Who won North Dakota in the 1964 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did North Dakota have in 1964?

North Dakota cast 4 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did North Dakota vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

North Dakota: Johnson carries 4 EV.

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

Reading the 1964 result in North Dakota

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

Johnson's win closed out North Dakota's 6-election run of voting Republican. North Dakota did not move alone — neighboring Montana, South Dakota, and Minnesota broke the same way in 1964. Across the 35 presidential elections North Dakota has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 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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