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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Michigan

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Michigan in 1964, 66.7% to 33.1%, a margin of 33.6 points and 1,076,463 votes.

Michigan voted 11.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

The Democratic hold continued from 1960, when John F. Kennedy won.

Democrats led in 80 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Wayne, cast 1,094,724 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.1 points. The closest was Osceola, where 112 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lyndon B. Johnson won Democratic 2,136,615 66.7%
Barry Goldwater Republican 1,060,152 33.1%
All other candidates 6,335 0.2%
Total3,203,102

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 831,674 76.0% 260,901 23.8% 2,149 1,094,724 D+52.1
Oakland 182,797 61.4% 114,025 38.3% 686 297,508 D+23.1
Macomb 131,450 74.5% 44,684 25.3% 387 176,521 D+49.2
Kent 86,860 56.4% 66,830 43.4% 269 153,959 D+13.0
Genesee 100,346 67.4% 48,311 32.5% 221 148,878 D+35.0
Ingham 53,685 61.8% 32,965 38.0% 179 86,829 D+23.9
Saginaw 45,309 61.6% 28,146 38.3% 127 73,582 D+23.3
Kalamazoo 40,789 59.9% 27,100 39.8% 215 68,104 D+20.1
Washtenaw 42,089 62.0% 25,595 37.7% 206 67,890 D+24.3
Berrien 33,653 55.9% 26,387 43.9% 122 60,162 D+12.1
Muskegon 36,769 62.3% 22,146 37.5% 119 59,034 D+24.8
Calhoun 32,939 63.3% 18,987 36.5% 99 52,025 D+26.8
Jackson 28,219 57.3% 20,940 42.5% 88 49,247 D+14.8
Ottawa 20,151 45.0% 24,512 54.8% 72 44,735 R+9.7
St. Clair 24,662 59.1% 17,011 40.8% 62 41,735 D+18.3
Bay 29,754 71.3% 11,896 28.5% 56 41,706 D+42.8
Monroe 26,528 69.6% 11,499 30.2% 84 38,111 D+39.4
Lenawee 16,815 59.5% 11,385 40.3% 60 28,260 D+19.2
Allegan 11,934 51.5% 11,223 48.4% 37 23,194 D+3.1
Midland 12,587 58.1% 9,020 41.7% 48 21,655 D+16.5
Eaton 12,590 58.4% 8,919 41.4% 46 21,555 D+17.0
Shiawassee 13,676 63.6% 7,786 36.2% 41 21,503 D+27.4
Marquette 14,045 67.9% 6,615 32.0% 36 20,696 D+35.9
Van Buren 11,336 58.1% 8,120 41.6% 48 19,504 D+16.5
Tuscola 9,374 55.5% 7,509 44.4% 22 16,905 D+11.0
St. Joseph 9,284 55.9% 7,307 44.0% 32 16,623 D+11.9
Livingston 9,698 59.0% 6,723 40.9% 20 16,441 D+18.1
Ionia 10,362 64.3% 5,698 35.4% 53 16,113 D+28.9
Clinton 8,932 60.2% 5,891 39.7% 14 14,837 D+20.5
Houghton 9,761 66.0% 5,024 34.0% 6 14,791 D+32.0
Cass 8,789 59.6% 5,925 40.2% 28 14,742 D+19.4
Lapeer 8,595 58.8% 6,012 41.1% 17 14,624 D+17.7
Delta 10,046 69.2% 4,434 30.6% 27 14,507 D+38.7
Montcalm 8,970 63.3% 5,181 36.5% 26 14,177 D+26.7
Sanilac 6,266 45.2% 7,590 54.7% 18 13,874 R+9.5
Grand Traverse 7,475 54.6% 6,198 45.3% 20 13,693 D+9.3
Barry 8,102 59.4% 5,509 40.4% 39 13,650 D+19.0
Huron 7,349 53.9% 6,263 46.0% 14 13,626 D+8.0
Hillsdale 6,564 50.1% 6,420 49.0% 106 13,090 D+1.1
Branch 7,858 60.3% 5,110 39.2% 66 13,034 D+21.1
Gratiot 7,383 57.8% 5,369 42.0% 26 12,778 D+15.8
Isabella 7,040 60.0% 4,672 39.8% 15 11,727 D+20.2
Alpena 7,508 65.4% 3,954 34.5% 10 11,472 D+31.0
Gogebic 7,945 70.2% 3,350 29.6% 24 11,319 D+40.6
Dickinson 7,921 70.1% 3,365 29.8% 11 11,297 D+40.3
Menominee 7,119 66.6% 3,545 33.2% 18 10,682 D+33.5
Chippewa 6,537 61.3% 4,098 38.4% 23 10,658 D+22.9
Newaygo 5,457 52.5% 4,931 47.4% 11 10,399 D+5.1
Mason 5,993 60.9% 3,842 39.0% 11 9,846 D+21.8
Manistee 5,520 65.4% 2,918 34.6% 6 8,444 D+30.8
Iron 6,011 71.4% 2,399 28.5% 13 8,423 D+42.9
Mecosta 4,214 54.9% 3,454 45.0% 9 7,677 D+9.9
Wexford 4,414 59.3% 3,016 40.5% 16 7,446 D+18.8
Iosco 4,336 61.6% 2,704 38.4% 4 7,044 D+23.2
Emmet 4,197 60.5% 2,731 39.4% 9 6,937 D+21.1
Oceana 3,773 56.0% 2,958 43.9% 12 6,743 D+12.1
Charlevoix 3,757 58.4% 2,664 41.4% 7 6,428 D+17.0
Cheboygan 4,028 63.1% 2,342 36.7% 11 6,381 D+26.4
Osceola 2,891 50.8% 2,779 48.8% 20 5,690 D+2.0
Presque Isle 3,565 66.8% 1,770 33.2% 2 5,337 D+33.6
Clare 2,927 56.3% 2,258 43.4% 12 5,197 D+12.9
Ontonagon 3,485 67.7% 1,658 32.2% 7 5,150 D+35.5
Antrim 2,684 55.2% 2,172 44.7% 7 4,863 D+10.5
Mackinac 2,748 58.3% 1,967 41.7% 2 4,717 D+16.6
Gladwin 2,725 58.2% 1,941 41.4% 17 4,683 D+16.7
Leelanau 2,369 53.2% 2,074 46.6% 8 4,451 D+6.6
Ogemaw 2,812 63.5% 1,609 36.4% 4 4,425 D+27.2
Schoolcraft 2,675 65.6% 1,397 34.3% 4 4,076 D+31.4
Roscommon 2,345 57.6% 1,722 42.3% 7 4,074 D+15.3
Arenac 2,436 63.2% 1,413 36.7% 3 3,852 D+26.6
Alger 2,743 73.0% 1,010 26.9% 2 3,755 D+46.2
Baraga 2,568 68.7% 1,160 31.0% 8 3,736 D+37.7
Benzie 1,983 54.2% 1,674 45.7% 5 3,662 D+8.4
Otsego 2,245 64.8% 1,214 35.1% 3 3,462 D+29.8
Missaukee 1,288 41.9% 1,786 58.1% 1 3,075 R+16.2
Alcona 1,611 57.2% 1,199 42.6% 5 2,815 D+14.6
Lake 1,978 71.4% 791 28.6% 1 2,770 D+42.9
Luce 1,459 62.6% 871 37.4% 1 2,331 D+25.2
Montmorency 1,369 61.2% 863 38.6% 4 2,236 D+22.6
Crawford 1,464 67.8% 696 32.2% 2,160 D+35.6
Kalkaska 1,220 58.5% 861 41.3% 3 2,084 D+17.2
Oscoda 930 54.0% 784 45.6% 7 1,721 D+8.5
Keweenaw 860 69.6% 374 30.3% 1 1,235 D+39.4

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0