1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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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 669,659 372,977
Percentage 64.01% 35.65%
County Results
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

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The 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 64.01% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 35.65% of the popular vote.[3][4]

This is the solitary occasion since the Civil War where the Unionist strongholds of Whitley County and Knox County[5] have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[6] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Oldham, Jessamine, Wayne, Whitley, Estill, Garrard, Green, and Lee.[7] This is also the last time that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, that the Democrat has won more than 60%, and that the Democratic nominee has won the state by double digits.

Results

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Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote 		Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Lyndon Johnson Democratic Texas 669,659 64.01% 9 Hubert Humphrey Minnesota 9
Barry Goldwater Republican Arizona 372,977 35.65% 0 William Miller New York 0
John Kasper National States’ Rights New York 3,469 0.33% 0 Jesse Stoner Georgia 0
Total 1,046,105 100% 9 9
Needed to win 270 270

Results by county

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County Lyndon B. Johnson[8]
Democratic 		Barry Goldwater[8]
Republican 		John Kasper[8]
National States’ Rights 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,854 48.15% 3,052 51.49% 21 0.35% -198 -3.34% 5,927
Allen 2,023 46.59% 2,309 53.18% 10 0.23% -286 -6.59% 4,342
Anderson 2,491 69.46% 1,085 30.26% 10 0.28% 1,406 39.20% 3,586
Ballard 2,867 84.10% 519 15.22% 23 0.67% 2,348 68.88% 3,409
Barren 6,420 68.44% 2,936 31.30% 24 0.26% 3,484 37.14% 9,380
Bath 2,571 71.68% 1,009 28.13% 7 0.20% 1,562 43.55% 3,587
Bell 6,979 62.16% 4,185 37.28% 63 0.56% 2,794 24.88% 11,227
Boone 5,077 59.58% 3,430 40.25% 15 0.18% 1,647 19.33% 8,522
Bourbon 4,068 76.52% 1,222 22.99% 26 0.49% 2,846 53.53% 5,316
Boyd 11,436 62.03% 6,941 37.65% 60 0.33% 4,495 24.38% 18,437
Boyle 4,976 71.47% 1,972 28.33% 14 0.20% 3,004 43.14% 6,962
Bracken 1,958 69.46% 861 30.54% 0 0.00% 1,097 38.92% 2,819
Breathitt 4,714 87.57% 669 12.43% 0 0.00% 4,045 75.14% 5,383
Breckinridge 3,733 63.15% 2,167 36.66% 11 0.19% 1,566 26.49% 5,911
Bullitt 3,900 73.17% 1,417 26.59% 13 0.24% 2,483 46.58% 5,330
Butler 1,555 38.95% 2,429 60.85% 8 0.20% -874 -21.90% 3,992
Caldwell 2,831 61.57% 1,738 37.80% 29 0.63% 1,093 23.77% 4,598
Calloway 7,290 82.04% 1,576 17.74% 20 0.23% 5,714 64.30% 8,886
Campbell 16,012 56.65% 12,209 43.20% 43 0.15% 3,803 13.45% 28,264
Carlisle 1,565 84.46% 282 15.22% 6 0.32% 1,283 69.24% 1,853
Carroll 2,592 83.48% 491 15.81% 22 0.71% 2,101 67.67% 3,105
Carter 4,136 59.20% 2,821 40.37% 30 0.43% 1,315 18.83% 6,987
Casey 1,875 35.01% 3,457 64.54% 24 0.45% -1,582 -29.53% 5,356
Christian 8,727 69.10% 3,882 30.74% 21 0.17% 4,845 38.36% 12,630
Clark 4,205 67.42% 2,019 32.37% 13 0.21% 2,186 35.05% 6,237
Clay 3,098 48.84% 3,223 50.81% 22 0.35% -125 -1.97% 6,343
Clinton 994 29.50% 2,351 69.78% 24 0.71% -1,357 -40.28% 3,369
Crittenden 1,627 46.53% 1,863 53.27% 7 0.20% -236 -6.74% 3,497
Cumberland 1,348 42.60% 1,794 56.70% 22 0.70% -446 -14.10% 3,164
Daviess 15,253 64.21% 8,350 35.15% 152 0.64% 6,903 29.06% 23,755
Edmonson 1,022 38.61% 1,603 60.56% 22 0.83% -581 -21.95% 2,647
Elliott 2,026 86.18% 323 13.74% 2 0.09% 1,703 72.44% 2,351
Estill 2,105 51.32% 1,996 48.66% 1 0.02% 109 2.66% 4,102
Fayette 25,317 57.29% 18,739 42.40% 136 0.31% 6,578 14.89% 44,192
Fleming 2,678 61.53% 1,668 38.33% 6 0.14% 1,010 23.20% 4,352
Floyd 11,644 82.93% 2,352 16.75% 45 0.32% 9,292 66.18% 14,041
Franklin 10,130 81.08% 2,320 18.57% 44 0.35% 7,810 62.51% 12,494
Fulton 2,493 67.89% 1,169 31.84% 10 0.27% 1,324 36.05% 3,672
Gallatin 1,246 82.14% 267 17.60% 4 0.26% 979 64.54% 1,517
Garrard 2,092 53.16% 1,828 46.45% 15 0.38% 264 6.71% 3,935
Grant 2,461 69.42% 1,068 30.13% 16 0.45% 1,393 39.29% 3,545
Graves 9,958 80.37% 2,389 19.28% 43 0.35% 7,569 61.09% 12,390
Grayson 2,920 49.54% 2,974 50.46% 0 0.00% -54 -0.92% 5,894
Green 2,160 50.40% 2,110 49.23% 16 0.37% 50 1.17% 4,286
Greenup 6,680 62.06% 4,045 37.58% 39 0.36% 2,635 24.48% 10,764
Hancock 1,423 64.98% 756 34.52% 11 0.50% 667 30.46% 2,190
Hardin 7,460 66.23% 3,744 33.24% 60 0.53% 3,716 32.99% 11,264
Harlan 9,394 69.96% 4,025 29.97% 9 0.07% 5,369 39.99% 13,428
Harrison 4,179 79.66% 1,054 20.09% 13 0.25% 3,125 59.57% 5,246
Hart 3,313 62.57% 1,961 37.03% 21 0.40% 1,352 25.54% 5,295
Henderson 8,022 74.38% 2,734 25.35% 29 0.27% 5,288 49.03% 10,785
Henry 3,521 80.70% 838 19.21% 4 0.09% 2,683 61.49% 4,363
Hickman 2,149 77.47% 613 22.10% 12 0.43% 1,536 55.37% 2,774
Hopkins 7,954 70.41% 3,328 29.46% 15 0.13% 4,626 40.95% 11,297
Jackson 920 25.58% 2,654 73.78% 23 0.64% -1,734 -48.20% 3,597
Jefferson 146,023 64.09% 80,951 35.53% 849 0.37% 65,072 28.56% 227,823
Jessamine 2,485 54.86% 1,968 43.44% 77 1.70% 517 11.42% 4,530
Johnson 3,053 49.59% 3,075 49.94% 29 0.47% -22 -0.35% 6,157
Kenton 23,103 59.55% 15,630 40.29% 62 0.16% 7,473 19.26% 38,795
Knott 4,739 90.61% 482 9.22% 9 0.17% 4,257 81.39% 5,230
Knox 4,150 53.41% 3,583 46.11% 37 0.48% 567 7.30% 7,770
LaRue 2,742 69.29% 1,195 30.20% 20 0.51% 1,547 39.09% 3,957
Laurel 3,633 41.93% 5,008 57.80% 24 0.28% -1,375 -15.87% 8,665
Lawrence 2,703 60.67% 1,745 39.17% 7 0.16% 958 21.50% 4,455
Lee 1,376 54.11% 1,162 45.69% 5 0.20% 214 8.42% 2,543
Leslie 1,795 47.56% 1,971 52.23% 8 0.21% -176 -4.67% 3,774
Letcher 5,420 67.22% 2,632 32.64% 11 0.14% 2,788 34.58% 8,063
Lewis 2,047 47.67% 2,230 51.93% 17 0.40% -183 -4.26% 4,294
Lincoln 3,307 62.67% 1,958 37.10% 12 0.23% 1,349 25.57% 5,277
Livingston 2,147 72.07% 821 27.56% 11 0.37% 1,326 44.51% 2,979
Logan 6,234 73.39% 2,232 26.28% 28 0.33% 4,002 47.11% 8,494
Lyon 1,412 70.39% 583 29.06% 11 0.55% 829 41.33% 2,006
Madison 6,877 61.40% 4,266 38.09% 57 0.51% 2,611 23.31% 11,200
Magoffin 2,498 64.83% 1,327 34.44% 28 0.73% 1,171 30.39% 3,853
Marion 4,265 79.81% 1,074 20.10% 5 0.09% 3,191 59.71% 5,344
Marshall 5,968 77.83% 1,679 21.90% 21 0.27% 4,289 55.93% 7,668
Martin 1,694 51.24% 1,567 47.40% 45 1.36% 127 3.84% 3,306
Mason 4,502 64.76% 2,437 35.05% 13 0.19% 2,065 29.71% 6,952
McCracken 16,178 77.75% 4,543 21.83% 87 0.42% 11,635 55.92% 20,808
McCreary 1,428 38.77% 2,230 60.55% 25 0.68% -802 -21.78% 3,683
McLean 2,576 68.60% 1,173 31.24% 6 0.16% 1,403 37.36% 3,755
Meade 3,076 74.37% 1,055 25.51% 5 0.12% 2,021 48.86% 4,136
Menifee 1,076 76.80% 318 22.70% 7 0.50% 758 54.10% 1,401
Mercer 3,564 67.03% 1,732 32.57% 21 0.39% 1,832 34.46% 5,317
Metcalfe 1,967 60.49% 1,277 39.27% 8 0.25% 690 21.22% 3,252
Monroe 1,713 34.19% 3,293 65.73% 4 0.08% -1,580 -31.54% 5,010
Montgomery 3,039 66.31% 1,540 33.60% 4 0.09% 1,499 32.71% 4,583
Morgan 3,293 84.72% 546 14.05% 48 1.23% 2,747 70.67% 3,887
Muhlenberg 6,421 65.92% 3,300 33.88% 20 0.21% 3,121 32.04% 9,741
Nelson 5,586 76.56% 1,683 23.07% 27 0.37% 3,903 53.49% 7,296
Nicholas 1,742 73.25% 621 26.11% 15 0.63% 1,121 47.14% 2,378
Ohio 3,303 52.54% 2,979 47.38% 5 0.08% 324 5.16% 6,287
Oldham 2,622 67.51% 1,256 32.34% 6 0.15% 1,366 35.17% 3,884
Owen 2,980 87.93% 405 11.95% 4 0.12% 2,575 75.98% 3,389
Owsley 571 32.74% 1,167 66.92% 6 0.34% -596 -34.18% 1,744
Pendleton 2,495 65.40% 1,313 34.42% 7 0.18% 1,182 30.98% 3,815
Perry 6,728 67.64% 3,211 32.28% 8 0.08% 3,517 35.36% 9,947
Pike 14,140 66.53% 7,078 33.30% 35 0.16% 7,062 33.23% 21,253
Powell 1,622 61.79% 993 37.83% 10 0.38% 629 23.96% 2,625
Pulaski 5,840 43.98% 7,383 55.60% 55 0.41% -1,543 -11.62% 13,278
Robertson 734 65.59% 383 34.23% 2 0.18% 351 31.36% 1,119
Rockcastle 1,631 36.44% 2,829 63.20% 16 0.36% -1,198 -26.76% 4,476
Rowan 2,824 64.24% 1,554 35.35% 18 0.41% 1,270 28.89% 4,396
Russell 1,729 40.46% 2,521 59.00% 23 0.54% -792 -18.54% 4,273
Scott 3,289 70.90% 1,330 28.67% 20 0.43% 1,959 42.23% 4,639
Shelby 4,933 77.89% 1,384 21.85% 16 0.25% 3,549 56.04% 6,333
Simpson 3,168 76.45% 967 23.33% 9 0.22% 2,201 53.12% 4,144
Spencer 1,422 72.77% 525 26.87% 7 0.36% 897 45.90% 1,954
Taylor 3,082 53.98% 2,594 45.44% 33 0.58% 488 8.54% 5,709
Todd 2,738 66.93% 1,339 32.73% 14 0.34% 1,399 34.20% 4,091
Trigg 2,790 75.12% 912 24.56% 12 0.32% 1,878 50.56% 3,714
Trimble 1,881 86.36% 292 13.41% 5 0.23% 1,589 72.95% 2,178
Union 3,934 75.93% 1,220 23.55% 27 0.52% 2,714 52.38% 5,181
Warren 9,887 62.45% 5,915 37.36% 29 0.18% 3,972 25.09% 15,831
Washington 2,790 64.12% 1,561 35.88% 0 0.00% 1,229 28.24% 4,351
Wayne 2,737 53.21% 2,389 46.44% 18 0.35% 348 6.77% 5,144
Webster 3,741 75.36% 1,217 24.52% 6 0.12% 2,524 50.84% 4,964
Whitley 4,782 49.82% 4,779 49.79% 38 0.40% 3 0.03% 9,599
Wolfe 2,018 77.71% 562 21.64% 17 0.65% 1,456 56.07% 2,597
Woodford 2,974 70.59% 1,215 28.84% 24 0.57% 1,759 41.75% 4,213
Totals 669,659 64.01% 372,977 35.65% 3,469 0.33% 296,682 28.36% 1,046,105

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344–363
  6. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-213 ISBN 0786422173
  7. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  8. ^ a b c Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Election, November 03, 1964
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