1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota Turnout 76.33%[ 1] County Results
Johnson
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Goldwater
50–60%
The1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election . Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to theElectoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by theDFL candidate,incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson , who had assumed the presidency less than a year earlier following theassassination ofJohn F. Kennedy , won the state overU.S. Senator Barry Goldwater ofArizona by a margin of 431,493 votes, or 27.76%. Johnson went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 22.58% of the popular vote. Goldwater carried only six states, including his home state ofArizona , together with the five southern states ofAlabama ,Georgia ,Louisiana ,Mississippi , andSouth Carolina .
In the 1964 election, President Johnson carried Minnesota by a margin of victory that hadn't been seen in a presidential election in the state sinceFranklin D. Roosevelt carried the state by a margin of 30.83% overAlf Landon in1936 . This margin of victory was aided by the fact thatHubert Humphrey , the state's incumbent U.S. Senator, was on the Democratic ticket for vice president.
To date Johnson's performance is the best ever for a Democrat in Minnesota, in fact, no presidential candidate has since obtained more than 55% of the state's vote in a presidential election. Despite Johnson's emphatic win, as of the2024 presidential election [update] Alaska ,Kentucky orMissouri , but also the last in whichBrown County ,Redwood County , andRock County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Olmsted County would not vote Democratic again until2008 .[ 2]
County Lyndon B. Johnson[ 4] Barry Goldwater Eric Hass[ 5] Clifton DeBerry[ 5] Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 3,874 65.77% 2,000 33.96% 9 0.15% 7 0.12% 1,874 31.81% 5,890 Anoka 31,714 70.47% 13,201 29.33% 47 0.10% 43 0.10% 18,513 41.14% 45,005 Becker 6,453 63.14% 3,751 36.70% 6 0.06% 10 0.10% 2,702 26.44% 10,220 Beltrami 5,967 65.10% 3,184 34.74% 9 0.10% 6 0.07% 2,783 30.36% 9,166 Benton 4,679 62.22% 2,818 37.47% 20 0.27% 3 0.04% 1,861 24.75% 7,520 Big Stone 2,831 67.86% 1,331 31.90% 9 0.22% 1 0.02% 1,500 35.96% 4,172 Blue Earth 10,687 56.85% 8,009 42.61% 96 0.51% 5 0.03% 2,678 14.24% 18,797 Brown 6,069 50.84% 5,851 49.02% 10 0.08% 7 0.06% 218 1.82% 11,937 Carlton 9,552 77.29% 2,780 22.49% 13 0.11% 14 0.11% 6,772 54.80% 12,359 Carver 5,123 48.52% 5,424 51.37% 4 0.04% 7 0.07% -301 -2.85% 10,558 Cass 4,635 59.78% 3,110 40.11% 7 0.09% 2 0.03% 1,525 19.67% 7,754 Chippewa 4,550 61.78% 2,806 38.10% 6 0.08% 3 0.04% 1,744 23.68% 7,365 Chisago 4,347 63.10% 2,525 36.65% 9 0.13% 8 0.12% 1,822 26.45% 6,889 Clay 10,161 62.39% 6,085 37.37% 35 0.21% 4 0.02% 4,076 25.02% 16,285 Clearwater 2,596 69.43% 1,137 30.41% 2 0.05% 4 0.11% 1,459 39.02% 3,739 Cook 976 56.03% 764 43.86% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 212 12.17% 1,742 Cottonwood 4,090 54.33% 3,423 45.47% 9 0.12% 6 0.08% 667 8.86% 7,528 Crow Wing 9,197 64.10% 5,131 35.76% 9 0.06% 12 0.08% 4,066 28.34% 14,349 Dakota 28,391 67.07% 13,856 32.73% 64 0.15% 17 0.04% 14,535 34.34% 42,328 Dodge 3,138 55.84% 2,474 44.02% 6 0.11% 2 0.04% 664 11.82% 5,620 Douglas 6,040 59.36% 4,122 40.51% 8 0.08% 5 0.05% 1,918 18.85% 10,175 Faribault 5,946 55.18% 4,817 44.71% 8 0.07% 4 0.04% 1,129 10.47% 10,775 Fillmore 5,813 54.58% 4,824 45.29% 11 0.10% 3 0.03% 989 9.29% 10,651 Freeborn 10,554 63.16% 6,136 36.72% 16 0.10% 3 0.02% 4,418 26.44% 16,709 Goodhue 9,035 57.96% 6,539 41.95% 9 0.06% 6 0.04% 2,496 16.01% 15,589 Grant 2,631 60.26% 1,734 39.72% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 897 20.54% 4,366 Hennepin 241,020 60.75% 154,736 39.00% 623 0.16% 348 0.09% 86,284 21.75% 396,727 Houston 3,885 53.03% 3,433 46.86% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 452 6.17% 7,326 Hubbard 2,553 52.72% 2,283 47.14% 6 0.12% 1 0.02% 270 5.58% 4,843 Isanti 4,026 66.90% 1,982 32.93% 3 0.05% 7 0.12% 2,044 33.97% 6,018 Itasca 12,054 74.27% 4,137 25.49% 19 0.12% 21 0.13% 7,917 48.78% 16,231 Jackson 4,576 65.18% 2,441 34.77% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,135 30.41% 7,021 Kanabec 2,666 66.25% 1,348 33.50% 5 0.12% 5 0.12% 1,318 32.75% 4,024 Kandiyohi 9,108 69.23% 4,011 30.49% 25 0.19% 12 0.09% 5,097 38.74% 13,156 Kittson 2,790 70.72% 1,153 29.23% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,637 41.49% 3,945 Koochiching 5,878 78.47% 1,602 21.39% 6 0.08% 5 0.07% 4,276 57.08% 7,491 Lac qui Parle 3,934 63.66% 2,236 36.18% 5 0.08% 5 0.08% 1,698 27.48% 6,180 Lake 4,704 79.39% 1,205 20.34% 8 0.14% 8 0.14% 3,499 59.05% 5,925 Lake of the Woods 1,266 71.73% 489 27.71% 5 0.28% 5 0.28% 777 44.02% 1,765 Le Sueur 6,117 65.60% 3,191 34.22% 12 0.13% 5 0.05% 2,926 31.38% 9,325 Lincoln 3,024 68.29% 1,393 31.46% 2 0.05% 9 0.20% 1,631 36.83% 4,428 Lyon 6,649 67.69% 3,165 32.22% 7 0.07% 1 0.01% 3,484 35.47% 9,822 Mahnomen 1,967 75.11% 648 24.74% 3 0.11% 1 0.04% 1,319 50.37% 2,619 Marshall 4,594 70.79% 1,893 29.17% 2 0.03% 1 0.02% 2,701 41.62% 6,490 Martin 5,575 45.98% 6,529 53.84% 14 0.12% 8 0.07% -954 -7.86% 12,126 McLeod 5,755 50.86% 5,545 49.00% 9 0.08% 7 0.06% 210 1.86% 11,316 Meeker 5,270 62.90% 3,099 36.99% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 2,171 25.91% 8,378 Mille Lacs 4,369 63.58% 2,474 36.00% 15 0.22% 14 0.20% 1,895 27.58% 6,872 Morrison 7,492 67.91% 3,515 31.86% 16 0.15% 9 0.08% 3,977 36.05% 11,032 Mower 13,573 67.39% 6,510 32.32% 43 0.21% 14 0.07% 7,063 35.07% 20,140 Murray 3,822 62.13% 2,325 37.79% 5 0.08% 0 0.00% 1,497 24.34% 6,152 Nicollet 5,121 58.62% 3,605 41.27% 4 0.05% 6 0.07% 1,516 17.35% 8,736 Nobles 6,431 64.57% 3,517 35.31% 9 0.09% 3 0.03% 2,914 29.26% 9,960 Norman 3,631 68.50% 1,662 31.35% 5 0.09% 3 0.06% 1,969 37.15% 5,301 Olmsted 16,195 55.94% 12,699 43.87% 47 0.16% 9 0.03% 3,496 12.07% 28,950 Otter Tail 9,997 48.61% 10,542 51.26% 17 0.08% 9 0.04% -545 -2.65% 20,565 Pennington 3,894 70.37% 1,630 29.45% 3 0.05% 7 0.13% 2,264 40.92% 5,534 Pine 5,123 69.04% 2,279 30.71% 10 0.13% 8 0.11% 2,844 38.33% 7,420 Pipestone 3,365 57.51% 2,481 42.40% 3 0.05% 2 0.03% 884 15.11% 5,851 Polk 11,052 68.60% 5,039 31.27% 11 0.07% 9 0.06% 6,013 37.33% 16,111 Pope 3,549 61.57% 2,213 38.39% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 1,336 23.18% 5,764 Ramsey 133,948 69.91% 56,898 29.70% 579 0.30% 167 0.09% 77,050 40.21% 191,592 Red Lake 1,861 75.96% 573 23.39% 9 0.37% 7 0.29% 1,288 52.57% 2,450 Redwood 4,722 50.90% 4,546 49.00% 5 0.05% 4 0.04% 176 1.90% 9,277 Renville 6,072 58.18% 4,340 41.58% 14 0.13% 11 0.11% 1,732 16.60% 10,437 Rice 9,299 62.65% 5,518 37.18% 18 0.12% 8 0.05% 3,781 25.47% 14,843 Rock 2,896 54.78% 2,389 45.19% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 507 9.59% 5,287 Roseau 3,636 68.69% 1,651 31.19% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% 1,985 37.50% 5,293 St. Louis 79,529 75.61% 25,246 24.00% 275 0.26% 133 0.13% 54,283 51.61% 105,183 Scott 7,248 68.57% 3,311 31.32% 9 0.09% 2 0.02% 3,937 37.25% 10,570 Sherburne 3,787 63.75% 2,132 35.89% 17 0.29% 4 0.07% 1,655 27.86% 5,940 Sibley 3,577 48.10% 3,854 51.83% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% -277 -3.73% 7,436 Stearns 19,063 59.26% 13,009 40.44% 58 0.18% 36 0.11% 6,054 18.82% 32,166 Steele 6,022 55.05% 4,882 44.63% 27 0.25% 8 0.07% 1,140 10.42% 10,939 Stevens 2,910 56.65% 2,220 43.22% 6 0.12% 1 0.02% 690 13.43% 5,137 Swift 4,380 67.14% 2,132 32.68% 6 0.09% 6 0.09% 2,248 34.46% 6,524 Todd 5,673 58.47% 4,006 41.29% 17 0.18% 6 0.06% 1,667 17.18% 9,702 Traverse 2,247 67.64% 1,073 32.30% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,174 35.34% 3,322 Wabasha 4,367 58.20% 3,133 41.75% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,234 16.45% 7,504 Wadena 2,908 54.52% 2,418 45.33% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% 490 9.19% 5,334 Waseca 3,633 50.34% 3,570 49.47% 10 0.14% 4 0.06% 63 0.87% 7,217 Washington 18,108 67.01% 8,850 32.75% 43 0.16% 21 0.08% 9,258 34.26% 27,022 Watonwan 3,615 56.09% 2,823 43.80% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% 792 12.29% 6,445 Wilkin 2,751 62.65% 1,636 37.26% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 1,115 25.39% 4,391 Winona 11,397 64.14% 6,345 35.71% 21 0.12% 7 0.04% 5,052 28.43% 17,770 Wright 8,687 61.24% 5,476 38.60% 14 0.10% 8 0.06% 3,211 22.64% 14,185 Yellow Medicine 4,707 63.06% 2,751 36.86% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 1,956 26.20% 7,464 Totals 991,117 63.76% 559,624 36.00% 2,544 0.16% 1,177 0.08% 431,493 27.76% 1,554,462
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