Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Democratic Party candidate, won Oklahoma with an 11.49 percent margin of victory against Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, winning its eight electoral votes.[1] Oklahoma had begun trending Republican since 1952, with the margin of victory steadily increasing. In 1964, a majority of voters rejected the staunchly conservative Goldwater, who was portrayed as a right-wing extremist, and defected to the more moderate Johnson.
In typical fashion for the time, Johnson overwhelmingly won Southern Oklahoma, the most Democratic region of the state, carrying every county with over 60% of the vote. Goldwater performed strongly in the northern region including the Oklahoma Panhandle and Garfield County, home to Enid. Goldwater was able to hold Johnson below 60% in counties he won in this region except for Ottawa County and Craig County. As for the major urban areas, Johnson carried Oklahoma County, home of Oklahoma City, 52%-48%, while Goldwater carried Tulsa County 55%-45%. As a result, Oklahoma weighed in as 11.08 percentage points more Republican than the national average.
^ ab"1964 Presidential Election Results - Oklahoma". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
^Gust, Steve (October 6, 2012). "Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
^Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
January 17, 2023
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Main article 1964 United States presidential election The 1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3 1964 All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1964 United States presidential election Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1960 November 3 1964 1968 Nominee Lyndon B Johnson Barry GoldwaterParty Democratic RepublicanHome state Texas ArizonaRunning mate Hubert Humphrey William E MillerElectoral vote 8 0Popular vote 519 834 412 665Percentage 55 75 44 25 County Results Johnson 50 60 60 70 70 80 Goldwater 50 60 60 70 Incumbent President Lyndon B Johnson of Texas the Democratic Party candidate won Oklahoma with an 11 49 percent margin of victory against Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona winning its eight electoral votes 1 Oklahoma had begun trending Republican since 1952 with the margin of victory steadily increasing In 1964 a majority of voters rejected the staunchly conservative Goldwater who was portrayed as a right wing extremist and defected to the more moderate Johnson In typical fashion for the time Johnson overwhelmingly won Southern Oklahoma the most Democratic region of the state carrying every county with over 60 of the vote Goldwater performed strongly in the northern region including the Oklahoma Panhandle and Garfield County home to Enid Goldwater was able to hold Johnson below 60 in counties he won in this region except for Ottawa County and Craig County As for the major urban areas Johnson carried Oklahoma County home of Oklahoma City 52 48 while Goldwater carried Tulsa County 55 45 As a result Oklahoma weighed in as 11 08 percentage points more Republican than the national average As of 2020 this is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has carried Oklahoma the state is now overwhelmingly Republican 2 Johnson was also the last Democrat to carry Oklahoma County home to Oklahoma City Cleveland County home to Norman Comanche County Canadian County Custer County Noble County and Payne County home to Stillwater 3 Despite this Oklahoma would remain reliably Democratic at the state level for the next several decades Johnson s strong performance likely helped fellow Democrat Fred R Harris down ballot in his narrow victory in the concurrent special election to the United States Senate Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults Edit1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Lyndon B Johnson inc 519 834 55 75 8Republican Barry Goldwater 412 665 44 25 0Totals 932 499 100 0 8Voter turnout Voting age Registered Voters 63 71 Results by county Edit Lyndon Baines JohnsonDemocratic Barry Morris GoldwaterRepublican Margin Total votes castCounty Adair 3 003 51 23 2 859 48 77 144 2 46 5 862Alfalfa 1 730 41 39 2 450 58 61 720 17 22 4 180Atoka 2 459 63 33 1 424 36 67 1 035 26 65 3 883Beaver 1 508 43 21 1 982 56 79 474 13 58 3 490Beckham 4 115 61 68 2 557 38 32 1 558 23 35 6 672Blaine 2 384 46 52 2 741 53 48 357 6 97 5 125Bryan 5 934 69 11 2 652 30 89 3 282 38 23 8 586Caddo 7 447 66 66 3 724 33 34 3 723 33 33 11 171Canadian 5 747 52 53 5 193 47 47 554 5 06 10 940Carter 10 645 68 10 4 986 31 90 5 659 36 20 15 631Cherokee 4 449 56 20 3 467 43 80 982 12 41 7 916Choctaw 3 969 69 79 1 718 30 21 2 251 39 58 5 687Cimarron 878 41 75 1 225 58 25 347 16 50 2 103Cleveland 11 599 54 57 9 656 45 43 1 943 9 14 21 255Coal 1 613 69 11 721 30 89 892 38 22 2 334Comanche 13 585 63 12 7 936 36 88 5 649 26 25 21 521Cotton 2 216 66 37 1 123 33 63 1 093 32 73 3 339Craig 3 838 60 17 2 541 39 83 1 297 20 33 6 379Creek 9 836 60 75 6 355 39 25 3 481 21 50 16 191Custer 4 464 57 04 3 362 42 96 1 102 14 08 7 826Delaware 3 702 57 44 2 743 42 56 959 14 88 6 445Dewey 1 617 52 96 1 436 47 04 181 5 93 3 053Ellis 1 120 43 55 1 452 56 45 332 12 91 2 572Garfield 10 175 45 28 12 297 54 72 2 122 9 44 22 472Garvin 7 013 66 90 3 470 33 10 3 543 33 80 10 483Grady 7 593 68 03 3 569 31 97 4 024 36 05 11 162Grant 2 120 51 56 1 992 48 44 128 3 11 4 112Greer 2 671 68 17 1 247 31 83 1 424 36 35 3 918Harmon 1 665 73 45 602 26 55 1 063 46 89 2 267Harper 1 240 47 35 1 379 52 65 139 5 31 2 619Haskell 2 542 65 23 1 355 34 77 1 187 30 46 3 897Hughes 4 477 72 57 1 692 27 43 2 785 45 15 6 169Jackson 5 894 71 36 2 366 28 64 3 528 42 71 8 260Jefferson 2 555 75 91 811 24 09 1 744 51 81 3 366Johnston 2 370 69 00 1 065 31 00 1 305 37 99 3 435Kay 11 296 48 42 12 033 51 58 737 3 16 23 329Kingfisher 2 512 44 63 3 117 55 37 605 10 75 5 629Kiowa 3 686 62 56 2 206 37 44 1 480 25 12 5 892Latimer 2 297 73 01 849 26 99 1 448 46 03 3 146Le Flore 7 105 64 54 3 904 35 46 3 201 29 08 11 009Lincoln 5 046 56 70 3 854 43 30 1 192 13 39 8 900Logan 4 279 53 05 3 787 46 95 492 6 10 8 066Love 1 863 73 75 663 26 25 1 200 47 51 2 526McClain 3 638 68 95 1 638 31 05 2 000 37 91 5 276McCurtain 5 982 66 74 2 981 33 26 3 001 33 48 8 963McIntosh 3 497 71 01 1 428 28 99 2 069 42 01 4 925Major 1 291 34 64 2 436 65 36 1 145 30 72 3 727Marshall 2 318 67 80 1 101 32 20 1 217 35 60 3 419Mayes 5 421 56 60 4 157 43 40 1 264 13 20 9 578Murray 3 083 71 38 1 236 28 62 1 847 42 76 4 319Muskogee 16 330 65 75 8 508 34 25 7 822 31 49 24 838Noble 2 713 55 71 2 157 44 29 556 11 42 4 870Nowata 2 644 55 24 2 142 44 76 502 10 49 4 786Okfuskee 2 905 64 07 1 629 35 93 1 276 28 14 4 534Oklahoma 90 641 52 00 83 660 48 00 6 981 4 01 174 301Okmulgee 10 195 68 43 4 704 31 57 5 491 36 85 14 899Osage 7 395 56 49 5 695 43 51 1 700 12 99 13 090Ottawa 7 589 64 98 4 090 35 02 3 499 29 96 11 679Pawnee 2 389 51 19 2 278 48 81 111 2 38 4 667Payne 8 906 52 88 7 936 47 12 970 5 76 16 842Pittsburg 9 903 73 58 3 555 26 42 6 348 47 17 13 458Pontotoc 7 449 64 13 4 166 35 87 3 283 28 27 11 615Pottawatomie 10 884 61 40 6 841 38 60 4 043 22 81 17 725Pushmataha 2 563 65 80 1 332 34 20 1 231 31 60 3 895Roger Mills 1 345 59 23 926 40 77 419 18 45 2 271Rogers 5 449 56 46 4 202 43 54 1 247 12 92 9 651Seminole 6 582 64 16 3 676 35 84 2 906 28 33 10 258Sequoyah 4 304 60 20 2 846 39 80 1 458 20 39 7 150Stephens 9 272 63 53 5 323 36 47 3 949 27 06 14 595Texas 2 500 42 82 3 339 57 18 839 14 37 5 839Tillman 3 354 62 63 2 001 37 37 1 353 25 27 5 355Tulsa 61 484 44 47 76 770 55 53 15 286 11 06 138 254Wagoner 3 957 58 22 2 840 41 78 1 117 16 43 6 797Washington 8 571 40 91 12 382 59 09 3 811 18 19 20 953Washita 3 339 60 86 2 147 39 14 1 192 21 73 5 486Woods 2 750 48 79 2 886 51 21 136 2 41 5 636Woodward 2 934 48 67 3 094 51 33 160 2 65 6 028Totals 519 834 55 75 412 665 44 25 107 171 11 49 932 499See also EditUnited States presidential elections in OklahomaReferences Edit a b 1964 Presidential Election Results Oklahoma Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Retrieved November 9 2016 Gust Steve October 6 2012 Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics The Oklahoman Retrieved November 9 2016 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 United States presidential election in Oklahoma amp oldid 1115714522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
