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The1964 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
North Dakota was won byincumbent PresidentLyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 57.97% of the popular vote, againstSenatorBarry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 41.88% of the popular vote, a 16.09% margin of victory.[3][4]
As of2024, this is the only presidential race since1936 where North Dakota voted Democrat,[5] as well as the last time that a Democrat would carry the following counties:Burleigh,Ward,Stark,Williams,Stutsman,Richland,Barnes,Pembina,Bottineau,McKenzie,McHenry,Dickey,Wells,LaMoure,Bowman,Hettinger,Burke,Oliver,Billings, andSlope.[5] This is also the last time that North Dakota voted more Democratic than South Dakota.
Emmons County, along with Camas and Custer counties in nearby Idaho, would be the only counties outside of the antebellum slave states to flip from Kennedy to Goldwater in this election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic–NPL | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 149,784 | 57.97% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 108,207 | 41.88% | |
| Independent | Clifton DeBerry | 224 | 0.09% | |
| Independent | E. Harold Munn | 174 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 258,389 | 100% | ||
| County[6] | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic-NPL | Barry Goldwater Republican | Clifton DeBerry Independent | E. Harold Munn Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,010 | 53.50% | 877 | 46.45% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 133 | 7.05% | 1,888 |
| Barnes | 4,007 | 57.18% | 2,987 | 42.62% | 14 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,020 | 14.56% | 7,008 |
| Benson | 2,566 | 63.20% | 1,489 | 36.67% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,077 | 26.53% | 4,060 |
| Billings | 348 | 50.58% | 340 | 49.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 1.16% | 688 |
| Bottineau | 2,546 | 55.26% | 2,060 | 44.71% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 486 | 10.55% | 4,607 |
| Bowman | 1,070 | 58.57% | 756 | 41.38% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 314 | 17.19% | 1,827 |
| Burke | 1,454 | 59.74% | 974 | 40.02% | 6 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 480 | 19.72% | 2,434 |
| Burleigh | 8,120 | 52.66% | 7,239 | 46.95% | 46 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.09% | 881 | 5.71% | 15,419 |
| Cass | 15,674 | 54.67% | 12,972 | 45.25% | 11 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.04% | 2,702 | 9.42% | 28,669 |
| Cavalier | 2,810 | 66.41% | 1,417 | 33.49% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,393 | 32.92% | 4,231 |
| Dickey | 1,818 | 50.08% | 1,808 | 49.81% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.27% | 3,630 |
| Divide | 1,498 | 65.67% | 779 | 34.15% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 719 | 31.52% | 2,281 |
| Dunn | 1,351 | 55.55% | 1,079 | 44.37% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 272 | 11.18% | 2,432 |
| Eddy | 1,337 | 64.03% | 747 | 35.78% | 4 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 28.25% | 2,088 |
| Emmons | 1,556 | 46.94% | 1,759 | 53.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −203 | −6.12% | 3,315 |
| Foster | 1,315 | 58.60% | 927 | 41.31% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 388 | 17.29% | 2,244 |
| Golden Valley | 602 | 45.47% | 722 | 54.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −120 | −9.06% | 1,324 |
| Grand Forks | 10,740 | 59.09% | 7,367 | 40.53% | 54 | 0.30% | 14 | 0.08% | 3,373 | 18.56% | 18,175 |
| Grant | 1,063 | 42.73% | 1,421 | 57.11% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.12% | −358 | −14.38% | 2,488 |
| Griggs | 1,505 | 62.97% | 885 | 37.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 620 | 25.94% | 2,390 |
| Hettinger | 1,275 | 51.72% | 1,188 | 48.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 87 | 3.53% | 2,465 |
| Kidder | 1,047 | 48.68% | 1,104 | 51.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −57 | −2.64% | 2,151 |
| LaMoure | 2,145 | 57.12% | 1,604 | 42.72% | 6 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 541 | 14.40% | 3,755 |
| Logan | 951 | 44.42% | 1,187 | 55.44% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | −236 | −11.02% | 2,141 |
| McHenry | 2,643 | 60.36% | 1,728 | 39.46% | 3 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.11% | 915 | 20.90% | 4,379 |
| McIntosh | 950 | 33.44% | 1,891 | 66.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −941 | −33.12% | 2,841 |
| McKenzie | 1,584 | 53.91% | 1,352 | 46.02% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 7.89% | 2,938 |
| McLean | 3,339 | 60.19% | 2,204 | 39.73% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,135 | 20.46% | 5,547 |
| Mercer | 1,310 | 45.96% | 1,540 | 54.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −230 | −8.08% | 2,850 |
| Morton | 5,173 | 63.57% | 2,955 | 36.31% | 7 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,218 | 27.26% | 8,138 |
| Mountrail | 2,548 | 69.18% | 1,131 | 30.71% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,417 | 38.47% | 3,683 |
| Nelson | 2,186 | 66.50% | 1,101 | 33.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,085 | 33.00% | 3,287 |
| Oliver | 548 | 53.88% | 469 | 46.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 7.76% | 1,017 |
| Pembina | 3,198 | 61.89% | 1,961 | 37.95% | 3 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,237 | 23.94% | 5,167 |
| Pierce | 1,893 | 61.60% | 1,178 | 38.33% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 715 | 23.27% | 3,073 |
| Ramsey | 3,572 | 59.66% | 2,409 | 40.24% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,163 | 19.42% | 5,987 |
| Ransom | 2,063 | 55.50% | 1,647 | 44.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.16% | 416 | 11.19% | 3,717 |
| Renville | 1,356 | 67.90% | 640 | 32.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 716 | 35.85% | 1,997 |
| Richland | 4,525 | 56.88% | 3,425 | 43.05% | 4 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,100 | 13.83% | 7,955 |
| Rolette | 2,566 | 74.20% | 892 | 25.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,674 | 48.40% | 3,458 |
| Sargent | 1,840 | 60.67% | 1,189 | 39.20% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 651 | 21.47% | 3,033 |
| Sheridan | 724 | 37.89% | 1,187 | 62.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −463 | −24.22% | 1,911 |
| Sioux | 695 | 68.61% | 314 | 31.00% | 2 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.20% | 381 | 37.61% | 1,013 |
| Slope | 436 | 56.99% | 329 | 43.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 107 | 13.98% | 765 |
| Stark | 4,270 | 59.63% | 2,888 | 40.33% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,382 | 19.30% | 7,161 |
| Steele | 1,404 | 63.73% | 796 | 36.13% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 608 | 27.60% | 2,203 |
| Stutsman | 5,463 | 57.66% | 3,990 | 42.12% | 10 | 0.11% | 11 | 0.12% | 1,473 | 15.54% | 9,474 |
| Towner | 1,628 | 67.36% | 788 | 32.60% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 840 | 34.76% | 2,417 |
| Traill | 2,614 | 53.03% | 2,312 | 46.91% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 302 | 6.12% | 4,929 |
| Walsh | 4,911 | 66.58% | 2,454 | 33.27% | 4 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.09% | 2,457 | 33.31% | 7,376 |
| Ward | 10,871 | 61.30% | 6,798 | 38.33% | 45 | 0.25% | 21 | 0.12% | 4,073 | 22.97% | 17,735 |
| Wells | 2,314 | 55.24% | 1,875 | 44.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 439 | 10.48% | 4,189 |
| Williams | 5,352 | 63.42% | 3,076 | 36.45% | 5 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,276 | 26.97% | 8,439 |
| Totals | 149,784 | 57.97% | 108,207 | 41.88% | 224 | 0.09% | 174 | 0.07% | 41,577 | 16.09% | 258,389 |
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