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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Mississippi

Barry Goldwater (Republican) beat Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) in Mississippi in 1964, 87.1% to 12.9%, a margin of 74.3 points and 303,910 votes.

Mississippi voted 96.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

Mississippi changed party: in 1960 it went third-party, for Unpledged electors.

Republicans led in 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hinds, cast 41,889 votes and went to the Republican by 75.9 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 422 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
Barry Goldwater won	Republican	356,529	87.1%
Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	52,619	12.9%
Total		409,148

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hinds	5,058 12.1%	36,831 87.9%	41,889	R+75.9
Harrison	5,393 24.9%	16,301 75.1%	21,694	R+50.3
Lauderdale	1,583 10.6%	13,291 89.4%	14,874	R+78.7
Jones	1,981 14.0%	12,123 86.0%	14,104	R+71.9
Jackson	2,371 17.3%	11,357 82.7%	13,728	R+65.5
Forrest	1,128 10.8%	9,291 89.2%	10,419	R+78.3
Warren	1,631 18.0%	7,409 82.0%	9,040	R+63.9
Rankin	332 4.2%	7,541 95.8%	7,873	R+91.6
Washington	2,004 26.3%	5,611 73.7%	7,615	R+47.4
Lee	2,409 31.8%	5,165 68.2%	7,574	R+36.4
Lincoln	437 6.1%	6,750 93.9%	7,187	R+87.8
Adams	1,093 15.6%	5,900 84.4%	6,993	R+68.7
Pike	543 7.8%	6,418 92.2%	6,961	R+84.4
Lowndes	533 8.0%	6,135 92.0%	6,668	R+84.0
Monroe	985 14.9%	5,627 85.1%	6,612	R+70.2
Marion	505 8.5%	5,469 91.5%	5,974	R+83.1
Leflore	380 6.4%	5,589 93.6%	5,969	R+87.3
Neshoba	293 5.1%	5,431 94.9%	5,724	R+89.8
Bolivar	731 13.5%	4,680 86.5%	5,411	R+73.0
Alcorn	1,917 36.2%	3,377 63.8%	5,294	R+27.6
Simpson	271 5.2%	4,949 94.8%	5,220	R+89.6
Coahoma	964 18.8%	4,172 81.2%	5,136	R+62.5
Yazoo	204 4.1%	4,801 95.9%	5,005	R+91.8
Newton	238 4.8%	4,735 95.2%	4,973	R+90.4
Scott	238 4.8%	4,729 95.2%	4,967	R+90.4
Copiah	239 5.0%	4,506 95.0%	4,745	R+89.9
Pearl River	735 15.5%	4,009 84.5%	4,744	R+69.0
Attala	263 5.6%	4,409 94.4%	4,672	R+88.7
Leake	170 3.8%	4,343 96.2%	4,513	R+92.5
Panola	413 9.4%	4,002 90.6%	4,415	R+81.3
Sunflower	251 5.7%	4,127 94.3%	4,378	R+88.5
Smith	238 5.6%	4,045 94.4%	4,283	R+88.9
Oktibbeha	390 9.3%	3,795 90.7%	4,185	R+81.4
Union	1,237 29.6%	2,939 70.4%	4,176	R+40.8
Winston	237 5.7%	3,922 94.3%	4,159	R+88.6
Hancock	1,501 37.1%	2,550 62.9%	4,051	R+25.9
Lafayette	720 18.4%	3,202 81.6%	3,922	R+63.3
Clarke	253 6.6%	3,591 93.4%	3,844	R+86.8
Wayne	276 7.2%	3,539 92.8%	3,815	R+85.5
Grenada	155 4.1%	3,648 95.9%	3,803	R+91.8
Lamar	334 9.0%	3,372 91.0%	3,706	R+82.0
Madison	251 7.1%	3,283 92.9%	3,534	R+85.8
Calhoun	294 8.4%	3,224 91.6%	3,518	R+83.3
Tippah	974 28.2%	2,482 71.8%	3,456	R+43.6
Covington	392 11.4%	3,033 88.6%	3,425	R+77.1
Chickasaw	279 8.2%	3,138 91.8%	3,417	R+83.7
Pontotoc	702 20.6%	2,699 79.4%	3,401	R+58.7
De Soto	461 13.6%	2,928 86.4%	3,389	R+72.8
Tallahatchie	255 7.5%	3,126 92.5%	3,381	R+84.9
Montgomery	149 4.5%	3,181 95.5%	3,330	R+91.1
Prentiss	1,013 30.7%	2,289 69.3%	3,302	R+38.6
Itawamba	1,127 34.5%	2,140 65.5%	3,267	R+31.0
Jasper	236 7.3%	2,994 92.7%	3,230	R+85.4
Holmes	110 3.4%	3,115 96.6%	3,225	R+93.2
Walthall	154 4.9%	3,014 95.1%	3,168	R+90.3
Webster	237 7.6%	2,884 92.4%	3,121	R+84.8
Clay	226 7.4%	2,848 92.6%	3,074	R+85.3
George	242 8.0%	2,797 92.0%	3,039	R+84.1
Tishomingo	977 33.6%	1,934 66.4%	2,911	R+32.9
Amite	103 3.6%	2,742 96.4%	2,845	R+92.8
Tate	283 10.6%	2,390 89.4%	2,673	R+78.8
Yalobusha	259 9.8%	2,385 90.2%	2,644	R+80.4
Lawrence	236 9.0%	2,373 91.0%	2,609	R+81.9
Marshall	343 13.2%	2,251 86.8%	2,594	R+73.6
Jefferson Davis	235 9.1%	2,351 90.9%	2,586	R+81.8
Quitman	336 14.0%	2,065 86.0%	2,401	R+72.0
Kemper	191 8.0%	2,185 92.0%	2,376	R+83.9
Franklin	91 4.0%	2,211 96.0%	2,302	R+92.1
Choctaw	150 6.7%	2,096 93.3%	2,246	R+86.6
Carroll	98 4.6%	2,043 95.4%	2,141	R+90.8
Greene	216 10.5%	1,845 89.5%	2,061	R+79.0
Perry	279 13.6%	1,775 86.4%	2,054	R+72.8
Noxubee	70 3.4%	1,980 96.6%	2,050	R+93.2
Stone	179 9.2%	1,776 90.8%	1,955	R+81.7
Humphreys	84 4.3%	1,863 95.7%	1,947	R+91.4
Wilkinson	103 6.5%	1,473 93.5%	1,576	R+86.9
Jefferson	69 5.2%	1,258 94.8%	1,327	R+89.6
Claiborne	84 6.4%	1,226 93.6%	1,310	R+87.2
Sharkey	128 10.3%	1,116 89.7%	1,244	R+79.4
Benton	236 20.2%	934 79.8%	1,170	R+59.7
Tunica	99 9.5%	945 90.5%	1,044	R+81.0
Issaquena	34 6.9%	456 93.1%	490	R+86.1

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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