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1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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The 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota
← 1960 November 3, 1964 1968 →
Turnout76.33%[1] Decrease
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 991,117 559,624
Percentage 63.76% 36.02%
County Results
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic (DFL)

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic (DFL)

Minnesota was won by the DFL candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had assumed the presidency less than a year earlier following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, won the state over U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona by a margin of 431,493 votes, or 27.76%. Johnson went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 22.58% of the popular vote. Goldwater carried only six states, including his home state of Arizona, together with the five southern states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

In the 1964 election, President Johnson carried Minnesota by a margin of victory that hadn't been seen in a presidential election in the state since Franklin D. Roosevelt carried the state by a margin of 30.83% over Alf Landon in 1936. This margin of victory was aided by the fact that Hubert Humphrey, the state's incumbent U.S. Senator, was on the Democratic ticket for vice president.

To date Johnson's performance is the best ever for a Democrat in Minnesota, in fact, no presidential candidate has since obtained more than 55% of the state's vote in a presidential election. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Brown County, Redwood County, and Rock County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Olmsted County would not vote Democratic again until 2008.[2]

Results

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1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 991,117 63.76% 10
Republican Barry Goldwater 559,624 36.00% 0
Industrial Government Eric Hass 2,544 0.16% 0
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 1,177 0.08% 0
Totals 1,554,462 100.00% 10
Voter turnout 76% —

Results by county

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County Lyndon B. Johnson
DFL[4] 		Barry Goldwater
Republican 		Eric Hass[5]
Industrial Government 		Clifton DeBerry[5]
Socialist Workers 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Aitkin 3,874 65.77% 2,000 33.96% 9 0.15% 7 0.12% 1,874 31.81% 5,890
Anoka 31,714 70.47% 13,201 29.33% 47 0.10% 43 0.10% 18,513 41.14% 45,005
Becker 6,453 63.14% 3,751 36.70% 6 0.06% 10 0.10% 2,702 26.44% 10,220
Beltrami 5,967 65.10% 3,184 34.74% 9 0.10% 6 0.07% 2,783 30.36% 9,166
Benton 4,679 62.22% 2,818 37.47% 20 0.27% 3 0.04% 1,861 24.75% 7,520
Big Stone 2,831 67.86% 1,331 31.90% 9 0.22% 1 0.02% 1,500 35.96% 4,172
Blue Earth 10,687 56.85% 8,009 42.61% 96 0.51% 5 0.03% 2,678 14.24% 18,797
Brown 6,069 50.84% 5,851 49.02% 10 0.08% 7 0.06% 218 1.82% 11,937
Carlton 9,552 77.29% 2,780 22.49% 13 0.11% 14 0.11% 6,772 54.80% 12,359
Carver 5,123 48.52% 5,424 51.37% 4 0.04% 7 0.07% -301 -2.85% 10,558
Cass 4,635 59.78% 3,110 40.11% 7 0.09% 2 0.03% 1,525 19.67% 7,754
Chippewa 4,550 61.78% 2,806 38.10% 6 0.08% 3 0.04% 1,744 23.68% 7,365
Chisago 4,347 63.10% 2,525 36.65% 9 0.13% 8 0.12% 1,822 26.45% 6,889
Clay 10,161 62.39% 6,085 37.37% 35 0.21% 4 0.02% 4,076 25.02% 16,285
Clearwater 2,596 69.43% 1,137 30.41% 2 0.05% 4 0.11% 1,459 39.02% 3,739
Cook 976 56.03% 764 43.86% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 212 12.17% 1,742
Cottonwood 4,090 54.33% 3,423 45.47% 9 0.12% 6 0.08% 667 8.86% 7,528
Crow Wing 9,197 64.10% 5,131 35.76% 9 0.06% 12 0.08% 4,066 28.34% 14,349
Dakota 28,391 67.07% 13,856 32.73% 64 0.15% 17 0.04% 14,535 34.34% 42,328
Dodge 3,138 55.84% 2,474 44.02% 6 0.11% 2 0.04% 664 11.82% 5,620
Douglas 6,040 59.36% 4,122 40.51% 8 0.08% 5 0.05% 1,918 18.85% 10,175
Faribault 5,946 55.18% 4,817 44.71% 8 0.07% 4 0.04% 1,129 10.47% 10,775
Fillmore 5,813 54.58% 4,824 45.29% 11 0.10% 3 0.03% 989 9.29% 10,651
Freeborn 10,554 63.16% 6,136 36.72% 16 0.10% 3 0.02% 4,418 26.44% 16,709
Goodhue 9,035 57.96% 6,539 41.95% 9 0.06% 6 0.04% 2,496 16.01% 15,589
Grant 2,631 60.26% 1,734 39.72% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 897 20.54% 4,366
Hennepin 241,020 60.75% 154,736 39.00% 623 0.16% 348 0.09% 86,284 21.75% 396,727
Houston 3,885 53.03% 3,433 46.86% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 452 6.17% 7,326
Hubbard 2,553 52.72% 2,283 47.14% 6 0.12% 1 0.02% 270 5.58% 4,843
Isanti 4,026 66.90% 1,982 32.93% 3 0.05% 7 0.12% 2,044 33.97% 6,018
Itasca 12,054 74.27% 4,137 25.49% 19 0.12% 21 0.13% 7,917 48.78% 16,231
Jackson 4,576 65.18% 2,441 34.77% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,135 30.41% 7,021
Kanabec 2,666 66.25% 1,348 33.50% 5 0.12% 5 0.12% 1,318 32.75% 4,024
Kandiyohi 9,108 69.23% 4,011 30.49% 25 0.19% 12 0.09% 5,097 38.74% 13,156
Kittson 2,790 70.72% 1,153 29.23% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,637 41.49% 3,945
Koochiching 5,878 78.47% 1,602 21.39% 6 0.08% 5 0.07% 4,276 57.08% 7,491
Lac qui Parle 3,934 63.66% 2,236 36.18% 5 0.08% 5 0.08% 1,698 27.48% 6,180
Lake 4,704 79.39% 1,205 20.34% 8 0.14% 8 0.14% 3,499 59.05% 5,925
Lake of the Woods 1,266 71.73% 489 27.71% 5 0.28% 5 0.28% 777 44.02% 1,765
Le Sueur 6,117 65.60% 3,191 34.22% 12 0.13% 5 0.05% 2,926 31.38% 9,325
Lincoln 3,024 68.29% 1,393 31.46% 2 0.05% 9 0.20% 1,631 36.83% 4,428
Lyon 6,649 67.69% 3,165 32.22% 7 0.07% 1 0.01% 3,484 35.47% 9,822
Mahnomen 1,967 75.11% 648 24.74% 3 0.11% 1 0.04% 1,319 50.37% 2,619
Marshall 4,594 70.79% 1,893 29.17% 2 0.03% 1 0.02% 2,701 41.62% 6,490
Martin 5,575 45.98% 6,529 53.84% 14 0.12% 8 0.07% -954 -7.86% 12,126
McLeod 5,755 50.86% 5,545 49.00% 9 0.08% 7 0.06% 210 1.86% 11,316
Meeker 5,270 62.90% 3,099 36.99% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 2,171 25.91% 8,378
Mille Lacs 4,369 63.58% 2,474 36.00% 15 0.22% 14 0.20% 1,895 27.58% 6,872
Morrison 7,492 67.91% 3,515 31.86% 16 0.15% 9 0.08% 3,977 36.05% 11,032
Mower 13,573 67.39% 6,510 32.32% 43 0.21% 14 0.07% 7,063 35.07% 20,140
Murray 3,822 62.13% 2,325 37.79% 5 0.08% 0 0.00% 1,497 24.34% 6,152
Nicollet 5,121 58.62% 3,605 41.27% 4 0.05% 6 0.07% 1,516 17.35% 8,736
Nobles 6,431 64.57% 3,517 35.31% 9 0.09% 3 0.03% 2,914 29.26% 9,960
Norman 3,631 68.50% 1,662 31.35% 5 0.09% 3 0.06% 1,969 37.15% 5,301
Olmsted 16,195 55.94% 12,699 43.87% 47 0.16% 9 0.03% 3,496 12.07% 28,950
Otter Tail 9,997 48.61% 10,542 51.26% 17 0.08% 9 0.04% -545 -2.65% 20,565
Pennington 3,894 70.37% 1,630 29.45% 3 0.05% 7 0.13% 2,264 40.92% 5,534
Pine 5,123 69.04% 2,279 30.71% 10 0.13% 8 0.11% 2,844 38.33% 7,420
Pipestone 3,365 57.51% 2,481 42.40% 3 0.05% 2 0.03% 884 15.11% 5,851
Polk 11,052 68.60% 5,039 31.27% 11 0.07% 9 0.06% 6,013 37.33% 16,111
Pope 3,549 61.57% 2,213 38.39% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 1,336 23.18% 5,764
Ramsey 133,948 69.91% 56,898 29.70% 579 0.30% 167 0.09% 77,050 40.21% 191,592
Red Lake 1,861 75.96% 573 23.39% 9 0.37% 7 0.29% 1,288 52.57% 2,450
Redwood 4,722 50.90% 4,546 49.00% 5 0.05% 4 0.04% 176 1.90% 9,277
Renville 6,072 58.18% 4,340 41.58% 14 0.13% 11 0.11% 1,732 16.60% 10,437
Rice 9,299 62.65% 5,518 37.18% 18 0.12% 8 0.05% 3,781 25.47% 14,843
Rock 2,896 54.78% 2,389 45.19% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 507 9.59% 5,287
Roseau 3,636 68.69% 1,651 31.19% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% 1,985 37.50% 5,293
St. Louis 79,529 75.61% 25,246 24.00% 275 0.26% 133 0.13% 54,283 51.61% 105,183
Scott 7,248 68.57% 3,311 31.32% 9 0.09% 2 0.02% 3,937 37.25% 10,570
Sherburne 3,787 63.75% 2,132 35.89% 17 0.29% 4 0.07% 1,655 27.86% 5,940
Sibley 3,577 48.10% 3,854 51.83% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% -277 -3.73% 7,436
Stearns 19,063 59.26% 13,009 40.44% 58 0.18% 36 0.11% 6,054 18.82% 32,166
Steele 6,022 55.05% 4,882 44.63% 27 0.25% 8 0.07% 1,140 10.42% 10,939
Stevens 2,910 56.65% 2,220 43.22% 6 0.12% 1 0.02% 690 13.43% 5,137
Swift 4,380 67.14% 2,132 32.68% 6 0.09% 6 0.09% 2,248 34.46% 6,524
Todd 5,673 58.47% 4,006 41.29% 17 0.18% 6 0.06% 1,667 17.18% 9,702
Traverse 2,247 67.64% 1,073 32.30% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,174 35.34% 3,322
Wabasha 4,367 58.20% 3,133 41.75% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,234 16.45% 7,504
Wadena 2,908 54.52% 2,418 45.33% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% 490 9.19% 5,334
Waseca 3,633 50.34% 3,570 49.47% 10 0.14% 4 0.06% 63 0.87% 7,217
Washington 18,108 67.01% 8,850 32.75% 43 0.16% 21 0.08% 9,258 34.26% 27,022
Watonwan 3,615 56.09% 2,823 43.80% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% 792 12.29% 6,445
Wilkin 2,751 62.65% 1,636 37.26% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 1,115 25.39% 4,391
Winona 11,397 64.14% 6,345 35.71% 21 0.12% 7 0.04% 5,052 28.43% 17,770
Wright 8,687 61.24% 5,476 38.60% 14 0.10% 8 0.06% 3,211 22.64% 14,185
Yellow Medicine 4,707 63.06% 2,751 36.86% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 1,956 26.20% 7,464
Totals 991,117 63.76% 559,624 36.00% 2,544 0.16% 1,177 0.08% 431,493 27.76% 1,554,462

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ "1964 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Minnesota Legislative Manual 1965-1966" (PDF). Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. 1965. pp. 411–413. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Our Campaigns; MN US Presidential Election Race, November 03, 1964
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