1964 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1964 United States presidential election in Missouri
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  1960 November 3, 1964 [1] 1968  
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Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote120
Popular vote1,164,344653,535
Percentage64.05%35.95%

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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 Missouri took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Missouri was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 64.05 percent of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 35.95 percent. [3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last time that Perry County, Holt County, Lawrence County, Jasper County, Polk County, Greene County, Cooper County, Newton County, Cape Girardeau County, Barry County, St. Charles County, and Barton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5]

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert H. Humphrey Democrat 12 [6] 1,164,34464.05%
Barry Goldwater William Miller Republican 0653,53535.95%

Results by county

County [7] Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Adair 4,23554.24%3,57345.76%6628.48%7,808
Andrew 3,21155.31%2,59444.69%61710.62%5,805
Atchison 2,87063.45%1,65336.55%1,21726.90%4,523
Audrain 7,38769.02%3,31630.98%4,07138.04%10,703
Barry 5,30752.73%4,75747.27%5505.46%10,064
Barton 3,17357.64%2,33242.36%84115.28%5,505
Bates 5,16259.50%3,51440.50%1,64819.00%8,676
Benton 2,03045.04%2,47754.96%-447-9.92%4,507
Bollinger 2,79256.78%2,12543.22%66713.56%4,917
Boone 14,75865.73%7,69534.27%7,06331.46%22,453
Buchanan 24,16467.75%11,50132.25%12,66335.50%35,665
Butler 7,71057.86%5,61642.14%2,09415.72%13,326
Caldwell 2,47553.80%2,12546.20%3507.60%4,600
Callaway 5,91666.48%2,98333.52%2,93332.96%8,899
Camden 2,52249.17%2,60750.83%-85-1.66%5,129
Cape Girardeau 11,43156.57%8,77643.43%2,65513.14%20,207
Carroll 4,06957.61%2,99442.39%1,07515.22%7,063
Carter 1,23261.82%76138.18%47123.64%1,993
Cass 6,65864.50%3,66535.50%2,99329.00%10,323
Cedar 2,24747.56%2,47852.44%-231-4.88%4,725
Chariton 3,86266.66%1,93233.34%1,93033.32%5,794
Christian 2,64645.02%3,23254.98%-586-9.96%5,878
Clark 2,22357.25%1,66042.75%56314.50%3,883
Clay 23,99363.16%13,99736.84%9,99626.32%37,990
Clinton 3,59866.65%1,80033.35%1,79833.30%5,398
Cole 8,12744.67%10,06855.33%-1,941-10.66%18,195
Cooper 4,20154.34%3,53045.66%6718.68%7,731
Crawford 3,44456.42%2,66043.58%78412.84%6,104
Dade 1,64145.94%1,93154.06%-290-8.12%3,572
Dallas 1,98346.65%2,26853.35%-285-6.70%4,251
Daviess 2,73959.38%1,87440.62%86518.76%4,613
DeKalb 2,34758.30%1,67941.70%66816.60%4,026
Dent 2,86061.53%1,78838.47%1,07223.06%4,648
Douglas 1,59341.13%2,28058.87%-687-17.74%3,873
Dunklin 8,46770.96%3,46529.04%5,00241.92%11,932
Franklin 13,46461.83%8,31338.17%5,15123.66%21,777
Gasconade 2,12636.67%3,67263.33%-1,546-26.66%5,798
Gentry 3,19865.60%1,67734.40%1,52131.20%4,875
Greene 30,13055.67%23,98944.33%6,14111.34%54,119
Grundy 3,36358.24%2,41141.76%95216.48%5,774
Harrison 2,78752.56%2,51647.44%2715.11%5,303
Henry 5,76165.14%3,08334.86%2,67830.28%8,844
Hickory 85442.47%1,15757.53%-303-15.06%2,011
Holt 1,87152.02%1,72647.98%1454.04%3,597
Howard 3,50772.37%1,33927.63%2,16844.74%4,846
Howell 4,96851.75%4,63248.25%3363.50%9,600
Iron 2,73072.22%1,05027.78%1,68044.44%3,780
Jackson 161,29067.19%78,76632.81%82,52434.38%240,056
Jasper 18,04553.82%15,48146.18%2,5647.64%33,526
Jefferson 18,91670.57%7,88729.43%11,02941.14%26,803
Johnson 6,41259.59%4,34840.41%2,06419.18%10,760
Knox 2,08561.50%1,30538.50%78023.00%3,390
Laclede 4,51754.00%3,84846.00%6698.00%8,365
Lafayette 7,40057.40%5,49342.60%1,90714.80%12,893
Lawrence 6,38351.35%6,04748.65%3362.70%12,430
Lewis 3,28172.59%1,23927.41%2,04245.18%4,520
Lincoln 4,99368.74%2,27131.26%2,72237.48%7,264
Linn 5,73566.55%2,88333.45%2,85233.10%8,618
Livingston 5,32066.31%2,70333.69%2,61732.62%8,023
Macon 5,38965.51%2,83734.49%2,55231.02%8,226
Madison 2,71860.75%1,75639.25%96221.50%4,474
Maries 2,06363.56%1,18336.44%88027.12%3,246
Marion 8,31469.75%3,60530.25%4,70939.50%11,919
McDonald 3,48853.31%3,05546.69%4336.62%6,543
Mercer 1,28455.25%1,04044.75%24410.50%2,324
Miller 2,85843.03%3,78456.97%-926-13.94%6,642
Mississippi 4,01570.69%1,66529.31%2,35041.38%5,680
Moniteau 2,62448.76%2,75851.24%-134-2.48%5,382
Monroe 4,10381.55%92818.45%3,17563.10%5,031
Montgomery 3,28955.76%2,61044.24%67911.52%5,899
Morgan 2,46847.37%2,74252.63%-274-5.26%5,210
New Madrid 7,41574.16%2,58325.84%4,83248.32%9,998
Newton 8,13955.00%6,66045.00%1,47910.00%14,799
Nodaway 6,69063.84%3,78936.16%2,90127.68%10,479
Oregon 2,90874.56%99225.44%1,91649.12%3,900
Osage 2,60849.02%2,71250.98%-104-1.96%5,320
Ozark 1,06440.86%1,54059.14%-476-18.28%2,604
Pemiscot 5,08365.66%2,65834.34%2,42531.32%7,741
Perry 3,45654.92%2,83745.08%6199.84%6,293
Pettis 8,98762.43%5,40937.57%3,57824.86%14,396
Phelps 5,77660.60%3,75539.40%2,02121.20%9,531
Pike 5,27373.06%1,94426.94%3,32946.12%7,217
Platte 6,14366.76%3,05933.24%3,08433.52%9,202
Polk 3,35350.49%3,28849.51%650.98%6,641
Pulaski 3,38364.57%1,85635.43%1,52729.14%5,239
Putnam 1,48448.96%1,54751.04%-63-2.08%3,031
Ralls 2,84779.46%73620.54%2,11158.92%3,583
Randolph 6,98873.77%2,48526.23%4,50347.54%9,473
Ray 5,18974.95%1,73425.05%3,45549.90%6,923
Reynolds 1,83577.59%53022.41%1,30555.18%2,365
Ripley 2,68861.48%1,68438.52%1,00422.96%4,372
St. Charles 14,53061.70%9,02038.30%5,51023.40%23,550
St. Clair 2,59356.94%1,96143.06%63213.88%4,554
St. Francois 10,56765.00%5,69035.00%4,87730.00%16,257
St. Louis 213,65861.29%134,96238.71%78,69622.58%348,620
St. Louis City 207,95877.72%59,60422.28%148,35455.44%267,562
Ste. Genevieve 3,76874.11%1,31625.89%2,45248.22%5,084
Saline 7,30866.78%3,63533.22%3,67333.56%10,943
Schuyler 1,44957.48%1,07242.52%37714.96%2,521
Scotland 2,18764.29%1,21535.71%97228.58%3,402
Scott 7,51270.05%3,21229.95%4,30040.10%10,724
Shannon 2,31271.89%90428.11%1,40843.78%3,216
Shelby 3,15672.25%1,21227.75%1,94444.50%4,368
Stoddard 5,94466.35%3,01433.65%2,93032.70%8,958
Stone 1,83543.57%2,37756.43%-542-12.86%4,212
Sullivan 2,69556.77%2,05243.23%64313.54%4,747
Taney 2,54448.14%2,74151.86%-197-3.72%5,285
Texas 4,93462.97%2,90237.03%2,03225.94%7,836
Vernon 5,95865.94%3,07734.06%2,88131.88%9,035
Warren 1,90345.03%2,32354.97%-420-9.94%4,226
Washington 3,90863.09%2,28636.91%1,62226.18%6,194
Wayne 3,00559.81%2,01940.19%98619.62%5,024
Webster 3,82453.37%3,34146.63%4836.74%7,165
Worth 1,37362.30%83137.70%54224.60%2,204
Wright 3,29248.71%3,46651.29%-174-2.58%6,758
Totals1,164,34464.05%653,53535.95%510,80928.10%1,817,879

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