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The1964 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Iowa was won byincumbent PresidentLyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 61.88% of the popular vote, againstSenatorBarry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 37.92% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the2016 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichPottawattamie County,Plymouth County,Mahaska County,Mills County,Harrison County,Grundy County,Shelby County,Montgomery County,Fremont County,Ida County, andOsceola County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] This was the first time since1948 that the state would back a Democrat in a presidential election, and the last such occasion until1988.
As of2024, this remains the strongest performance by a Democrat in Iowa.[6]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 9 | 733,030 | 61.88% |
| Barry Goldwater | William E. Miller | Republican | 0 | 449,148 | 37.92% |
| E. Harold Munn | Mark A. Shaw | Prohibition | 0 | 1,902 | 0.16% |
| Eric Hass | Henning Blomen | Socialist Labor | 0 | 182 | 0.02% |
| Clifton DeBerry | Edward Shaw | Socialist Workers | 0 | 159 | 0.01% |
| — | — | Write-ins | 0 | 118 | 0.01% |
| County[7] | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic | Barry Goldwater Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,851 | 59.25% | 1,953 | 40.59% | 8 | 0.17% | 898 | 18.66% | 4,812 |
| Adams | 1,941 | 59.49% | 1,321 | 40.48% | 1 | 0.03% | 620 | 19.01% | 3,263 |
| Allamakee | 3,504 | 48.67% | 3,691 | 51.26% | 5 | 0.07% | -187 | -2.59% | 7,200 |
| Appanoose | 4,960 | 63.14% | 2,872 | 36.56% | 24 | 0.31% | 2,088 | 26.58% | 7,856 |
| Audubon | 3,011 | 61.64% | 1,871 | 38.30% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,140 | 23.34% | 4,885 |
| Benton | 6,614 | 65.59% | 3,453 | 34.24% | 17 | 0.17% | 3,161 | 31.35% | 10,084 |
| Black Hawk | 30,716 | 60.80% | 19,744 | 39.08% | 56 | 0.11% | 10,972 | 21.72% | 50,516 |
| Boone | 7,699 | 67.92% | 3,543 | 31.26% | 93 | 0.82% | 4,156 | 36.66% | 11,335 |
| Bremer | 5,045 | 56.44% | 3,880 | 43.41% | 14 | 0.16% | 1,165 | 13.03% | 8,939 |
| Buchanan | 5,621 | 63.71% | 3,187 | 36.12% | 15 | 0.17% | 2,434 | 27.59% | 8,823 |
| Buena Vista | 5,245 | 58.30% | 3,747 | 41.65% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,498 | 16.65% | 8,997 |
| Butler | 3,370 | 49.33% | 3,462 | 50.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -92 | -1.34% | 6,832 |
| Calhoun | 4,407 | 64.53% | 2,422 | 35.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,985 | 29.06% | 6,829 |
| Carroll | 7,807 | 76.49% | 2,387 | 23.39% | 13 | 0.13% | 5,420 | 53.10% | 10,207 |
| Cass | 4,006 | 48.87% | 4,182 | 51.01% | 10 | 0.12% | -176 | -2.14% | 8,198 |
| Cedar | 4,617 | 59.69% | 3,106 | 40.16% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,511 | 19.53% | 7,735 |
| Cerro Gordo | 13,156 | 62.44% | 7,884 | 37.42% | 31 | 0.15% | 5,272 | 25.02% | 21,071 |
| Cherokee | 4,336 | 57.62% | 3,180 | 42.26% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,156 | 15.36% | 7,525 |
| Chickasaw | 4,545 | 63.28% | 2,632 | 36.65% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,913 | 26.63% | 7,182 |
| Clarke | 2,659 | 63.13% | 1,546 | 36.70% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,113 | 26.43% | 4,212 |
| Clay | 4,631 | 59.76% | 2,999 | 38.70% | 119 | 1.54% | 1,632 | 21.06% | 7,749 |
| Clayton | 5,624 | 58.89% | 3,923 | 41.08% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,701 | 17.81% | 9,550 |
| Clinton | 14,267 | 63.32% | 8,219 | 36.48% | 47 | 0.21% | 6,048 | 26.84% | 22,533 |
| Crawford | 5,024 | 62.51% | 2,999 | 37.31% | 14 | 0.17% | 2,025 | 25.20% | 8,037 |
| Dallas | 7,447 | 66.13% | 3,763 | 33.41% | 52 | 0.46% | 3,684 | 32.72% | 11,262 |
| Davis | 2,966 | 67.38% | 1,424 | 32.35% | 12 | 0.27% | 1,542 | 35.03% | 4,402 |
| Decatur | 3,331 | 68.19% | 1,542 | 31.57% | 12 | 0.25% | 1,789 | 36.62% | 4,885 |
| Delaware | 4,623 | 57.32% | 3,427 | 42.49% | 15 | 0.19% | 1,196 | 14.83% | 8,065 |
| Des Moines | 13,894 | 70.31% | 5,830 | 29.50% | 38 | 0.19% | 8,064 | 40.81% | 19,762 |
| Dickinson | 3,490 | 58.77% | 2,443 | 41.14% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,047 | 17.63% | 5,938 |
| Dubuque | 23,695 | 70.06% | 10,104 | 29.87% | 24 | 0.07% | 13,591 | 40.19% | 33,823 |
| Emmet | 3,487 | 57.14% | 2,611 | 42.78% | 5 | 0.08% | 876 | 14.36% | 6,103 |
| Fayette | 6,900 | 55.28% | 5,567 | 44.60% | 15 | 0.12% | 1,333 | 10.68% | 12,482 |
| Floyd | 5,317 | 58.80% | 3,721 | 41.15% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,596 | 17.65% | 9,043 |
| Franklin | 3,582 | 59.10% | 2,452 | 40.46% | 27 | 0.45% | 1,130 | 18.64% | 6,061 |
| Fremont | 2,703 | 56.77% | 2,044 | 42.93% | 14 | 0.29% | 659 | 13.84% | 4,761 |
| Greene | 3,828 | 63.95% | 2,141 | 35.77% | 17 | 0.28% | 1,687 | 28.18% | 5,986 |
| Grundy | 3,582 | 52.61% | 3,215 | 47.22% | 11 | 0.16% | 367 | 5.39% | 6,808 |
| Guthrie | 3,962 | 64.46% | 2,169 | 35.29% | 15 | 0.24% | 1,793 | 29.17% | 6,146 |
| Hamilton | 5,195 | 62.35% | 3,127 | 37.53% | 10 | 0.12% | 2,068 | 24.82% | 8,332 |
| Hancock | 3,857 | 62.89% | 2,269 | 37.00% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,588 | 25.89% | 6,133 |
| Hardin | 5,459 | 58.67% | 3,828 | 41.14% | 17 | 0.18% | 1,631 | 17.53% | 9,304 |
| Harrison | 4,575 | 58.75% | 3,203 | 41.13% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,372 | 17.62% | 7,787 |
| Henry | 4,223 | 56.44% | 3,247 | 43.40% | 12 | 0.16% | 976 | 13.04% | 7,482 |
| Howard | 3,841 | 61.84% | 2,360 | 38.00% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,481 | 23.84% | 6,211 |
| Humboldt | 3,376 | 59.96% | 2,250 | 39.96% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,126 | 20.00% | 5,630 |
| Ida | 2,905 | 59.48% | 1,977 | 40.48% | 2 | 0.04% | 928 | 19.00% | 4,884 |
| Iowa | 4,261 | 60.00% | 2,828 | 39.82% | 13 | 0.18% | 1,433 | 20.18% | 7,102 |
| Jackson | 5,130 | 62.52% | 3,066 | 37.37% | 9 | 0.11% | 2,064 | 25.15% | 8,205 |
| Jasper | 10,216 | 65.65% | 5,321 | 34.19% | 24 | 0.15% | 4,895 | 31.46% | 15,561 |
| Jefferson | 4,135 | 59.79% | 2,755 | 39.84% | 26 | 0.38% | 1,380 | 19.95% | 6,916 |
| Johnson | 14,717 | 68.08% | 6,860 | 31.73% | 41 | 0.19% | 7,857 | 36.35% | 21,618 |
| Jones | 5,511 | 63.55% | 3,154 | 36.37% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,357 | 27.18% | 8,672 |
| Keokuk | 4,790 | 64.69% | 2,597 | 35.08% | 17 | 0.23% | 2,193 | 29.61% | 7,404 |
| Kossuth | 6,893 | 64.58% | 3,776 | 35.38% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,117 | 29.20% | 10,674 |
| Lee | 12,244 | 65.89% | 6,321 | 34.02% | 17 | 0.09% | 5,923 | 31.87% | 18,582 |
| Linn | 40,106 | 64.66% | 21,845 | 35.22% | 78 | 0.13% | 18,261 | 29.44% | 62,029 |
| Louisa | 2,624 | 58.56% | 1,845 | 41.17% | 12 | 0.27% | 779 | 17.39% | 4,481 |
| Lucas | 3,310 | 62.93% | 1,935 | 36.79% | 15 | 0.29% | 1,375 | 26.14% | 5,260 |
| Lyon | 2,747 | 46.28% | 3,185 | 53.66% | 3 | 0.05% | -438 | -7.38% | 5,935 |
| Madison | 3,518 | 60.87% | 2,250 | 38.93% | 12 | 0.21% | 1,268 | 21.94% | 5,780 |
| Mahaska | 6,396 | 62.68% | 3,787 | 37.11% | 22 | 0.22% | 2,609 | 25.57% | 10,205 |
| Marion | 7,911 | 66.80% | 3,903 | 32.96% | 28 | 0.24% | 4,008 | 33.84% | 11,842 |
| Marshall | 9,815 | 60.68% | 6,323 | 39.09% | 38 | 0.23% | 3,492 | 21.59% | 16,176 |
| Mills | 2,463 | 50.38% | 2,424 | 49.58% | 2 | 0.04% | 39 | 0.80% | 4,889 |
| Mitchell | 3,868 | 60.69% | 2,489 | 39.06% | 16 | 0.25% | 1,379 | 21.63% | 6,373 |
| Monona | 3,971 | 64.18% | 2,208 | 35.69% | 8 | 0.13% | 1,763 | 28.49% | 6,187 |
| Monroe | 3,186 | 66.50% | 1,588 | 33.15% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,598 | 33.35% | 4,791 |
| Montgomery | 3,489 | 52.86% | 3,101 | 46.98% | 11 | 0.17% | 388 | 5.88% | 6,601 |
| Muscatine | 8,020 | 59.07% | 5,547 | 40.86% | 10 | 0.07% | 2,473 | 18.21% | 13,577 |
| O'Brien | 4,295 | 49.73% | 4,336 | 50.20% | 6 | 0.07% | -41 | -0.47% | 8,637 |
| Osceola | 2,498 | 58.08% | 1,798 | 41.80% | 5 | 0.12% | 700 | 16.28% | 4,301 |
| Page | 4,402 | 47.80% | 4,775 | 51.85% | 32 | 0.35% | -373 | -4.05% | 9,209 |
| Palo Alto | 4,441 | 66.81% | 2,206 | 33.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,235 | 33.62% | 6,647 |
| Plymouth | 5,691 | 53.62% | 4,920 | 46.36% | 2 | 0.02% | 771 | 7.26% | 10,613 |
| Pocahontas | 3,988 | 65.68% | 2,079 | 34.24% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,909 | 31.44% | 6,072 |
| Polk | 74,194 | 66.27% | 37,280 | 33.30% | 479 | 0.43% | 36,914 | 32.97% | 111,953 |
| Pottawattamie | 17,569 | 55.25% | 14,208 | 44.68% | 22 | 0.07% | 3,361 | 10.57% | 31,799 |
| Poweshiek | 5,213 | 62.55% | 3,109 | 37.31% | 12 | 0.14% | 2,104 | 25.24% | 8,334 |
| Ringgold | 2,260 | 58.85% | 1,571 | 40.91% | 9 | 0.23% | 689 | 17.94% | 3,840 |
| Sac | 4,358 | 59.68% | 2,937 | 40.22% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,421 | 19.46% | 7,302 |
| Scott | 31,526 | 61.70% | 19,488 | 38.14% | 84 | 0.16% | 12,038 | 23.56% | 51,098 |
| Shelby | 4,148 | 58.12% | 2,928 | 41.03% | 61 | 0.85% | 1,220 | 17.09% | 7,137 |
| Sioux | 4,233 | 34.35% | 8,078 | 65.55% | 12 | 0.10% | -3,845 | -31.20% | 12,323 |
| Story | 12,329 | 59.82% | 8,188 | 39.73% | 93 | 0.45% | 4,141 | 20.09% | 20,610 |
| Tama | 6,057 | 63.04% | 3,543 | 36.88% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,514 | 26.16% | 9,608 |
| Taylor | 2,780 | 56.25% | 2,162 | 43.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 618 | 12.50% | 4,942 |
| Union | 3,751 | 59.89% | 2,502 | 39.95% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,249 | 19.94% | 6,263 |
| Van Buren | 2,555 | 60.02% | 1,700 | 39.93% | 2 | 0.05% | 855 | 20.09% | 4,257 |
| Wapello | 13,971 | 71.48% | 5,524 | 28.26% | 51 | 0.26% | 8,447 | 43.22% | 19,546 |
| Warren | 6,639 | 64.14% | 3,679 | 35.54% | 33 | 0.32% | 2,960 | 28.60% | 10,351 |
| Washington | 4,587 | 57.92% | 3,315 | 41.86% | 17 | 0.21% | 1,272 | 16.06% | 7,919 |
| Wayne | 3,062 | 60.49% | 1,994 | 39.39% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,068 | 21.10% | 5,062 |
| Webster | 13,005 | 66.23% | 6,576 | 33.49% | 54 | 0.28% | 6,429 | 32.74% | 19,635 |
| Winnebago | 3,677 | 61.11% | 2,331 | 38.74% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,346 | 22.37% | 6,017 |
| Winneshiek | 5,811 | 59.55% | 3,941 | 40.38% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,870 | 19.17% | 9,759 |
| Woodbury | 26,841 | 60.70% | 17,347 | 39.23% | 30 | 0.07% | 9,494 | 21.47% | 44,218 |
| Worth | 2,936 | 62.16% | 1,777 | 37.62% | 10 | 0.21% | 1,159 | 24.54% | 4,723 |
| Wright | 4,998 | 63.78% | 2,831 | 36.13% | 7 | 0.09% | 2,167 | 27.65% | 7,836 |
| Totals | 733,030 | 61.88% | 449,148 | 37.92% | 2,361 | 0.20% | 283,882 | 23.96% | 1,184,539 |
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