Who won Tennessee in the 1964 presidential election?

Johnson (Democratic) carried Tennessee in 1964, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 1964?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 1964?

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

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1964

Tennessee: Johnson carries 11 EV.

Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for Johnson (Democratic). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — Tennessee voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1964 result in Tennessee

Tennessee backed Johnson (Democratic) in the 1964 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Tennessee ended up on the winning side — Lyndon B. Johnson captured the White House that year.

Johnson's win closed out Tennessee's 3-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Missouri joined Tennessee for the Democratic ticket, while Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi did not. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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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