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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Wisconsin

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) beat Barry Goldwater (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1964, 62.1% to 37.7%, a margin of 24.3 points and 411,929 votes.

Wisconsin voted 1.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

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

Democrats led in 69 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 439,459 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.5 points. The closest was Vilas, where 14 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	1,050,424	62.1%
Barry Goldwater	Republican	638,495	37.7%
All other candidates		2,896	0.2%
Total		1,691,815

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	288,577 65.7%	149,962 34.1%	920	439,459	D+31.5
Dane	68,118 71.4%	27,124 28.4%	184	95,426	D+43.0
Waukesha	39,796 52.8%	35,502 47.1%	131	75,429	D+5.7
Racine	37,785 63.7%	21,434 36.1%	87	59,306	D+27.6
Brown	30,851 59.3%	21,134 40.6%	79	52,064	D+18.7
Rock	28,257 58.0%	20,372 41.8%	55	48,684	D+16.2
Kenosha	30,522 67.3%	14,764 32.6%	70	45,356	D+34.7
Winnebago	23,636 52.7%	21,084 47.0%	115	44,835	D+5.7
Outagamie	21,556 53.6%	18,595 46.3%	47	40,198	D+7.4
Sheboygan	26,410 67.0%	12,968 32.9%	67	39,445	D+34.1
Marathon	24,603 65.7%	12,766 34.1%	57	37,426	D+31.6
Manitowoc	21,927 68.9%	9,849 31.0%	39	31,815	D+38.0
Fond Du Lac	18,040 58.6%	12,708 41.3%	30	30,778	D+17.3
La Crosse	16,625 55.8%	13,135 44.1%	43	29,803	D+11.7
Dodge	15,497 58.9%	10,772 40.9%	39	26,308	D+18.0
Eau Claire	15,775 64.3%	8,700 35.5%	46	24,521	D+28.9
Walworth	11,746 48.9%	12,225 50.9%	38	24,009	R+2.0
Wood	15,378 64.6%	8,388 35.3%	21	23,787	D+29.4
Jefferson	13,295 60.2%	8,741 39.6%	48	22,084	D+20.6
Washington	11,563 55.6%	9,191 44.2%	37	20,791	D+11.4
Douglas	15,237 76.8%	4,579 23.1%	23	19,839	D+53.7
Ozaukee	9,517 52.5%	8,581 47.3%	25	18,123	D+5.2
Chippewa	10,911 63.4%	6,277 36.5%	26	17,214	D+26.9
Grant	9,309 54.1%	7,872 45.7%	30	17,211	D+8.3
Portage	11,887 72.1%	4,579 27.8%	32	16,498	D+44.3
Columbia	10,093 61.7%	6,253 38.2%	24	16,370	D+23.5
Sauk	9,288 59.3%	6,345 40.5%	23	15,656	D+18.8
Waupaca	6,990 45.4%	8,381 54.5%	18	15,389	R+9.0
Marinette	9,657 64.3%	5,332 35.5%	24	15,013	D+28.8
Barron	8,332 59.3%	5,701 40.6%	23	14,056	D+18.7
St. Croix	8,864 65.9%	4,565 33.9%	29	13,458	D+31.9
Shawano	6,560 50.1%	6,519 49.7%	26	13,105	D+0.3
Clark	7,781 61.2%	4,897 38.5%	26	12,704	D+22.7
Monroe	6,385 55.4%	5,126 44.5%	13	11,524	D+10.9
Polk	7,215 65.6%	3,754 34.1%	34	11,003	D+31.5
Green	5,548 50.8%	5,364 49.1%	17	10,929	D+1.7
Vernon	6,242 57.3%	4,640 42.6%	16	10,898	D+14.7
Oconto	6,360 58.9%	4,420 40.9%	15	10,795	D+18.0
Dunn	6,475 61.9%	3,964 37.9%	19	10,458	D+24.0
Oneida	6,431 62.1%	3,909 37.7%	15	10,355	D+24.4
Lincoln	5,883 60.1%	3,894 39.8%	19	9,796	D+20.3
Pierce	6,351 65.7%	3,291 34.0%	24	9,666	D+31.7
Trempealeau	6,320 65.9%	3,264 34.0%	5	9,589	D+31.9
Calumet	5,356 57.8%	3,905 42.1%	13	9,274	D+15.6
Door	4,416 50.7%	4,289 49.2%	9	8,714	D+1.5
Langlade	5,077 62.8%	2,994 37.0%	10	8,081	D+25.8
Iowa	4,620 58.4%	3,275 41.4%	12	7,907	D+17.0
Kewaunee	4,792 61.6%	2,980 38.3%	8	7,780	D+23.3
Green Lake	3,893 50.1%	3,871 49.8%	4	7,768	D+0.3
Lafayette	4,471 58.3%	3,194 41.6%	6	7,671	D+16.6
Ashland	5,383 70.9%	2,198 29.0%	10	7,591	D+42.0
Juneau	4,583 60.6%	2,976 39.3%	8	7,567	D+21.2
Richland	4,315 57.2%	3,224 42.7%	9	7,548	D+14.5
Taylor	4,624 67.0%	2,261 32.8%	13	6,898	D+34.3
Price	4,289 64.0%	2,406 35.9%	10	6,705	D+28.1
Crawford	3,930 59.0%	2,726 40.9%	7	6,663	D+18.1
Waushara	3,004 46.6%	3,437 53.4%		6,441	R+6.7
Rusk	4,176 65.2%	2,214 34.6%	15	6,405	D+30.6
Jackson	3,818 60.1%	2,532 39.8%	7	6,357	D+20.2
Bayfield	3,875 67.1%	1,886 32.6%	16	5,777	D+34.4
Buffalo	3,663 63.6%	2,091 36.3%	5	5,759	D+27.3
Vilas	2,841 50.0%	2,827 49.8%	11	5,679	D+0.2
Washburn	3,181 62.8%	1,865 36.8%	16	5,062	D+26.0
Sawyer	2,591 56.2%	2,012 43.6%	10	4,613	D+12.6
Burnett	2,921 65.4%	1,536 34.4%	6	4,463	D+31.0
Marquette	1,927 50.5%	1,881 49.3%	8	3,816	D+1.2
Forest	2,479 69.8%	1,069 30.1%	4	3,552	D+39.7
Adams	2,262 64.8%	1,219 34.9%	8	3,489	D+29.9
Iron	2,514 72.2%	963 27.7%	3	3,480	D+44.6
Pepin	2,154 66.7%	1,069 33.1%	6	3,229	D+33.6
Florence	1,029 63.2%	596 36.6%	2	1,627	D+26.6
Menominee	647 89.1%	78 10.7%	1	726	D+78.4

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.8
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+13.9
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+0.4
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.2
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+3.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+9.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+4.7
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.7
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.3
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+23.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+4.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+1.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+1.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+33.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+32.3
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+9.2
1924	Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+54.9
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+6.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+8.4
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+17.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+35.2
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.1
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+22.9
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+1.7
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+6.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+11.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+2.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+9.2
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+12.5

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