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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Minnesota

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Minnesota in 1964, 63.8% to 36.0%, a margin of 27.8 points and 431,493 votes.

Minnesota voted 5.2 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 83 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Hennepin, cast 396,727 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.7 points. The closest was Waseca, where 63 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	991,117	63.8%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	559,624	36.0%
All other candidates		3,721	0.2%
Total		1,554,462

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	241,020 60.8%	154,736 39.0%	971	396,727	D+21.7
Ramsey	133,948 69.9%	56,898 29.7%	746	191,592	D+40.2
St. Louis	79,529 75.6%	25,246 24.0%	408	105,183	D+51.6
Anoka	31,714 70.5%	13,201 29.3%	90	45,005	D+41.1
Dakota	28,391 67.1%	13,856 32.7%	81	42,328	D+34.3
Stearns	19,063 59.3%	13,009 40.4%	94	32,166	D+18.8
Olmsted	16,195 55.9%	12,699 43.9%	56	28,950	D+12.1
Washington	18,108 67.0%	8,850 32.8%	64	27,022	D+34.3
Otter Tail	9,997 48.6%	10,542 51.3%	26	20,565	R+2.7
Mower	13,573 67.4%	6,510 32.3%	57	20,140	D+35.1
Blue Earth	10,687 56.9%	8,009 42.6%	101	18,797	D+14.2
Winona	11,397 64.1%	6,345 35.7%	28	17,770	D+28.4
Freeborn	10,554 63.2%	6,136 36.7%	19	16,709	D+26.4
Clay	10,161 62.4%	6,085 37.4%	39	16,285	D+25.0
Itasca	12,054 74.3%	4,137 25.5%	40	16,231	D+48.8
Polk	11,052 68.6%	5,039 31.3%	20	16,111	D+37.3
Goodhue	9,035 58.0%	6,539 41.9%	15	15,589	D+16.0
Rice	9,299 62.6%	5,518 37.2%	26	14,843	D+25.5
Crow Wing	9,197 64.1%	5,131 35.8%	21	14,349	D+28.3
Wright	8,687 61.2%	5,476 38.6%	22	14,185	D+22.6
Kandiyohi	9,108 69.2%	4,011 30.5%	37	13,156	D+38.7
Carlton	9,552 77.3%	2,780 22.5%	27	12,359	D+54.8
Martin	5,575 46.0%	6,529 53.8%	22	12,126	R+7.9
Brown	6,069 50.8%	5,851 49.0%	17	11,937	D+1.8
McLeod	5,755 50.9%	5,545 49.0%	16	11,316	D+1.9
Morrison	7,492 67.9%	3,515 31.9%	25	11,032	D+36.0
Steele	6,022 55.1%	4,882 44.6%	35	10,939	D+10.4
Faribault	5,946 55.2%	4,817 44.7%	12	10,775	D+10.5
Fillmore	5,813 54.6%	4,824 45.3%	14	10,651	D+9.3
Scott	7,248 68.6%	3,311 31.3%	11	10,570	D+37.2
Carver	5,123 48.5%	5,424 51.4%	11	10,558	R+2.9
Renville	6,072 58.2%	4,340 41.6%	25	10,437	D+16.6
Becker	6,453 63.1%	3,751 36.7%	16	10,220	D+26.4
Douglas	6,040 59.4%	4,122 40.5%	13	10,175	D+18.9
Nobles	6,431 64.6%	3,517 35.3%	12	9,960	D+29.3
Lyon	6,649 67.7%	3,165 32.2%	8	9,822	D+35.5
Todd	5,673 58.5%	4,006 41.3%	23	9,702	D+17.2
Le Sueur	6,117 65.6%	3,191 34.2%	17	9,325	D+31.4
Redwood	4,722 50.9%	4,546 49.0%	9	9,277	D+1.9
Beltrami	5,967 65.1%	3,184 34.7%	15	9,166	D+30.4
Nicollet	5,121 58.6%	3,605 41.3%	10	8,736	D+17.4
Meeker	5,270 62.9%	3,099 37.0%	9	8,378	D+25.9
Cass	4,635 59.8%	3,110 40.1%	9	7,754	D+19.7
Cottonwood	4,090 54.3%	3,423 45.5%	15	7,528	D+8.9
Benton	4,679 62.2%	2,818 37.5%	23	7,520	D+24.7
Wabasha	4,367 58.2%	3,133 41.8%	4	7,504	D+16.4
Koochiching	5,878 78.5%	1,602 21.4%	11	7,491	D+57.1
Yellow Medicine	4,707 63.1%	2,751 36.9%	6	7,464	D+26.2
Sibley	3,577 48.1%	3,854 51.8%	5	7,436	R+3.7
Pine	5,123 69.0%	2,279 30.7%	18	7,420	D+38.3
Chippewa	4,550 61.8%	2,806 38.1%	9	7,365	D+23.7
Houston	3,885 53.0%	3,433 46.9%	8	7,326	D+6.2
Waseca	3,633 50.3%	3,570 49.5%	14	7,217	D+0.9
Jackson	4,576 65.2%	2,441 34.8%	4	7,021	D+30.4
Chisago	4,347 63.1%	2,525 36.7%	17	6,889	D+26.4
Mille Lacs	4,369 63.6%	2,474 36.0%	29	6,872	D+27.6
Swift	4,380 67.1%	2,132 32.7%	12	6,524	D+34.5
Marshall	4,594 70.8%	1,893 29.2%	3	6,490	D+41.6
Watonwan	3,615 56.1%	2,823 43.8%	7	6,445	D+12.3
Lac Qui Parle	3,934 63.7%	2,236 36.2%	10	6,180	D+27.5
Murray	3,822 62.1%	2,325 37.8%	5	6,152	D+24.3
Isanti	4,026 66.9%	1,982 32.9%	10	6,018	D+34.0
Sherburne	3,787 63.8%	2,132 35.9%	21	5,940	D+27.9
Lake	4,704 79.4%	1,205 20.3%	16	5,925	D+59.1
Aitkin	3,874 65.8%	2,000 34.0%	16	5,890	D+31.8
Pipestone	3,365 57.5%	2,481 42.4%	5	5,851	D+15.1
Pope	3,549 61.6%	2,213 38.4%	2	5,764	D+23.2
Dodge	3,138 55.8%	2,474 44.0%	8	5,620	D+11.8
Pennington	3,894 70.4%	1,630 29.5%	10	5,534	D+40.9
Wadena	2,908 54.5%	2,418 45.3%	8	5,334	D+9.2
Norman	3,631 68.5%	1,662 31.4%	8	5,301	D+37.1
Roseau	3,636 68.7%	1,651 31.2%	6	5,293	D+37.5
Rock	2,896 54.8%	2,389 45.2%	2	5,287	D+9.6
Stevens	2,910 56.6%	2,220 43.2%	7	5,137	D+13.4
Hubbard	2,553 52.7%	2,283 47.1%	7	4,843	D+5.6
Lincoln	3,024 68.3%	1,393 31.5%	11	4,428	D+36.8
Wilkin	2,751 62.7%	1,636 37.3%	4	4,391	D+25.4
Grant	2,631 60.3%	1,734 39.7%	1	4,366	D+20.5
Big Stone	2,831 67.9%	1,331 31.9%	10	4,172	D+36.0
Kanabec	2,666 66.3%	1,348 33.5%	10	4,024	D+32.8
Kittson	2,790 70.7%	1,153 29.2%	2	3,945	D+41.5
Clearwater	2,596 69.4%	1,137 30.4%	6	3,739	D+39.0
Traverse	2,247 67.6%	1,073 32.3%	2	3,322	D+35.3
Mahnomen	1,967 75.1%	648 24.7%	4	2,619	D+50.4
Red Lake	1,861 76.0%	573 23.4%	16	2,450	D+52.6
Lake Of The Woods	1,266 71.7%	489 27.7%	10	1,765	D+44.0
Cook	976 56.0%	764 43.9%	2	1,742	D+12.2

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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