Main article: 1964 United States presidential election
1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota Turnout 76.33%
County Results
Johnson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Goldwater
50-60%
The 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election . Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the DFL candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson , who had assumed the presidency less than a year earlier following the assassination of John F. Kennedy , won the state over U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona by a margin of 431,493 votes, or 27.76%. Johnson went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 22.58% of the popular vote. Goldwater carried only six states, including his home state of Arizona , together with the five southern states of Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , Mississippi , and South Carolina .
In the 1964 election, President Johnson carried Minnesota by a margin of victory that hadn't been seen in a presidential election in the state since Franklin D. Roosevelt carried the state by a margin of 30.83% over Alf Landon in 1936 . This margin of victory was aided by the fact that Hubert Humphrey , the state's incumbent U.S. Senator, was on the Democratic ticket for vice president.
To date Johnson's performance is the best ever for a Democrat in Minnesota, in fact, no presidential candidate has since obtained more than 55% of the state's vote in a presidential election. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Brown County , Redwood County , and Rock County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Olmsted County would not vote Democratic again until 2008 .
Results
Results by county
County
Lyndon B. Johnson DFL
Barry Goldwater Republican
Eric Hass Industrial Government
Clifton DeBerry Socialist Workers
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Aitkin
3,874
65.77%
2,000
33.96%
9
0.15%
7
0.12%
1,874
31.81%
5,890
Anoka
31,714
70.47%
13,201
29.33%
47
0.10%
43
0.10%
18,513
41.14%
45,005
Becker
6,453
63.14%
3,751
36.70%
6
0.06%
10
0.10%
2,702
26.44%
10,220
Beltrami
5,967
65.10%
3,184
34.74%
9
0.10%
6
0.07%
2,783
30.36%
9,166
Benton
4,679
62.22%
2,818
37.47%
20
0.27%
3
0.04%
1,861
24.75%
7,520
Big Stone
2,831
67.86%
1,331
31.90%
9
0.22%
1
0.02%
1,500
35.96%
4,172
Blue Earth
10,687
56.85%
8,009
42.61%
96
0.51%
5
0.03%
2,678
14.24%
18,797
Brown
6,069
50.84%
5,851
49.02%
10
0.08%
7
0.06%
218
1.82%
11,937
Carlton
9,552
77.29%
2,780
22.49%
13
0.11%
14
0.11%
6,772
54.80%
12,359
Carver
5,123
48.52%
5,424
51.37%
4
0.04%
7
0.07%
-301
-2.85%
10,558
Cass
4,635
59.78%
3,110
40.11%
7
0.09%
2
0.03%
1,525
19.67%
7,754
Chippewa
4,550
61.78%
2,806
38.10%
6
0.08%
3
0.04%
1,744
23.68%
7,365
Chisago
4,347
63.10%
2,525
36.65%
9
0.13%
8
0.12%
1,822
26.45%
6,889
Clay
10,161
62.39%
6,085
37.37%
35
0.21%
4
0.02%
4,076
25.02%
16,285
Clearwater
2,596
69.43%
1,137
30.41%
2
0.05%
4
0.11%
1,459
39.02%
3,739
Cook
976
56.03%
764
43.86%
2
0.11%
0
0.00%
212
12.17%
1,742
Cottonwood
4,090
54.33%
3,423
45.47%
9
0.12%
6
0.08%
667
8.86%
7,528
Crow Wing
9,197
64.10%
5,131
35.76%
9
0.06%
12
0.08%
4,066
28.34%
14,349
Dakota
28,391
67.07%
13,856
32.73%
64
0.15%
17
0.04%
14,535
34.34%
42,328
Dodge
3,138
55.84%
2,474
44.02%
6
0.11%
2
0.04%
664
11.82%
5,620
Douglas
6,040
59.36%
4,122
40.51%
8
0.08%
5
0.05%
1,918
18.85%
10,175
Faribault
5,946
55.18%
4,817
44.71%
8
0.07%
4
0.04%
1,129
10.47%
10,775
Fillmore
5,813
54.58%
4,824
45.29%
11
0.10%
3
0.03%
989
9.29%
10,651
Freeborn
10,554
63.16%
6,136
36.72%
16
0.10%
3
0.02%
4,418
26.44%
16,709
Goodhue
9,035
57.96%
6,539
41.95%
9
0.06%
6
0.04%
2,496
16.01%
15,589
Grant
2,631
60.26%
1,734
39.72%
1
0.02%
0
0.00%
897
20.54%
4,366
Hennepin
241,020
60.75%
154,736
39.00%
623
0.16%
348
0.09%
86,284
21.75%
396,727
Houston
3,885
53.03%
3,433
46.86%
7
0.10%
1
0.01%
452
6.17%
7,326
Hubbard
2,553
52.72%
2,283
47.14%
6
0.12%
1
0.02%
270
5.58%
4,843
Isanti
4,026
66.90%
1,982
32.93%
3
0.05%
7
0.12%
2,044
33.97%
6,018
Itasca
12,054
74.27%
4,137
25.49%
19
0.12%
21
0.13%
7,917
48.78%
16,231
Jackson
4,576
65.18%
2,441
34.77%
4
0.06%
0
0.00%
2,135
30.41%
7,021
Kanabec
2,666
66.25%
1,348
33.50%
5
0.12%
5
0.12%
1,318
32.75%
4,024
Kandiyohi
9,108
69.23%
4,011
30.49%
25
0.19%
12
0.09%
5,097
38.74%
13,156
Kittson
2,790
70.72%
1,153
29.23%
2
0.05%
0
0.00%
1,637
41.49%
3,945
Koochiching
5,878
78.47%
1,602
21.39%
6
0.08%
5
0.07%
4,276
57.08%
7,491
Lac qui Parle
3,934
63.66%
2,236
36.18%
5
0.08%
5
0.08%
1,698
27.48%
6,180
Lake
4,704
79.39%
1,205
20.34%
8
0.14%
8
0.14%
3,499
59.05%
5,925
Lake of the Woods
1,266
71.73%
489
27.71%
5
0.28%
5
0.28%
777
44.02%
1,765
Le Sueur
6,117
65.60%
3,191
34.22%
12
0.13%
5
0.05%
2,926
31.38%
9,325
Lincoln
3,024
68.29%
1,393
31.46%
2
0.05%
9
0.20%
1,631
36.83%
4,428
Lyon
6,649
67.69%
3,165
32.22%
7
0.07%
1
0.01%
3,484
35.47%
9,822
Mahnomen
1,967
75.11%
648
24.74%
3
0.11%
1
0.04%
1,319
50.37%
2,619
Marshall
4,594
70.79%
1,893
29.17%
2
0.03%
1
0.02%
2,701
41.62%
6,490
Martin
5,575
45.98%
6,529
53.84%
14
0.12%
8
0.07%
-954
-7.86%
12,126
McLeod
5,755
50.86%
5,545
49.00%
9
0.08%
7
0.06%
210
1.86%
11,316
Meeker
5,270
62.90%
3,099
36.99%
7
0.08%
2
0.02%
2,171
25.91%
8,378
Mille Lacs
4,369
63.58%
2,474
36.00%
15
0.22%
14
0.20%
1,895
27.58%
6,872
Morrison
7,492
67.91%
3,515
31.86%
16
0.15%
9
0.08%
3,977
36.05%
11,032
Mower
13,573
67.39%
6,510
32.32%
43
0.21%
14
0.07%
7,063
35.07%
20,140
Murray
3,822
62.13%
2,325
37.79%
5
0.08%
0
0.00%
1,497
24.34%
6,152
Nicollet
5,121
58.62%
3,605
41.27%
4
0.05%
6
0.07%
1,516
17.35%
8,736
Nobles
6,431
64.57%
3,517
35.31%
9
0.09%
3
0.03%
2,914
29.26%
9,960
Norman
3,631
68.50%
1,662
31.35%
5
0.09%
3
0.06%
1,969
37.15%
5,301
Olmsted
16,195
55.94%
12,699
43.87%
47
0.16%
9
0.03%
3,496
12.07%
28,950
Otter Tail
9,997
48.61%
10,542
51.26%
17
0.08%
9
0.04%
-545
-2.65%
20,565
Pennington
3,894
70.37%
1,630
29.45%
3
0.05%
7
0.13%
2,264
40.92%
5,534
Pine
5,123
69.04%
2,279
30.71%
10
0.13%
8
0.11%
2,844
38.33%
7,420
Pipestone
3,365
57.51%
2,481
42.40%
3
0.05%
2
0.03%
884
15.11%
5,851
Polk
11,052
68.60%
5,039
31.27%
11
0.07%
9
0.06%
6,013
37.33%
16,111
Pope
3,549
61.57%
2,213
38.39%
1
0.02%
1
0.02%
1,336
23.18%
5,764
Ramsey
133,948
69.91%
56,898
29.70%
579
0.30%
167
0.09%
77,050
40.21%
191,592
Red Lake
1,861
75.96%
573
23.39%
9
0.37%
7
0.29%
1,288
52.57%
2,450
Redwood
4,722
50.90%
4,546
49.00%
5
0.05%
4
0.04%
176
1.90%
9,277
Renville
6,072
58.18%
4,340
41.58%
14
0.13%
11
0.11%
1,732
16.60%
10,437
Rice
9,299
62.65%
5,518
37.18%
18
0.12%
8
0.05%
3,781
25.47%
14,843
Rock
2,896
54.78%
2,389
45.19%
2
0.04%
0
0.00%
507
9.59%
5,287
Roseau
3,636
68.69%
1,651
31.19%
3
0.06%
3
0.06%
1,985
37.50%
5,293
St. Louis
79,529
75.61%
25,246
24.00%
275
0.26%
133
0.13%
54,283
51.61%
105,183
Scott
7,248
68.57%
3,311
31.32%
9
0.09%
2
0.02%
3,937
37.25%
10,570
Sherburne
3,787
63.75%
2,132
35.89%
17
0.29%
4
0.07%
1,655
27.86%
5,940
Sibley
3,577
48.10%
3,854
51.83%
3
0.04%
2
0.03%
-277
-3.73%
7,436
Stearns
19,063
59.26%
13,009
40.44%
58
0.18%
36
0.11%
6,054
18.82%
32,166
Steele
6,022
55.05%
4,882
44.63%
27
0.25%
8
0.07%
1,140
10.42%
10,939
Stevens
2,910
56.65%
2,220
43.22%
6
0.12%
1
0.02%
690
13.43%
5,137
Swift
4,380
67.14%
2,132
32.68%
6
0.09%
6
0.09%
2,248
34.46%
6,524
Todd
5,673
58.47%
4,006
41.29%
17
0.18%
6
0.06%
1,667
17.18%
9,702
Traverse
2,247
67.64%
1,073
32.30%
2
0.06%
0
0.00%
1,174
35.34%
3,322
Wabasha
4,367
58.20%
3,133
41.75%
3
0.04%
1
0.01%
1,234
16.45%
7,504
Wadena
2,908
54.52%
2,418
45.33%
7
0.13%
1
0.02%
490
9.19%
5,334
Waseca
3,633
50.34%
3,570
49.47%
10
0.14%
4
0.06%
63
0.87%
7,217
Washington
18,108
67.01%
8,850
32.75%
43
0.16%
21
0.08%
9,258
34.26%
27,022
Watonwan
3,615
56.09%
2,823
43.80%
5
0.08%
2
0.03%
792
12.29%
6,445
Wilkin
2,751
62.65%
1,636
37.26%
1
0.02%
3
0.07%
1,115
25.39%
4,391
Winona
11,397
64.14%
6,345
35.71%
21
0.12%
7
0.04%
5,052
28.43%
17,770
Wright
8,687
61.24%
5,476
38.60%
14
0.10%
8
0.06%
3,211
22.64%
14,185
Yellow Medicine
4,707
63.06%
2,751
36.86%
5
0.07%
1
0.01%
1,956
26.20%
7,464
Totals
991,117
63.76%
559,624
36.00%
2,544
0.16%
1,177
0.08%
431,493
27.76%
1,554,462
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References
"Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State" . www.sos.state.mn.us . Retrieved July 22, 2017.
Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016
"1964 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota" . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
"Minnesota Legislative Manual 1965-1966" (PDF). Minnesota Legislative Reference Library . 1965. pp. 411–413. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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