1964 United States presidential election in Missouri

1964 United States presidential election in Missouri

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Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 1,164,344 653,535
Percentage 64.05% 35.95%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 64.05 percent of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 35.95 percent.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Perry County, Holt County, Lawrence County, Jasper County, Polk County, Greene County, Cooper County, Newton County, Cape Girardeau County, Barry County, St. Charles County, and Barton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1964 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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