1964 United States presidential election in Florida

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1964 United States presidential election in Florida
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  1960 November 3, 1964 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 vote140
Popular vote948,540905,941
Percentage51.15%48.85%

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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 Florida was held November 3, 1964. All contemporary fifty states and the District of Columbia took part, and Florida voters selected fourteen electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Florida was the second-closest state won by Johnson, after Idaho. [1] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate carried Charlotte County. [2]

Contents

Background

The Democratic Party lost only six counties at a presidential level between 1892 and 1944. [3] The Republican presidential nominee won Florida in the 1952, 1956, and 1960 elections. [4]

Campaign

A Lyndon B. Johnson campaign office in Key West. Johnson Humphrey campaign office in Key West Florida, 1964.jpg
A Lyndon B. Johnson campaign office in Key West.

Retirement communities further south who were supportive of Republican in presidential elections over the previous fifteen years, were opposed to Barry Goldwater’s desire to privatize Social Security and his criticism of the United States' space program. [5] [4]

Lyndon B. Johnson won Florida by 42,599 votes, a margin of 2.30%, or a swing of 5.32% from the 1960 result. Increased registration of black voters, which reached 51%, was crucial to Johnson regaining Florida. In the northern counties of Lafayette and Liberty, where no black people were registered, swings toward Goldwater reached over 100%. [6]

However, amidst a national Democratic landslide, Florida weighed in as a massive 20.28% more Republican than the nation at large, the most Republican Florida has ever been compared to the nation at large. Although Johnson carried 20 of the state's 67 counties, in only two of them, Monroe and Dade, did he exceed his nationwide vote share of 61.05%. [7]

Results

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Dot map of results by county

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate carried Charlotte County. [2]

1964 United States presidential election in Florida [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas Hubert Horatio Humphrey of Minnesota 948,54051.15%14100.00%
Republican Barry Goldwater of Arizona William E. Miller of New York 905,94148.85%00.00%
Total1,854,841100.00%14100.00%

Results by county

CountyLyndon Baines Johnson
Democratic
Barry Morris Goldwater
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Alachua 13,48354.73%11,15145.27%2,3329.47%24,634
Baker 1,13750.35%1,12149.65%160.71%2,258
Bay 7,84637.91%12,84962.09%-5,003-24.17%20,695
Bradford 2,32053.87%1,98746.13%3337.73%4,307
Brevard 24,83350.29%24,55149.71%2820.57%49,384
Broward 68,40644.51%85,26455.49%-16,858-10.97%153,670
Calhoun 98035.34%1,79364.66%-813-29.32%2,773
Charlotte 4,83153.71%4,16346.29%6687.43%8,994
Citrus 2,52151.98%2,32948.02%1923.96%4,850
Clay 3,11445.01%3,80554.99%-691-9.99%6,919
Collier 2,87744.55%3,58155.45%-704-10.90%6,458
Columbia 3,24943.94%4,14556.06%-896-12.12%7,394
Dade 208,94164.01%117,48035.99%91,46128.02%326,421
DeSoto 1,77747.22%1,98652.78%-209-5.55%3,763
Dixie 92350.41%90849.59%150.82%1,831
Duval 79,36549.45%81,11650.55%-1,751-1.09%160,481
Escambia 25,37143.91%32,41456.09%-7,043-12.19%57,785
Flagler 94056.69%71843.31%22213.39%1,658
Franklin 1,36649.05%1,41950.95%-53-1.90%2,785
Gadsden 4,55646.67%5,20753.33%-651-6.67%9,763
Gilchrist 71156.83%54043.17%17113.67%1,251
Glades 44144.91%54155.09%-100-10.18%982
Gulf 1,65945.33%2,00154.67%-342-9.34%3,660
Hamilton 1,30252.93%1,15847.07%1445.85%2,460
Hardee 1,90845.12%2,32154.88%-413-9.77%4,229
Hendry 1,35245.04%1,65054.96%-298-9.93%3,002
Hernando 2,32049.82%2,33750.18%-17-0.37%4,657
Highlands 4,23347.14%4,74752.86%-514-5.72%8,980
Hillsborough 71,28958.48%50,61641.52%20,67316.96%121,905
Holmes 1,19327.00%3,22573.00%-2,032-45.99%4,418
Indian River 5,12245.28%6,19154.72%-1,069-9.45%11,313
Jackson 4,38638.31%7,06461.69%-2,678-23.39%11,450
Jefferson 1,50447.18%1,68452.82%-180-5.65%3,188
Lafayette 54545.68%64854.32%-103-8.63%1,193
Lake 7,77337.61%12,89762.39%-5,124-24.79%20,670
Lee 10,20444.19%12,88655.81%-2,682-11.62%23,090
Leon 10,92741.85%15,18158.15%-4,254-16.29%26,108
Levy 1,98655.69%1,58044.31%40611.39%3,566
Liberty 37729.29%91070.71%-533-41.41%1,287
Madison 2,12142.91%2,82257.09%-701-14.18%4,943
Manatee 13,07443.26%17,14756.74%-4,073-13.48%30,221
Marion 9,11245.58%10,87954.42%-1,767-8.84%19,991
Martin 3,62145.76%4,29254.24%-671-8.48%7,913
Monroe 8,93664.86%4,84235.14%4,09429.71%13,778
Nassau 2,78147.02%3,13452.98%-353-5.97%5,915
Okaloosa 7,89044.20%9,96155.80%-2,071-11.60%17,851
Okeechobee 1,01643.57%1,31656.43%-300-12.86%2,332
Orange 38,24843.90%48,88456.10%-10,636-12.21%87,132
Osceola 3,53143.88%4,51656.12%-985-12.24%8,047
Palm Beach 43,83646.91%49,61453.09%-5,778-6.18%93,450
Pasco 8,13551.68%7,60648.32%5293.36%15,741
Pinellas 98,38155.02%80,41444.98%17,96710.05%178,795
Polk 29,35544.98%35,90655.02%-6,551-10.04%65,261
Putnam 4,99549.62%5,07250.38%-77-0.76%10,067
St. Johns 4,35736.90%7,45063.10%-3,093-26.20%11,807
St. Lucie 7,74851.82%7,20448.18%5443.64%14,952
Santa Rosa 3,57037.37%5,98362.63%-2,413-25.26%9,553
Sarasota 13,93738.87%21,91761.13%-7,980-22.26%35,854
Seminole 9,12547.52%10,07852.48%-953-4.96%19,203
Sumter 2,25958.07%1,63141.93%62816.14%3,890
Suwannee 2,39344.36%3,00255.64%-609-11.29%5,395
Taylor 1,70839.09%2,66160.91%-953-21.81%4,369
Union 74051.03%71048.97%302.07%1,450
Volusia 34,90158.28%24,98841.72%9,91316.55%59,889
Wakulla 75337.22%1,27062.78%-517-25.56%2,023
Walton 2,44939.49%3,75360.51%-1,304-21.03%6,202
Washington 1,50035.50%2,72564.50%-1,225-28.99%4,225
Totals948,54051.15%905,94148.85%42,5992.30%1,854,481

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