Who won Massachusetts in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Massachusetts in 1964, winning its 14 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1964?

Massachusetts cast 14 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

Massachusetts: Johnson carries 14 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 14 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Massachusetts, 1964

In 1964, Massachusetts awarded its 14 electoral votes to Johnson of the Democratic party. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 1964. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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