1964 United States presidential election in Ohio County results
Johnson
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Goldwater
50–60%
The 1964 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election . Voters chose 26 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College , who voted forPresident andVice President .
Ohio was overwhelmingly won by theDemocratic nominee, incumbent PresidentLyndon B. Johnson , who carried the state with 62.94% of the vote againstRepublican nomineeBarry Goldwater 's 37.06%. The 1964 election marked the best performance for the Democratic Party in the state, as it was the only time a Democratic candidate for president won it with over 60% of the popular vote (and the last time a nominee from either party has done so), the last time the Democratic candidate carried more counties than the Republican candidate, and the last time the margin of victory for the Democratic candidate was in double digits. This is also the only time where a presidential candidate in Ohio had a winning margin that exceeded one million votes.
This is the only time in whichClinton ,Warren andGeauga counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 1] Ashland ,Auglaize ,Butler ,Champaign ,Clermont ,Crawford ,Darke ,Defiance ,Fairfield ,Fayette ,Greene ,Hardin ,Henry ,Highland ,Holmes ,Knox ,Licking ,Logan ,Madison ,Marion ,Medina ,Miami ,Morgan ,Morrow ,Muskingum ,Paulding ,Pickaway ,Preble ,Putnam ,Richland ,Shelby ,Van Wert ,Washington ,Wayne ,Williams , andWyandot counties have never voted Democratic since, whileFranklin County did not vote Democratic again until1996 andHamilton County did not do so again until2008 .[ 2]
County Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Adams 5,005 57.48% 3,702 42.52% 1,303 14.96% 8,707 Allen 18,990 48.83% 19,897 51.17% −907 −2.34% 38,887 Ashland 8,493 53.75% 7,308 46.25% 1,185 7.50% 15,801 Ashtabula 24,104 64.64% 13,183 35.36% 10,921 29.28% 37,287 Athens 10,633 63.13% 6,211 36.87% 4,422 26.26% 16,844 Auglaize 8,632 52.04% 7,954 47.96% 678 4.08% 16,586 Belmont 28,180 74.41% 9,693 25.59% 18,487 48.82% 37,873 Brown 6,983 64.14% 3,904 35.86% 3,079 28.28% 10,887 Butler 42,278 57.37% 31,413 42.63% 10,865 14.74% 73,691 Carroll 5,050 58.01% 3,655 41.99% 1,395 16.02% 8,705 Champaign 7,138 56.09% 5,588 43.91% 1,550 12.18% 12,726 Clark 34,275 64.20% 19,112 35.80% 15,163 28.40% 53,387 Clermont 16,523 55.28% 13,367 44.72% 3,156 10.56% 29,890 Clinton 6,514 51.71% 6,082 48.29% 432 3.42% 12,596 Columbiana 28,706 64.46% 15,827 35.54% 12,879 28.92% 44,533 Coshocton 8,382 58.42% 5,965 41.58% 2,417 16.84% 14,347 Crawford 11,968 57.16% 8,970 42.84% 2,998 14.32% 20,938 Cuyahoga 492,911 71.50% 196,436 28.50% 296,475 43.00% 689,347 Darke 12,433 59.17% 8,581 40.83% 3,852 18.34% 21,014 Defiance 8,707 63.30% 5,048 36.70% 3,659 26.60% 13,755 Delaware 8,080 49.04% 8,395 50.96% −315 −1.92% 16,475 Erie 15,968 61.54% 9,981 38.46% 5,987 23.08% 25,949 Fairfield 15,611 57.62% 11,480 42.38% 4,131 15.24% 27,091 Fayette 6,128 57.30% 4,567 42.70% 1,561 14.60% 10,695 Franklin 154,527 54.05% 131,345 45.95% 23,182 8.10% 285,872 Fulton 5,604 48.41% 5,973 51.59% −369 −3.18% 11,577 Gallia 4,740 51.81% 4,408 48.19% 332 3.62% 9,148 Geauga 12,212 56.45% 9,423 43.55% 2,789 12.90% 21,635 Greene 21,276 59.35% 14,571 40.65% 6,705 18.70% 35,847 Guernsey 9,503 59.65% 6,429 40.35% 3,074 19.30% 15,932 Hamilton 199,127 55.27% 161,179 44.73% 37,948 10.54% 360,306 Hancock 11,547 49.86% 11,610 50.14% −63 −0.28% 23,157 Hardin 7,324 56.33% 5,679 43.67% 1,645 12.66% 13,003 Harrison 5,159 63.79% 2,928 36.21% 2,231 27.58% 8,087 Henry 5,845 53.43% 5,094 46.57% 751 6.86% 10,939 Highland 7,281 54.88% 5,985 45.12% 1,296 9.76% 13,266 Hocking 5,951 67.56% 2,858 32.44% 3,093 35.12% 8,809 Holmes 3,559 62.82% 2,106 37.18% 1,453 25.64% 5,665 Huron 10,780 58.48% 7,655 41.52% 3,125 16.96% 18,435 Jackson 7,056 58.78% 4,949 41.22% 2,107 17.56% 12,005 Jefferson 33,039 73.71% 11,784 26.29% 21,255 47.42% 44,823 Knox 11,222 60.73% 7,258 39.27% 3,964 21.46% 18,480 Lake 38,552 62.35% 23,282 37.65% 15,270 24.70% 61,834 Lawrence 12,635 61.96% 7,757 38.04% 4,878 23.92% 20,392 Licking 23,364 60.75% 15,096 39.25% 8,268 21.50% 38,460 Logan 8,484 55.94% 6,683 44.06% 1,801 11.88% 15,167 Lorain 55,755 67.63% 26,683 32.37% 29,072 35.26% 82,438 Lucas 128,110 68.92% 57,782 31.08% 70,328 37.84% 185,892 Madison 5,264 51.56% 4,945 48.44% 319 3.12% 10,209 Mahoning 90,934 72.92% 33,775 27.08% 57,159 45.84% 124,709 Marion 14,400 58.90% 10,050 41.10% 4,350 17.80% 24,450 Medina 14,729 59.03% 10,221 40.97% 4,508 18.06% 24,950 Meigs 5,133 56.37% 3,973 43.63% 1,160 12.74% 9,106 Mercer 10,081 69.75% 4,373 30.25% 5,708 39.50% 14,454 Miami 19,379 59.88% 12,985 40.12% 6,394 19.76% 32,364 Monroe 4,776 71.07% 1,944 28.93% 2,832 42.14% 6,720 Montgomery 126,633 63.76% 71,979 36.24% 54,654 27.52% 198,612 Morgan 3,053 57.24% 2,281 42.76% 772 14.48% 5,334 Morrow 4,572 52.16% 4,194 47.84% 378 4.32% 8,766 Muskingum 20,792 64.12% 11,635 35.88% 9,157 28.24% 32,427 Noble 2,925 56.52% 2,250 43.48% 675 13.04% 5,175 Ottawa 9,618 63.04% 5,639 36.96% 3,979 26.08% 15,257 Paulding 4,465 57.84% 3,254 42.16% 1,211 15.68% 7,719 Perry 7,816 66.74% 3,895 33.26% 3,921 33.48% 11,711 Pickaway 7,310 57.89% 5,317 42.11% 1,993 15.78% 12,627 Pike 5,331 67.50% 2,567 32.50% 2,764 35.00% 7,898 Portage 23,308 68.25% 10,842 31.75% 12,466 36.50% 34,150 Preble 7,574 56.47% 5,839 43.53% 1,735 12.94% 13,413 Putnam 7,014 57.33% 5,221 42.67% 1,793 14.66% 12,235 Richland 24,799 56.84% 18,833 43.16% 5,966 13.68% 43,632 Ross 12,704 56.90% 9,623 43.10% 3,081 13.80% 22,327 Sandusky 13,481 62.02% 8,254 37.98% 5,227 24.04% 21,735 Scioto 21,559 61.55% 13,465 38.45% 8,094 23.10% 35,024 Seneca 14,518 60.36% 9,536 39.64% 4,982 20.72% 24,054 Shelby 10,004 65.84% 5,190 34.16% 4,814 31.68% 15,194 Stark 88,704 62.32% 53,632 37.68% 35,072 24.64% 142,336 Summit 142,319 67.67% 68,000 32.33% 74,319 35.34% 210,319 Trumbull 54,342 66.76% 27,059 33.24% 27,283 33.52% 81,401 Tuscarawas 23,623 70.34% 9,962 29.66% 13,661 40.68% 33,585 Union 4,985 47.53% 5,504 52.47% −519 −4.94% 10,489 Van Wert 7,695 55.40% 6,194 44.60% 1,501 10.80% 13,889 Vinton 2,618 57.70% 1,919 42.30% 699 15.40% 4,537 Warren 12,406 53.04% 10,982 46.96% 1,424 6.08% 23,388 Washington 11,193 55.78% 8,873 44.22% 2,320 11.56% 20,066 Wayne 14,806 59.95% 9,890 40.05% 4,916 19.90% 24,696 Williams 7,547 57.17% 5,653 42.83% 1,894 14.34% 13,200 Wood 16,304 57.32% 12,142 42.68% 4,162 14.64% 28,446 Wyandot 5,273 56.02% 4,139 43.98% 1,134 12.04% 9,412 Totals 2,498,331 62.94% 1,470,865 37.06% 1,027,466 25.88% 3,969,196
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ]
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