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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.
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 sole occasion since 1936 that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, and the only occasion since 1876 that the Democrat has won more than 60%. This is also the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state by double digits.
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
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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 |
County | Lyndon Baines Johnson [8] Democratic | Barry Morris Goldwater [8] Republican | John Kasper [8] National States’ Rights | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 |
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