beltrami 5,96765.10%3,18434.74%90.10%60.07%2,78330.36%9,166
Benton 4,67962.22%2,81837.47%200.27%30.04%1,86124.75%7,520
Big Stone 2,83167.86%1,33131.90%90.22%10.02%1,50035.96%4,172
Blue Earth 10,68756.85%8,00942.61%960.51%50.03%2,67814.24%18,797
Brown 6,06950.84%5,85149.02%100.08%70.06%2181.82%11,937
Carlton 9,55277.29%2,78022.49%130.11%140.11%6,77254.80%12,359
Carver 5,12348.52%5,42451.37%40.04%70.07%-301-2.85%10,558
Cass 4,63559.78%3,11040.11%70.09%20.03%1,52519.67%7,754
Chippewa 4,55061.78%2,80638.10%60.08%30.04%1,74423.68%7,365
Chisago 4,34763.10%2,52536.65%90.13%80.12%1,82226.45%6,889
Clay 10,16162.39%6,08537.37%350.21%40.02%4,07625.02%16,285
Clearwater 2,59669.43%1,13730.41%20.05%40.11%1,45939.02%3,739
Cook 97656.03%76443.86%20.11%00.00%21212.17%1,742
Cottonwood 4,09054.33%3,42345.47%90.12%60.08%6678.86%7,528
Crow Wing 9,19764.10%5,13135.76%90.06%120.08%4,06628.34%14,349
Dakota 28,39167.07%13,85632.73%640.15%170.04%14,53534.34%42,328
Dodge 3,13855.84%2,47444.02%60.11%20.04%66411.82%5,620
Douglas 6,04059.36%4,12240.51%80.08%50.05%1,91818.85%10,175
Faribault 5,94655.18%4,81744.71%80.07%40.04%1,12910.47%10,775
Fillmore 5,81354.58%4,82445.29%110.10%30.03%9899.29%10,651
Freeborn 10,55463.16%6,13636.72%160.10%30.02%4,41826.44%16,709
Goodhue 9,03557.96%6,53941.95%90.06%60.04%2,49616.01%15,589
Grant 2,63160.26%1,73439.72%10.02%00.00%89720.54%4,366
Hennepin 241,02060.75%154,73639.00%6230.16%3480.09%86,28421.75%396,727
Houston 3,88553.03%3,43346.86%70.10%10.01%4526.17%7,326
Hubbard 2,55352.72%2,28347.14%60.12%10.02%2705.58%4,843
Isanti 4,02666.90%1,98232.93%30.05%70.12%2,04433.97%6,018
Itasca 12,05474.27%4,13725.49%190.12%210.13%7,91748.78%16,231
Jackson 4,57665.18%2,44134.77%40.06%00.00%2,13530.41%7,021
Kanabec 2,66666.25%1,34833.50%50.12%50.12%1,31832.75%4,024
Kandiyohi 9,10869.23%4,01130.49%250.19%120.09%5,09738.74%13,156
Kittson 2,79070.72%1,15329.23%20.05%00.00%1,63741.49%3,945
Koochiching 5,87878.47%1,60221.39%60.08%50.07%4,27657.08%7,491
Lac qui Parle 3,93463.66%2,23636.18%50.08%50.08%1,69827.48%6,180
Lake 4,70479.39%1,20520.34%80.14%80.14%3,49959.05%5,925
Lake of the Woods 1,26671.73%48927.71%50.28%50.28%77744.02%1,765
Le Sueur 6,11765.60%3,19134.22%120.13%50.05%2,92631.38%9,325
Lincoln 3,02468.29%1,39331.46%20.05%90.20%1,63136.83%4,428
Lyon 6,64967.69%3,16532.22%70.07%10.01%3,48435.47%9,822
Mahnomen 1,96775.11%64824.74%30.11%10.04%1,31950.37%2,619
Marshall 4,59470.79%1,89329.17%20.03%10.02%2,70141.62%6,490
Martin 5,57545.98%6,52953.84%140.12%80.07%-954-7.86%12,126
McLeod 5,75550.86%5,54549.00%90.08%70.06%2101.86%11,316
Meeker 5,27062.90%3,09936.99%70.08%20.02%2,17125.91%8,378
Mille Lacs 4,36963.58%2,47436.00%150.22%140.20%1,89527.58%6,872
Morrison 7,49267.91%3,51531.86%160.15%90.08%3,97736.05%11,032
Mower 13,57367.39%6,51032.32%430.21%140.07%7,06335.07%20,140
Murray 3,82262.13%2,32537.79%50.08%00.00%1,49724.34%6,152
Nicollet 5,12158.62%3,60541.27%40.05%60.07%1,51617.35%8,736
Nobles 6,43164.57%3,51735.31%90.09%30.03%2,91429.26%9,960
Norman 3,63168.50%1,66231.35%50.09%30.06%1,96937.15%5,301
Olmsted 16,19555.94%12,69943.87%470.16%90.03%3,49612.07%28,950
Otter Tail 9,99748.61%10,54251.26%170.08%90.04%-545-2.65%20,565
Pennington 3,89470.37%1,63029.45%30.05%70.13%2,26440.92%5,534
Pine 5,12369.04%2,27930.71%100.13%80.11%2,84438.33%7,420
Pipestone 3,36557.51%2,48142.40%30.05%20.03%88415.11%5,851
Polk 11,05268.60%5,03931.27%110.07%90.06%6,01337.33%16,111
Pope 3,54961.57%2,21338.39%10.02%10.02%1,33623.18%5,764
Ramsey 133,94869.91%56,89829.70%5790.30%1670.09%77,05040.21%191,592
Red Lake 1,86175.96%57323.39%90.37%70.29%1,28852.57%2,450
Redwood 4,72250.90%4,54649.00%50.05%40.04%1761.90%9,277
Renville 6,07258.18%4,34041.58%140.13%110.11%1,73216.60%10,437
Rice 9,29962.65%5,51837.18%180.12%80.05%3,78125.47%14,843
Rock 2,89654.78%2,38945.19%20.04%00.00%5079.59%5,287
Roseau 3,63668.69%1,65131.19%30.06%30.06%1,98537.50%5,293
St. Louis 79,52975.61%25,24624.00%2750.26%1330.13%54,28351.61%105,183
Scott 7,24868.57%3,31131.32%90.09%20.02%3,93737.25%10,570
Sherburne 3,78763.75%2,13235.89%170.29%40.07%1,65527.86%5,940
Sibley 3,57748.10%3,85451.83%30.04%20.03%-277-3.73%7,436
Stearns 19,06359.26%13,00940.44%580.18%360.11%6,05418.82%32,166
Steele 6,02255.05%4,88244.63%270.25%80.07%1,14010.42%10,939
Stevens 2,91056.65%2,22043.22%60.12%10.02%69013.43%5,137
Swift 4,38067.14%2,13232.68%60.09%60.09%2,24834.46%6,524
Todd 5,67358.47%4,00641.29%170.18%60.06%1,66717.18%9,702
Traverse 2,24767.64%1,07332.30%20.06%00.00%1,17435.34%3,322
Wabasha 4,36758.20%3,13341.75%30.04%10.01%1,23416.45%7,504
Wadena 2,90854.52%2,41845.33%70.13%10.02%4909.19%5,334
Waseca 3,63350.34%3,57049.47%100.14%40.06%630.87%7,217
Washington 18,10867.01%8,85032.75%430.16%210.08%9,25834.26%27,022
Watonwan 3,61556.09%2,82343.80%50.08%20.03%79212.29%6,445
Wilkin 2,75162.65%1,63637.26%10.02%30.07%1,11525.39%4,391
Winona 11,39764.14%6,34535.71%210.12%70.04%5,05228.43%17,770
Wright 8,68761.24%5,47638.60%140.10%80.06%3,21122.64%14,185
Yellow Medicine 4,70763.06%2,75136.86%50.07%10.01%1,95626.20%7,464
Totals991,11763.76%559,62436.00%2,5440.16%1,1770.08%431,49327.76%1,554,462

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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