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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Washington

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Washington in 1964, 62.0% to 37.4%, a margin of 24.6 points and 309,333 votes.

Washington voted 2.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 36 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, King, cast 450,640 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.1 points. The closest was Whitman, where 5 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	779,699	62.0%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	470,366	37.4%
All other candidates		8,309	0.7%
Total		1,258,374

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
King	268,216 59.5%	177,598 39.4%	4,826	450,640	D+20.1
Pierce	84,566 67.1%	40,164 31.9%	1,243	125,973	D+35.2
Spokane	62,092 55.6%	49,387 44.3%	102	111,581	D+11.4
Snohomish	55,013 67.6%	25,902 31.8%	490	81,405	D+35.8
Yakima	29,604 56.1%	22,786 43.2%	340	52,730	D+12.9
Clark	29,341 70.2%	12,300 29.4%	149	41,790	D+40.8
Kitsap	26,904 71.3%	10,702 28.4%	108	37,714	D+43.0
Whatcom	20,297 64.6%	10,900 34.7%	225	31,422	D+29.9
Benton	16,650 58.7%	11,708 41.3%	14	28,372	D+17.4
Thurston	17,578 65.1%	9,351 34.6%	92	27,021	D+30.4
Cowlitz	17,605 71.9%	6,708 27.4%	188	24,501	D+44.5
Grays Harbor	17,145 74.5%	5,744 24.9%	138	23,027	D+49.5
Skagit	14,162 63.4%	8,138 36.4%	28	22,328	D+27.0
Lewis	12,070 63.5%	6,933 36.4%	19	19,022	D+27.0
Chelan	10,295 57.8%	7,406 41.6%	121	17,822	D+16.2
Walla Walla	9,481 53.9%	8,102 46.0%	11	17,594	D+7.8
Grant	8,352 57.9%	6,065 42.0%	10	14,427	D+15.9
Whitman	6,760 49.9%	6,765 50.0%	13	13,538	level
Clallam	9,265 68.9%	4,175 31.0%	15	13,455	D+37.8
Okanogan	6,554 62.4%	3,931 37.5%	10	10,495	D+25.0
Franklin	6,375 63.4%	3,615 35.9%	68	10,058	D+27.4
Kittitas	5,383 62.7%	3,200 37.2%	9	8,592	D+25.4
Mason	5,514 68.3%	2,549 31.6%	8	8,071	D+36.7
Stevens	4,266 56.3%	3,302 43.6%	10	7,578	D+12.7
Island	3,946 56.4%	3,044 43.5%	9	6,999	D+12.9
Pacific	5,056 73.7%	1,789 26.1%	15	6,860	D+47.6
Douglas	3,728 58.5%	2,643 41.5%	5	6,376	D+17.0
Klickitat	3,819 67.3%	1,850 32.6%	5	5,674	D+34.7
Asotin	3,657 67.3%	1,777 32.7%	2	5,436	D+34.6
Lincoln	2,299 44.1%	2,911 55.8%	3	5,213	R+11.7
Jefferson	3,012 67.6%	1,432 32.1%	12	4,456	D+35.5
Adams	2,027 47.4%	2,241 52.4%	5	4,273	R+5.0
Pend Oreille	1,978 66.7%	985 33.2%	2	2,965	D+33.5
Skamania	1,758 72.8%	653 27.1%	3	2,414	D+45.8
Columbia	1,138 52.0%	1,048 47.9%	1	2,187	D+4.1
San Juan	906 51.8%	839 47.9%	5	1,750	D+3.8
Wahkiakum	1,175 72.4%	446 27.5%	3	1,624	D+44.9
Garfield	781 51.0%	751 49.0%		1,532	D+2.0
Ferry	931 63.8%	526 36.1%	2	1,459	D+27.8

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.

Washington in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+18.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+19.2
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+15.7
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+14.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+17.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+7.2
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+5.6
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+1.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+13.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+3.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.3
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+2.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.6
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+8.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+9.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+14.6
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.5
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+35.7
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+42.1
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+34.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+4.2
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+25.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+50.6
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+11.7
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+15.1
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.6

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