1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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.
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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 when the Unionist strongholds of Whitley County and Knox County[5] 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, Estill, Garrard, Green, and Lee.[7] This is also the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state by double digits.
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
| County | Lyndon Baines Johnson[8] Democratic |
Barry Morris 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 | 39.21% | 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 | 24.89% | 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 | 53.54% | 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 | 43.15% | 6,962 |
| Bracken | 1,958 | 69.46% | 861 | 30.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,097 | 38.91% | 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 | 46.59% | 5,330 |
| Butler | 1,555 | 38.95% | 2,429 | 60.85% | 8 | 0.20% | -874 | -21.89% | 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 | 13.46% | 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 | 18.82% | 6,987 |
| Casey | 1,875 | 35.01% | 3,457 | 64.54% | 24 | 0.45% | -1,582 | -29.54% | 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 | -6.75% | 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 | 23.21% | 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 | 36.06% | 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 | 39.98% | 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 | 25.53% | 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 | -48.21% | 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 | 11.41% | 4,530 |
| Johnson | 3,053 | 49.59% | 3,075 | 49.94% | 29 | 0.47% | -22 | -0.36% | 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 | 81.40% | 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 | 39.10% | 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 | -4.66% | 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 | 25.56% | 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 | 47.12% | 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 | 29.70% | 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 | 53.50% | 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 | 5.15% | 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 | -34.17% | 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 | 31.37% | 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 | -18.53% | 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 | 53.11% | 4,144 |
| Spencer | 1,422 | 72.77% | 525 | 26.87% | 7 | 0.36% | 897 | 45.91% | 1,954 |
| Taylor | 3,082 | 53.98% | 2,594 | 45.44% | 33 | 0.58% | 488 | 8.55% | 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 | 50.57% | 3,714 |
| Trimble | 1,881 | 86.36% | 292 | 13.41% | 5 | 0.23% | 1,589 | 72.96% | 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 | 28.25% | 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 | 50.85% | 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 | 56.06% | 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 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- 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
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-213 ISBN 0786422173
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Election, November 03, 1964
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