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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Nebraska

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Nebraska in 1964, 52.6% to 47.4%, a margin of 5.2 points and 30,460 votes.

Nebraska voted 17.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Republicans led in 55 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 38. The largest, Douglas, cast 139,093 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.4 points. The closest was Buffalo, where 11 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	307,307	52.6%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	276,847	47.4%
Total		584,154

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Douglas	77,480 55.7%	61,613 44.3%	139,093	D+11.4
Lancaster	34,503 59.1%	23,887 40.9%	58,390	D+18.2
Hall	8,273 55.2%	6,715 44.8%	14,988	D+10.4
Dodge	6,731 49.7%	6,812 50.3%	13,543	R+0.6
Scotts Bluff	6,368 47.8%	6,965 52.2%	13,333	R+4.5
Adams	6,441 53.6%	5,586 46.4%	12,027	D+7.1
Lincoln	6,446 57.3%	4,811 42.7%	11,257	D+14.5
Buffalo	5,436 50.1%	5,425 49.9%	10,861	D+0.1
Madison	4,661 43.1%	6,155 56.9%	10,816	R+13.8
Gage	6,411 61.4%	4,035 38.6%	10,446	D+22.7
Sarpy	5,581 55.8%	4,418 44.2%	9,999	D+11.6
Platte	5,160 52.3%	4,705 47.7%	9,865	D+4.6
Dawson	3,790 45.3%	4,577 54.7%	8,367	R+9.4
Saunders	4,172 55.5%	3,345 44.5%	7,517	D+11.0
Custer	3,475 47.0%	3,916 53.0%	7,391	R+6.0
Cass	3,975 57.4%	2,947 42.6%	6,922	D+14.9
Otoe	3,169 46.6%	3,626 53.4%	6,795	R+6.7
York	2,832 45.4%	3,410 54.6%	6,242	R+9.3
Richardson	3,245 53.2%	2,850 46.8%	6,095	D+6.5
Holt	2,739 46.2%	3,194 53.8%	5,933	R+7.7
Saline	4,125 69.9%	1,780 30.1%	5,905	D+39.7
Cheyenne	2,689 46.2%	3,129 53.8%	5,818	R+7.6
Seward	3,347 60.1%	2,221 39.9%	5,568	D+20.2
Cedar	3,104 57.4%	2,299 42.6%	5,403	D+14.9
Knox	2,617 48.7%	2,752 51.3%	5,369	R+2.5
Washington	2,701 50.6%	2,638 49.4%	5,339	D+1.2
Cuming	2,265 42.5%	3,064 57.5%	5,329	R+15.0
Red Willow	2,416 46.9%	2,740 53.1%	5,156	R+6.3
Jefferson	2,804 55.2%	2,275 44.8%	5,079	D+10.4
Box Butte	1,968 41.9%	2,725 58.1%	4,693	R+16.1
Butler	2,993 64.6%	1,642 35.4%	4,635	D+29.1
Phelps	2,153 46.9%	2,440 53.1%	4,593	R+6.2
Antelope	2,004 43.9%	2,566 56.1%	4,570	R+12.3
Dakota	2,654 58.2%	1,906 41.8%	4,560	D+16.4
Burt	2,074 45.8%	2,459 54.2%	4,533	R+8.5
Fillmore	2,497 56.3%	1,936 43.7%	4,433	D+12.7
Thayer	2,298 51.9%	2,132 48.1%	4,430	D+3.7
Colfax	2,207 52.8%	1,972 47.2%	4,179	D+5.6
Dawes	1,569 38.4%	2,518 61.6%	4,087	R+23.2
Nemaha	2,084 51.8%	1,936 48.2%	4,020	D+3.7
Hamilton	1,886 47.3%	2,105 52.7%	3,991	R+5.5
Wayne	1,630 40.9%	2,359 59.1%	3,989	R+18.3
Clay	2,001 51.6%	1,879 48.4%	3,880	D+3.1
Boone	1,905 50.2%	1,893 49.8%	3,798	D+0.3
Dixon	1,912 50.9%	1,845 49.1%	3,757	D+1.8
Nuckolls	2,181 58.5%	1,546 41.5%	3,727	D+17.0
Keith	1,784 48.1%	1,927 51.9%	3,711	R+3.9
Furnas	1,669 45.4%	2,011 54.6%	3,680	R+9.3
Cherry	1,428 38.9%	2,244 61.1%	3,672	R+22.2
Pierce	1,631 45.4%	1,965 54.6%	3,596	R+9.3
Sheridan	1,156 32.1%	2,440 67.9%	3,596	R+35.7
Merrick	1,741 49.2%	1,798 50.8%	3,539	R+1.6
Polk	1,730 51.8%	1,607 48.2%	3,337	D+3.7
Valley	1,545 48.3%	1,657 51.7%	3,202	R+3.5
Kearney	1,767 56.7%	1,352 43.3%	3,119	D+13.3
Howard	2,025 66.5%	1,019 33.5%	3,044	D+33.0
Thurston	1,700 58.7%	1,194 41.3%	2,894	D+17.5
Morrill	1,228 42.7%	1,649 57.3%	2,877	R+14.6
Johnson	1,554 54.2%	1,312 45.8%	2,866	D+8.4
Webster	1,657 58.2%	1,191 41.8%	2,848	D+16.4
Kimball	1,242 44.1%	1,573 55.9%	2,815	R+11.8
Franklin	1,409 53.2%	1,241 46.8%	2,650	D+6.3
Harlan	1,195 48.2%	1,283 51.8%	2,478	R+3.6
Nance	1,323 53.4%	1,155 46.6%	2,478	D+6.8
Sherman	1,632 68.2%	762 31.8%	2,394	D+36.3
Stanton	1,014 43.8%	1,299 56.2%	2,313	R+12.3
Pawnee	1,111 48.8%	1,166 51.2%	2,277	R+2.4
Brown	885 41.0%	1,272 59.0%	2,157	R+17.9
Hitchcock	946 45.2%	1,149 54.8%	2,095	R+9.7
Greeley	1,305 62.7%	775 37.3%	2,080	D+25.5
Boyd	908 45.2%	1,100 54.8%	2,008	R+9.6
Chase	907 45.6%	1,081 54.4%	1,988	R+8.8
Frontier	841 43.6%	1,090 56.4%	1,931	R+12.9
Perkins	877 49.0%	912 51.0%	1,789	R+2.0
Garden	559 33.6%	1,106 66.4%	1,665	R+32.9
Dundy	712 43.9%	911 56.1%	1,623	R+12.3
Deuel	533 35.4%	972 64.6%	1,505	R+29.2
Garfield	483 38.8%	761 61.2%	1,244	R+22.3
Rock	376 31.0%	835 69.0%	1,211	R+37.9
Sioux	379 35.2%	698 64.8%	1,077	R+29.6
Gosper	512 48.3%	547 51.7%	1,059	R+3.3
Hayes	362 41.8%	503 58.2%	865	R+16.3
Keya Paha	320 38.7%	506 61.3%	826	R+22.5
Wheeler	248 43.9%	317 56.1%	565	R+12.2
Logan	296 52.6%	267 47.4%	563	D+5.2
Banner	196 35.4%	357 64.6%	553	R+29.1
Thomas	212 39.9%	319 60.1%	531	R+20.2
Loup	176 33.6%	348 66.4%	524	R+32.8
Blaine	195 37.4%	326 62.6%	521	R+25.1
Grant	199 39.6%	304 60.4%	503	R+20.9
Hooker	137 29.0%	335 71.0%	472	R+41.9
Arthur	126 34.1%	243 65.9%	369	R+31.7
McPherson	104 32.2%	219 67.8%	323	R+35.6

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.

Nebraska in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+20.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+25.0
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+21.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+14.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+33.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+29.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.7
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+17.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+21.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.7
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+39.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+20.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+41.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+5.2
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.1
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+38.3
1948	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+8.3
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+17.2
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+14.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+16.4
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+27.7
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+27.0
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+17.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+33.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+14.3
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+22.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+37.9
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+3.2
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+31.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+13.8
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+16.8
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+30.3
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+29.6
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+41.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.7

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