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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Tennessee

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Tennessee in 1964, 55.5% to 44.5%, a margin of 11.0 points and 126,082 votes.

Tennessee voted 11.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 59 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 36. The largest, Shelby, cast 212,026 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.2 points. The closest was Chester, where 4 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 635,047 55.5%
Barry Goldwater Republican 508,965 44.5%
All other candidates 34 0.0%
Total1,144,046

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 111,496 52.6% 100,527 47.4% 3 212,026 D+5.2
Davidson 79,387 63.7% 45,335 36.3% 124,722 D+27.3
Knox 42,463 49.8% 42,797 50.2% 85,260 R+0.4
Hamilton 38,546 48.9% 40,200 51.1% 78,746 R+2.1
Sullivan 19,496 52.4% 17,703 47.6% 37,199 D+4.8
Madison 10,573 49.2% 10,932 50.8% 21,505 R+1.7
Anderson 12,146 57.8% 8,860 42.2% 2 21,008 D+15.6
Washington 10,253 49.1% 10,612 50.9% 20,865 R+1.7
Blount 8,459 41.6% 11,876 58.4% 8 20,343 R+16.8
Carter 5,326 38.6% 8,472 61.4% 13,798 R+22.8
Rutherford 9,580 70.1% 4,088 29.9% 13,668 D+40.2
Montgomery 10,178 78.3% 2,814 21.7% 12,992 D+56.7
Greene 5,916 46.1% 6,913 53.9% 12,829 R+7.8
Gibson 8,119 63.8% 4,614 36.2% 12,733 D+27.5
Sumner 9,102 72.6% 3,437 27.4% 12,539 D+45.2
Bradley 5,693 45.9% 6,717 54.1% 12,410 R+8.3
Maury 7,716 62.6% 4,605 37.4% 1 12,322 D+25.2
Roane 6,108 51.6% 5,735 48.4% 11,843 D+3.1
McMinn 5,207 48.1% 5,624 51.9% 10,831 R+3.9
Lawrence 5,449 54.3% 4,590 45.7% 10,039 D+8.6
Hawkins 4,191 42.3% 5,712 57.7% 9,903 R+15.4
Coffee 6,837 69.4% 3,012 30.6% 9,849 D+38.8
Sevier 2,995 30.5% 6,821 69.5% 9,816 R+39.0
Hamblen 4,607 47.0% 5,196 53.0% 9,803 R+6.0
Putnam 6,309 67.8% 2,993 32.2% 2 9,304 D+35.6
Dyer 4,717 51.1% 4,517 48.9% 2 9,236 D+2.2
Wilson 6,267 69.8% 2,707 30.2% 8,974 D+39.7
Campbell 4,412 51.0% 4,232 49.0% 8,644 D+2.1
Obion 5,672 66.9% 2,802 33.1% 8,474 D+33.9
Monroe 4,100 48.5% 4,349 51.5% 8,449 R+2.9
Franklin 6,029 72.7% 2,262 27.3% 8,291 D+45.4
Henry 5,874 72.2% 2,261 27.8% 8,135 D+44.4
Bedford 5,610 71.2% 2,272 28.8% 7,882 D+42.3
Weakley 5,161 65.8% 2,684 34.2% 7,845 D+31.6
Carroll 4,056 52.1% 3,734 47.9% 7,790 D+4.1
Williamson 5,075 65.2% 2,707 34.8% 1 7,783 D+30.4
Robertson 5,784 76.3% 1,797 23.7% 7,581 D+52.6
Loudon 3,365 44.7% 4,148 55.1% 11 7,524 R+10.4
Jefferson 2,600 34.6% 4,923 65.4% 7,523 R+30.9
Cocke 2,109 29.3% 5,084 70.7% 7,193 R+41.4
Tipton 3,821 55.4% 3,073 44.6% 6,894 D+10.9
Warren 5,027 74.1% 1,754 25.9% 1 6,782 D+48.3
Lincoln 4,861 73.8% 1,728 26.2% 1 6,590 D+47.5
Marion 3,775 58.1% 2,728 41.9% 6,503 D+16.1
Giles 4,940 78.2% 1,378 21.8% 6,318 D+56.4
McNairy 2,994 49.1% 3,109 50.9% 6,103 R+1.9
Cumberland 3,073 50.8% 2,975 49.2% 6,048 D+1.6
Dickson 4,724 78.7% 1,281 21.3% 6,005 D+57.3
Lauderdale 3,847 67.2% 1,880 32.8% 5,727 D+34.3
Hardin 2,620 46.4% 3,025 53.6% 5,645 R+7.2
Fayette 2,636 47.4% 2,922 52.6% 5,558 R+5.1
Claiborne 2,581 47.5% 2,852 52.5% 5,433 R+5.0
Rhea 2,637 49.1% 2,730 50.9% 5,367 R+1.7
Marshall 3,989 74.9% 1,340 25.1% 5,329 D+49.7
Hardeman 2,675 52.2% 2,450 47.8% 5,125 D+4.4
Henderson 1,955 38.4% 3,133 61.6% 5,088 R+23.2
Unicoi 2,000 42.3% 2,731 57.7% 4,731 R+15.5
Haywood 2,290 48.8% 2,407 51.2% 4,697 R+2.5
Overton 3,258 73.8% 1,155 26.2% 4,413 D+47.7
Scott 2,007 45.5% 2,406 54.5% 4,413 R+9.0
White 2,987 71.4% 1,199 28.6% 4,186 D+42.7
Humphreys 3,230 77.9% 916 22.1% 4,146 D+55.8
Smith 2,934 73.0% 1,084 27.0% 4,018 D+46.0
Benton 2,611 65.7% 1,363 34.3% 3,974 D+31.4
Grainger 1,309 33.2% 2,634 66.8% 3,943 R+33.6
Hickman 2,877 73.8% 1,019 26.2% 3,896 D+47.7
Johnson 927 24.3% 2,889 75.7% 3,816 R+51.4
Morgan 1,957 51.5% 1,842 48.5% 3,799 D+3.0
Polk 2,113 55.6% 1,685 44.4% 3,798 D+11.3
Dekalb 2,291 62.0% 1,402 38.0% 3,693 D+24.1
Crockett 1,817 49.2% 1,873 50.8% 3,690 R+1.5
Wayne 1,178 31.9% 2,510 68.1% 3,688 R+36.1
Cheatham 2,750 77.4% 803 22.6% 1 3,554 D+54.8
Chester 1,763 49.9% 1,767 50.1% 3,530 R+0.1
Fentress 1,550 44.0% 1,969 56.0% 3,519 R+11.9
Grundy 2,775 80.2% 686 19.8% 3,461 D+60.4
Macon 1,446 43.9% 1,846 56.1% 3,292 R+12.2
Decatur 1,813 55.9% 1,429 44.1% 3,242 D+11.8
Cannon 2,190 74.6% 746 25.4% 2,936 D+49.2
Stewart 2,444 84.7% 441 15.3% 2,885 D+69.4
Union 1,091 38.1% 1,770 61.9% 2,861 R+23.7
Bledsoe 1,412 49.7% 1,431 50.3% 2,843 R+0.7
Jackson 2,291 80.6% 551 19.4% 2,842 D+61.2
Lewis 2,061 84.2% 388 15.8% 2,449 D+68.3
Lake 1,667 69.3% 736 30.6% 1 2,404 D+38.7
Hancock 687 31.2% 1,517 68.8% 2,204 R+37.7
Sequatchie 1,162 59.1% 804 40.9% 1,966 D+18.2
Perry 1,440 73.7% 514 26.3% 1,954 D+47.4
Houston 1,572 84.6% 287 15.4% 1,859 D+69.1
Clay 1,196 65.8% 622 34.2% 1,818 D+31.6
Meigs 916 52.6% 824 47.4% 1,740 D+5.3
Pickett 728 43.8% 935 56.2% 1,663 R+12.4
Trousdale 1,270 86.1% 205 13.9% 1,475 D+72.2
Moore 1,034 79.7% 264 20.3% 1,298 D+59.3
Van Buren 865 74.7% 293 25.3% 1,158 D+49.4

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.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9