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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Ohio

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Ohio in 1964, 62.9% to 37.1%, a margin of 25.9 points and 1,027,466 votes.

Ohio voted 3.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 83 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 689,347 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.0 points. The closest was Hancock, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lyndon B. Johnson won Democratic 2,498,331 62.9%
Barry Goldwater Republican 1,470,865 37.1%
Total3,969,196

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 492,911 71.5% 196,436 28.5% 689,347 D+43.0
Hamilton 199,127 55.3% 161,179 44.7% 360,306 D+10.5
Franklin 154,527 54.1% 131,345 45.9% 285,872 D+8.1
Summit 142,319 67.7% 68,000 32.3% 210,319 D+35.3
Montgomery 126,633 63.8% 71,979 36.2% 198,612 D+27.5
Lucas 128,110 68.9% 57,782 31.1% 185,892 D+37.8
Stark 88,704 62.3% 53,632 37.7% 142,336 D+24.6
Mahoning 90,934 72.9% 33,775 27.1% 124,709 D+45.8
Lorain 55,755 67.6% 26,683 32.4% 82,438 D+35.3
Trumbull 54,342 66.8% 27,059 33.2% 81,401 D+33.5
Butler 42,278 57.4% 31,413 42.6% 73,691 D+14.7
Lake 38,552 62.3% 23,282 37.7% 61,834 D+24.7
Clark 34,275 64.2% 19,112 35.8% 53,387 D+28.4
Jefferson 33,039 73.7% 11,784 26.3% 44,823 D+47.4
Columbiana 28,706 64.5% 15,827 35.5% 44,533 D+28.9
Richland 24,799 56.8% 18,833 43.2% 43,632 D+13.7
Allen 18,990 48.8% 19,897 51.2% 38,887 R+2.3
Licking 23,364 60.7% 15,096 39.3% 38,460 D+21.5
Belmont 28,180 74.4% 9,693 25.6% 37,873 D+48.8
Ashtabula 24,104 64.6% 13,183 35.4% 37,287 D+29.3
Greene 21,276 59.4% 14,571 40.6% 35,847 D+18.7
Scioto 21,559 61.6% 13,465 38.4% 35,024 D+23.1
Portage 23,308 68.3% 10,842 31.7% 34,150 D+36.5
Tuscarawas 23,623 70.3% 9,962 29.7% 33,585 D+40.7
Muskingum 20,792 64.1% 11,635 35.9% 32,427 D+28.2
Miami 19,379 59.9% 12,985 40.1% 32,364 D+19.8
Clermont 16,523 55.3% 13,367 44.7% 29,890 D+10.6
Wood 16,304 57.3% 12,142 42.7% 28,446 D+14.6
Fairfield 15,611 57.6% 11,480 42.4% 27,091 D+15.2
Erie 15,968 61.5% 9,981 38.5% 25,949 D+23.1
Medina 14,729 59.0% 10,221 41.0% 24,950 D+18.1
Wayne 14,806 60.0% 9,890 40.0% 24,696 D+19.9
Marion 14,400 58.9% 10,050 41.1% 24,450 D+17.8
Seneca 14,518 60.4% 9,536 39.6% 24,054 D+20.7
Warren 12,406 53.0% 10,982 47.0% 23,388 D+6.1
Hancock 11,547 49.9% 11,610 50.1% 23,157 R+0.3
Ross 12,704 56.9% 9,623 43.1% 22,327 D+13.8
Sandusky 13,481 62.0% 8,254 38.0% 21,735 D+24.0
Geauga 12,212 56.4% 9,423 43.6% 21,635 D+12.9
Darke 12,433 59.2% 8,581 40.8% 21,014 D+18.3
Crawford 11,968 57.2% 8,970 42.8% 20,938 D+14.3
Lawrence 12,635 62.0% 7,757 38.0% 20,392 D+23.9
Washington 11,193 55.8% 8,873 44.2% 20,066 D+11.6
Knox 11,222 60.7% 7,258 39.3% 18,480 D+21.5
Huron 10,780 58.5% 7,655 41.5% 18,435 D+17.0
Athens 10,633 63.1% 6,211 36.9% 16,844 D+26.3
Auglaize 8,632 52.0% 7,954 48.0% 16,586 D+4.1
Delaware 8,080 49.0% 8,395 51.0% 16,475 R+1.9
Guernsey 9,503 59.6% 6,429 40.4% 15,932 D+19.3
Ashland 8,493 53.7% 7,308 46.3% 15,801 D+7.5
Ottawa 9,618 63.0% 5,639 37.0% 15,257 D+26.1
Shelby 10,004 65.8% 5,190 34.2% 15,194 D+31.7
Logan 8,484 55.9% 6,683 44.1% 15,167 D+11.9
Mercer 10,081 69.7% 4,373 30.3% 14,454 D+39.5
Coshocton 8,382 58.4% 5,965 41.6% 14,347 D+16.8
Van Wert 7,695 55.4% 6,194 44.6% 13,889 D+10.8
Defiance 8,707 63.3% 5,048 36.7% 13,755 D+26.6
Preble 7,574 56.5% 5,839 43.5% 13,413 D+12.9
Highland 7,281 54.9% 5,985 45.1% 13,266 D+9.8
Williams 7,547 57.2% 5,653 42.8% 13,200 D+14.3
Hardin 7,324 56.3% 5,679 43.7% 13,003 D+12.7
Champaign 7,138 56.1% 5,588 43.9% 12,726 D+12.2
Pickaway 7,310 57.9% 5,317 42.1% 12,627 D+15.8
Clinton 6,514 51.7% 6,082 48.3% 12,596 D+3.4
Putnam 7,014 57.3% 5,221 42.7% 12,235 D+14.7
Jackson 7,056 58.8% 4,949 41.2% 12,005 D+17.6
Perry 7,816 66.7% 3,895 33.3% 11,711 D+33.5
Fulton 5,604 48.4% 5,973 51.6% 11,577 R+3.2
Henry 5,845 53.4% 5,094 46.6% 10,939 D+6.9
Brown 6,983 64.1% 3,904 35.9% 10,887 D+28.3
Fayette 6,128 57.3% 4,567 42.7% 10,695 D+14.6
Union 4,985 47.5% 5,504 52.5% 10,489 R+4.9
Madison 5,264 51.6% 4,945 48.4% 10,209 D+3.1
Wyandot 5,273 56.0% 4,139 44.0% 9,412 D+12.0
Gallia 4,740 51.8% 4,408 48.2% 9,148 D+3.6
Meigs 5,133 56.4% 3,973 43.6% 9,106 D+12.7
Hocking 5,951 67.6% 2,858 32.4% 8,809 D+35.1
Morrow 4,572 52.2% 4,194 47.8% 8,766 D+4.3
Adams 5,005 57.5% 3,702 42.5% 8,707 D+15.0
Carroll 5,050 58.0% 3,655 42.0% 8,705 D+16.0
Harrison 5,159 63.8% 2,928 36.2% 8,087 D+27.6
Pike 5,331 67.5% 2,567 32.5% 7,898 D+35.0
Paulding 4,465 57.8% 3,254 42.2% 7,719 D+15.7
Monroe 4,776 71.1% 1,944 28.9% 6,720 D+42.1
Holmes 3,559 62.8% 2,106 37.2% 5,665 D+25.6
Morgan 3,053 57.2% 2,281 42.8% 5,334 D+14.5
Noble 2,925 56.5% 2,250 43.5% 5,175 D+13.0
Vinton 2,618 57.7% 1,919 42.3% 4,537 D+15.4

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0