1964 United States presidential election in Ohio
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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 26 0
Popular vote 2,498,331 1,470,865
Percentage 62.94% 37.06%
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The 1964 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1964 as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose 26 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Ohio was overwhelmingly won by the Democratic Party nominee, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, who carried the state with 62.94% of the vote against Republican Party Barry Goldwater’s 37.06%.

The 1964 election marks the only time a Democratic candidate for president won Ohio with over 60% of the popular vote (and the last time a nominee from either party has done so), the last time the Democratic candidate carried more counties than the Republican candidate, and the last time the margin of victory for the Democratic candidate was in double digits.

This is the only election since the Civil War in which Clinton, Warren and Geauga Counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clermont, Crawford, Darke, Defiance, Fairfield, Fayette, Greene, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Medina, Miami, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Paulding, Pickaway, Preble, Putnam, Richland, Shelby, Van Wert, Washington, Wayne, Williams, and Wyandot counties have never voted Democratic since, while Franklin County did not vote Democratic again until 1996 and Hamilton County did not do so again until 2008.[2]

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Ohio[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert Humphrey 2,498,331 62.94% 26
Republican Barry Goldwater William E. Miller 1,470,865 37.06% 0
Totals 3,969,296 100.00% 26
Voter turnout (registered voters) %

Results by county

County Lyndon Baines Johnson
Democratic 		Barry Morris Goldwater
Republican 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Adams 5,005 57.48% 3,702 42.52% 1,303 14.96% 8,707
Allen 18,990 48.83% 19,897 51.17% -907 -2.33% 38,887
Ashland 8,493 53.75% 7,308 46.25% 1,185 7.50% 15,801
Ashtabula 24,104 64.64% 13,183 35.36% 10,921 29.29% 37,287
Athens 10,633 63.13% 6,211 36.87% 4,422 26.25% 16,844
Auglaize 8,632 52.04% 7,954 47.96% 678 4.09% 16,586
Belmont 28,180 74.41% 9,693 25.59% 18,487 48.81% 37,873
Brown 6,983 64.14% 3,904 35.86% 3,079 28.28% 10,887
Butler 42,278 57.37% 31,413 42.63% 10,865 14.74% 73,691
Carroll 5,050 58.01% 3,655 41.99% 1,395 16.03% 8,705
Champaign 7,138 56.09% 5,588 43.91% 1,550 12.18% 12,726
Clark 34,275 64.20% 19,112 35.80% 15,163 28.40% 53,387
Clermont 16,523 55.28% 13,367 44.72% 3,156 10.56% 29,890
Clinton 6,514 51.71% 6,082 48.29% 432 3.43% 12,596
Columbiana 28,706 64.46% 15,827 35.54% 12,879 28.92% 44,533
Coshocton 8,382 58.42% 5,965 41.58% 2,417 16.85% 14,347
Crawford 11,968 57.16% 8,970 42.84% 2,998 14.32% 20,938
Cuyahoga 492,911 71.50% 196,436 28.50% 296,475 43.01% 689,347
Darke 12,433 59.17% 8,581 40.83% 3,852 18.33% 21,014
Defiance 8,707 63.30% 5,048 36.70% 3,659 26.60% 13,755
Delaware 8,080 49.04% 8,395 50.96% -315 -1.91% 16,475
Erie 15,968 61.54% 9,981 38.46% 5,987 23.07% 25,949
Fairfield 15,611 57.62% 11,480 42.38% 4,131 15.25% 27,091
Fayette 6,128 57.30% 4,567 42.70% 1,561 14.60% 10,695
Franklin 154,527 54.05% 131,345 45.95% 23,182 8.11% 285,872
Fulton 5,604 48.41% 5,973 51.59% -369 -3.19% 11,577
Gallia 4,740 51.81% 4,408 48.19% 332 3.63% 9,148
Geauga 12,212 56.45% 9,423 43.55% 2,789 12.89% 21,635
Greene 21,276 59.35% 14,571 40.65% 6,705 18.70% 35,847
Guernsey 9,503 59.65% 6,429 40.35% 3,074 19.29% 15,932
Hamilton 199,127 55.27% 161,179 44.73% 37,948 10.53% 360,306
Hancock 11,547 49.86% 11,610 50.14% -63 -0.27% 23,157
Hardin 7,324 56.33% 5,679 43.67% 1,645 12.65% 13,003
Harrison 5,159 63.79% 2,928 36.21% 2,231 27.59% 8,087
Henry 5,845 53.43% 5,094 46.57% 751 6.87% 10,939
Highland 7,281 54.88% 5,985 45.12% 1,296 9.77% 13,266
Hocking 5,951 67.56% 2,858 32.44% 3,093 35.11% 8,809
Holmes 3,559 62.82% 2,106 37.18% 1,453 25.65% 5,665
Huron 10,780 58.48% 7,655 41.52% 3,125 16.95% 18,435
Jackson 7,056 58.78% 4,949 41.22% 2,107 17.55% 12,005
Jefferson 33,039 73.71% 11,784 26.29% 21,255 47.42% 44,823
Knox 11,222 60.73% 7,258 39.27% 3,964 21.45% 18,480
Lake 38,552 62.35% 23,282 37.65% 15,270 24.70% 61,834
Lawrence 12,635 61.96% 7,757 38.04% 4,878 23.92% 20,392
Licking 23,364 60.75% 15,096 39.25% 8,268 21.50% 38,460
Logan 8,484 55.94% 6,683 44.06% 1,801 11.87% 15,167
Lorain 55,755 67.63% 26,683 32.37% 29,072 35.27% 82,438
Lucas 128,110 68.92% 57,782 31.08% 70,328 37.83% 185,892
Madison 5,264 51.56% 4,945 48.44% 319 3.12% 10,209
Mahoning 90,934 72.92% 33,775 27.08% 57,159 45.83% 124,709
Marion 14,400 58.90% 10,050 41.10% 4,350 17.79% 24,450
Medina 14,729 59.03% 10,221 40.97% 4,508 18.07% 24,950
Meigs 5,133 56.37% 3,973 43.63% 1,160 12.74% 9,106
Mercer 10,081 69.75% 4,373 30.25% 5,708 39.49% 14,454
Miami 19,379 59.88% 12,985 40.12% 6,394 19.76% 32,364
Monroe 4,776 71.07% 1,944 28.93% 2,832 42.14% 6,720
Montgomery 126,633 63.76% 71,979 36.24% 54,654 27.52% 198,612
Morgan 3,053 57.24% 2,281 42.76% 772 14.47% 5,334
Morrow 4,572 52.16% 4,194 47.84% 378 4.31% 8,766
Muskingum 20,792 64.12% 11,635 35.88% 9,157 28.24% 32,427
Noble 2,925 56.52% 2,250 43.48% 675 13.04% 5,175
Ottawa 9,618 63.04% 5,639 36.96% 3,979 26.08% 15,257
Paulding 4,465 57.84% 3,254 42.16% 1,211 15.69% 7,719
Perry 7,816 66.74% 3,895 33.26% 3,921 33.48% 11,711
Pickaway 7,310 57.89% 5,317 42.11% 1,993 15.78% 12,627
Pike 5,331 67.50% 2,567 32.50% 2,764 35.00% 7,898
Portage 23,308 68.25% 10,842 31.75% 12,466 36.50% 34,150
Preble 7,574 56.47% 5,839 43.53% 1,735 12.94% 13,413
Putnam 7,014 57.33% 5,221 42.67% 1,793 14.65% 12,235
Richland 24,799 56.84% 18,833 43.16% 5,966 13.67% 43,632
Ross 12,704 56.90% 9,623 43.10% 3,081 13.80% 22,327
Sandusky 13,481 62.02% 8,254 37.98% 5,227 24.05% 21,735
Scioto 21,559 61.55% 13,465 38.45% 8,094 23.11% 35,024
Seneca 14,518 60.36% 9,536 39.64% 4,982 20.71% 24,054
Shelby 10,004 65.84% 5,190 34.16% 4,814 31.68% 15,194
Stark 88,704 62.32% 53,632 37.68% 35,072 24.64% 142,336
Summit 142,319 67.67% 68,000 32.33% 74,319 35.34% 210,319
Trumbull 54,342 66.76% 27,059 33.24% 27,283 33.52% 81,401
Tuscarawas 23,623 70.34% 9,962 29.66% 13,661 40.68% 33,585
Union 4,985 47.53% 5,504 52.47% -519 -4.95% 10,489
Van Wert 7,695 55.40% 6,194 44.60% 1,501 10.81% 13,889
Vinton 2,618 57.70% 1,919 42.30% 699 15.41% 4,537
Warren 12,406 53.04% 10,982 46.96% 1,424 6.09% 23,388
Washington 11,193 55.78% 8,873 44.22% 2,320 11.56% 20,066
Wayne 14,806 59.95% 9,890 40.05% 4,916 19.91% 24,696
Williams 7,547 57.17% 5,653 42.83% 1,894 14.35% 13,200
Wood 16,304 57.32% 12,142 42.68% 4,162 14.63% 28,446
Wyandot 5,273 56.02% 4,139 43.98% 1,134 12.05% 9,412
Totals 2,498,331 62.94% 1,470,865 37.06% 1,027,466 25.88% 3,969,196

See also

References

  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 275-279 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1964 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio
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