See main article: 1964 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Country: | Connecticut |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Previous Year: | 1960 |
| Next Election: | 1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1964 |
| Image1: | 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Texas |
| Running Mate1: | Hubert Humphrey |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 826,269 |
| Percentage1: | 67.81% |
| Nominee2: | Barry Goldwater |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Arizona |
| Running Mate2: | William E. Miller |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 390,996 |
| Percentage2: | 32.09% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Lyndon Johnson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Lyndon Johnson |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Connecticut voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, over the Republican nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Johnson ran with Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, while Goldwater's running mate was Congressman William E. Miller of New York.
Johnson carried Connecticut by a wide margin of 35.72%. His 67.81% vote share is the largest for a Democrat in Connecticut presidential election history, and the largest for any party since John Quincy Adams in 1828.[1]
To date, this is the last time that the city of Shelton and the towns of Bethlehem, Goshen, Harwinton, Middlebury, New Fairfield, Oxford, and Somers voted Democratic.
| 1964 United States presidential election in Connecticut[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) | 826,269 | 67.81% | 8 | ||
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 390,996 | 32.09% | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 1,313 | 0.11% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,218,578 | 100.00% | 8 | |||
| County | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic | Barry Goldwater Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 194,782 | 60.75% | 125,576 | 39.17% | 261 | 0.08% | 69,206 | 21.58% | 320,619 | ||||||||||
| Hartford | 240,071 | 72.86% | 88,811 | 26.95% | 622 | 0.19% | 151,260 | 45.91% | 329,504 | ||||||||||
| Litchfield | 40,172 | 65.78% | 20,834 | 34.12% | 62 | 0.10% | 19,338 | 31.66% | 61,068 | ||||||||||
| Middlesex | 30,517 | 67.39% | 14,697 | 32.45% | 71 | 0.16% | 15,820 | 34.94% | 45,285 | ||||||||||
| New Haven | 218,743 | 69.10% | 97,656 | 30.85% | 171 | 0.05% | 121,087 | 38.25% | 316,570 | ||||||||||
| New London | 54,551 | 69.06% | 24,391 | 30.88% | 49 | 0.06% | 30,160 | 38.18% | 78,991 | ||||||||||
| Tolland | 22,195 | 68.92% | 9,951 | 30.90% | 58 | 0.18% | 12,244 | 38.02% | 32,204 | ||||||||||
| Windham | 25,238 | 73.50% | 9,080 | 26.44% | 19 | 0.06% | 16,158 | 47.06% | 34,337 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 826,269 | 67.81% | 390,996 | 32.09% | 1,313 | 0.10% | 435,273 | 35.72% | 1,218,578 | ||||||||||