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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Pennsylvania

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Pennsylvania in 1964, 64.9% to 34.7%, a margin of 30.2 points and 1,457,297 votes.

Pennsylvania voted 7.6 points more Democratic 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 63 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 913,472 votes and went to the Democrat by 47.2 points. The closest was Pike, where 102 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 3,130,954 64.9%
Barry Goldwater Republican 1,673,657 34.7%
All other candidates 18,079 0.4%
Total4,822,690

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 670,645 73.4% 239,733 26.2% 3,094 913,472 D+47.2
Allegheny 475,207 66.0% 241,707 33.6% 2,811 719,725 D+32.4
Delaware 147,189 56.8% 111,189 42.9% 717 259,095 D+13.9
Montgomery 135,657 56.7% 102,714 43.0% 704 239,075 D+13.8
Luzerne 106,397 70.0% 43,895 28.9% 1,779 152,071 D+41.1
Westmoreland 107,131 71.7% 41,493 27.8% 792 149,416 D+43.9
Bucks 78,287 60.6% 50,243 38.9% 646 129,176 D+21.7
Lackawanna 88,131 73.7% 31,272 26.2% 137 119,540 D+47.6
Berks 73,444 66.4% 36,726 33.2% 476 110,646 D+33.2
Lancaster 53,041 50.3% 52,243 49.5% 224 105,508 D+0.8
Erie 72,944 69.5% 31,393 29.9% 549 104,886 D+39.6
Lehigh 60,377 64.9% 32,245 34.6% 471 93,093 D+30.2
York 58,787 63.3% 33,677 36.3% 408 92,872 D+27.0
Dauphin 46,119 51.6% 42,718 47.8% 594 89,431 D+3.8
Chester 47,940 54.1% 40,280 45.5% 390 88,610 D+8.6
Washington 63,482 72.3% 24,127 27.5% 147 87,756 D+44.8
Beaver 60,492 72.0% 23,174 27.6% 327 83,993 D+44.4
Cambria 55,183 67.6% 26,281 32.2% 134 81,598 D+35.4
Northampton 58,818 73.1% 21,048 26.2% 619 80,485 D+46.9
Schuylkill 50,560 65.6% 26,386 34.2% 96 77,042 D+31.4
Fayette 45,155 73.4% 16,127 26.2% 276 61,558 D+47.2
Mercer 32,199 63.7% 18,153 35.9% 211 50,563 D+27.8
Blair 26,157 51.8% 24,301 48.1% 73 50,531 D+3.7
Cumberland 26,633 52.7% 23,685 46.9% 207 50,525 D+5.8
Northumberland 28,082 62.1% 17,046 37.7% 116 45,244 D+24.4
Lawrence 29,092 64.4% 15,998 35.4% 117 45,207 D+29.0
Lycoming 25,879 57.6% 19,011 42.3% 55 44,945 D+15.3
Butler 27,267 61.0% 17,360 38.8% 95 44,722 D+22.2
Lebanon 15,882 46.9% 17,891 52.9% 72 33,845 R+5.9
Franklin 19,332 58.7% 13,525 41.1% 85 32,942 D+17.6
Somerset 17,934 54.7% 14,817 45.2% 63 32,814 D+9.5
Armstrong 21,098 66.4% 10,618 33.4% 74 31,790 D+33.0
Clearfield 19,211 62.7% 11,338 37.0% 103 30,652 D+25.7
Indiana 17,568 59.9% 11,706 39.9% 46 29,320 D+20.0
Crawford 18,212 62.8% 10,664 36.8% 115 28,991 D+26.0
Centre 16,556 63.2% 9,481 36.2% 158 26,195 D+27.0
Venango 13,065 56.8% 9,873 42.9% 84 23,022 D+13.9
Columbia 13,885 60.6% 8,982 39.2% 36 22,903 D+21.4
Carbon 15,416 67.5% 7,309 32.0% 116 22,841 D+35.5
Bradford 10,714 50.6% 10,434 49.3% 14 21,162 D+1.3
Adams 11,148 56.1% 8,617 43.4% 95 19,860 D+12.7
Jefferson 10,851 56.3% 8,373 43.5% 37 19,261 D+12.9
McKean 10,950 57.6% 7,948 41.8% 109 19,007 D+15.8
Bedford 9,165 53.4% 7,968 46.5% 14 17,147 D+7.0
Monroe 10,622 62.4% 6,281 36.9% 116 17,019 D+25.5
Warren 10,598 63.6% 5,965 35.8% 94 16,657 D+27.8
Clarion 9,235 60.0% 6,143 39.9% 11 15,389 D+20.1
Greene 11,412 74.5% 3,896 25.4% 19 15,327 D+49.0
Mifflin 8,811 59.3% 6,006 40.4% 39 14,856 D+18.9
Elk 10,455 70.5% 4,354 29.4% 19 14,828 D+41.1
Tioga 7,415 51.2% 7,064 48.7% 16 14,495 D+2.4
Susquehanna 7,838 54.4% 6,567 45.6% 12 14,417 D+8.8
Clinton 10,038 69.8% 4,298 29.9% 36 14,372 D+39.9
Huntingdon 7,435 53.0% 6,571 46.8% 33 14,039 D+6.2
Wayne 5,781 46.9% 6,512 52.8% 35 12,328 R+5.9
Perry 6,054 52.9% 5,364 46.8% 34 11,452 D+6.0
Snyder 4,199 44.6% 5,195 55.2% 22 9,416 R+10.6
Union 4,262 46.2% 4,944 53.6% 10 9,216 R+7.4
Wyoming 4,268 52.4% 3,864 47.4% 12 8,144 D+5.0
Juniata 4,138 57.2% 3,087 42.7% 10 7,235 D+14.5
Potter 3,652 52.9% 3,232 46.8% 25 6,909 D+6.1
Montour 3,683 59.3% 2,527 40.7% 4 6,214 D+18.6
Pike 2,753 50.7% 2,651 48.9% 22 5,426 D+1.9
Fulton 2,180 55.4% 1,747 44.4% 10 3,937 D+11.0
Cameron 1,904 58.0% 1,376 41.9% 5 3,285 D+16.1
Sullivan 1,690 55.6% 1,344 44.2% 4 3,038 D+11.4
Forest 1,249 58.0% 900 41.8% 5 2,154 D+16.2

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.

Pennsylvania in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.7
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+1.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.7
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.4
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+10.3
2004 John Kerry (D) D+2.5
2000 Al Gore (D) D+4.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+9.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+9.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+2.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+30.2
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+5.9
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+6.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+16.0
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+5.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+31.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+46.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+38.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+14.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+23.4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.9
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+24.7
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+8.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+9.5
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+24.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.4