Who won Maine in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Maine in 1964, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 1964?

Maine cast 4 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

Maine: Johnson carries 4 EV.

Maine cast its 4 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Maine voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1964 result in Maine

Maine backed Johnson (Democratic) in the 1964 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Maine ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Maine backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 1964. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 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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