Who won Missouri in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Missouri in 1964, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1964?

Missouri cast 12 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

Missouri: Johnson carries 12 EV.

Missouri cast its 12 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Missouri voted with the national winner this cycle.

Missouri in 1964

The 1964 contest saw Missouri line up behind Johnson, delivering 12 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Missouri ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1956. Missouri did not move alone — neighboring Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska broke the same way in 1964. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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