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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Nevada

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Nevada in 1964, 58.6% to 41.4%, a margin of 17.2 points and 23,245 votes.

Nevada voted 5.4 points more Republican 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 14 of the 17 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Clark, cast 64,681 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.0 points. The closest was Churchill, where 42 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 79,339 58.6%
Barry Goldwater Republican 56,094 41.4%
Total135,433

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 40,760 63.0% 23,921 37.0% 64,681 D+26.0
Washoe 20,170 52.4% 18,350 47.6% 38,520 D+4.7
Elko 2,785 60.0% 1,856 40.0% 4,641 D+20.0
Ormsby (Ext) 2,129 51.6% 1,997 48.4% 4,126 D+3.2
White Pine 2,809 70.5% 1,174 29.5% 3,983 D+41.0
Churchill 1,565 49.3% 1,607 50.7% 3,172 R+1.3
Lyon 1,327 48.7% 1,397 51.3% 2,724 R+2.6
Humboldt 1,421 56.2% 1,106 43.8% 2,527 D+12.5
Mineral 1,440 60.8% 927 39.2% 2,367 D+21.7
Douglas 1,010 47.3% 1,127 52.7% 2,137 R+5.5
Nye 1,276 60.8% 822 39.2% 2,098 D+21.6
Lincoln 785 64.1% 440 35.9% 1,225 D+28.2
Pershing 738 60.3% 486 39.7% 1,224 D+20.6
Lander 391 53.6% 338 46.4% 729 D+7.3
Eureka 285 54.0% 243 46.0% 528 D+8.0
Storey 261 60.3% 172 39.7% 433 D+20.6
Esmeralda 187 58.8% 131 41.2% 318 D+17.6

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.

Nevada in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.1
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+2.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.7
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+12.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.0
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+35.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+4.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+27.4
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+17.2
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+15.9
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+3.1
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.2
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+45.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+13.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+20.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+17.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+23.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+23.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+24.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+62.3
1892 Third party (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+15.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+12.5
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+4.8
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+5.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+10.8