1964 United States presidential election in Texas explained

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Election Name:1964 United States presidential election in Texas
Country:Texas
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1960 United States presidential election in Texas
Previous Year:1960
Next Election:1968 United States presidential election in Texas
Next Year:1968
Election Date:November 3, 1964
Turnout:44.6%
Image1:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Lyndon B. Johnson
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Texas
Running Mate1:Hubert Humphrey
Electoral Vote1:25
Popular Vote1:1,663,185
Percentage1:63.32%
Nominee2:Barry Goldwater
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Arizona
Running Mate2:William E. Miller
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:958,566
Percentage2:36.49%
Map Size:350px
President
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 Texas was held on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, comfortably won his home state of Texas with 63.32% of the vote against the Republican Party candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who won 36.5%, giving him the state's 25 electoral votes and a victory margin of 26.8 percentage points.[1] Johnson won the 1964 election in a landslide, carrying 44 states plus the District of Columbia, which participated for the first time. Goldwater only carried his home state of Arizona, along with five Deep South states which had been historically Democratic, but defected to the Republican Party due to the Democratic Party's support for civil rights. Due to its status as Johnson's home state, in 1964, Texas was the most Democratic of the 11 states of the former Confederacy and the only one which leaned more Democratic than the nation at-large.

This would be the last time the counties containing the five largest cities in Texas, consisting of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, and Fort Worth, would vote Democratic at the same time until 2020.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Texas
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticLyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)1,663,18563.32%25
RepublicanBarry Goldwater958,56636.49%0
ConstitutionJoseph B. Lightburn5,0600.19%0
Totals2,626,811100.00%25
Voter turnout (voting age/registered voters)44.6%/88.0%

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Joseph B. Lightburn
Constitution
MarginTotal votes cast[2]
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Anderson4,80958.78%3,36241.10%100.12%1,44717.68%8,181
Andrews2,13359.50%1,44240.22%100.28%69119.28%3,585
Angelina8,19460.77%5,26239.02%280.21%2,93221.75%13,484
Aransas1,49271.01%60228.65%70.33%89042.36%2,101
Archer1,76680.02%44119.98%00.00%1,32560.04%2,207
Armstrong54459.85%36540.15%00.00%17919.70%909
Atascosa3,22471.39%1,28328.41%90.20%1,94142.98%4,516
Austin2,36560.41%1,54539.46%50.13%82020.95%3,915
Bailey1,50358.67%1,05641.22%30.12%44717.45%2,562
Bandera87653.45%76246.49%10.06%1146.96%1,639
Bastrop3,91277.48%1,13022.38%70.14%2,78255.10%5,049
Baylor1,40378.21%38921.68%20.11%1,01456.53%1,794
Bee3,31468.58%1,50931.23%90.19%1,80537.35%4,832
Bell14,55783.13%2,93816.78%170.10%11,61966.35%17,512
Bexar108,65866.86%53,46932.90%3930.24%55,18933.96%162,520
Blanco1,19780.44%29019.49%10.07%90760.95%1,488
Borden26663.48%15236.28%10.24%11427.20%419
Bosque2,69072.29%1,02427.52%70.19%1,66644.77%3,721
Bowie10,36859.55%7,01840.31%240.14%3,35019.24%17,410
Brazoria15,91764.98%8,47734.60%1030.42%7,44030.38%24,497
Brazos7,99866.54%4,00333.31%180.15%3,99533.23%12,019
Brewster1,25166.30%63533.65%10.05%61632.65%1,887
Briscoe96673.35%34826.42%30.23%61846.93%1,317
Brooks2,29985.05%40214.87%20.07%1,89770.18%2,703
Brown5,21471.49%2,07028.38%90.12%3,14443.11%7,293
Burleson2,52780.30%61719.61%30.10%1,91060.69%3,147
Burnet2,58575.81%82124.08%40.12%1,76451.73%3,410
Caldwell3,58077.34%1,04622.60%30.06%2,53454.74%4,629
Calhoun3,39876.64%1,03123.25%50.11%2,36753.39%4,434
Callahan2,17871.72%84927.96%100.33%1,32943.76%3,037
Cameron16,05662.57%9,53137.14%720.28%6,52525.43%25,659
Camp1,84171.44%72928.29%70.27%1,11243.15%2,577
Carson1,57460.05%1,04439.83%30.11%53020.22%2,621
Cass3,60357.26%2,68142.61%80.13%92214.65%6,292
Castro1,86574.78%62625.10%30.12%1,23949.68%2,494
Chambers1,92164.99%1,02334.61%120.41%89830.38%2,956
Cherokee5,48564.25%3,04335.64%90.11%2,44228.61%8,537
Childress1,97767.45%95232.48%20.07%1,02534.97%2,931
Clay2,35778.05%65921.82%40.13%1,69856.23%3,020
Cochran1,26071.55%49728.22%40.23%76343.33%1,761
Coke90070.92%36628.84%30.24%53442.08%1,269
Coleman2,67065.04%1,43434.93%10.02%1,23630.11%4,105
Collin7,83369.98%3,34129.85%190.17%4,49240.13%11,193
Collingsworth1,14561.16%72438.68%30.16%42122.48%1,872
Colorado3,65065.48%1,91834.41%60.11%1,73231.07%5,574
Comal3,64462.03%2,22337.84%80.14%1,42124.19%5,875
Comanche2,85174.65%96225.19%60.16%1,88949.46%3,819
Concho94875.48%30724.44%10.08%64151.04%1,256
Cooke4,08356.62%3,11743.23%110.15%96613.39%7,211
Coryell3,67980.61%87719.22%80.18%2,80261.39%4,564
Cottle1,12282.93%23017.00%10.07%89265.93%1,353
Crane91958.95%63740.86%30.19%28218.09%1,559
Crockett79965.98%40933.77%30.25%39032.21%1,211
Crosby2,27878.77%61121.13%30.10%1,66757.64%2,892
Culberson47360.10%31439.90%00.00%15920.20%787
Dallam1,05860.15%70039.80%10.06%35820.35%1,759
Dallas166,47254.73%137,06545.06%6210.20%29,4079.67%304,158
Dawson3,17165.14%1,69134.74%60.12%1,48030.40%4,868
Deaf Smith2,09453.73%1,79346.01%100.26%3017.72%3,897
Delta1,61982.60%33917.30%20.10%1,28065.30%1,960
Denton9,13767.71%4,33532.13%220.16%4,80235.58%13,494
DeWitt3,28658.96%2,28340.97%40.07%1,00317.99%5,573
Dickens1,32479.42%33920.34%40.24%98559.08%1,667
Dimmit1,18470.14%50129.68%30.18%68340.46%1,688
Donley1,06860.14%70839.86%00.00%36020.28%1,776
Duval4,43292.55%3537.37%40.08%4,07985.18%4,789
Eastland4,69269.49%2,04930.35%110.16%2,64339.14%6,752
Ector10,82648.36%11,49751.36%630.28%−671−3.00%22,386
Edwards33747.33%37152.11%40.56%−34−4.78%712
Ellis7,27872.33%2,77927.62%50.05%4,49944.71%10,062
El Paso35,05062.67%20,68736.99%1900.34%14,36325.68%55,927
Erath3,85170.04%1,64229.87%50.09%2,20940.17%5,498
Falls3,93376.35%1,21623.61%20.04%2,71752.74%5,151
Fannin5,97683.00%1,21916.93%50.07%4,75766.07%7,200
Fayette3,63063.94%2,03635.86%110.19%1,59428.08%5,677
Fisher2,10882.12%45417.69%50.19%1,65464.43%2,567
Floyd2,38365.81%1,22933.94%90.25%1,15431.87%3,621
Foard83385.00%14614.90%10.10%68770.10%980
Fort Bend6,18663.78%3,49336.01%200.21%2,69327.77%9,699
Franklin1,52078.19%42421.81%00.00%1,09656.38%1,944
Freestone2,81672.35%1,07427.60%20.05%1,74244.75%3,892
Frio1,50771.19%60728.67%30.14%90042.52%2,117
Gaines2,04563.89%1,15336.02%30.09%89227.87%3,201
Galveston30,67271.04%12,36528.64%1360.32%18,30742.40%43,173
Garza1,25468.64%56731.03%60.33%68737.61%1,827
Gillespie2,26457.17%1,69542.80%10.03%56914.37%3,960
Glasscock17949.31%18350.41%10.28%−4−1.10%363
Goliad99064.24%54935.63%20.13%44128.61%1,541
Gonzales3,34873.66%1,19026.18%70.15%2,15847.48%4,545
Gray3,63342.00%5,01157.93%60.07%−1,378−15.93%8,650
Grayson14,20772.01%5,50027.88%210.11%8,70744.13%19,728
Gregg8,74142.47%11,76157.14%820.40%−3,020−14.67%20,584
Grimes2,22968.65%1,01431.23%40.12%1,21537.42%3,247
Guadalupe4,56862.51%2,73137.37%90.12%1,83725.14%7,308
Hale5,91061.60%3,66638.21%180.19%2,24423.39%9,594
Hall1,78572.77%66727.19%10.04%1,11845.58%2,453
Hamilton2,04867.02%1,00632.92%20.07%1,04234.10%3,056
Hansford86041.83%1,19358.03%30.15%−333−16.20%2,056
Hardeman1,83572.47%69727.53%00.00%1,13844.94%2,532
Hardin5,14371.97%1,98727.81%160.22%3,15644.16%7,146
Harris227,81959.49%154,40140.32%7650.20%73,41819.17%382,985
Harrison6,35153.24%5,56846.67%110.09%7836.57%11,930
Hartley56556.33%43743.57%10.10%12812.76%1,003
Haskell2,90384.86%51214.97%60.18%2,39169.89%3,421
Hays3,78074.64%1,27925.26%50.10%2,50149.38%5,064
Hemphill64953.50%56346.41%10.08%867.09%1,213
Henderson4,69769.96%1,98829.61%290.43%2,70940.35%6,714
Hidalgo22,11065.50%11,56334.25%830.25%10,54731.25%33,756
Hill5,13076.61%1,55723.25%90.13%3,57353.36%6,696
Hockley4,04970.63%1,67429.20%100.17%2,37541.43%5,733
Hood1,66179.59%42320.27%30.14%1,23859.32%2,087
Hopkins4,13373.14%1,51826.86%00.00%2,61546.28%5,651
Houston3,68168.60%1,67531.22%100.19%2,00637.38%5,366
Howard6,08364.94%3,27234.93%120.13%2,81130.01%9,367
Hudspeth43865.86%22433.68%30.45%21432.18%665
Hunt6,56766.47%3,30233.42%100.10%3,26533.05%9,879
Hutchinson4,62546.25%5,35853.58%170.17%−733−7.33%10,000
Irion35163.82%19936.18%00.00%15227.64%550
Jack1,59465.22%84734.66%30.12%74730.56%2,444
Jackson2,77570.22%1,16829.55%90.23%1,60740.67%3,952
Jasper3,60065.02%1,91934.66%180.33%1,68130.36%5,537
Jeff Davis30463.47%17436.33%10.21%13027.14%479
Jefferson44,58460.58%28,77139.09%2390.32%15,81321.49%73,594
Jim Hogg1,37589.87%1529.93%30.20%1,22379.94%1,530
Jim Wells6,84977.50%1,98822.50%00.00%4,86155.00%8,837
Johnson6,38166.18%3,25133.72%100.10%3,13032.46%9,642
Jones3,62273.62%1,29526.32%30.06%2,32747.30%4,920
Karnes3,17876.08%99323.77%60.14%2,18552.31%4,177
Kaufman4,76671.20%1,92228.71%60.09%2,84442.49%6,694
Kendall97044.64%1,20055.22%30.14%−230−10.58%2,173
Kenedy11578.77%3020.55%10.68%8558.22%146
Kent56383.04%11516.96%00.00%44866.08%678
Kerr2,89451.60%2,70648.25%80.14%1883.35%5,608
Kimble86262.33%52037.60%10.07%34224.73%1,383
King18084.11%3415.89%00.00%14668.22%214
Kinney43973.91%15526.09%00.00%28447.82%594
Kleberg4,56873.32%1,65226.52%100.16%2,91646.80%6,230
Knox1,77380.01%43919.81%40.18%1,33460.20%2,216
Lamar6,30370.78%2,59429.13%80.09%3,70941.65%8,905
Lamb4,31868.01%2,02231.85%90.14%2,29636.16%6,349
Lampasas2,22474.88%74425.05%20.07%1,48049.83%2,970
La Salle98881.52%22318.40%10.08%76563.12%1,212
Lavaca4,03173.07%1,48026.83%60.11%2,55146.24%5,517
Lee1,88467.07%92332.86%20.07%96134.21%2,809
Leon2,37378.52%64221.24%70.23%1,73157.28%3,022
Liberty5,35764.88%2,88434.93%160.19%2,47329.95%8,257
Limestone3,77771.77%1,47828.08%80.15%2,29943.69%5,263
Lipscomb58943.57%76356.43%00.00%−174−12.86%1,352
Live Oak1,42363.93%79535.71%80.36%62828.22%2,226
Llano1,72772.44%65527.47%20.08%1,07244.97%2,384
Loving4658.23%3240.51%11.27%1417.72%79
Lubbock22,05755.89%17,37244.02%340.09%4,68511.87%39,463
Lynn2,28175.28%74524.59%40.13%1,53650.69%3,030
McCulloch2,10076.06%65523.72%60.22%1,44552.34%2,761
McLennan28,42972.25%10,89227.68%250.06%17,53744.57%39,346
McMullen26760.27%17539.50%10.23%9220.77%443
Madison1,29866.74%64433.11%30.15%65433.63%1,945
Marion1,37259.57%92740.25%40.17%44519.32%2,303
Martin89268.77%40230.99%30.23%49037.78%1,297
Mason94161.30%59038.44%40.26%35122.86%1,535
Matagorda4,14363.20%2,40736.72%50.08%1,73626.48%6,555
Maverick2,11379.41%54520.48%30.11%1,56858.93%2,661
Medina3,40868.27%1,58331.71%10.02%1,82536.56%4,992
Menard58859.70%39740.30%00.00%19119.40%985
Midland8,64641.96%11,90657.78%530.26%−3,260−15.82%20,605
Milam4,36876.51%1,33423.37%70.12%3,03453.14%5,709
Mills1,22871.27%49528.73%00.00%73342.54%1,723
Mitchell2,42076.61%73723.33%20.06%1,68353.28%3,159
Montague3,74677.14%1,10622.78%40.08%2,64054.36%4,856
Montgomery4,98960.87%3,16738.64%400.49%1,82222.23%8,196
Moore2,39357.54%1,76242.37%40.10%63115.17%4,159
Morris2,36665.83%1,21833.89%100.28%1,14831.94%3,594
Motley67867.53%32432.27%20.20%35435.26%1,004
Nacogdoches4,52460.17%2,97639.58%190.25%1,54820.59%7,519
Navarro6,81176.08%2,13923.89%30.03%4,67252.19%8,953
Newton2,21174.82%73824.97%60.20%1,47349.85%2,955
Nolan3,54068.58%1,61031.19%120.23%1,93037.39%5,162
Nueces40,42674.10%14,04825.75%840.15%26,37848.35%54,558
Ochiltree92033.61%1,81466.28%30.11%−894−32.67%2,737
Oldham39759.25%26940.15%40.60%12819.10%670
Orange9,39060.02%6,21639.73%390.25%3,17420.29%15,645
Palo Pinto3,79168.42%1,74831.55%20.04%2,04336.87%5,541
Panola2,60847.97%2,81851.83%110.20%−210−3.86%5,437
Parker5,27070.66%2,17529.16%130.17%3,09541.50%7,458
Parmer1,55655.99%1,21643.76%70.25%34012.23%2,779
Pecos2,06859.55%1,39340.11%120.35%67519.44%3,473
Polk2,49267.35%1,19932.41%90.24%1,29334.94%3,700
Potter12,85052.62%11,50547.11%640.26%1,3455.51%24,419
Presidio1,15672.80%43127.14%10.06%72545.66%1,588
Rains89376.46%27223.29%30.26%62153.17%1,168
Randall6,01643.34%7,84356.50%220.16%−1,827−13.16%13,881
Reagan61460.08%40639.73%20.20%20820.35%1,022
Real48765.55%25534.32%10.13%23231.23%743
Red River3,39172.86%1,25727.01%60.13%2,13445.85%4,654
Reeves2,34065.09%1,25134.80%40.11%1,08930.29%3,595
Refugio2,31975.02%77224.98%00.00%1,54750.04%3,091
Roberts19840.00%29760.00%00.00%−99−20.00%495
Robertson3,35078.88%89521.07%20.05%2,45557.81%4,247
Rockwall1,30574.36%44525.36%50.28%86049.00%1,755
Runnels2,64564.01%1,48035.82%70.17%1,16528.19%4,132
Rusk6,52854.25%5,48845.61%170.14%1,0408.64%12,033
Sabine1,80180.76%42819.19%10.04%1,37361.57%2,230
San Augustine1,17360.46%76039.18%70.36%41321.28%1,940
San Jacinto1,68082.92%34316.93%30.15%1,33765.99%2,026
San Patricio7,17676.47%2,18823.32%200.21%4,98853.15%9,384
San Saba1,85981.64%41818.36%00.00%1,44163.28%2,277
Schleicher51456.92%38842.97%10.11%12613.95%903
Scurry3,38165.82%1,74133.89%150.29%1,64031.93%5,137
Shackelford93465.59%48734.20%30.21%44731.39%1,424
Shelby3,48761.06%2,22038.87%40.07%1,26722.19%5,711
Sherman46242.31%62957.60%10.09%−167−15.29%1,092
Smith12,47448.97%12,96050.88%380.15%−486−1.91%25,472
Somervell64175.06%21024.59%30.35%43150.47%854
Starr4,05685.53%67814.30%80.17%3,37871.23%4,742
Stephens1,75361.00%1,11938.94%20.07%63422.06%2,874
Sterling24363.28%14036.46%10.26%10326.82%384
Stonewall97881.57%21918.27%20.17%75963.30%1,199
Sutton69466.03%35733.97%00.00%33732.06%1,051
Swisher2,41074.61%81525.23%50.15%1,59549.38%3,230
Tarrant97,09262.98%56,59336.71%4730.31%40,49926.27%154,158
Taylor13,36659.09%9,22040.76%340.15%4,14618.33%22,620
Terrell36455.32%29444.68%00.00%7010.64%658
Terry3,03465.50%1,59234.37%60.13%1,44231.13%4,632
Throckmorton88378.14%24721.86%00.00%63656.28%1,130
Titus3,52867.60%1,68732.32%40.08%1,84135.28%5,219
Tom Green9,76759.40%6,66440.53%120.07%3,10318.87%16,443
Travis44,05868.89%19,83831.02%620.10%24,22037.87%63,958
Trinity1,65468.12%76331.43%110.45%89136.69%2,428
Tyler1,81859.86%1,21640.04%30.10%60219.82%3,037
Upshur4,02764.31%2,22235.48%130.21%1,80528.83%6,262
Upton95859.73%63639.65%100.62%32220.08%1,604
Uvalde2,35854.51%1,96345.38%50.12%3959.13%4,326
Val Verde3,55572.52%1,34627.46%10.02%2,20945.06%4,902
Van Zandt4,04771.30%1,61428.44%150.26%2,43342.86%5,676
Victoria8,14165.83%4,20133.97%250.20%3,94031.86%12,367
Walker2,87764.86%1,55735.10%20.05%1,32029.76%4,436
Waller2,16768.82%98031.12%20.06%1,18737.70%3,149
Ward2,22156.17%1,73043.75%30.08%49112.42%3,954
Washington2,93859.21%2,01940.69%50.10%91918.52%4,962
Webb10,07390.08%1,0949.78%150.13%8,97980.30%11,182
Wharton6,23469.11%2,77530.76%110.12%3,45938.35%9,020
Wheeler1,44055.81%1,13844.11%20.08%30211.70%2,580
Wichita19,13168.99%8,58530.96%140.05%10,54638.03%27,730
Wilbarger3,20067.48%1,53932.45%30.06%1,66135.03%4,742
Willacy2,15263.52%1,23036.30%60.18%92227.22%3,388
Williamson7,43080.74%1,76619.19%60.07%5,66461.55%9,202
Wilson3,47282.77%71817.12%50.12%2,75465.65%4,195
Winkler2,05955.97%1,61743.95%30.08%44212.02%3,679
Wise3,85273.50%1,38626.45%30.06%2,46647.05%5,241
Wood3,52862.93%2,06836.89%100.18%1,46026.04%5,606
Yoakum1,41562.06%85937.68%60.26%55624.38%2,280
Young3,39567.95%1,60032.03%10.02%1,79535.92%4,996
Zapata1,00987.97%13511.77%30.26%87476.20%1,147
Zavala1,78474.80%59825.07%30.13%1,18649.73%2,385
Totals1,663,18563.32%958,56636.49%5,0600.19%704,61926.83%2,626,811

Analysis

The home state of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas was easily his best state in the former Confederacy, although he did better still in four of the five border states. Overall Texas was Johnson's nineteenth best state in the election and weighed in at 4.25% points more Democratic than the national average. Johnson won every region in the state by wide margins, including those which had begun trending Republican in recent presidential elections such as the Texas Panhandle, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and Metro Houston. Every major city in the state voted for Johnson, including every mid-sized city with the exceptions of Odessa, Midland, Tyler, and Longview, which were won by Goldwater.

Two counties in the northern Panhandle, Ochiltree and Roberts, gave Goldwater over sixty percent of the vote, further reflecting this region's trend towards the Republican Party. Given that it was also Johnson's home county, Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country voted Democratic for the only time since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s landslide in the 1932 election, in which he carried every county.[3] This is the only presidential election between 1952 and 2008 that Dallas and Harris counties voted for the Democratic candidate. Dallas in particular likely swung towards Johnson due to the city still being in mourning from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which had occurred less than a year before the election. Despite this strong swing, Johnson only carried Dallas County by a 9.6% margin.

President Johnson carried 238 out of the state's 254 counties, and all twenty-three congressional districts. The 1964 election marks the last time a Democratic candidate for president won Texas with over sixty percent of the vote, won the state with a double-digit margin, and carried any counties with over ninety percent of the vote (in this case, the South Texas counties of Duval and Webb). Webb, Duval and Jim Hogg counties stood among the four most Democratic in the nation.[4]

Aside from Johnson's home county Gillespie as mentioned above, this remains the last election as of the 2020 presidential election in which the counties of Andrews, Austin, Bandera, Brazos, Collin, Comal, Cooke, Crane, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Denton, DeWitt, Guadalupe, Hartley, Hemphill, Irion, Kerr, Kimble, Loving, Lubbock, McMullen, Montgomery, Potter, Reagan, Runnels, Rusk, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Victoria, Washington, Winkler, and Yoakum voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. Dallas County and Harris County, the two most populous in the state, would not vote Democratic again until Barack Obama won them in 2008; Fort Bend County, a Houston suburb, would not vote Democratic again until Hillary Clinton won it in 2016; and Tarrant County, the third most populous county and home to the long-conservative Fort Worth suburbs, would not vote Democratic again until Joe Biden won it in 2020. This is also the last time a Democratic candidate won every county in the Texas Triangle.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1964 Presidential General Election Results - Texas. April 25, 2016.
  2. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 451–455, .
  3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
  4. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1964 Presidential Election Statistics