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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Virginia

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Virginia in 1964, 53.5% to 46.2%, a margin of 7.4 points and 76,704 votes.

Virginia voted 15.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 83 of the 130 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, Fairfax, cast 79,517 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.5 points. The closest was New Kent, where 7 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lyndon B. Johnson won	Democratic	558,038	53.5%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	481,334	46.2%
All other candidates		2,895	0.3%
Total		1,042,267

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fairfax	48,680 61.2%	30,755 38.7%	82	79,517	D+22.5
Richmond	35,662 56.7%	27,196 43.2%	32	62,890	D+13.5
Arlington	33,567 61.7%	20,485 37.7%	311	54,363	D+24.1
Norfolk	32,388 62.8%	18,429 35.8%	729	51,546	D+27.1
Henrico	12,779 30.4%	29,286 69.6%	17	42,082	R+39.2
Roanoke	15,314 53.7%	13,164 46.2%	18	28,496	D+7.5
Newport News	15,296 59.1%	10,584 40.9%	14	25,894	D+18.2
Chesterfield	8,376 32.4%	17,486 67.6%	9	25,871	R+35.2
Alexandria	16,828 65.5%	8,825 34.4%	30	25,683	D+31.2
Portsmouth	16,073 65.5%	8,420 34.3%	51	24,544	D+31.2
Virginia Beach	12,892 55.0%	10,529 44.9%	21	23,442	D+10.1
Hampton	13,542 60.8%	8,731 39.2%	15	22,288	D+21.6
Roanoke	8,808 45.1%	10,714 54.8%	14	19,536	R+9.8
Chesapeake	9,532 51.2%	9,038 48.5%	51	18,621	D+2.7
Lynchburg	6,758 40.1%	10,044 59.7%	32	16,834	R+19.5
Danville	4,539 35.7%	7,900 62.1%	285	12,724	R+26.4
Pittsylvania	5,228 42.3%	7,120 57.5%	25	12,373	R+15.3
Wise	7,220 68.5%	3,309 31.4%	10	10,539	D+37.1
Charlottesville	5,205 53.6%	4,415 45.5%	84	9,704	D+8.1
Tazewell	6,081 64.6%	3,231 34.3%	105	9,417	D+30.3
Scott	4,720 50.9%	4,533 48.9%	16	9,269	D+2.0
Washington	5,070 55.0%	4,146 44.9%	10	9,226	D+10.0
Campbell	3,401 37.2%	5,713 62.5%	31	9,145	R+25.3
Prince William	5,611 62.6%	3,343 37.3%	9	8,963	D+25.3
Lee	5,151 59.7%	3,463 40.1%	12	8,626	D+19.6
Montgomery	3,872 45.6%	4,604 54.2%	13	8,489	R+8.6
Augusta	4,039 48.2%	4,327 51.7%	6	8,372	R+3.4
Rockingham	4,205 50.3%	4,155 49.7%	3	8,363	D+0.6
Mecklenburg	3,238 39.4%	4,976 60.5%	13	8,227	R+21.1
Henry	5,295 64.7%	2,844 34.8%	45	8,184	D+29.9
Smyth	4,113 51.7%	3,830 48.2%	9	7,952	D+3.6
Bedford	4,076 51.5%	3,806 48.1%	32	7,914	D+3.4
Petersburg	4,521 58.1%	3,253 41.8%	1	7,775	D+16.3
Hanover	2,864 37.0%	4,879 62.9%	8	7,751	R+26.0
Nansemond (Ext)	4,804 64.8%	2,590 34.9%	21	7,415	D+29.9
Russell	4,330 58.8%	3,012 40.9%	25	7,367	D+17.9
Shenandoah	3,184 44.4%	3,981 55.5%	3	7,168	R+11.1
Buchanan	4,756 66.8%	2,349 33.0%	19	7,124	D+33.8
Loudoun	4,278 62.2%	2,594 37.7%	5	6,877	D+24.5
Pulaski	3,620 53.8%	3,101 46.1%	5	6,726	D+7.7
Accomack	3,528 52.8%	3,145 47.1%	10	6,683	D+5.7
York	3,385 53.0%	2,992 46.8%	12	6,389	D+6.2
Grayson	3,238 51.0%	3,105 48.9%	9	6,352	D+2.1
Albemarle	3,062 48.5%	3,251 51.5%	2	6,315	R+3.0
Carroll	2,517 41.0%	3,617 58.9%	12	6,146	R+17.9
Halifax	2,198 35.8%	3,928 63.9%	18	6,144	R+28.2
Wythe	2,879 49.1%	2,958 50.5%	26	5,863	R+1.3
Franklin	3,447 60.1%	2,279 39.7%	11	5,737	D+20.4
Hopewell	2,498 43.9%	3,183 55.9%	10	5,691	R+12.0
Staunton	2,705 47.6%	2,969 52.3%	6	5,680	R+4.6
Dickenson	3,485 61.8%	2,143 38.0%	11	5,639	D+23.8
Fauquier	3,506 62.5%	2,101 37.4%	6	5,613	D+25.0
Frederick	2,880 52.6%	2,585 47.2%	9	5,474	D+5.4
Page	2,606 48.1%	2,804 51.7%	9	5,419	R+3.7
Amherst	2,730 50.5%	2,675 49.4%	5	5,410	D+1.0
Giles	3,133 60.6%	1,952 37.8%	82	5,167	D+22.9
Martinsville	2,943 61.0%	1,805 37.4%	76	4,824	D+23.6
Rockbridge	2,599 54.1%	2,200 45.8%	7	4,806	D+8.3
Fairfax	2,835 59.5%	1,924 40.4%	7	4,766	D+19.1
Waynesboro	2,369 52.3%	2,107 46.5%	55	4,531	D+5.8
Greensville	2,262 50.1%	2,245 49.7%	12	4,519	D+0.4
Nottoway	2,138 47.5%	2,353 52.3%	8	4,499	R+4.8
Botetourt	2,377 53.1%	2,098 46.9%	1	4,476	D+6.2
Brunswick	1,883 42.4%	2,560 57.6%	3	4,446	R+15.2
Winchester	2,254 50.8%	2,180 49.1%	3	4,437	D+1.7
Isle Of Wight	2,656 60.4%	1,737 39.5%	6	4,399	D+20.9
Warren	2,494 56.8%	1,886 43.0%	10	4,390	D+13.8
Stafford	2,469 56.6%	1,888 43.3%	7	4,364	D+13.3
Dinwiddie	2,182 50.9%	2,096 48.9%	7	4,285	D+2.0
Southampton	2,566 62.7%	1,520 37.2%	4	4,090	D+25.6
Prince Edward	1,512 37.2%	2,545 62.6%	7	4,064	R+25.4
Fredericksburg	2,410 61.4%	1,511 38.5%	7	3,928	D+22.9
Appomattox	1,339 35.3%	2,444 64.5%	8	3,791	R+29.1
Patrick	2,306 61.1%	1,468 38.9%	2	3,776	D+22.2
Bristol	2,429 65.2%	1,289 34.6%	5	3,723	D+30.6
Falls Church	2,371 64.0%	1,329 35.9%	7	3,707	D+28.1
Culpeper	1,886 51.5%	1,775 48.4%	4	3,665	D+3.0
Colonial Hts.	1,198 33.1%	2,420 66.9%	2	3,620	R+33.8
Harrisonburg	1,765 49.2%	1,820 50.7%	5	3,590	R+1.5
Gloucester	1,949 54.4%	1,631 45.5%	3	3,583	D+8.9
Spotsylvania	2,097 62.3%	1,261 37.5%	9	3,367	D+24.8
Radford	1,850 55.1%	1,505 44.8%	3	3,358	D+10.3
Prince George	1,502 45.6%	1,790 54.3%	3	3,295	R+8.7
Caroline	2,064 63.6%	1,166 36.0%	13	3,243	D+27.7
Covington	2,055 64.1%	1,149 35.8%	2	3,206	D+28.3
Charlotte	1,191 37.5%	1,974 62.1%	13	3,178	R+24.6
Orange	1,508 48.5%	1,595 51.3%	4	3,107	R+2.8
Louisa	1,731 55.8%	1,369 44.1%	3	3,103	D+11.7
Northampton	1,516 48.9%	1,586 51.1%	1	3,103	R+2.3
Suffolk	1,579 51.9%	1,463 48.1%	2	3,044	D+3.8
Floyd	1,144 38.3%	1,836 61.5%	5	2,985	R+23.2
Lunenburg	1,128 37.9%	1,847 62.0%	2	2,977	R+24.2
Lancaster	1,245 42.8%	1,663 57.1%	3	2,911	R+14.4
James City	1,744 61.4%	1,092 38.5%	3	2,839	D+23.0
Sussex	1,234 44.5%	1,537 55.4%	4	2,775	R+10.9
Buckingham	1,182 43.2%	1,547 56.6%	4	2,733	R+13.4
Goochland	1,452 53.8%	1,241 46.0%	4	2,697	D+7.8
Alleghany	1,580 58.8%	1,104 41.1%	1	2,685	D+17.7
Nelson	1,635 64.5%	893 35.2%	6	2,534	D+29.3
Westmoreland	1,312 52.5%	1,181 47.3%	6	2,499	D+5.2
Northumberland	988 40.9%	1,423 58.9%	7	2,418	R+18.0
Mathews	1,137 49.7%	1,149 50.3%		2,286	R+0.5
Amelia	884 39.5%	1,348 60.2%	7	2,239	R+20.7
Clarke	1,136 51.5%	1,068 48.4%	2	2,206	D+3.1
Powhatan	969 45.0%	1,182 54.9%	1	2,152	R+9.9
Surry	1,131 52.9%	1,004 46.9%	5	2,140	D+5.9
Clifton Forge	1,252 59.6%	850 40.4%		2,102	D+19.1
Williamsburg	1,171 55.9%	906 43.3%	16	2,093	D+12.7
Franklin	1,257 61.6%	783 38.4%	1	2,041	D+23.2
Middlesex	973 48.8%	1,019 51.1%	3	1,995	R+2.3
Cumberland	871 44.1%	1,099 55.6%	7	1,977	R+11.5
King William	904 45.8%	1,065 53.9%	6	1,975	R+8.2
Madison	862 44.8%	1,060 55.1%	1	1,923	R+10.3
South Boston	636 34.5%	1,206 65.4%	1	1,843	R+30.9
Fluvanna	1,008 55.0%	823 44.9%	3	1,834	D+10.1
King George	1,085 62.8%	644 37.2%		1,729	D+25.5
Bland	851 54.2%	717 45.7%	2	1,570	D+8.5
Essex	760 49.0%	789 50.9%	1	1,550	R+1.9
Richmond	636 41.3%	901 58.5%	3	1,540	R+17.2
King And Queen	786 52.8%	699 46.9%	4	1,489	D+5.8
Galax	717 50.6%	697 49.2%	2	1,416	D+1.4
New Kent	684 50.1%	677 49.6%	4	1,365	D+0.5
Charles City	1,023 75.9%	323 24.0%	2	1,348	D+51.9
Bath	770 59.9%	516 40.1%		1,286	D+19.8
Craig	767 61.7%	477 38.3%		1,244	D+23.3
Norton	824 68.9%	372 31.1%		1,196	D+37.8
Buena Vista	691 59.9%	459 39.8%	3	1,153	D+20.1
Rappahannock	675 59.9%	449 39.8%	3	1,127	D+20.1
Greene	460 41.7%	641 58.1%	3	1,104	R+16.4
Highland	476 48.1%	511 51.7%	2	989	R+3.5

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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