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1964 United States presidential election in Montana
← 1960 November 3, 1964 (1964-11-03) 1968 →
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 164,246 113,032
Percentage 58.95% 40.57%
County Results

Johnson

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

Goldwater

  40-50%   50-60%

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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

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The 1964 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1964, and was part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana powerfully voted for the Democratic nominee, President Lyndon B. Johnson, over the Republican nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater. Johnson won Montana by a large margin of 18.38%. This is the last presidential election where a Democrat won Montana by a majority of the popular vote (Bill Clinton would win the state by a plurality in 1992).

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Yellowstone, Flathead, Ravalli, Park, Custer, Richland, Fergus, Granite, Powell, Teton, Carbon, Chouteau, Wheatland, Judith Basin, Pondera, Golden Valley, Toole, Liberty, Treasure, Musselshell, Phillips, Daniels, and Petroleum.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Montana
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 164,246 58.95% 4
Republican Barry Goldwater 113,032 40.57% 0
States' Rights John Kasper 519 0.19% 0
Prohibition E. Harold Munn 499 0.18% 0
Militant Workers Clifton DeBerry 332 0.12% 0
Totals 278,628 100.00% 4

Results by county

County Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic 		Barry Goldwater
Republican 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Beaverhead 1,469 45.47% 1,754 54.29% 8 0.25% -285 -8.82% 3,231
Big Horn 2,509 62.83% 1,481 37.09% 3 0.08% 1,028 25.74% 3,993
Blaine 1,742 64.45% 961 35.55% 0 0.00% 781 28.90% 2,703
Broadwater 595 49.42% 609 50.58% 0 0.00% -14 -1.16% 1,204
Carbon 2,098 57.75% 1,535 42.25% 0 0.00% 563 15.50% 3,633
Carter 453 44.02% 576 55.98% 0 0.00% -123 -11.96% 1,029
Cascade 17,609 65.92% 8,986 33.64% 119 0.45% 8,623 32.28% 26,714
Chouteau 1,827 55.77% 1,444 44.08% 5 0.15% 383 11.69% 3,276
Custer 2,790 54.70% 2,302 45.13% 9 0.18% 488 9.57% 5,101
Daniels 987 57.05% 742 42.89% 1 0.06% 245 14.16% 1,730
Dawson 2,691 58.03% 1,938 41.79% 8 0.17% 753 16.24% 4,637
Deer Lodge 4,835 77.25% 1,415 22.61% 9 0.14% 3,420 54.64% 6,259
Fallon 765 47.96% 827 51.85% 3 0.19% -62 -3.89% 1,595
Fergus 3,300 52.44% 2,980 47.35% 13 0.21% 320 5.09% 6,293
Flathead 8,015 55.78% 6,325 44.02% 30 0.21% 1,690 11.76% 14,370
Gallatin 5,600 49.79% 5,621 49.97% 27 0.24% -21 -0.18% 11,248
Garfield 384 42.86% 509 56.81% 3 0.33% -125 -13.95% 896
Glacier 2,218 59.99% 1,458 39.44% 21 0.57% 760 20.55% 3,697
Golden Valley 352 58.28% 252 41.72% 0 0.00% 100 16.56% 604
Granite 658 55.43% 527 44.40% 2 0.17% 131 11.03% 1,187
Hill 4,491 68.00% 2,101 31.81% 12 0.18% 2,390 36.19% 6,604
Jefferson 967 59.29% 662 40.59% 2 0.12% 305 18.70% 1,631
Judith Basin 822 54.73% 678 45.14% 2 0.13% 144 9.59% 1,502
Lake 3,148 52.59% 2,828 47.24% 10 0.17% 320 5.35% 5,986
Lewis and Clark 7,506 54.84% 6,155 44.97% 26 0.19% 1,351 9.87% 13,687
Liberty 619 53.59% 533 46.15% 3 0.26% 86 7.44% 1,155
Lincoln 3,140 66.68% 1,554 33.00% 15 0.32% 1,586 33.68% 4,709
McCone 891 59.12% 615 40.81% 1 0.07% 276 18.31% 1,507
Madison 1,125 46.82% 1,276 53.10% 2 0.08% -151 -6.28% 2,403
Meagher 405 44.36% 506 55.42% 2 0.22% -101 -11.06% 913
Mineral 901 70.72% 368 28.89% 5 0.39% 533 41.83% 1,274
Missoula 12,900 61.42% 8,065 38.40% 39 0.19% 4,835 23.02% 21,004
Musselshell 1,189 59.10% 823 40.90% 0 0.00% 366 18.20% 2,012
Park 2,824 51.79% 2,619 48.03% 10 0.18% 205 3.76% 5,453
Petroleum 210 52.37% 190 47.38% 1 0.25% 20 4.99% 401
Phillips 1,612 56.42% 1,242 43.47% 3 0.11% 370 12.95% 2,857
Pondera 1,759 61.14% 1,110 38.58% 8 0.28% 649 22.56% 2,877
Powder River 449 40.86% 649 59.05% 1 0.09% -200 -18.19% 1,099
Powell 1,896 62.37% 1,140 37.50% 4 0.13% 756 24.87% 3,040
Prairie 488 46.56% 555 52.96% 5 0.48% -67 -6.40% 1,048
Ravalli 3,300 58.28% 2,350 41.50% 12 0.21% 950 16.78% 5,662
Richland 2,320 56.16% 1,784 43.19% 27 0.65% 536 12.97% 4,131
Roosevelt 2,463 60.40% 1,612 39.53% 3 0.07% 851 20.87% 4,078
Rosebud 1,212 52.22% 1,105 47.61% 4 0.17% 107 4.61% 2,321
Sanders 1,836 60.94% 1,163 38.60% 14 0.46% 673 22.34% 3,013
Sheridan 1,905 69.17% 837 30.39% 12 0.44% 1,068 38.78% 2,754
Silver Bow 15,751 74.16% 4,873 22.94% 615 2.90% 10,878 51.22% 21,239
Stillwater 1,130 49.76% 1,140 50.20% 1 0.04% -10 -0.44% 2,271
Sweet Grass 653 43.13% 856 56.54% 5 0.33% -203 -13.41% 1,514
Teton 1,808 56.52% 1,388 43.39% 3 0.09% 420 13.13% 3,199
Toole 1,649 57.38% 1,223 42.55% 2 0.07% 426 14.83% 2,874
Treasure 285 53.17% 251 46.83% 0 0.00% 34 6.34% 536
Valley 3,032 59.16% 2,077 40.53% 16 0.31% 955 18.63% 5,125
Wheatland 790 57.54% 583 42.46% 0 0.00% 207 15.08% 1,373
Wibaux 427 57.94% 308 41.79% 2 0.27% 119 16.15% 737
Yellowstone 17,446 52.49% 15,571 46.85% 222 0.67% 1,875 5.64% 33,239
Totals 164,246 58.95% 113,032 40.57% 1,350 0.48% 51,214 18.38% 278,628

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. David Leip. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential elections. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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