Candidate

Barry Goldwater

Republican

Elections

Won

Electoral votes, all elections

Years

1964

Record

Barry Goldwater: result of each presidential election
Year	Electoral votes	Popular vote	Result
1964	52 of 538	27,175,770 38.5%	Lost

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1964 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourcesStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Algara & Amlani, U.S. county presidential returns 1868-2020 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1964Republican · Lost

States carried · 6 of 51

Closest states won

Arizonaby 4,782 · 1.0 pts
Georgiaby 94,043 · 8.3 pts
Louisianaby 122,157 · 13.6 pts

Closest states lost

IdahoJohnson by 5,363 · 1.8 pts
FloridaJohnson by 42,599 · 2.3 pts
NebraskaJohnson by 30,460 · 5.2 pts

Margins computed for 51 of 51 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Goldwater.

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