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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Colorado

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Colorado in 1964, 61.3% to 38.2%, a margin of 23.1 points and 179,257 votes.

Colorado voted 0.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

Colorado changed party: in 1960 it went Republican, for Richard Nixon.

Democrats led in 60 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Denver, cast 218,288 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.2 points. The closest was Hinsdale, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lyndon B. Johnson won	Democratic	476,024	61.3%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	296,767	38.2%
All other candidates		4,194	0.5%
Total		776,985

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Denver	143,480 65.7%	73,279 33.6%	1,529	218,288	D+32.2
Jefferson	43,162 56.2%	33,398 43.5%	252	76,812	D+12.7
El Paso	27,844 53.7%	23,822 46.0%	141	51,807	D+7.8
Adams	35,498 69.0%	15,652 30.4%	304	51,454	D+38.6
Arapahoe	27,940 54.4%	23,071 44.9%	347	51,358	D+9.5
Pueblo	34,933 72.0%	13,103 27.0%	500	48,536	D+45.0
Boulder	22,737 56.4%	17,373 43.1%	220	40,330	D+13.3
Weld	17,268 58.2%	12,204 41.1%	207	29,679	D+17.1
Larimer	12,776 52.0%	11,636 47.3%	173	24,585	D+4.6
Mesa	12,716 60.3%	8,317 39.5%	49	21,082	D+20.9
Otero	5,999 62.3%	3,605 37.4%	32	9,636	D+24.8
Fremont	5,181 57.0%	3,875 42.6%	32	9,088	D+14.4
Las Animas	6,591 78.0%	1,833 21.7%	29	8,453	D+56.3
La Plata	4,442 55.5%	3,550 44.3%	15	8,007	D+11.1
Logan	4,222 54.6%	3,497 45.2%	12	7,731	D+9.4
Morgan	4,271 56.8%	3,228 42.9%	21	7,520	D+13.9
Delta	3,927 57.5%	2,883 42.2%	16	6,826	D+15.3
Montrose	4,009 59.8%	2,678 39.9%	22	6,709	D+19.8
Prowers	3,759 64.6%	2,044 35.1%	19	5,822	D+29.5
Garfield	3,196 58.2%	2,282 41.6%	10	5,488	D+16.7
Montezuma	2,686 56.7%	2,035 43.0%	17	4,738	D+13.7
Yuma	2,145 51.4%	2,007 48.1%	19	4,171	D+3.3
Alamosa	2,481 62.4%	1,488 37.4%	7	3,976	D+25.0
Chaffee	2,463 62.3%	1,476 37.4%	12	3,951	D+25.0
Rio Grande	2,161 55.9%	1,699 43.9%	7	3,867	D+11.9
Huerfano	2,734 75.2%	895 24.6%	5	3,634	D+50.6
Kit Carson	1,906 59.0%	1,316 40.7%	11	3,233	D+18.2
Moffat	1,657 53.4%	1,438 46.3%	8	3,103	D+7.1
Conejos	2,033 66.1%	1,031 33.5%	12	3,076	D+32.6
Lake	2,362 77.4%	681 22.3%	8	3,051	D+55.1
Routt	1,853 62.5%	1,095 36.9%	16	2,964	D+25.6
Douglas	1,442 51.7%	1,336 47.9%	13	2,791	D+3.8
Washington	1,341 48.3%	1,434 51.6%	4	2,779	R+3.3
Bent	1,737 64.4%	937 34.8%	22	2,696	D+29.7
Baca	1,366 52.2%	1,241 47.4%	11	2,618	D+4.8
Gunnison	1,540 63.0%	903 37.0%		2,443	D+26.1
Lincoln	1,327 54.4%	1,104 45.3%	8	2,439	D+9.1
Phillips	1,243 55.0%	1,012 44.8%	5	2,260	D+10.2
Rio Blanco	1,134 52.7%	1,015 47.2%	3	2,152	D+5.5
Eagle	1,299 66.8%	644 33.1%	2	1,945	D+33.7
Sedgwick	942 51.2%	895 48.7%	2	1,839	D+2.6
Elbert	857 48.0%	924 51.8%	4	1,785	R+3.8
Clear Creek	1,086 61.5%	676 38.3%	5	1,767	D+23.2
Saguache	1,099 63.7%	622 36.1%	4	1,725	D+27.7
Grand	902 52.3%	814 47.2%	8	1,724	D+5.1
Crowley	967 58.1%	690 41.5%	6	1,663	D+16.7
Costilla	1,284 80.8%	299 18.8%	6	1,589	D+62.0
Pitkin	958 63.7%	540 35.9%	6	1,504	D+27.8
Cheyenne	735 57.3%	545 42.5%	3	1,283	D+14.8
Kiowa	701 54.8%	579 45.2%		1,280	D+9.5
Teller	685 54.2%	577 45.6%	2	1,264	D+8.5
Park	515 51.0%	493 48.9%	1	1,009	D+2.2
Archuleta	632 62.7%	370 36.7%	6	1,008	D+26.0
San Miguel	636 65.6%	332 34.2%	2	970	D+31.3
Summit	483 58.3%	344 41.5%	1	828	D+16.8
Ouray	456 55.6%	358 43.7%	6	820	D+12.0
Dolores	496 60.6%	322 39.4%		818	D+21.3
Custer	406 52.9%	358 46.7%	3	767	D+6.3
Jackson	384 51.8%	354 47.8%	3	741	D+4.0
Gilpin	363 60.5%	233 38.8%	4	600	D+21.7
San Juan	278 68.3%	129 31.7%		407	D+36.6
Mineral	204 69.2%	89 30.2%	2	295	D+39.0
Hinsdale	94 46.8%	107 53.2%		201	R+6.5

Counties as they stood in 1964; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+11.0
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+13.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+4.9
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.4
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.0
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+4.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.4
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.3
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+7.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+28.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+23.1
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+5.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+6.8
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+2.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.0
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+23.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+26.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+20.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+14.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+13.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+71.1
1892	James B. Weaver (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+5.2

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