1964 United States presidential election in New Mexico explained

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Election Name:1964 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Country:New Mexico
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1960 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Previous Year:1960
Next Election:1968 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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 Vote1:4
Popular Vote1:194,017
Percentage1:59.22%
Nominee2:Barry Goldwater
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Arizona
Running Mate2:William E. Miller
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:131,838
Percentage2:40.24%
President
Map Size:265px
Before Election:Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Lyndon B. Johnson
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 1964 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1964. All fifty states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Mexico was won by President Lyndon B. Johnson in a 19-point landslide. Johnson had won after serving as President for one year following the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater lost most of the United States in this election, except for his home state and portions of the American South.[1] Goldwater won only three counties: the Plains counties of Union and Harding, which have never voted Democratic since 1948,[2] and Lincoln County, which has never voted Democratic since 1936. Even in these, Goldwater won only narrowly: his highest proportion of the vote was only 52.55 percent in Lincoln County. Four other normally reliably Republican counties – San Juan, Curry, Chaves and Catron – were narrowly won by Johnson and have never voted for a Democrat since.[2] This is also the last time the southeastern counties of Roosevelt, Otero and Lea have voted Democratic. Los Alamos County did not vote Democratic again until 2008.[2]

At the other extreme, Grant and Sandoval Counties both gave Johnson over seventy percent of the vote, and the populous counties of Santa Fe and Taos also gave him over two-thirds.[1]

Results

Results by county

County[3] Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Eric Hass
Socialist Labor
E. Harold Munn
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%%
Bernalillo55,03655.98%42,58343.31%6240.63%740.08%12,45312.67%98,317
Catron62451.66%58448.34%00.00%00.00%403.32%1,208
Chaves8,65050.55%8,41949.20%290.17%140.08%2311.35%17,112
Colfax3,36766.95%1,63632.53%80.16%180.36%1,73134.42%5,029
Curry5,22850.38%5,12049.34%140.13%160.15%1081.04%10,378
De Baca67454.35%55945.08%30.24%40.32%1159.27%1,240
Dona Ana10,74859.43%7,28040.25%420.23%150.08%3,46819.18%18,085
Eddy11,21662.20%6,74737.42%450.25%240.13%4,46924.78%18,032
Grant5,25371.82%2,04227.92%120.16%70.10%3,21143.90%7,314
Guadalupe1,64960.78%1,05839.00%20.07%40.15%59121.78%2,713
Harding43147.62%47352.27%10.11%00.00%-42-4.65%905
Hidalgo99560.89%62838.43%80.49%30.18%36722.46%1,634
Lea8,86255.57%7,03344.10%360.23%170.11%1,82911.47%15,948
Lincoln1,56546.70%1,76152.55%130.39%120.36%-196-5.85%3,351
Los Alamos3,76766.23%1,89533.32%60.11%200.35%1,87232.91%5,688
Luna2,28657.60%1,66541.95%120.30%60.15%62115.65%3,969
McKinley6,91369.13%2,96529.65%640.64%580.58%3,94839.48%10,000
Mora1,50959.72%1,01440.13%20.08%20.08%49519.59%2,525
Otero6,03563.13%3,49836.59%130.14%140.15%2,53726.54%9,560
Quay2,33351.67%2,16147.86%130.29%80.18%1723.81%4,515
Rio Arriba6,78769.56%2,90629.78%320.33%320.33%3,88139.78%9,757
Roosevelt2,87551.03%2,73248.49%200.35%70.12%1432.54%5,634
San Juan6,90149.68%6,80849.01%860.62%970.70%930.67%13,892
San Miguel5,76767.81%2,71431.91%200.24%40.05%3,05335.90%8,505
Sandoval3,33275.38%1,07724.37%100.23%10.02%2,25551.01%4,420
Santa Fe12,61668.12%5,83431.50%350.19%340.18%6,78236.62%18,519
Sierra1,63351.86%1,50147.67%120.38%30.10%1324.19%3,149
Socorro2,39757.33%1,77442.43%50.12%50.12%62314.90%4,181
Taos4,20467.39%2,00632.16%100.16%180.29%2,19835.23%6,238
Torrance1,44654.88%1,18344.90%30.11%30.11%2639.98%2,635
Union1,15948.27%1,23251.31%70.29%30.12%-73-3.04%2,401
Valencia7,75765.98%3,95033.60%300.26%200.17%3,80732.38%11,757
Totals194,01759.22%131,83840.24%1,2170.37%5430.17%62,17918.98%327,615

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1964 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2013-04-27.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
  3. Our Campaigns; NM US President 1964