1964 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1964 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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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 9 0 Popular vote 779,881 470,366 Percentage 61.97% 37.37%

County results Johnson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Goldwater   40–50%   50–60%

President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic

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

Washington was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 61.97% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 37.37% of the popular vote. ^{[3] [4]} As of the 2024 presidential election ^[update] , this is the last election in which Yakima County, Benton County, Grant County, Franklin County, Lewis County, Chelan County, Walla Walla County, Stevens County, Douglas County, Columbia County, and Garfield County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. ^[5] This also remains the last time that a presidential nominee has carried the state with more than 60% of the vote.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Washington ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)	779,881	61.97%
	Republican	Barry Goldwater	470,366	37.37%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	7,772	0.62%
	Socialist Workers	Clifton DeBerry	537	0.04%
Total votes			1,258,556	100%

Results by county

County	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		Eric Hass Socialist Labor		Clifton DeBerry Freedom Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast [6]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	2,027	47.44%	2,241	52.45%	2	0.05%	3	0.07%	−214	−5.01%	4,273
Asotin	3,657	67.27%	1,777	32.69%	2	0.04%	0	0.00%	1,880	34.58%	5,436
Benton	16,650	58.68%	11,708	41.27%	8	0.03%	6	0.02%	4,942	17.41%	28,372
Chelan	10,295	57.77%	7,406	41.56%	111	0.62%	10	0.06%	2,889	16.21%	17,822
Clallam	9,265	68.86%	4,175	31.03%	14	0.10%	1	0.01%	5,090	37.83%	13,455
Clark	29,341	70.21%	12,300	29.43%	140	0.34%	9	0.02%	17,041	40.78%	41,790
Columbia	1,138	52.03%	1,048	47.92%	1	0.05%	0	0.00%	90	4.11%	2,187
Cowlitz	17,605	71.85%	6,708	27.38%	177	0.72%	11	0.04%	10,897	44.47%	24,501
Douglas	3,728	58.47%	2,643	41.45%	2	0.03%	3	0.05%	1,085	17.02%	6,376
Ferry	931	63.81%	526	36.05%	2	0.14%	0	0.00%	405	27.76%	1,459
Franklin	6,375	63.38%	3,615	35.94%	66	0.66%	2	0.02%	2,760	27.44%	10,058
Garfield	781	50.98%	751	49.02%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	30	1.96%	1,532
Grant	8,352	57.89%	6,065	42.04%	8	0.06%	2	0.01%	2,287	15.85%	14,427
Grays Harbor	17,145	74.46%	5,744	24.94%	132	0.57%	6	0.03%	11,401	49.52%	23,027
Island	3,946	56.38%	3,044	43.49%	8	0.11%	1	0.01%	902	12.89%	6,999
Jefferson	3,012	67.59%	1,432	32.14%	8	0.18%	4	0.09%	1,580	35.45%	4,456
King	268,216	59.52%	177,598	39.41%	4,535	1.01%	291	0.06%	90,618	20.11%	450,640
Kitsap	26,904	71.34%	10,702	28.38%	105	0.28%	3	0.01%	16,202	42.96%	37,714
Kittitas	5,383	62.65%	3,200	37.24%	4	0.05%	5	0.06%	2,183	25.41%	8,592
Klickitat	3,819	67.31%	1,850	32.60%	4	0.07%	1	0.02%	1,969	34.71%	5,674
Lewis	12,070	63.45%	6,933	36.45%	13	0.07%	6	0.03%	5,137	27.00%	19,022
Lincoln	2,299	44.10%	2,911	55.84%	3	0.06%	0	0.00%	−612	−11.74%	5,213
Mason	5,514	68.32%	2,549	31.58%	5	0.06%	3	0.04%	2,965	36.74%	8,071
Okanogan	6,554	62.45%	3,931	37.46%	10	0.10%	0	0.00%	2,623	24.99%	10,495
Pacific	5,056	73.70%	1,789	26.08%	13	0.19%	2	0.03%	3,267	47.62%	6,860
Pend Oreille	1,978	66.71%	985	33.22%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	993	33.49%	2,965
Pierce	84,566	67.13%	40,164	31.88%	1,190	0.94%	53	0.04%	44,402	35.25%	125,973
San Juan	906	51.77%	839	47.94%	4	0.23%	1	0.06%	67	3.83%	1,750
Skagit	14,344	63.72%	8,138	36.15%	24	0.11%	4	0.02%	6,206	27.57%	22,510
Skamania	1,758	72.83%	653	27.05%	3	0.12%	0	0.00%	1,105	45.78%	2,414
Snohomish	55,013	67.58%	25,902	31.82%	467	0.57%	23	0.03%	29,111	35.76%	81,405
Spokane	62,092	55.65%	49,387	44.26%	69	0.06%	33	0.03%	12,705	11.39%	111,581
Stevens	4,266	56.29%	3,302	43.57%	9	0.12%	1	0.01%	964	12.72%	7,578
Thurston	17,578	65.05%	9,351	34.61%	80	0.30%	12	0.04%	8,227	30.44%	27,021
Wahkiakum	1,175	72.35%	446	27.46%	3	0.18%	0	0.00%	729	44.89%	1,624
Walla Walla	9,481	53.89%	8,102	46.05%	9	0.05%	2	0.01%	1,379	7.84%	17,594
Whatcom	20,297	64.59%	10,900	34.69%	207	0.66%	18	0.06%	9,397	29.90%	31,422
Whitman	6,760	49.93%	6,765	49.97%	7	0.05%	6	0.04%	−5	−0.04%	13,538
Yakima	29,604	56.14%	22,786	43.21%	326	0.62%	14	0.03%	6,818	12.93%	52,730
Totals	779,881	61.97%	470,366	37.37%	7,772	0.62%	537	0.04%	309,515	24.60%	1,258,556

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Benton
• Chelan
• Columbia
• Cowlitz
• Douglas
• Garfield
• Grant
• Island
• King
• Kittitas
• Klickitat
• Lewis
• San Juan
• Skagit
• Spokane
• Stevens
• Thurston
• Walla Walla
• Whatcom
• Yakima

See also

• United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved May 29, 2017.
2. "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)" . Retrieved May 29, 2017.
3. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Washington" . Retrieved May 29, 2017.
4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1964" . Retrieved May 29, 2017.
5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
6. Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Candidates". Abstract of Votes Presidential and State General Election Held on November 3, 1964. Olympia, Washington. p. 2.