1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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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.

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 Johnson   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Goldwater   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

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

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^[update], 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

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

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

• Barren
• Boone
• Bell
• Boyd
• Boyle
• Bracken
• Breckinridge
• Bullitt
• Caldwell
• Campbell
• Clark
• Carter
• Daviess
• Estill
• Fayette
• Fleming
• Garrard
• Grant
• Green
• Greenup
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Hart
• Jefferson
• Jessamine
• Kenton
• Knox
• LaRue
• Lawrence
• Lee
• Letcher
• Lincoln
• Livingston
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Martin
• Mason
• McLean
• Metcalfe
• Mercer
• Muhlenberg
• Ohio
• Oldham
• Pendleton
• Powell
• Perry
• Rowan
• Spencer
• Taylor
• Warren
• Washington
• Woodford
• Wayne
• Whitley

References

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