1964 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1964 United States presidential election in Nevada
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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 vote30
Popular vote79,33956,094
Percentage58.58%41.42%

Nevada Presidential Election Results 1964.svg
County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

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

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Nevada was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 58.58% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 41.42% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Elko County, Humboldt County, Pershing County, Lander County, Lincoln County, and Eureka County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Washoe County and Carson City did not vote Democratic again until 2008. [5] This was also the last election until 1992 that a Democratic presidential candidate carried Nevada, and the last until 2008 in which the party received a majority of the vote.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Nevada [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 79,339 58.58%
Republican Barry Goldwater 56,09441.42%
Total votes135,433 100%

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [6]
# %# %# %
Churchill 1,56549.34%1,60750.66%-42-1.32%3,172
Clark 40,76063.02%23,92136.98%16,83926.04%64,681
Douglas 1,01047.26%1,12752.74%-117-5.48%2,137
Elko 2,78560.01%1,85639.99%92920.02%4,641
Esmeralda 18758.81%13141.19%5617.62%318
Eureka 28553.98%24346.02%427.96%528
Humboldt 1,42156.23%1,10643.77%31512.46%2,527
Lander 39153.64%33846.36%537.28%729
Lincoln 78564.08%44035.92%34528.16%1,225
Lyon 1,32748.72%1,39751.28%-70-2.56%2,724
Mineral 1,44060.84%92739.16%51321.68%2,367
Nye 1,27660.82%82239.18%45421.64%2,098
Ormsby 2,12951.60%1,99748.40%1323.20%4,126
Pershing 73860.29%48639.71%25220.58%1,224
Storey 26160.28%17239.72%8920.56%433
Washoe 20,17052.36%18,35047.64%1,8204.72%38,520
White Pine 2,80970.52%1,17429.48%1,63541.04%3,983
Totals79,33958.58%56,09441.42%23,24517.16%135,433

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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  6. 1 2 Official Returns of the General Election of 1964. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 6. Retrieved July 9, 2024.