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The1964 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose seven[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
West Virginia was won byincumbent PresidentLyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 67.94 percent of the popular vote, againstSenatorBarry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 32.06 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
In a state where Goldwater was widely perceived as an extremist and excessively allied with theDeep South,[5] and where Johnson's campaign's presentation of his Republican opponent as a warmonger who would provoke nuclear war[6] had particular resonance in an isolationistAppalachian population,[5] the incumbent President's 67.94 percent vote share and 538,087-vote total are the highest percentage and vote count ever received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history. It is also the most votes received by any candidate in West Virginia until Donald Trump surpassed this total in 2020. West Virginia would be easily Johnson's strongestantebellum slave state and his sixth-best overall behindRhode Island,Hawaii,Massachusetts,Maine andNew York, voting overall 13.29 percentage points more Democratic than the nation at-large even in a huge landslide.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the only election since the Civil War in which a Democratic presidential candidate wonPreston County andUpshur County.[7] It is also the last occasion whenBerkeley County,Wood County, andDoddridge County backed a Democrat for President.[7]
This also remains the last time that West Virginia and neighboringVirginia would simultaneously vote Democratic at the presidential level. West Virginia was also Johnson's best state in the post-1996 “red wall” comprising states that have consistently voted Republican since2000.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) | 538,087 | 67.94% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 253,953 | 32.06% | |
| Total votes | 792,040 | 100.00% | ||
| County[8] | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic | Barry Goldwater Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 4,758 | 65.26% | 2,533 | 34.74% | 2,225 | 30.52% | 7,291 |
| Berkeley | 8,628 | 61.26% | 5,457 | 38.74% | 3,171 | 22.52% | 14,085 |
| Boone | 8,609 | 77.73% | 2,467 | 22.27% | 6,142 | 55.46% | 11,076 |
| Braxton | 4,787 | 71.94% | 1,867 | 28.06% | 2,920 | 43.88% | 6,654 |
| Brooke | 9,834 | 74.51% | 3,364 | 25.49% | 6,470 | 49.02% | 13,198 |
| Cabell | 28,437 | 62.64% | 16,957 | 37.36% | 11,480 | 25.28% | 45,394 |
| Calhoun | 2,626 | 67.32% | 1,275 | 32.68% | 1,351 | 34.64% | 3,901 |
| Clay | 3,182 | 69.96% | 1,366 | 30.04% | 1,816 | 39.92% | 4,548 |
| Doddridge | 1,587 | 50.09% | 1,581 | 49.91% | 6 | 0.18% | 3,168 |
| Fayette | 19,990 | 83.15% | 4,051 | 16.85% | 15,939 | 66.30% | 24,041 |
| Gilmer | 2,832 | 71.73% | 1,116 | 28.27% | 1,716 | 43.46% | 3,948 |
| Grant | 1,494 | 37.75% | 2,464 | 62.25% | −970 | −24.50% | 3,958 |
| Greenbrier | 10,112 | 68.97% | 4,549 | 31.03% | 5,563 | 37.94% | 14,661 |
| Hampshire | 3,381 | 69.65% | 1,473 | 30.35% | 1,908 | 39.30% | 4,854 |
| Hancock | 14,001 | 73.65% | 5,009 | 26.35% | 8,992 | 47.30% | 19,010 |
| Hardy | 2,996 | 69.61% | 1,308 | 30.39% | 1,688 | 39.22% | 4,304 |
| Harrison | 25,683 | 72.00% | 9,986 | 28.00% | 15,697 | 44.00% | 35,669 |
| Jackson | 5,022 | 53.53% | 4,359 | 46.47% | 663 | 7.06% | 9,381 |
| Jefferson | 4,892 | 72.02% | 1,901 | 27.98% | 2,991 | 44.04% | 6,793 |
| Kanawha | 70,511 | 64.75% | 38,383 | 35.25% | 32,128 | 29.50% | 108,894 |
| Lewis | 5,248 | 63.79% | 2,979 | 36.21% | 2,269 | 27.58% | 8,227 |
| Lincoln | 5,852 | 63.01% | 3,436 | 36.99% | 2,416 | 26.02% | 9,288 |
| Logan | 16,999 | 81.82% | 3,776 | 18.18% | 13,223 | 63.64% | 20,775 |
| Marion | 22,047 | 74.10% | 7,707 | 25.90% | 14,340 | 48.20% | 29,754 |
| Marshall | 11,757 | 65.56% | 6,175 | 34.44% | 5,582 | 31.12% | 17,932 |
| Mason | 6,511 | 59.31% | 4,467 | 40.69% | 2,044 | 18.62% | 10,978 |
| McDowell | 18,046 | 83.05% | 3,684 | 16.95% | 14,362 | 66.10% | 21,730 |
| Mercer | 18,298 | 67.26% | 8,905 | 32.74% | 9,393 | 34.52% | 27,203 |
| Mineral | 6,344 | 62.53% | 3,801 | 37.47% | 2,543 | 25.06% | 10,145 |
| Mingo | 12,266 | 79.55% | 3,154 | 20.45% | 9,112 | 59.10% | 15,420 |
| Monongalia | 17,358 | 72.84% | 6,473 | 27.16% | 10,885 | 45.68% | 23,831 |
| Monroe | 3,367 | 58.54% | 2,385 | 41.46% | 982 | 17.08% | 5,752 |
| Morgan | 1,820 | 49.38% | 1,866 | 50.62% | −46 | −1.24% | 3,686 |
| Nicholas | 6,878 | 72.35% | 2,628 | 27.65% | 4,250 | 44.70% | 9,506 |
| Ohio | 21,178 | 63.82% | 12,006 | 36.18% | 9,172 | 27.64% | 33,184 |
| Pendleton | 2,498 | 65.84% | 1,296 | 34.16% | 1,202 | 31.68% | 3,794 |
| Pleasants | 2,287 | 63.07% | 1,339 | 36.93% | 948 | 26.14% | 3,626 |
| Pocahontas | 3,317 | 65.91% | 1,716 | 34.09% | 1,601 | 31.82% | 5,033 |
| Preston | 6,264 | 60.94% | 4,015 | 39.06% | 2,249 | 21.88% | 10,279 |
| Putnam | 6,910 | 62.39% | 4,165 | 37.61% | 2,745 | 24.78% | 11,075 |
| Raleigh | 23,606 | 77.25% | 6,952 | 22.75% | 16,654 | 54.50% | 30,558 |
| Randolph | 8,012 | 72.86% | 2,984 | 27.14% | 5,028 | 45.72% | 10,996 |
| Ritchie | 2,244 | 45.23% | 2,717 | 54.77% | −473 | −9.54% | 4,961 |
| Roane | 3,820 | 52.54% | 3,451 | 47.46% | 369 | 5.08% | 7,271 |
| Summers | 5,037 | 71.97% | 1,962 | 28.03% | 3,075 | 43.94% | 6,999 |
| Taylor | 4,442 | 65.96% | 2,292 | 34.04% | 2,150 | 31.92% | 6,734 |
| Tucker | 2,664 | 66.97% | 1,314 | 33.03% | 1,350 | 33.94% | 3,978 |
| Tyler | 2,275 | 47.43% | 2,522 | 52.57% | −247 | −5.14% | 4,797 |
| Upshur | 3,774 | 51.14% | 3,606 | 48.86% | 168 | 2.28% | 7,380 |
| Wayne | 11,578 | 68.44% | 5,340 | 31.56% | 6,238 | 36.88% | 16,918 |
| Webster | 3,755 | 80.05% | 936 | 19.95% | 2,819 | 60.10% | 4,691 |
| Wetzel | 6,239 | 65.99% | 3,215 | 34.01% | 3,024 | 31.98% | 9,454 |
| Wirt | 1,286 | 58.86% | 899 | 41.14% | 387 | 17.72% | 2,185 |
| Wood | 21,560 | 59.06% | 14,947 | 40.94% | 6,613 | 18.12% | 36,507 |
| Wyoming | 9,188 | 73.12% | 3,377 | 26.88% | 5,811 | 46.24% | 12,565 |
| Totals | 538,087 | 67.94% | 253,953 | 32.06% | 284,134 | 35.88% | |
State and district results of the1964 United States presidential election | ||
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