1964 United States presidential election in Colorado

The 1964 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1964 United States presidential election in Colorado

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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 6 0
Popular vote 476,024 296,767
Percentage 61.27% 38.19%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Colorado was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 61.27% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 38.19% of the popular vote.[2][3]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Archuleta County, Baca County, Crowley County, Custer County, Delta County, Douglas County, El Paso County, Fremont County, Grand County, Jackson County, Kiowa County, Kit Carson County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Mesa County, Moffat County, Montezuma County, Montrose County, Morgan County, Park County, Rio Blanco County, Rio Grande County, Sedgwick County, Teller County, Weld County, or Yuma County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Colorado would not back a Democrat in a presidential election again until 1992. Arapahoe County, Jefferson County and Ouray County would not vote Democratic again until 2008, and Chaffee County would not vote Democratic again until 2012. [4] This was the last time until 2020 that a Democrat would carry Colorado by a double-digit margin.

Results

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1964 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas (incumbent) Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota 476,024 61.27% 6 100.00%
Republican Barry Goldwater of Arizona William E. Miller of New York 296,767 38.19% 0 0.00%
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry of Illinois Ed Shaw of Michigan 2,537 0.33% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Earle Harold Munn of Michigan Mark R. Shaw of Massachusetts 1,356 0.17% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass of New York Henning A. Blomen of Massachusetts 302 0.04% 0 0.00%
Total 776,986 100.00% 3 100.00%

Results by county

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County[5] Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican[6]
Clifton DeBerry
Socialist Workers
E. Harold Munn
Prohibition
Eric Hass
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 35,498 68.99% 15,652 30.42% 218 0.42% 64 0.12% 22 0.04% 19,846 38.57% 51,454
Alamosa 2,481 62.40% 1,488 37.42% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 1 0.03% 993 24.98% 3,976
Arapahoe 27,940 54.40% 23,071 44.92% 240 0.47% 86 0.17% 21 0.04% 4,869 9.48% 51,358
Archuleta 632 62.70% 370 36.71% 2 0.20% 4 0.40% 0 0.00% 262 25.99% 1,008
Baca 1,366 52.18% 1,241 47.40% 1 0.04% 7 0.27% 3 0.11% 125 4.78% 2,618
Bent 1,737 64.43% 937 34.76% 2 0.07% 19 0.70% 1 0.04% 800 29.67% 2,696
Boulder 22,737 56.38% 17,373 43.08% 122 0.30% 82 0.20% 16 0.04% 5,364 13.30% 40,330
Chaffee 2,463 62.34% 1,476 37.36% 3 0.08% 7 0.18% 2 0.05% 987 24.98% 3,951
Cheyenne 735 57.29% 545 42.48% 1 0.08% 2 0.16% 0 0.00% 190 14.81% 1,283
Clear Creek 1,086 61.46% 676 38.26% 1 0.06% 3 0.17% 1 0.06% 410 23.20% 1,767
Conejos 2,033 66.09% 1,031 33.52% 6 0.20% 4 0.13% 2 0.07% 1,002 32.57% 3,076
Costilla 1,284 80.81% 299 18.82% 1 0.06% 2 0.13% 3 0.19% 985 61.99% 1,589
Crowley 967 58.15% 690 41.49% 4 0.24% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 277 16.66% 1,663
Custer 406 52.93% 358 46.68% 1 0.13% 2 0.26% 0 0.00% 48 6.25% 767
Delta 3,927 57.53% 2,883 42.24% 1 0.01% 13 0.19% 2 0.03% 1,044 15.29% 6,826
Denver 143,480 65.73% 73,279 33.57% 1,045 0.48% 381 0.17% 103 0.05% 70,201 32.16% 218,288
Dolores 496 60.64% 322 39.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 174 21.28% 818
Douglas 1,442 51.67% 1,336 47.87% 3 0.11% 6 0.21% 4 0.14% 106 3.80% 2,791
Eagle 1,299 66.79% 644 33.11% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 655 33.68% 1,945
El Paso 27,844 53.75% 23,822 45.98% 37 0.07% 94 0.18% 10 0.02% 4,022 7.77% 51,807
Elbert 857 48.01% 924 51.76% 4 0.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -67 -3.75% 1,785
Fremont 5,181 57.01% 3,875 42.64% 8 0.09% 23 0.25% 1 0.01% 1,306 14.37% 9,088
Garfield 3,196 58.24% 2,282 41.58% 2 0.04% 6 0.11% 2 0.04% 914 16.66% 5,488
Gilpin 363 60.50% 233 38.83% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% 2 0.33% 130 21.67% 600
Grand 902 52.32% 814 47.22% 8 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 88 5.10% 1,724
Gunnison 1,540 63.04% 903 36.96% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 637 26.08% 2,443
Hinsdale 94 46.77% 107 53.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -13 -6.46% 201
Huerfano 2,734 75.23% 895 24.63% 4 0.11% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 1,839 50.60% 3,634
Jackson 384 51.82% 354 47.77% 1 0.13% 1 0.13% 1 0.13% 30 4.05% 741
Jefferson 43,162 56.19% 33,398 43.48% 122 0.16% 110 0.14% 20 0.03% 9,764 12.71% 76,812
Kiowa 701 54.77% 579 45.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 122 9.54% 1,280
Kit Carson 1,906 58.95% 1,316 40.71% 2 0.06% 8 0.25% 1 0.03% 590 18.24% 3,233
La Plata 4,442 55.48% 3,550 44.34% 3 0.04% 12 0.15% 0 0.00% 892 11.14% 8,007
Lake 2,362 77.42% 681 22.32% 2 0.07% 5 0.16% 1 0.03% 1,681 55.10% 3,051
Larimer 12,776 51.97% 11,636 47.33% 96 0.39% 64 0.26% 13 0.05% 1,140 4.64% 24,585
Las Animas 6,591 77.97% 1,833 21.68% 9 0.11% 12 0.14% 8 0.09% 4,758 56.29% 8,453
Lincoln 1,327 54.41% 1,104 45.26% 8 0.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 223 9.15% 2,439
Logan 4,222 54.61% 3,497 45.23% 5 0.06% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 725 9.38% 7,731
Mesa 12,716 60.32% 8,317 39.45% 8 0.04% 38 0.18% 3 0.01% 4,399 20.87% 21,082
Mineral 204 69.15% 89 30.17% 1 0.34% 1 0.34% 0 0.00% 115 38.98% 295
Moffat 1,657 53.40% 1,438 46.34% 7 0.23% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 219 7.06% 3,103
Montezuma 2,686 56.69% 2,035 42.95% 2 0.04% 12 0.25% 3 0.06% 651 13.74% 4,738
Montrose 4,009 59.76% 2,678 39.92% 8 0.12% 10 0.15% 4 0.06% 1,331 19.84% 6,709
Morgan 4,271 56.80% 3,228 42.93% 2 0.03% 18 0.24% 1 0.01% 1,043 13.87% 7,520
Otero 5,999 62.26% 3,605 37.41% 3 0.03% 27 0.28% 2 0.02% 2,394 24.85% 9,636
Ouray 456 55.61% 358 43.66% 3 0.37% 3 0.37% 0 0.00% 98 11.95% 820
Park 515 51.04% 493 48.86% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 22 2.18% 1,009
Phillips 1,243 55.00% 1,012 44.78% 5 0.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 231 10.22% 2,260
Pitkin 958 63.70% 540 35.90% 2 0.13% 3 0.20% 1 0.07% 418 27.80% 1,504
Prowers 3,759 64.57% 2,044 35.11% 5 0.09% 14 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,715 29.46% 5,822
Pueblo 34,933 71.97% 13,103 27.00% 397 0.82% 86 0.18% 17 0.04% 21,830 44.97% 48,536
Rio Blanco 1,134 52.70% 1,015 47.17% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 119 5.53% 2,152
Rio Grande 2,161 55.88% 1,699 43.94% 1 0.03% 6 0.16% 0 0.00% 462 11.94% 3,867
Routt 1,853 62.52% 1,095 36.94% 4 0.13% 8 0.27% 4 0.13% 758 25.58% 2,964
Saguache 1,099 63.71% 622 36.06% 2 0.12% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 477 27.65% 1,725
San Juan 278 68.30% 129 31.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 149 36.60% 407
San Miguel 636 65.57% 332 34.23% 1 0.10% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 304 31.34% 970
Sedgwick 942 51.22% 895 48.67% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 47 2.55% 1,839
Summit 483 58.33% 344 41.55% 1 0.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 139 16.78% 828
Teller 685 54.19% 577 45.65% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 108 8.54% 1,264
Washington 1,341 48.25% 1,434 51.60% 4 0.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -93 -3.35% 2,779
Weld 17,268 58.18% 12,204 41.12% 147 0.50% 43 0.14% 17 0.06% 5,064 17.06% 29,679
Yuma 2,145 51.43% 2,007 48.12% 2 0.05% 16 0.38% 1 0.02% 138 3.31% 4,171
Total 476,024 61.27% 296,767 38.19% 2,537 0.33% 1,356 0.17% 302 0.04% 179,257 23.08% 776,986

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ^ Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 03, 1964
  6. ^ "Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. 1964. p. 20. Retrieved August 29, 2024.