Who won New Jersey in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried New Jersey in 1964, winning its 17 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 1964?

New Jersey cast 17 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did New Jersey vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

New Jersey: Johnson carries 17 EV.

New Jersey cast its 17 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — New Jersey voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1964 result in New Jersey

New Jersey backed Johnson (Democratic) in the 1964 presidential election, casting 17 electoral votes for the ticket. New Jersey ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which New Jersey backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. New Jersey did not move alone — neighboring New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware broke the same way in 1964. Across the 60 presidential elections New Jersey has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (31 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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