1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:	1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Country:	Kentucky
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:	1960
Next Election:	1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:	1968
Election Date:	November 3, 1964^[1]
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:	9
Popular Vote1:	669,659
Percentage1:	64.01%
Nominee2:	Barry Goldwater
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Arizona
Running Mate2:	William E. Miller
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	372,977
Percentage2:	35.65%
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Map Size:	380px

The 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 64.01% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 35.65% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

This is the solitary occasion since the Civil War where the Unionist strongholds of Whitley County and Knox County^[5] have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[6], this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Oldham, Jessamine, Wayne, Whitley, Estill, Garrard, Green, and Lee.^[7] This is also the last time that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, that the Democrat has won more than 60%, and that the Democratic nominee has won the state by double digits.

Results

Results by county

County	Lyndon B. Johnson^[8] Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		John Kasper National States’ Rights		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		2,854		48.15%		3,052		51.49%		21		0.35%		-198		-3.34%		5,927
	Allen		2,023		46.59%		2,309		53.18%		10		0.23%		-286		-6.59%		4,342
	Anderson		2,491		69.46%		1,085		30.26%		10		0.28%		1,406		39.20%		3,586
	Ballard		2,867		84.10%		519		15.22%		23		0.67%		2,348		68.88%		3,409
	Barren		6,420		68.44%		2,936		31.30%		24		0.26%		3,484		37.14%		9,380
	Bath		2,571		71.68%		1,009		28.13%		7		0.20%		1,562		43.55%		3,587
	Bell		6,979		62.16%		4,185		37.28%		63		0.56%		2,794		24.88%		11,227
	Boone		5,077		59.58%		3,430		40.25%		15		0.18%		1,647		19.33%		8,522
	Bourbon		4,068		76.52%		1,222		22.99%		26		0.49%		2,846		53.53%		5,316
	Boyd		11,436		62.03%		6,941		37.65%		60		0.33%		4,495		24.38%		18,437
	Boyle		4,976		71.47%		1,972		28.33%		14		0.20%		3,004		43.14%		6,962
	Bracken		1,958		69.46%		861		30.54%		0		0.00%		1,097		38.92%		2,819
	Breathitt		4,714		87.57%		669		12.43%		0		0.00%		4,045		75.14%		5,383
	Breckinridge		3,733		63.15%		2,167		36.66%		11		0.19%		1,566		26.49%		5,911
	Bullitt		3,900		73.17%		1,417		26.59%		13		0.24%		2,483		46.58%		5,330
	Butler		1,555		38.95%		2,429		60.85%		8		0.20%		-874		-21.90%		3,992
	Caldwell		2,831		61.57%		1,738		37.80%		29		0.63%		1,093		23.77%		4,598
	Calloway		7,290		82.04%		1,576		17.74%		20		0.23%		5,714		64.30%		8,886
	Campbell		16,012		56.65%		12,209		43.20%		43		0.15%		3,803		13.45%		28,264
	Carlisle		1,565		84.46%		282		15.22%		6		0.32%		1,283		69.24%		1,853
	Carroll		2,592		83.48%		491		15.81%		22		0.71%		2,101		67.67%		3,105
	Carter		4,136		59.20%		2,821		40.37%		30		0.43%		1,315		18.83%		6,987
	Casey		1,875		35.01%		3,457		64.54%		24		0.45%		-1,582		-29.53%		5,356
	Christian		8,727		69.10%		3,882		30.74%		21		0.17%		4,845		38.36%		12,630
	Clark		4,205		67.42%		2,019		32.37%		13		0.21%		2,186		35.05%		6,237
	Clay		3,098		48.84%		3,223		50.81%		22		0.35%		-125		-1.97%		6,343
	Clinton		994		29.50%		2,351		69.78%		24		0.71%		-1,357		-40.28%		3,369
	Crittenden		1,627		46.53%		1,863		53.27%		7		0.20%		-236		-6.74%		3,497
	Cumberland		1,348		42.60%		1,794		56.70%		22		0.70%		-446		-14.10%		3,164
	Daviess		15,253		64.21%		8,350		35.15%		152		0.64%		6,903		29.06%		23,755
	Edmonson		1,022		38.61%		1,603		60.56%		22		0.83%		-581		-21.95%		2,647
	Elliott		2,026		86.18%		323		13.74%		2		0.09%		1,703		72.44%		2,351
	Estill		2,105		51.32%		1,996		48.66%		1		0.02%		109		2.66%		4,102
	Fayette		25,317		57.29%		18,739		42.40%		136		0.31%		6,578		14.89%		44,192
	Fleming		2,678		61.53%		1,668		38.33%		6		0.14%		1,010		23.20%		4,352
	Floyd		11,644		82.93%		2,352		16.75%		45		0.32%		9,292		66.18%		14,041
	Franklin		10,130		81.08%		2,320		18.57%		44		0.35%		7,810		62.51%		12,494
	Fulton		2,493		67.89%		1,169		31.84%		10		0.27%		1,324		36.05%		3,672
	Gallatin		1,246		82.14%		267		17.60%		4		0.26%		979		64.54%		1,517
	Garrard		2,092		53.16%		1,828		46.45%		15		0.38%		264		6.71%		3,935
	Grant		2,461		69.42%		1,068		30.13%		16		0.45%		1,393		39.29%		3,545
	Graves		9,958		80.37%		2,389		19.28%		43		0.35%		7,569		61.09%		12,390
	Grayson		2,920		49.54%		2,974		50.46%		0		0.00%		-54		-0.92%		5,894
	Green		2,160		50.40%		2,110		49.23%		16		0.37%		50		1.17%		4,286
	Greenup		6,680		62.06%		4,045		37.58%		39		0.36%		2,635		24.48%		10,764
	Hancock		1,423		64.98%		756		34.52%		11		0.50%		667		30.46%		2,190
	Hardin		7,460		66.23%		3,744		33.24%		60		0.53%		3,716		32.99%		11,264
	Harlan		9,394		69.96%		4,025		29.97%		9		0.07%		5,369		39.99%		13,428
	Harrison		4,179		79.66%		1,054		20.09%		13		0.25%		3,125		59.57%		5,246
	Hart		3,313		62.57%		1,961		37.03%		21		0.40%		1,352		25.54%		5,295
	Henderson		8,022		74.38%		2,734		25.35%		29		0.27%		5,288		49.03%		10,785
	Henry		3,521		80.70%		838		19.21%		4		0.09%		2,683		61.49%		4,363
	Hickman		2,149		77.47%		613		22.10%		12		0.43%		1,536		55.37%		2,774
	Hopkins		7,954		70.41%		3,328		29.46%		15		0.13%		4,626		40.95%		11,297
	Jackson		920		25.58%		2,654		73.78%		23		0.64%		-1,734		-48.20%		3,597
	Jefferson		146,023		64.09%		80,951		35.53%		849		0.37%		65,072		28.56%		227,823
	Jessamine		2,485		54.86%		1,968		43.44%		77		1.70%		517		11.42%		4,530
	Johnson		3,053		49.59%		3,075		49.94%		29		0.47%		-22		-0.35%		6,157
	Kenton		23,103		59.55%		15,630		40.29%		62		0.16%		7,473		19.26%		38,795
	Knott		4,739		90.61%		482		9.22%		9		0.17%		4,257		81.39%		5,230
	Knox		4,150		53.41%		3,583		46.11%		37		0.48%		567		7.30%		7,770
	LaRue		2,742		69.29%		1,195		30.20%		20		0.51%		1,547		39.09%		3,957
	Laurel		3,633		41.93%		5,008		57.80%		24		0.28%		-1,375		-15.87%		8,665
	Lawrence		2,703		60.67%		1,745		39.17%		7		0.16%		958		21.50%		4,455
	Lee		1,376		54.11%		1,162		45.69%		5		0.20%		214		8.42%		2,543
	Leslie		1,795		47.56%		1,971		52.23%		8		0.21%		-176		-4.67%		3,774
	Letcher		5,420		67.22%		2,632		32.64%		11		0.14%		2,788		34.58%		8,063
	Lewis		2,047		47.67%		2,230		51.93%		17		0.40%		-183		-4.26%		4,294
	Lincoln		3,307		62.67%		1,958		37.10%		12		0.23%		1,349		25.57%		5,277
	Livingston		2,147		72.07%		821		27.56%		11		0.37%		1,326		44.51%		2,979
	Logan		6,234		73.39%		2,232		26.28%		28		0.33%		4,002		47.11%		8,494
	Lyon		1,412		70.39%		583		29.06%		11		0.55%		829		41.33%		2,006
	Madison		6,877		61.40%		4,266		38.09%		57		0.51%		2,611		23.31%		11,200
	Magoffin		2,498		64.83%		1,327		34.44%		28		0.73%		1,171		30.39%		3,853
	Marion		4,265		79.81%		1,074		20.10%		5		0.09%		3,191		59.71%		5,344
	Marshall		5,968		77.83%		1,679		21.90%		21		0.27%		4,289		55.93%		7,668
	Martin		1,694		51.24%		1,567		47.40%		45		1.36%		127		3.84%		3,306
	Mason		4,502		64.76%		2,437		35.05%		13		0.19%		2,065		29.71%		6,952
	McCracken		16,178		77.75%		4,543		21.83%		87		0.42%		11,635		55.92%		20,808
	McCreary		1,428		38.77%		2,230		60.55%		25		0.68%		-802		-21.78%		3,683
	McLean		2,576		68.60%		1,173		31.24%		6		0.16%		1,403		37.36%		3,755
	Meade		3,076		74.37%		1,055		25.51%		5		0.12%		2,021		48.86%		4,136
	Menifee		1,076		76.80%		318		22.70%		7		0.50%		758		54.10%		1,401
	Mercer		3,564		67.03%		1,732		32.57%		21		0.39%		1,832		34.46%		5,317
	Metcalfe		1,967		60.49%		1,277		39.27%		8		0.25%		690		21.22%		3,252
	Monroe		1,713		34.19%		3,293		65.73%		4		0.08%		-1,580		-31.54%		5,010
	Montgomery		3,039		66.31%		1,540		33.60%		4		0.09%		1,499		32.71%		4,583
	Morgan		3,293		84.72%		546		14.05%		48		1.23%		2,747		70.67%		3,887
	Muhlenberg		6,421		65.92%		3,300		33.88%		20		0.21%		3,121		32.04%		9,741
	Nelson		5,586		76.56%		1,683		23.07%		27		0.37%		3,903		53.49%		7,296
	Nicholas		1,742		73.25%		621		26.11%		15		0.63%		1,121		47.14%		2,378
	Ohio		3,303		52.54%		2,979		47.38%		5		0.08%		324		5.16%		6,287
	Oldham		2,622		67.51%		1,256		32.34%		6		0.15%		1,366		35.17%		3,884
	Owen		2,980		87.93%		405		11.95%		4		0.12%		2,575		75.98%		3,389
	Owsley		571		32.74%		1,167		66.92%		6		0.34%		-596		-34.18%		1,744
	Pendleton		2,495		65.40%		1,313		34.42%		7		0.18%		1,182		30.98%		3,815
	Perry		6,728		67.64%		3,211		32.28%		8		0.08%		3,517		35.36%		9,947
	Pike		14,140		66.53%		7,078		33.30%		35		0.16%		7,062		33.23%		21,253
	Powell		1,622		61.79%		993		37.83%		10		0.38%		629		23.96%		2,625
	Pulaski		5,840		43.98%		7,383		55.60%		55		0.41%		-1,543		-11.62%		13,278
	Robertson		734		65.59%		383		34.23%		2		0.18%		351		31.36%		1,119
	Rockcastle		1,631		36.44%		2,829		63.20%		16		0.36%		-1,198		-26.76%		4,476
	Rowan		2,824		64.24%		1,554		35.35%		18		0.41%		1,270		28.89%		4,396
	Russell		1,729		40.46%		2,521		59.00%		23		0.54%		-792		-18.54%		4,273
	Scott		3,289		70.90%		1,330		28.67%		20		0.43%		1,959		42.23%		4,639
	Shelby		4,933		77.89%		1,384		21.85%		16		0.25%		3,549		56.04%		6,333
	Simpson		3,168		76.45%		967		23.33%		9		0.22%		2,201		53.12%		4,144
	Spencer		1,422		72.77%		525		26.87%		7		0.36%		897		45.90%		1,954
	Taylor		3,082		53.98%		2,594		45.44%		33		0.58%		488		8.54%		5,709
	Todd		2,738		66.93%		1,339		32.73%		14		0.34%		1,399		34.20%		4,091
	Trigg		2,790		75.12%		912		24.56%		12		0.32%		1,878		50.56%		3,714
	Trimble		1,881		86.36%		292		13.41%		5		0.23%		1,589		72.95%		2,178
	Union		3,934		75.93%		1,220		23.55%		27		0.52%		2,714		52.38%		5,181
	Warren		9,887		62.45%		5,915		37.36%		29		0.18%		3,972		25.09%		15,831
	Washington		2,790		64.12%		1,561		35.88%		0		0.00%		1,229		28.24%		4,351
	Wayne		2,737		53.21%		2,389		46.44%		18		0.35%		348		6.77%		5,144
	Webster		3,741		75.36%		1,217		24.52%		6		0.12%		2,524		50.84%		4,964
	Whitley		4,782		49.82%		4,779		49.79%		38		0.40%		3		0.03%		9,599
	Wolfe		2,018		77.71%		562		21.64%		17		0.65%		1,456		56.07%		2,597
	Woodford		2,974		70.59%		1,215		28.84%		24		0.57%		1,759		41.75%		4,213
Totals	669,659	64.01%	372,977	35.65%	3,469	0.33%	296,682	28.36%	1,046,105

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Barren
• Boone
• Bell
• Boyd
• Boyle
• Bracken
• Breckinridge
• Bullitt
• Caldwell
• Campbell
• Clark
• Carter
• Daviess
• Estill
• Fayette
• Fleming
• Garrard
• Grant
• Green
• Greenup
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Hart
• Jefferson
• Jessamine
• Kenton
• Knox
• LaRue
• Lawrence
• Lee
• Letcher
• Lincoln
• Livingston
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Martin
• Mason
• McLean
• Metcalfe
• Mercer
• Muhlenberg
• Ohio
• Oldham
• Pendleton
• Powell
• Perry
• Rowan
• Spencer
• Taylor
• Warren
• Washington
• Woodford
• Wayne
• Whitley

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica. May 30, 2017.
2. Web site: 1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69). May 30, 2017.
3. Web site: 1964 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky. May 30, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964. May 30, 2017.
5. Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344–363
6. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-213
7. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
8. Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Election, November 03, 1964