1964 United States presidential election in Virginia

The 1964 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1964. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1964

November 3, 1964
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 558,038 481,334
Percentage 53.5% 46.2%

County and Independent City Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Virginia was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas with 53.54% of the vote, who was running against U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Johnson also won the national election in a landslide with 61.05% of the vote. However, the state would not vote for another Democratic candidate until 2008.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this remains the last occasion when Amherst County, Bland County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Rockingham County, Washington County and York County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] It is also the only time since 1948 Waynesboro City has voted for a Democrat for president, whilst Prince William County and Winchester City would never vote Democratic again until 2008. Fairfax County, Virginia's most populous county, would not vote Democratic again until 2004, having last voted Democratic in 1940 before this election.[2] The independent city of Virginia Beach would not vote Democratic again until 2020.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1964[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 558,038 53.54% 12
Republican Barry Goldwater 481,334 46.18% 0
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 2,895 0.28% 0
Totals 1,042,267 100.00% 12

Results by county

County or Independent City Lyndon Baines Johnson
Democratic
Barry Morris Goldwater
Republican
Eric Hass
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Accomack County 3,528 52.79% 3,145 47.06% 10 0.15% 383 5.73% 6,683
Albemarle County 3,062 48.49% 3,251 51.48% 2 0.03% -189 -2.99% 6,315
Alleghany County 1,580 58.85% 1,104 41.12% 1 0.04% 476 17.73% 2,685
Amelia County 884 39.48% 1,348 60.21% 7 0.31% -464 -20.72% 2,239
Amherst County 2,730 50.46% 2,675 49.45% 5 0.09% 55 1.02% 5,410
Appomattox County 1,339 35.32% 2,444 64.47% 8 0.21% -1,105 -29.15% 3,791
Arlington County 33,567 61.75% 20,485 37.68% 311 0.57% 13,082 24.06% 54,363
Augusta County 4,039 48.24% 4,327 51.68% 6 0.07% -288 -3.44% 8,372
Bath County 770 59.88% 516 40.12% 0 0.00% 254 19.75% 1,286
Bedford County 4,076 51.50% 3,806 48.09% 32 0.40% 270 3.41% 7,914
Bland County 851 54.20% 717 45.67% 2 0.13% 134 8.54% 1,570
Botetourt County 2,377 53.11% 2,098 46.87% 1 0.02% 279 6.23% 4,476
Brunswick County 1,883 42.35% 2,560 57.58% 3 0.07% -677 -15.23% 4,446
Buchanan County 4,756 66.76% 2,349 32.97% 19 0.27% 2,407 33.79% 7,124
Buckingham County 1,182 43.25% 1,547 56.60% 4 0.15% -365 -13.36% 2,733
Campbell County 3,401 37.19% 5,713 62.47% 31 0.34% -2,312 -25.28% 9,145
Caroline County 2,064 63.64% 1,166 35.95% 13 0.40% 898 27.69% 3,243
Carroll County 2,517 40.95% 3,617 58.85% 12 0.20% -1,100 -17.90% 6,146
Charles City County 1,023 75.89% 323 23.96% 2 0.15% 700 51.93% 1,348
Charlotte County 1,191 37.48% 1,974 62.11% 13 0.41% -783 -24.64% 3,178
Chesterfield County 8,376 32.38% 17,486 67.59% 9 0.03% -9,110 -35.21% 25,871
Clarke County 1,136 51.50% 1,068 48.41% 2 0.09% 68 3.08% 2,206
Craig County 767 61.66% 477 38.34% 0 0.00% 290 23.31% 1,244
Culpeper County 1,886 51.46% 1,775 48.43% 4 0.11% 111 3.03% 3,665
Cumberland County 871 44.06% 1,099 55.59% 7 0.35% -228 -11.53% 1,977
Dickenson County 3,485 61.80% 2,143 38.00% 11 0.20% 1,342 23.80% 5,639
Dinwiddie County 2,182 50.92% 2,096 48.91% 7 0.16% 86 2.01% 4,285
Essex County 760 49.03% 789 50.90% 1 0.06% -29 -1.87% 1,550
Fairfax County 48,680 61.22% 30,755 38.68% 82 0.10% 17,925 22.54% 79,517
Fauquier County 3,506 62.46% 2,101 37.43% 6 0.11% 1,405 25.03% 5,613
Floyd County 1,144 38.32% 1,836 61.51% 5 0.17% -692 -23.18% 2,985
Fluvanna County 1,008 54.96% 823 44.87% 3 0.16% 185 10.09% 1,834
Franklin County 3,447 60.08% 2,279 39.72% 11 0.19% 1,168 20.36% 5,737
Frederick County 2,880 52.61% 2,585 47.22% 9 0.16% 295 5.39% 5,474
Giles County 3,133 60.63% 1,952 37.78% 82 1.59% 1,181 22.86% 5,167
Gloucester County 1,949 54.40% 1,631 45.52% 3 0.08% 318 8.88% 3,583
Goochland County 1,452 53.84% 1,241 46.01% 4 0.15% 211 7.82% 2,697
Grayson County 3,238 50.98% 3,105 48.88% 9 0.14% 133 2.09% 6,352
Greene County 460 41.67% 641 58.06% 3 0.27% -181 -16.39% 1,104
Greensville County 2,262 50.06% 2,245 49.68% 12 0.27% 17 0.38% 4,519
Halifax County 2,198 35.77% 3,928 63.93% 18 0.29% -1,730 -28.16% 6,144
Hanover County 2,864 36.95% 4,879 62.95% 8 0.10% -2,015 -26.00% 7,751
Henrico County 12,779 30.37% 29,286 69.59% 17 0.04% -16,507 -39.23% 42,082
Henry County 5,295 64.70% 2,844 34.75% 45 0.55% 2,451 29.95% 8,184
Highland County 476 48.13% 511 51.67% 2 0.20% -35 -3.54% 989
Isle of Wight County 2,656 60.38% 1,737 39.49% 6 0.14% 919 20.89% 4,399
James City County 1,744 61.43% 1,092 38.46% 3 0.11% 652 22.97% 2,839
King and Queen County 786 52.79% 699 46.94% 4 0.27% 87 5.84% 1,489
King George County 1,085 62.75% 644 37.25% 0 0.00% 441 25.51% 1,729
King William County 904 45.77% 1,065 53.92% 6 0.30% -161 -8.15% 1,975
Lancaster County 1,245 42.77% 1,663 57.13% 3 0.10% -418 -14.36% 2,911
Lee County 5,151 59.71% 3,463 40.15% 12 0.14% 1,688 19.57% 8,626
Loudoun County 4,278 62.21% 2,594 37.72% 5 0.07% 1,684 24.49% 6,877
Louisa County 1,731 55.78% 1,369 44.12% 3 0.10% 362 11.67% 3,103
Lunenburg County 1,128 37.89% 1,847 62.04% 2 0.07% -719 -24.15% 2,977
Madison County 862 44.83% 1,060 55.12% 1 0.05% -198 -10.30% 1,923
Mathews County 1,137 49.74% 1,149 50.26% 0 0.00% -12 -0.52% 2,286
Mecklenburg County 3,238 39.36% 4,976 60.48% 13 0.16% -1,738 -21.13% 8,227
Middlesex County 973 48.77% 1,019 51.08% 3 0.15% -46 -2.31% 1,995
Montgomery County 3,872 45.61% 4,604 54.23% 13 0.15% -732 -8.62% 8,489
Nansemond County 4,804 64.79% 2,590 34.93% 21 0.28% 2,214 29.86% 7,415
Nelson County 1,635 64.52% 893 35.24% 6 0.24% 742 29.28% 2,534
New Kent County 684 50.11% 677 49.60% 4 0.29% 7 0.51% 1,365
Northampton County 1,516 48.86% 1,586 51.11% 1 0.03% -70 -2.26% 3,103
Northumberland County 988 40.86% 1,423 58.85% 7 0.29% -435 -17.99% 2,418
Nottoway County 2,138 47.52% 2,353 52.30% 8 0.18% -215 -4.78% 4,499
Orange County 1,508 48.54% 1,595 51.34% 4 0.13% -87 -2.80% 3,107
Page County 2,606 48.09% 2,804 51.74% 9 0.17% -198 -3.65% 5,419
Patrick County 2,306 61.07% 1,468 38.88% 2 0.05% 838 22.19% 3,776
Pittsylvania County 5,228 42.25% 7,120 57.54% 25 0.20% -1,892 -15.29% 12,373
Powhatan County 969 45.03% 1,182 54.93% 1 0.05% -213 -9.90% 2,152
Prince Edward County 1,512 37.20% 2,545 62.62% 7 0.17% -1,033 -25.42% 4,064
Prince George County 1,502 45.58% 1,790 54.32% 3 0.09% -288 -8.74% 3,295
Prince William County 5,611 62.60% 3,343 37.30% 9 0.10% 2,268 25.30% 8,963
Pulaski County 3,620 53.82% 3,101 46.10% 5 0.07% 519 7.72% 6,726
Rappahannock County 675 59.89% 449 39.84% 3 0.27% 226 20.05% 1,127
Richmond County 636 41.30% 901 58.51% 3 0.19% -265 -17.21% 1,540
Roanoke County 8,808 45.09% 10,714 54.84% 14 0.07% -1,906 -9.76% 19,536
Rockbridge County 2,599 54.08% 2,200 45.78% 7 0.15% 399 8.30% 4,806
Rockingham County 4,205 50.28% 4,155 49.68% 3 0.04% 50 0.60% 8,363
Russell County 4,330 58.78% 3,012 40.89% 25 0.34% 1,318 17.89% 7,367
Scott County 4,720 50.92% 4,533 48.90% 16 0.17% 187 2.02% 9,269
Shenandoah County 3,184 44.42% 3,981 55.54% 3 0.04% -797 -11.12% 7,168
Smyth County 4,113 51.72% 3,830 48.16% 9 0.11% 283 3.56% 7,952
Southampton County 2,566 62.74% 1,520 37.16% 4 0.10% 1,046 25.57% 4,090
Spotsylvania County 2,097 62.28% 1,261 37.45% 9 0.27% 836 24.83% 3,367
Stafford County 2,469 56.58% 1,888 43.26% 7 0.16% 581 13.31% 4,364
Surry County 1,131 52.85% 1,004 46.92% 5 0.23% 127 5.93% 2,140
Sussex County 1,234 44.47% 1,537 55.39% 4 0.14% -303 -10.92% 2,775
Tazewell County 6,081 64.57% 3,231 34.31% 105 1.12% 2,850 30.26% 9,417
Warren County 2,494 56.81% 1,886 42.96% 10 0.23% 608 13.85% 4,390
Washington County 5,070 54.95% 4,146 44.94% 10 0.11% 924 10.02% 9,226
Westmoreland County 1,312 52.50% 1,181 47.26% 6 0.24% 131 5.24% 2,499
Wise County 7,220 68.51% 3,309 31.40% 10 0.09% 3,911 37.11% 10,539
Wythe County 2,879 49.10% 2,958 50.45% 26 0.44% -79 -1.35% 5,863
York County 3,385 52.98% 2,992 46.83% 12 0.19% 393 6.15% 6,389
Alexandria City 16,828 65.52% 8,825 34.36% 30 0.12% 8,003 31.16% 25,683
Bristol City 2,429 65.24% 1,289 34.62% 5 0.13% 1,140 30.62% 3,723
Buena Vista City 691 59.93% 459 39.81% 3 0.26% 232 20.12% 1,153
Charlottesville City 5,205 53.64% 4,415 45.50% 84 0.87% 790 8.14% 9,704
Chesapeake City 9,532 51.19% 9,038 48.54% 51 0.27% 494 2.65% 18,621
Clifton Forge City 1,252 59.56% 850 40.44% 0 0.00% 402 19.12% 2,102
Colonial Heights City 1,198 33.09% 2,420 66.85% 2 0.06% -1,222 -33.76% 3,620
Covington City 2,055 64.10% 1,149 35.84% 2 0.06% 906 28.26% 3,206
Danville City 4,539 35.67% 7,900 62.09% 285 2.24% -3,361 -26.41% 12,724
Fairfax City 2,835 59.48% 1,924 40.37% 7 0.15% 911 19.11% 4,766
Falls Church City 2,371 63.96% 1,329 35.85% 7 0.19% 1,042 28.11% 3,707
Franklin City 1,257 61.59% 783 38.36% 1 0.05% 474 23.22% 2,041
Fredericksburg City 2,410 61.35% 1,511 38.47% 7 0.18% 899 22.89% 3,928
Galax City 717 50.64% 697 49.22% 2 0.14% 20 1.41% 1,416
Hampton City 13,542 60.76% 8,731 39.17% 15 0.07% 4,811 21.59% 22,288
Harrisonburg City 1,765 49.16% 1,820 50.70% 5 0.14% -55 -1.53% 3,590
Hopewell City 2,498 43.89% 3,183 55.93% 10 0.18% -685 -12.04% 5,691
Lynchburg City 6,758 40.14% 10,044 59.66% 32 0.19% -3,286 -19.52% 16,834
Martinsville City 2,943 61.01% 1,805 37.42% 76 1.58% 1,138 23.59% 4,824
Newport News City 15,296 59.07% 10,584 40.87% 14 0.05% 4,712 18.20% 25,894
Norfolk City 32,388 62.83% 18,429 35.75% 729 1.41% 13,959 27.08% 51,546
Norton City 824 68.90% 372 31.10% 0 0.00% 452 37.79% 1,196
Petersburg City 4,521 58.15% 3,253 41.84% 1 0.01% 1,268 16.31% 7,775
Portsmouth City 16,073 65.49% 8,420 34.31% 51 0.21% 7,653 31.18% 24,544
Radford City 1,850 55.09% 1,505 44.82% 3 0.09% 345 10.27% 3,358
Richmond City 35,662 56.71% 27,196 43.24% 32 0.05% 8,466 13.46% 62,890
Roanoke City 15,314 53.74% 13,164 46.20% 18 0.06% 2,150 7.54% 28,496
South Boston City 636 34.51% 1,206 65.44% 1 0.05% -570 -30.93% 1,843
Staunton City 2,705 47.62% 2,969 52.27% 6 0.11% -264 -4.65% 5,680
Suffolk City 1,579 51.87% 1,463 48.06% 2 0.07% 116 3.81% 3,044
Virginia Beach City 12,892 55.00% 10,529 44.92% 21 0.09% 2,363 10.08% 23,442
Waynesboro City 2,369 52.28% 2,107 46.50% 55 1.21% 262 5.78% 4,531
Williamsburg City 1,171 55.95% 906 43.29% 16 0.76% 265 12.66% 2,093
Winchester City 2,254 50.80% 2,180 49.13% 3 0.07% 74 1.67% 4,437
Totals558,03853.54%481,33446.18%2,8950.28%76,7047.36%1,042,267

References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 326-331 ISBN 0786422173
  3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf
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