The1964 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1964, and was part of the1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Montana powerfully voted for theDemocratic nominee,PresidentLyndon B. Johnson, over theRepublican nominee,SenatorBarry Goldwater. Johnson won Montana by a large margin of 18.38%. This is the last presidential election where a Democrat won Montana by a majority of the popular vote (Bill Clinton would win the state by a plurality in1992).
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate:Yellowstone,Flathead,Ravalli,Park,Custer,Richland,Fergus,Granite,Powell,Teton,Carbon,Chouteau,Wheatland,Judith Basin,Pondera,Golden Valley,Toole,Liberty,Treasure,Musselshell,Phillips,Daniels, andPetroleum.[1]
| County | Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic | Barry Goldwater
Republican | Various candidates
Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| Beaverhead | 1,469 | 45.47% | 1,754 | 54.29% | 8 | 0.25% | -285 | -8.82% | 3,231 |
| Big Horn | 2,509 | 62.83% | 1,481 | 37.09% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,028 | 25.74% | 3,993 |
| Blaine | 1,742 | 64.45% | 961 | 35.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 781 | 28.90% | 2,703 |
| Broadwater | 595 | 49.42% | 609 | 50.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -14 | -1.16% | 1,204 |
| Carbon | 2,098 | 57.75% | 1,535 | 42.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 563 | 15.50% | 3,633 |
| Carter | 453 | 44.02% | 576 | 55.98% | 0 | 0.00% | -123 | -11.96% | 1,029 |
| Cascade | 17,609 | 65.92% | 8,986 | 33.64% | 119 | 0.45% | 8,623 | 32.28% | 26,714 |
| Chouteau | 1,827 | 55.77% | 1,444 | 44.08% | 5 | 0.15% | 383 | 11.69% | 3,276 |
| Custer | 2,790 | 54.70% | 2,302 | 45.13% | 9 | 0.18% | 488 | 9.57% | 5,101 |
| Daniels | 987 | 57.05% | 742 | 42.89% | 1 | 0.06% | 245 | 14.16% | 1,730 |
| Dawson | 2,691 | 58.03% | 1,938 | 41.79% | 8 | 0.17% | 753 | 16.24% | 4,637 |
| Deer Lodge | 4,835 | 77.25% | 1,415 | 22.61% | 9 | 0.14% | 3,420 | 54.64% | 6,259 |
| Fallon | 765 | 47.96% | 827 | 51.85% | 3 | 0.19% | -62 | -3.89% | 1,595 |
| Fergus | 3,300 | 52.44% | 2,980 | 47.35% | 13 | 0.21% | 320 | 5.09% | 6,293 |
| Flathead | 8,015 | 55.78% | 6,325 | 44.02% | 30 | 0.21% | 1,690 | 11.76% | 14,370 |
| Gallatin | 5,600 | 49.79% | 5,621 | 49.97% | 27 | 0.24% | -21 | -0.18% | 11,248 |
| Garfield | 384 | 42.86% | 509 | 56.81% | 3 | 0.33% | -125 | -13.95% | 896 |
| Glacier | 2,218 | 59.99% | 1,458 | 39.44% | 21 | 0.57% | 760 | 20.55% | 3,697 |
| Golden Valley | 352 | 58.28% | 252 | 41.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 16.56% | 604 |
| Granite | 658 | 55.43% | 527 | 44.40% | 2 | 0.17% | 131 | 11.03% | 1,187 |
| Hill | 4,491 | 68.00% | 2,101 | 31.81% | 12 | 0.18% | 2,390 | 36.19% | 6,604 |
| Jefferson | 967 | 59.29% | 662 | 40.59% | 2 | 0.12% | 305 | 18.70% | 1,631 |
| Judith Basin | 822 | 54.73% | 678 | 45.14% | 2 | 0.13% | 144 | 9.59% | 1,502 |
| Lake | 3,148 | 52.59% | 2,828 | 47.24% | 10 | 0.17% | 320 | 5.35% | 5,986 |
| Lewis and Clark | 7,506 | 54.84% | 6,155 | 44.97% | 26 | 0.19% | 1,351 | 9.87% | 13,687 |
| Liberty | 619 | 53.59% | 533 | 46.15% | 3 | 0.26% | 86 | 7.44% | 1,155 |
| Lincoln | 3,140 | 66.68% | 1,554 | 33.00% | 15 | 0.32% | 1,586 | 33.68% | 4,709 |
| McCone | 891 | 59.12% | 615 | 40.81% | 1 | 0.07% | 276 | 18.31% | 1,507 |
| Madison | 1,125 | 46.82% | 1,276 | 53.10% | 2 | 0.08% | -151 | -6.28% | 2,403 |
| Meagher | 405 | 44.36% | 506 | 55.42% | 2 | 0.22% | -101 | -11.06% | 913 |
| Mineral | 901 | 70.72% | 368 | 28.89% | 5 | 0.39% | 533 | 41.83% | 1,274 |
| Missoula | 12,900 | 61.42% | 8,065 | 38.40% | 39 | 0.19% | 4,835 | 23.02% | 21,004 |
| Musselshell | 1,189 | 59.10% | 823 | 40.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 366 | 18.20% | 2,012 |
| Park | 2,824 | 51.79% | 2,619 | 48.03% | 10 | 0.18% | 205 | 3.76% | 5,453 |
| Petroleum | 210 | 52.37% | 190 | 47.38% | 1 | 0.25% | 20 | 4.99% | 401 |
| Phillips | 1,612 | 56.42% | 1,242 | 43.47% | 3 | 0.11% | 370 | 12.95% | 2,857 |
| Pondera | 1,759 | 61.14% | 1,110 | 38.58% | 8 | 0.28% | 649 | 22.56% | 2,877 |
| Powder River | 449 | 40.86% | 649 | 59.05% | 1 | 0.09% | -200 | -18.19% | 1,099 |
| Powell | 1,896 | 62.37% | 1,140 | 37.50% | 4 | 0.13% | 756 | 24.87% | 3,040 |
| Prairie | 488 | 46.56% | 555 | 52.96% | 5 | 0.48% | -67 | -6.40% | 1,048 |
| Ravalli | 3,300 | 58.28% | 2,350 | 41.50% | 12 | 0.21% | 950 | 16.78% | 5,662 |
| Richland | 2,320 | 56.16% | 1,784 | 43.19% | 27 | 0.65% | 536 | 12.97% | 4,131 |
| Roosevelt | 2,463 | 60.40% | 1,612 | 39.53% | 3 | 0.07% | 851 | 20.87% | 4,078 |
| Rosebud | 1,212 | 52.22% | 1,105 | 47.61% | 4 | 0.17% | 107 | 4.61% | 2,321 |
| Sanders | 1,836 | 60.94% | 1,163 | 38.60% | 14 | 0.46% | 673 | 22.34% | 3,013 |
| Sheridan | 1,905 | 69.17% | 837 | 30.39% | 12 | 0.44% | 1,068 | 38.78% | 2,754 |
| Silver Bow | 15,751 | 74.16% | 4,873 | 22.94% | 615 | 2.90% | 10,878 | 51.22% | 21,239 |
| Stillwater | 1,130 | 49.76% | 1,140 | 50.20% | 1 | 0.04% | -10 | -0.44% | 2,271 |
| Sweet Grass | 653 | 43.13% | 856 | 56.54% | 5 | 0.33% | -203 | -13.41% | 1,514 |
| Teton | 1,808 | 56.52% | 1,388 | 43.39% | 3 | 0.09% | 420 | 13.13% | 3,199 |
| Toole | 1,649 | 57.38% | 1,223 | 42.55% | 2 | 0.07% | 426 | 14.83% | 2,874 |
| Treasure | 285 | 53.17% | 251 | 46.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 6.34% | 536 |
| Valley | 3,032 | 59.16% | 2,077 | 40.53% | 16 | 0.31% | 955 | 18.63% | 5,125 |
| Wheatland | 790 | 57.54% | 583 | 42.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 | 15.08% | 1,373 |
| Wibaux | 427 | 57.94% | 308 | 41.79% | 2 | 0.27% | 119 | 16.15% | 737 |
| Yellowstone | 17,446 | 52.49% | 15,571 | 46.85% | 222 | 0.67% | 1,875 | 5.64% | 33,239 |
| Totals | 164,246 | 58.95% | 113,032 | 40.57% | 1,350 | 0.48% | 51,214 | 18.38% | 278,628 |
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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