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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Idaho

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Idaho in 1964, 50.9% to 49.1%, a margin of 1.8 points and 5,363 votes.

Idaho voted 20.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 23 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Ada, cast 45,043 votes and went to the Republican by 12.8 points. The closest was Custer, where 6 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	148,920	50.9%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	143,557	49.1%
Total		292,477

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Ada	19,639 43.6%	25,404 56.4%	45,043	R+12.8
Canyon	10,601 44.0%	13,466 56.0%	24,067	R+11.9
Bannock	13,483 63.3%	7,825 36.7%	21,308	D+26.6
Bonneville	9,637 47.3%	10,736 52.7%	20,373	R+5.4
Twin Falls	7,638 39.9%	11,518 60.1%	19,156	R+20.3
Kootenai	8,215 57.4%	6,096 42.6%	14,311	D+14.8
Nez Perce	9,245 70.3%	3,912 29.7%	13,157	D+40.5
Bingham	5,231 49.4%	5,364 50.6%	10,595	R+1.3
Latah	5,249 60.2%	3,475 39.8%	8,724	D+20.3
Shoshone	5,194 64.3%	2,884 35.7%	8,078	D+28.6
Bonner	4,328 59.3%	2,975 40.7%	7,303	D+18.5
Cassia	2,608 39.4%	4,009 60.6%	6,617	R+21.2
Minidoka	2,827 47.6%	3,111 52.4%	5,938	R+4.8
Payette	2,508 47.6%	2,764 52.4%	5,272	R+4.9
Idaho	3,188 61.6%	1,990 38.4%	5,178	D+23.1
Jerome	1,828 37.0%	3,113 63.0%	4,941	R+26.0
Jefferson	2,061 42.9%	2,740 57.1%	4,801	R+14.1
Gooding	1,848 42.2%	2,527 57.8%	4,375	R+15.5
Gem	2,328 54.1%	1,979 45.9%	4,307	D+8.1
Elmore	2,310 55.4%	1,857 44.6%	4,167	D+10.9
Madison	1,949 48.1%	2,101 51.9%	4,050	R+3.8
Franklin	1,583 39.7%	2,400 60.3%	3,983	R+20.5
Fremont	1,970 50.3%	1,945 49.7%	3,915	D+0.6
Washington	1,952 53.0%	1,730 47.0%	3,682	D+6.0
Bear Lake	1,857 56.9%	1,409 43.1%	3,266	D+13.7
Clearwater	2,446 76.1%	767 23.9%	3,213	D+52.3
Benewah	1,796 64.7%	981 35.3%	2,777	D+29.3
Caribou	1,422 52.2%	1,303 47.8%	2,725	D+4.4
Lemhi	1,067 41.6%	1,496 58.4%	2,563	R+16.7
Boundary	1,418 57.1%	1,065 42.9%	2,483	D+14.2
Blaine	1,293 52.7%	1,161 47.3%	2,454	D+5.4
Owyhee	1,168 49.0%	1,216 51.0%	2,384	R+2.0
Power	1,161 54.6%	966 45.4%	2,127	D+9.2
Valley	1,126 53.5%	980 46.5%	2,106	D+6.9
Lewis	1,557 76.2%	487 23.8%	2,044	D+52.3
Oneida	768 40.9%	1,111 59.1%	1,879	R+18.3
Lincoln	617 38.9%	969 61.1%	1,586	R+22.2
Butte	848 56.6%	649 43.4%	1,497	D+13.3
Adams	750 52.1%	689 47.9%	1,439	D+4.2
Custer	714 49.8%	720 50.2%	1,434	R+0.4
Teton	598 47.0%	675 53.0%	1,273	R+6.0
Boise	450 52.1%	414 47.9%	864	D+4.2
Camas	258 44.9%	316 55.1%	574	R+10.1
Clark	186 41.5%	262 58.5%	448	R+17.0

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

1964 presidential election in Idaho

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