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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in North Dakota

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in North Dakota in 1964, 58.0% to 41.9%, a margin of 16.1 points and 41,577 votes.

North Dakota voted 6.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 45 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Cass, cast 28,669 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.4 points. The closest was Billings, where 8 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 149,784 58.0%
Barry Goldwater Republican 108,207 41.9%
All other candidates 398 0.2%
Total258,389

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 15,674 54.7% 12,972 45.2% 23 28,669 D+9.4
Grand Forks 10,740 59.1% 7,367 40.5% 68 18,175 D+18.6
Ward 10,871 61.3% 6,798 38.3% 66 17,735 D+23.0
Burleigh 8,120 52.7% 7,239 46.9% 60 15,419 D+5.7
Stutsman 5,463 57.7% 3,990 42.1% 21 9,474 D+15.5
Williams 5,352 63.4% 3,076 36.4% 11 8,439 D+27.0
Morton 5,173 63.6% 2,955 36.3% 10 8,138 D+27.3
Richland 4,525 56.9% 3,425 43.1% 5 7,955 D+13.8
Walsh 4,911 66.6% 2,454 33.3% 11 7,376 D+33.3
Stark 4,270 59.6% 2,888 40.3% 3 7,161 D+19.3
Barnes 4,007 57.2% 2,987 42.6% 14 7,008 D+14.6
Ramsey 3,572 59.7% 2,409 40.2% 6 5,987 D+19.4
McLean 3,339 60.2% 2,204 39.7% 4 5,547 D+20.5
Pembina 3,198 61.9% 1,961 38.0% 8 5,167 D+23.9
Traill 2,614 53.0% 2,312 46.9% 3 4,929 D+6.1
Bottineau 2,546 55.3% 2,060 44.7% 1 4,607 D+10.5
McHenry 2,643 60.4% 1,728 39.5% 8 4,379 D+20.9
Cavalier 2,810 66.4% 1,417 33.5% 4 4,231 D+32.9
Wells 2,314 55.2% 1,875 44.8% 4,189 D+10.5
Benson 2,566 63.2% 1,489 36.7% 5 4,060 D+26.5
La Moure 2,145 57.1% 1,604 42.7% 6 3,755 D+14.4
Ransom 2,063 55.5% 1,647 44.3% 7 3,717 D+11.2
Mountrail 2,548 69.2% 1,131 30.7% 4 3,683 D+38.5
Dickey 1,818 50.1% 1,808 49.8% 4 3,630 D+0.3
Rolette 2,566 74.2% 892 25.8% 3,458 D+48.4
Emmons 1,556 46.9% 1,759 53.1% 3,315 R+6.1
Nelson 2,186 66.5% 1,101 33.5% 3,287 D+33.0
Pierce 1,893 61.6% 1,178 38.3% 2 3,073 D+23.3
Sargent 1,840 60.7% 1,189 39.2% 4 3,033 D+21.5
McKenzie 1,584 53.9% 1,352 46.0% 2 2,938 D+7.9
Mercer 1,310 46.0% 1,540 54.0% 2,850 R+8.1
McIntosh 950 33.4% 1,891 66.6% 2,841 R+33.1
Grant 1,063 42.7% 1,421 57.1% 4 2,488 R+14.4
Hettinger 1,275 51.7% 1,188 48.2% 2 2,465 D+3.5
Burke 1,454 59.7% 974 40.0% 6 2,434 D+19.7
Dunn 1,351 55.6% 1,079 44.4% 2 2,432 D+11.2
Towner 1,628 67.4% 788 32.6% 1 2,417 D+34.8
Griggs 1,505 63.0% 885 37.0% 2,390 D+25.9
Divide 1,498 65.7% 779 34.2% 4 2,281 D+31.5
Foster 1,315 58.6% 927 41.3% 2 2,244 D+17.3
Steele 1,404 63.7% 796 36.1% 3 2,203 D+27.6
Kidder 1,047 48.7% 1,104 51.3% 2,151 R+2.6
Logan 951 44.4% 1,187 55.4% 3 2,141 R+11.0
Eddy 1,337 64.0% 747 35.8% 4 2,088 D+28.3
Renville 1,356 67.9% 640 32.0% 1 1,997 D+35.9
Sheridan 724 37.9% 1,187 62.1% 1,911 R+24.2
Adams 1,010 53.5% 877 46.5% 1 1,888 D+7.0
Bowman 1,070 58.6% 756 41.4% 1 1,827 D+17.2
Golden Valley 602 45.5% 722 54.5% 1,324 R+9.1
Oliver 548 53.9% 469 46.1% 1,017 D+7.8
Sioux 695 68.6% 314 31.0% 4 1,013 D+37.6
Slope 436 57.0% 329 43.0% 765 D+14.0
Billings 348 50.6% 340 49.4% 688 D+1.2

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.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)