Who won Colorado in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Colorado in 1964, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1964?

Colorado cast 6 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1964?

Yes. Colorado backed Lyndon B. Johnson, who won the presidency that year.

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1964

Colorado: Johnson carries 6 EV.

Colorado cast its 6 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Colorado, 1964

In 1964, Colorado awarded its 6 electoral votes to Johnson of the Democratic party. Colorado ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

Johnson's win closed out Colorado's 3-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah joined Colorado for the Democratic ticket, while Arizona did not. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Lyndon B. Johnson took 486 of the 538 electoral votes, against Barry Goldwater's 52. Lyndon B. Johnson led the national popular vote with 61.05% of the ballots cast.

The 1964 national map

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