1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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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 vote 8 0 Popular vote 519,834 412,665 Percentage 55.75% 44.25%

County results Johnson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Goldwater   50–60%   60–70%

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.

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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.)	519,834	55.75%	8
	Republican	Barry Goldwater	412,665	44.25%	0
Totals			932,499	100.0%	8
Voter turnout (voting age/registered voters)					63%/71%

Results by county

County	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adair	3,003	51.23%	2,859	48.77%	144	2.46%	5,862
Alfalfa	1,730	41.39%	2,450	58.61%	−720	−17.22%	4,180
Atoka	2,459	63.33%	1,424	36.67%	1,035	26.66%	3,883
Beaver	1,508	43.21%	1,982	56.79%	−474	−13.58%	3,490
Beckham	4,115	61.68%	2,557	38.32%	1,558	23.36%	6,672
Blaine	2,384	46.52%	2,741	53.48%	−357	−6.96%	5,125
Bryan	5,934	69.11%	2,652	30.89%	3,282	38.22%	8,586
Caddo	7,447	66.66%	3,724	33.34%	3,723	33.32%	11,171
Canadian	5,747	52.53%	5,193	47.47%	554	5.06%	10,940
Carter	10,645	68.10%	4,986	31.90%	5,659	36.20%	15,631
Cherokee	4,449	56.20%	3,467	43.80%	982	12.40%	7,916
Choctaw	3,969	69.79%	1,718	30.21%	2,251	39.58%	5,687
Cimarron	878	41.75%	1,225	58.25%	−347	−16.50%	2,103
Cleveland	11,599	54.57%	9,656	45.43%	1,943	9.14%	21,255
Coal	1,613	69.11%	721	30.89%	892	38.22%	2,334
Comanche	13,585	63.12%	7,936	36.88%	5,649	26.24%	21,521
Cotton	2,216	66.37%	1,123	33.63%	1,093	32.74%	3,339
Craig	3,838	60.17%	2,541	39.83%	1,297	20.34%	6,379
Creek	9,836	60.75%	6,355	39.25%	3,481	21.50%	16,191
Custer	4,464	57.04%	3,362	42.96%	1,102	14.08%	7,826
Delaware	3,702	57.44%	2,743	42.56%	959	14.88%	6,445
Dewey	1,617	52.96%	1,438	47.04%	179	5.92%	3,055
Ellis	1,120	43.55%	1,452	56.45%	−332	−12.90%	2,572
Garfield	10,175	45.28%	12,297	54.72%	−2,122	−9.44%	22,472
Garvin	7,013	66.90%	3,470	33.10%	3,543	33.80%	10,483
Grady	7,593	68.03%	3,569	31.97%	4,024	36.06%	11,162
Grant	2,120	51.56%	1,992	48.44%	128	3.12%	4,112
Greer	2,671	68.17%	1,247	31.83%	1,424	36.34%	3,918
Harmon	1,665	73.45%	602	26.55%	1,063	46.90%	2,267
Harper	1,240	47.35%	1,379	52.65%	−139	−5.30%	2,619
Haskell	2,542	65.23%	1,355	34.77%	1,187	30.46%	3,897
Hughes	4,477	72.57%	1,692	27.43%	2,785	45.14%	6,169
Jackson	5,894	71.36%	2,366	28.64%	3,528	42.72%	8,260
Jefferson	2,555	75.91%	811	24.09%	1,744	51.82%	3,366
Johnston	2,370	69.00%	1,065	31.00%	1,305	38.00%	3,435
Kay	11,296	48.42%	12,033	51.58%	−737	−3.16%	23,329
Kingfisher	2,512	44.63%	3,117	55.37%	−605	−10.74%	5,629
Kiowa	3,686	62.56%	2,206	37.44%	1,480	25.12%	5,892
Latimer	2,297	73.01%	849	26.99%	1,448	46.02%	3,146
LeFlore	7,105	64.54%	3,904	35.46%	3,201	29.08%	11,009
Lincoln	5,046	56.70%	3,854	43.30%	1,192	13.40%	8,900
Logan	4,279	53.05%	3,787	46.95%	492	6.10%	8,066
Love	1,863	73.75%	663	26.25%	1,200	47.50%	2,526
McClain	3,638	68.95%	1,638	31.05%	2,000	37.90%	5,276
McCurtain	5,982	66.74%	2,981	33.26%	3,001	33.48%	8,963
McIntosh	3,497	71.01%	1,428	28.99%	2,069	42.02%	4,925
Major	1,291	34.64%	2,436	65.36%	−1,145	−30.72%	3,727
Marshall	2,318	67.80%	1,101	32.20%	1,217	35.60%	3,419
Mayes	5,421	56.60%	4,157	43.40%	1,264	13.20%	9,578
Murray	3,083	71.38%	1,236	28.62%	1,847	42.76%	4,319
Muskogee	16,330	65.75%	8,508	34.25%	7,822	31.50%	24,838
Noble	2,713	55.71%	2,157	44.29%	556	11.42%	4,870
Nowata	2,644	55.24%	2,142	44.76%	502	10.48%	4,786
Okfuskee	2,905	64.07%	1,629	35.93%	1,276	28.14%	4,534
Oklahoma	90,641	52.00%	83,660	48.00%	6,981	4.00%	174,301
Okmulgee	10,195	68.43%	4,704	31.57%	5,491	36.86%	14,899
Osage	7,395	56.49%	5,695	43.51%	1,700	12.98%	13,090
Ottawa	7,589	64.98%	4,090	35.02%	3,499	29.96%	11,679
Pawnee	2,389	51.19%	2,278	48.81%	111	2.38%	4,667
Payne	8,906	52.88%	7,936	47.12%	970	5.76%	16,842
Pittsburg	9,903	73.58%	3,555	26.42%	6,348	47.16%	13,458
Pontotoc	7,449	64.13%	4,166	35.87%	3,283	28.26%	11,615
Pottawatomie	10,884	61.40%	6,841	38.60%	4,043	22.80%	17,725
Pushmataha	2,563	65.80%	1,332	34.20%	1,231	31.60%	3,895
Roger Mills	1,345	59.23%	926	40.77%	419	18.46%	2,271
Rogers	5,449	56.46%	4,202	43.54%	1,247	12.92%	9,651
Seminole	6,582	64.16%	3,676	35.84%	2,906	28.32%	10,258
Sequoyah	4,304	60.20%	2,846	39.80%	1,458	20.40%	7,150
Stephens	9,272	63.53%	5,323	36.47%	3,949	27.06%	14,595
Texas	2,500	42.82%	3,339	57.18%	−839	−14.36%	5,839
Tillman	3,354	62.63%	2,001	37.37%	1,353	25.26%	5,355
Tulsa	61,484	44.47%	76,770	55.53%	−15,286	−11.06%	138,254
Wagoner	3,957	58.22%	2,840	41.78%	1,117	16.44%	6,797
Washington	8,571	40.91%	12,382	59.09%	−3,811	−18.18%	20,953
Washita	3,339	60.86%	2,147	39.14%	1,192	21.72%	5,486
Woods	2,750	48.79%	2,886	51.21%	−136	−2.42%	5,636
Woodward	2,934	48.67%	3,094	51.33%	−160	−2.66%	6,028
Totals	519,834	55.75%	412,665	44.25%	107,169	11.50%	932,499

Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic

• Adair
• Atoka
• Beckham
• Caddo
• Canadian
• Cherokee
• Cleveland
• Comanche
• Custer
• Craig
• Creek
• Delaware
• Dewey
• Grant
• Garvin
• Grady
• Greer
• Haskell
• Hughes
• Kiowa
• Lincoln
• Logan
• LeFlore
• McClain
• Mayes
• McIntosh
• Muskogee
• Nowata
• Noble
• Oklahoma
• Osage
• Okfuskee
• Ottawa
• Pawnee
• Payne
• Pottawatomie
• Pontotoc
• Pushmataha
• Roger Mills
• Rogers
• Seminole
• Sequoyah
• Stephens
• Wagoner
• Washita

See also

• United States presidential elections in Oklahoma

References

1. "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.