Who won Kentucky in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Kentucky in 1964, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1964?

Kentucky cast 9 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

Kentucky: Johnson carries 9 EV.

Kentucky cast its 9 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Kentucky voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1964 result in Kentucky

Kentucky backed Johnson (Democratic) in the 1964 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Kentucky ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 9th consecutive election in which Kentucky backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Kentucky did not move alone — neighboring Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois broke the same way in 1964. Across the 59 presidential elections Kentucky has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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