Summary
The 1964 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Nevada was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 58.58% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 41.42% of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Elko County, Humboldt County, Pershing County, Lander County, Lincoln County, and Eureka County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate. Washoe County and Carson City did not vote Democratic again until 2008.[5] This was also the last election until 1992 that a Democratic presidential candidate carried Nevada, and the last until 2008 in which the party received a majority of the vote.
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 79,339 | 58.58% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 56,094 | 41.42% | |
| Total votes | 135,433 | 100% | ||
Results by county edit
| County | Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic |
Barry Morris Goldwater Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Churchill | 1,565 | 49.34% | 1,607 | 50.66% | -42 | -1.32% | 3,172 |
| Clark | 40,760 | 63.02% | 23,921 | 36.98% | 16,839 | 26.03% | 64,681 |
| Douglas | 1,010 | 47.26% | 1,127 | 52.74% | -117 | -5.47% | 2,137 |
| Elko | 2,785 | 60.01% | 1,856 | 39.99% | 929 | 20.02% | 4,641 |
| Esmeralda | 187 | 58.81% | 131 | 41.19% | 56 | 17.61% | 318 |
| Eureka | 285 | 53.98% | 243 | 46.02% | 42 | 7.95% | 528 |
| Humboldt | 1,421 | 56.23% | 1,106 | 43.77% | 315 | 12.47% | 2,527 |
| Lander | 391 | 53.64% | 338 | 46.36% | 53 | 7.27% | 729 |
| Lincoln | 785 | 64.08% | 440 | 35.92% | 345 | 28.16% | 1,225 |
| Lyon | 1,327 | 48.72% | 1,397 | 51.28% | -70 | -2.57% | 2,724 |
| Mineral | 1,440 | 60.84% | 927 | 39.16% | 513 | 21.67% | 2,367 |
| Nye | 1,276 | 60.82% | 822 | 39.18% | 454 | 21.64% | 2,098 |
| Ormsby | 2,129 | 51.60% | 1,997 | 48.40% | 132 | 3.20% | 4,126 |
| Pershing | 738 | 60.29% | 486 | 39.71% | 252 | 20.59% | 1,224 |
| Storey | 261 | 60.28% | 172 | 39.72% | 89 | 20.55% | 433 |
| Washoe | 20,170 | 52.36% | 18,350 | 47.64% | 1,820 | 4.72% | 38,520 |
| White Pine | 2,809 | 70.52% | 1,174 | 29.48% | 1,635 | 41.05% | 3,983 |
| Totals | 79,339 | 58.58% | 56,094 | 41.42% | 23,245 | 17.16% | 135,433 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results - Nevada". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 291 ISBN 0405077114