1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Flag of Oklahoma (1941-1988).svg
  1960 November 3, 1964 1968  
  37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote80
Popular vote519,834412,665
Percentage55.75%44.25%

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County results

The 1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1964. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Democratic Party candidate, won Oklahoma with an 11.49 percent margin of victory against Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, winning its eight electoral votes. [1] Oklahoma had begun trending Republican since 1952, with the margin of victory steadily increasing. In 1964, a majority of voters rejected the staunchly conservative Goldwater, who was portrayed as a right-wing extremist, and defected to the more moderate Johnson.

In typical fashion for the time, Johnson overwhelmingly won Southern Oklahoma, the most Democratic region of the state, carrying every county with over 60% of the vote. Goldwater performed strongly in the northern region including the Oklahoma Panhandle and Garfield County, home to Enid. Goldwater was able to hold Johnson below 60% in counties he won in this region except for Ottawa County and Craig County. As for the major urban areas, Johnson carried Oklahoma County, home of Oklahoma City, 52%–48%, while Goldwater carried Tulsa County 55%–45%. As a result, Oklahoma weighed in as 11.08 percentage points more Republican than the national average.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the only presidential race since 1948 where Oklahoma voted Democrat; the state is now overwhelmingly Republican. [2] Johnson was also the last Democrat to carry Oklahoma County (home to Oklahoma City), Cleveland County (home to Norman), Comanche County, Canadian County, Custer County, Noble County, and Payne County (home to Stillwater). [3] Despite this, Oklahoma would remain reliably Democratic at the state level for the next several decades.

Johnson's strong performance likely helped fellow Democrat Fred R. Harris down-ballot in his narrow victory in the concurrent special election to the United States Senate.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.)519,83455.75%8
Republican Barry Goldwater 412,66544.25%0
Totals932,499100.0%8
Voter turnout (voting age/registered voters)63%/71%

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%
Adair 3,00351.23%2,85948.77%1442.46%5,862
Alfalfa 1,73041.39%2,45058.61%−720−17.22%4,180
Atoka 2,45963.33%1,42436.67%1,03526.66%3,883
Beaver 1,50843.21%1,98256.79%−474−13.58%3,490
Beckham 4,11561.68%2,55738.32%1,55823.36%6,672
Blaine 2,38446.52%2,74153.48%−357−6.96%5,125
Bryan 5,93469.11%2,65230.89%3,28238.22%8,586
Caddo 7,44766.66%3,72433.34%3,72333.32%11,171
Canadian 5,74752.53%5,19347.47%5545.06%10,940
Carter 10,64568.10%4,98631.90%5,65936.20%15,631
Cherokee 4,44956.20%3,46743.80%98212.40%7,916
Choctaw 3,96969.79%1,71830.21%2,25139.58%5,687
Cimarron 87841.75%1,22558.25%−347−16.50%2,103
Cleveland 11,59954.57%9,65645.43%1,9439.14%21,255
Coal 1,61369.11%72130.89%89238.22%2,334
Comanche 13,58563.12%7,93636.88%5,64926.24%21,521
Cotton 2,21666.37%1,12333.63%1,09332.74%3,339
Craig 3,83860.17%2,54139.83%1,29720.34%6,379
Creek 9,83660.75%6,35539.25%3,48121.50%16,191
Custer 4,46457.04%3,36242.96%1,10214.08%7,826
Delaware 3,70257.44%2,74342.56%95914.88%6,445
Dewey 1,61752.96%1,43847.04%1795.92%3,055
Ellis 1,12043.55%1,45256.45%−332−12.90%2,572
Garfield 10,17545.28%12,29754.72%−2,122−9.44%22,472
Garvin 7,01366.90%3,47033.10%3,54333.80%10,483
Grady 7,59368.03%3,56931.97%4,02436.06%11,162
Grant 2,12051.56%1,99248.44%1283.12%4,112
Greer 2,67168.17%1,24731.83%1,42436.34%3,918
Harmon 1,66573.45%60226.55%1,06346.90%2,267
Harper 1,24047.35%1,37952.65%−139−5.30%2,619
Haskell 2,54265.23%1,35534.77%1,18730.46%3,897
Hughes 4,47772.57%1,69227.43%2,78545.14%6,169
Jackson 5,89471.36%2,36628.64%3,52842.72%8,260
Jefferson 2,55575.91%81124.09%1,74451.82%3,366
Johnston 2,37069.00%1,06531.00%1,30538.00%3,435
Kay 11,29648.42%12,03351.58%−737−3.16%23,329
Kingfisher 2,51244.63%3,11755.37%−605−10.74%5,629
Kiowa 3,68662.56%2,20637.44%1,48025.12%5,892
Latimer 2,29773.01%84926.99%1,44846.02%3,146
LeFlore 7,10564.54%3,90435.46%3,20129.08%11,009
Lincoln 5,04656.70%3,85443.30%1,19213.40%8,900
Logan 4,27953.05%3,78746.95%4926.10%8,066
Love 1,86373.75%66326.25%1,20047.50%2,526
McClain 3,63868.95%1,63831.05%2,00037.90%5,276
McCurtain 5,98266.74%2,98133.26%3,00133.48%8,963
McIntosh 3,49771.01%1,42828.99%2,06942.02%4,925
Major 1,29134.64%2,43665.36%−1,145−30.72%3,727
Marshall 2,31867.80%1,10132.20%1,21735.60%3,419
Mayes 5,42156.60%4,15743.40%1,26413.20%9,578
Murray 3,08371.38%1,23628.62%1,84742.76%4,319
Muskogee 16,33065.75%8,50834.25%7,82231.50%24,838
Noble 2,71355.71%2,15744.29%55611.42%4,870
Nowata 2,64455.24%2,14244.76%50210.48%4,786
Okfuskee 2,90564.07%1,62935.93%1,27628.14%4,534
Oklahoma 90,64152.00%83,66048.00%6,9814.00%174,301
Okmulgee 10,19568.43%4,70431.57%5,49136.86%14,899
Osage 7,39556.49%5,69543.51%1,70012.98%13,090
Ottawa 7,58964.98%4,09035.02%3,49929.96%11,679
Pawnee 2,38951.19%2,27848.81%1112.38%4,667
Payne 8,90652.88%7,93647.12%9705.76%16,842
Pittsburg 9,90373.58%3,55526.42%6,34847.16%13,458
Pontotoc 7,44964.13%4,16635.87%3,28328.26%11,615
Pottawatomie 10,88461.40%6,84138.60%4,04322.80%17,725
Pushmataha 2,56365.80%1,33234.20%1,23131.60%3,895
Roger Mills 1,34559.23%92640.77%41918.46%2,271
Rogers 5,44956.46%4,20243.54%1,24712.92%9,651
Seminole 6,58264.16%3,67635.84%2,90628.32%10,258
Sequoyah 4,30460.20%2,84639.80%1,45820.40%7,150
Stephens 9,27263.53%5,32336.47%3,94927.06%14,595
Texas 2,50042.82%3,33957.18%−839−14.36%5,839
Tillman 3,35462.63%2,00137.37%1,35325.26%5,355
Tulsa 61,48444.47%76,77055.53%−15,286−11.06%138,254
Wagoner 3,95758.22%2,84041.78%1,11716.44%6,797
Washington 8,57140.91%12,38259.09%−3,811−18.18%20,953
Washita 3,33960.86%2,14739.14%1,19221.72%5,486
Woods 2,75048.79%2,88651.21%−136−2.42%5,636
Woodward 2,93448.67%3,09451.33%−160−2.66%6,028
Totals519,83455.75%412,66544.25%107,16911.50%932,499

Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1964 Presidential Election Results - Oklahoma". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  2. Gust, Steve (October 6, 2012). "Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics". The Oklahoman . Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.