Who won Kansas in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Kansas in 1964, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 1964?

Kansas cast 7 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

Kansas: Johnson carries 7 EV.

Kansas cast its 7 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Kansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1964 result in Kansas

Kansas backed Johnson (Democratic) in the 1964 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Kansas ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

Johnson's win closed out Kansas's 7-election run of voting Republican. Kansas did not move alone — neighboring Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado broke the same way in 1964. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (34 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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