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1964 United States presidential election in Virginia
The 1964 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1964. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
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County and Independent City Results
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Virginia was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas with 53.54% of the vote, who was running against U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Johnson also won the national election in a landslide with 61.05% of the vote. However, the state would not vote for another Democratic candidate until Barack Obama won the state in 2008.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this remains the last occasion when Amherst County, Bland County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Rockingham County, Washington County and York County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] It is also the only time since 1948 Waynesboro City has voted for a Democrat for president, while Prince William County and Winchester City would not vote Democratic again until 2008. Fairfax County, Virginia's most populous county, would not vote Democratic again until 2004, having last voted Democratic in 1940 before this election.[2] The independent city of Virginia Beach would not vote Democratic again until 2020. This also remains the last time that Virginia and neighboring West Virginia would simultaneously vote Democratic in a presidential election.
Results
| United States presidential election in Virginia, 1964[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 558,038 | 53.54% | 12 | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 481,334 | 46.18% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 2,895 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,042,267 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
Results by county
| County or Independent City | Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic | Barry Morris Goldwater Republican | Eric Hass Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack County | 3,528 | 52.79% | 3,145 | 47.06% | 10 | 0.15% | 383 | 5.73% | 6,683 |
| Albemarle County | 3,062 | 48.49% | 3,251 | 51.48% | 2 | 0.03% | -189 | -2.99% | 6,315 |
| Alleghany County | 1,580 | 58.85% | 1,104 | 41.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 476 | 17.73% | 2,685 |
| Amelia County | 884 | 39.48% | 1,348 | 60.21% | 7 | 0.31% | -464 | -20.72% | 2,239 |
| Amherst County | 2,730 | 50.46% | 2,675 | 49.45% | 5 | 0.09% | 55 | 1.02% | 5,410 |
| Appomattox County | 1,339 | 35.32% | 2,444 | 64.47% | 8 | 0.21% | -1,105 | -29.15% | 3,791 |
| Arlington County | 33,567 | 61.75% | 20,485 | 37.68% | 311 | 0.57% | 13,082 | 24.06% | 54,363 |
| Augusta County | 4,039 | 48.24% | 4,327 | 51.68% | 6 | 0.07% | -288 | -3.44% | 8,372 |
| Bath County | 770 | 59.88% | 516 | 40.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 254 | 19.75% | 1,286 |
| Bedford County | 4,076 | 51.50% | 3,806 | 48.09% | 32 | 0.40% | 270 | 3.41% | 7,914 |
| Bland County | 851 | 54.20% | 717 | 45.67% | 2 | 0.13% | 134 | 8.54% | 1,570 |
| Botetourt County | 2,377 | 53.11% | 2,098 | 46.87% | 1 | 0.02% | 279 | 6.23% | 4,476 |
| Brunswick County | 1,883 | 42.35% | 2,560 | 57.58% | 3 | 0.07% | -677 | -15.23% | 4,446 |
| Buchanan County | 4,756 | 66.76% | 2,349 | 32.97% | 19 | 0.27% | 2,407 | 33.79% | 7,124 |
| Buckingham County | 1,182 | 43.25% | 1,547 | 56.60% | 4 | 0.15% | -365 | -13.36% | 2,733 |
| Campbell County | 3,401 | 37.19% | 5,713 | 62.47% | 31 | 0.34% | -2,312 | -25.28% | 9,145 |
| Caroline County | 2,064 | 63.64% | 1,166 | 35.95% | 13 | 0.40% | 898 | 27.69% | 3,243 |
| Carroll County | 2,517 | 40.95% | 3,617 | 58.85% | 12 | 0.20% | -1,100 | -17.90% | 6,146 |
| Charles City County | 1,023 | 75.89% | 323 | 23.96% | 2 | 0.15% | 700 | 51.93% | 1,348 |
| Charlotte County | 1,191 | 37.48% | 1,974 | 62.11% | 13 | 0.41% | -783 | -24.64% | 3,178 |
| Chesterfield County | 8,376 | 32.38% | 17,486 | 67.59% | 9 | 0.03% | -9,110 | -35.21% | 25,871 |
| Clarke County | 1,136 | 51.50% | 1,068 | 48.41% | 2 | 0.09% | 68 | 3.08% | 2,206 |
| Craig County | 767 | 61.66% | 477 | 38.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 290 | 23.31% | 1,244 |
| Culpeper County | 1,886 | 51.46% | 1,775 | 48.43% | 4 | 0.11% | 111 | 3.03% | 3,665 |
| Cumberland County | 871 | 44.06% | 1,099 | 55.59% | 7 | 0.35% | -228 | -11.53% | 1,977 |
| Dickenson County | 3,485 | 61.80% | 2,143 | 38.00% | 11 | 0.20% | 1,342 | 23.80% | 5,639 |
| Dinwiddie County | 2,182 | 50.92% | 2,096 | 48.91% | 7 | 0.16% | 86 | 2.01% | 4,285 |
| Essex County | 760 | 49.03% | 789 | 50.90% | 1 | 0.06% | -29 | -1.87% | 1,550 |
| Fairfax County | 48,680 | 61.22% | 30,755 | 38.68% | 82 | 0.10% | 17,925 | 22.54% | 79,517 |
| Fauquier County | 3,506 | 62.46% | 2,101 | 37.43% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,405 | 25.03% | 5,613 |
| Floyd County | 1,144 | 38.32% | 1,836 | 61.51% | 5 | 0.17% | -692 | -23.18% | 2,985 |
| Fluvanna County | 1,008 | 54.96% | 823 | 44.87% | 3 | 0.16% | 185 | 10.09% | 1,834 |
| Franklin County | 3,447 | 60.08% | 2,279 | 39.72% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,168 | 20.36% | 5,737 |
| Frederick County | 2,880 | 52.61% | 2,585 | 47.22% | 9 | 0.16% | 295 | 5.39% | 5,474 |
| Giles County | 3,133 | 60.63% | 1,952 | 37.78% | 82 | 1.59% | 1,181 | 22.86% | 5,167 |
| Gloucester County | 1,949 | 54.40% | 1,631 | 45.52% | 3 | 0.08% | 318 | 8.88% | 3,583 |
| Goochland County | 1,452 | 53.84% | 1,241 | 46.01% | 4 | 0.15% | 211 | 7.82% | 2,697 |
| Grayson County | 3,238 | 50.98% | 3,105 | 48.88% | 9 | 0.14% | 133 | 2.09% | 6,352 |
| Greene County | 460 | 41.67% | 641 | 58.06% | 3 | 0.27% | -181 | -16.39% | 1,104 |
| Greensville County | 2,262 | 50.06% | 2,245 | 49.68% | 12 | 0.27% | 17 | 0.38% | 4,519 |
| Halifax County | 2,198 | 35.77% | 3,928 | 63.93% | 18 | 0.29% | -1,730 | -28.16% | 6,144 |
| Hanover County | 2,864 | 36.95% | 4,879 | 62.95% | 8 | 0.10% | -2,015 | -26.00% | 7,751 |
| Henrico County | 12,779 | 30.37% | 29,286 | 69.59% | 17 | 0.04% | -16,507 | -39.23% | 42,082 |
| Henry County | 5,295 | 64.70% | 2,844 | 34.75% | 45 | 0.55% | 2,451 | 29.95% | 8,184 |
| Highland County | 476 | 48.13% | 511 | 51.67% | 2 | 0.20% | -35 | -3.54% | 989 |
| Isle of Wight County | 2,656 | 60.38% | 1,737 | 39.49% | 6 | 0.14% | 919 | 20.89% | 4,399 |
| James City County | 1,744 | 61.43% | 1,092 | 38.46% | 3 | 0.11% | 652 | 22.97% | 2,839 |
| King and Queen County | 786 | 52.79% | 699 | 46.94% | 4 | 0.27% | 87 | 5.84% | 1,489 |
| King George County | 1,085 | 62.75% | 644 | 37.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 441 | 25.51% | 1,729 |
| King William County | 904 | 45.77% | 1,065 | 53.92% | 6 | 0.30% | -161 | -8.15% | 1,975 |
| Lancaster County | 1,245 | 42.77% | 1,663 | 57.13% | 3 | 0.10% | -418 | -14.36% | 2,911 |
| Lee County | 5,151 | 59.71% | 3,463 | 40.15% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,688 | 19.57% | 8,626 |
| Loudoun County | 4,278 | 62.21% | 2,594 | 37.72% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,684 | 24.49% | 6,877 |
| Louisa County | 1,731 | 55.78% | 1,369 | 44.12% | 3 | 0.10% | 362 | 11.67% | 3,103 |
| Lunenburg County | 1,128 | 37.89% | 1,847 | 62.04% | 2 | 0.07% | -719 | -24.15% | 2,977 |
| Madison County | 862 | 44.83% | 1,060 | 55.12% | 1 | 0.05% | -198 | -10.30% | 1,923 |
| Mathews County | 1,137 | 49.74% | 1,149 | 50.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -12 | -0.52% | 2,286 |
| Mecklenburg County | 3,238 | 39.36% | 4,976 | 60.48% | 13 | 0.16% | -1,738 | -21.13% | 8,227 |
| Middlesex County | 973 | 48.77% | 1,019 | 51.08% | 3 | 0.15% | -46 | -2.31% | 1,995 |
| Montgomery County | 3,872 | 45.61% | 4,604 | 54.23% | 13 | 0.15% | -732 | -8.62% | 8,489 |
| Nansemond County | 4,804 | 64.79% | 2,590 | 34.93% | 21 | 0.28% | 2,214 | 29.86% | 7,415 |
| Nelson County | 1,635 | 64.52% | 893 | 35.24% | 6 | 0.24% | 742 | 29.28% | 2,534 |
| New Kent County | 684 | 50.11% | 677 | 49.60% | 4 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.51% | 1,365 |
| Northampton County | 1,516 | 48.86% | 1,586 | 51.11% | 1 | 0.03% | -70 | -2.26% | 3,103 |
| Northumberland County | 988 | 40.86% | 1,423 | 58.85% | 7 | 0.29% | -435 | -17.99% | 2,418 |
| Nottoway County | 2,138 | 47.52% | 2,353 | 52.30% | 8 | 0.18% | -215 | -4.78% | 4,499 |
| Orange County | 1,508 | 48.54% | 1,595 | 51.34% | 4 | 0.13% | -87 | -2.80% | 3,107 |
| Page County | 2,606 | 48.09% | 2,804 | 51.74% | 9 | 0.17% | -198 | -3.65% | 5,419 |
| Patrick County | 2,306 | 61.07% | 1,468 | 38.88% | 2 | 0.05% | 838 | 22.19% | 3,776 |
| Pittsylvania County | 5,228 | 42.25% | 7,120 | 57.54% | 25 | 0.20% | -1,892 | -15.29% | 12,373 |
| Powhatan County | 969 | 45.03% | 1,182 | 54.93% | 1 | 0.05% | -213 | -9.90% | 2,152 |
| Prince Edward County | 1,512 | 37.20% | 2,545 | 62.62% | 7 | 0.17% | -1,033 | -25.42% | 4,064 |
| Prince George County | 1,502 | 45.58% | 1,790 | 54.32% | 3 | 0.09% | -288 | -8.74% | 3,295 |
| Prince William County | 5,611 | 62.60% | 3,343 | 37.30% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,268 | 25.30% | 8,963 |
| Pulaski County | 3,620 | 53.82% | 3,101 | 46.10% | 5 | 0.07% | 519 | 7.72% | 6,726 |
| Rappahannock County | 675 | 59.89% | 449 | 39.84% | 3 | 0.27% | 226 | 20.05% | 1,127 |
| Richmond County | 636 | 41.30% | 901 | 58.51% | 3 | 0.19% | -265 | -17.21% | 1,540 |
| Roanoke County | 8,808 | 45.09% | 10,714 | 54.84% | 14 | 0.07% | -1,906 | -9.76% | 19,536 |
| Rockbridge County | 2,599 | 54.08% | 2,200 | 45.78% | 7 | 0.15% | 399 | 8.30% | 4,806 |
| Rockingham County | 4,205 | 50.28% | 4,155 | 49.68% | 3 | 0.04% | 50 | 0.60% | 8,363 |
| Russell County | 4,330 | 58.78% | 3,012 | 40.89% | 25 | 0.34% | 1,318 | 17.89% | 7,367 |
| Scott County | 4,720 | 50.92% | 4,533 | 48.90% | 16 | 0.17% | 187 | 2.02% | 9,269 |
| Shenandoah County | 3,184 | 44.42% | 3,981 | 55.54% | 3 | 0.04% | -797 | -11.12% | 7,168 |
| Smyth County | 4,113 | 51.72% | 3,830 | 48.16% | 9 | 0.11% | 283 | 3.56% | 7,952 |
| Southampton County | 2,566 | 62.74% | 1,520 | 37.16% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,046 | 25.57% | 4,090 |
| Spotsylvania County | 2,097 | 62.28% | 1,261 | 37.45% | 9 | 0.27% | 836 | 24.83% | 3,367 |
| Stafford County | 2,469 | 56.58% | 1,888 | 43.26% | 7 | 0.16% | 581 | 13.31% | 4,364 |
| Surry County | 1,131 | 52.85% | 1,004 | 46.92% | 5 | 0.23% | 127 | 5.93% | 2,140 |
| Sussex County | 1,234 | 44.47% | 1,537 | 55.39% | 4 | 0.14% | -303 | -10.92% | 2,775 |
| Tazewell County | 6,081 | 64.57% | 3,231 | 34.31% | 105 | 1.12% | 2,850 | 30.26% | 9,417 |
| Warren County | 2,494 | 56.81% | 1,886 | 42.96% | 10 | 0.23% | 608 | 13.85% | 4,390 |
| Washington County | 5,070 | 54.95% | 4,146 | 44.94% | 10 | 0.11% | 924 | 10.02% | 9,226 |
| Westmoreland County | 1,312 | 52.50% | 1,181 | 47.26% | 6 | 0.24% | 131 | 5.24% | 2,499 |
| Wise County | 7,220 | 68.51% | 3,309 | 31.40% | 10 | 0.09% | 3,911 | 37.11% | 10,539 |
| Wythe County | 2,879 | 49.10% | 2,958 | 50.45% | 26 | 0.44% | -79 | -1.35% | 5,863 |
| York County | 3,385 | 52.98% | 2,992 | 46.83% | 12 | 0.19% | 393 | 6.15% | 6,389 |
| Alexandria City | 16,828 | 65.52% | 8,825 | 34.36% | 30 | 0.12% | 8,003 | 31.16% | 25,683 |
| Bristol City | 2,429 | 65.24% | 1,289 | 34.62% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,140 | 30.62% | 3,723 |
| Buena Vista City | 691 | 59.93% | 459 | 39.81% | 3 | 0.26% | 232 | 20.12% | 1,153 |
| Charlottesville City | 5,205 | 53.64% | 4,415 | 45.50% | 84 | 0.87% | 790 | 8.14% | 9,704 |
| Chesapeake City | 9,532 | 51.19% | 9,038 | 48.54% | 51 | 0.27% | 494 | 2.65% | 18,621 |
| Clifton Forge City | 1,252 | 59.56% | 850 | 40.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 402 | 19.12% | 2,102 |
| Colonial Heights City | 1,198 | 33.09% | 2,420 | 66.85% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,222 | -33.76% | 3,620 |
| Covington City | 2,055 | 64.10% | 1,149 | 35.84% | 2 | 0.06% | 906 | 28.26% | 3,206 |
| Danville City | 4,539 | 35.67% | 7,900 | 62.09% | 285 | 2.24% | -3,361 | -26.41% | 12,724 |
| Fairfax City | 2,835 | 59.48% | 1,924 | 40.37% | 7 | 0.15% | 911 | 19.11% | 4,766 |
| Falls Church City | 2,371 | 63.96% | 1,329 | 35.85% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,042 | 28.11% | 3,707 |
| Franklin City | 1,257 | 61.59% | 783 | 38.36% | 1 | 0.05% | 474 | 23.22% | 2,041 |
| Fredericksburg City | 2,410 | 61.35% | 1,511 | 38.47% | 7 | 0.18% | 899 | 22.89% | 3,928 |
| Galax City | 717 | 50.64% | 697 | 49.22% | 2 | 0.14% | 20 | 1.41% | 1,416 |
| Hampton City | 13,542 | 60.76% | 8,731 | 39.17% | 15 | 0.07% | 4,811 | 21.59% | 22,288 |
| Harrisonburg City | 1,765 | 49.16% | 1,820 | 50.70% | 5 | 0.14% | -55 | -1.53% | 3,590 |
| Hopewell City | 2,498 | 43.89% | 3,183 | 55.93% | 10 | 0.18% | -685 | -12.04% | 5,691 |
| Lynchburg City | 6,758 | 40.14% | 10,044 | 59.66% | 32 | 0.19% | -3,286 | -19.52% | 16,834 |
| Martinsville City | 2,943 | 61.01% | 1,805 | 37.42% | 76 | 1.58% | 1,138 | 23.59% | 4,824 |
| Newport News City | 15,296 | 59.07% | 10,584 | 40.87% | 14 | 0.05% | 4,712 | 18.20% | 25,894 |
| Norfolk City | 32,388 | 62.83% | 18,429 | 35.75% | 729 | 1.41% | 13,959 | 27.08% | 51,546 |
| Norton City | 824 | 68.90% | 372 | 31.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 452 | 37.79% | 1,196 |
| Petersburg City | 4,521 | 58.15% | 3,253 | 41.84% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,268 | 16.31% | 7,775 |
| Portsmouth City | 16,073 | 65.49% | 8,420 | 34.31% | 51 | 0.21% | 7,653 | 31.18% | 24,544 |
| Radford City | 1,850 | 55.09% | 1,505 | 44.82% | 3 | 0.09% | 345 | 10.27% | 3,358 |
| Richmond City | 35,662 | 56.71% | 27,196 | 43.24% | 32 | 0.05% | 8,466 | 13.46% | 62,890 |
| Roanoke City | 15,314 | 53.74% | 13,164 | 46.20% | 18 | 0.06% | 2,150 | 7.54% | 28,496 |
| South Boston City | 636 | 34.51% | 1,206 | 65.44% | 1 | 0.05% | -570 | -30.93% | 1,843 |
| Staunton City | 2,705 | 47.62% | 2,969 | 52.27% | 6 | 0.11% | -264 | -4.65% | 5,680 |
| Suffolk City | 1,579 | 51.87% | 1,463 | 48.06% | 2 | 0.07% | 116 | 3.81% | 3,044 |
| Virginia Beach City | 12,892 | 55.00% | 10,529 | 44.92% | 21 | 0.09% | 2,363 | 10.08% | 23,442 |
| Waynesboro City | 2,369 | 52.28% | 2,107 | 46.50% | 55 | 1.21% | 262 | 5.78% | 4,531 |
| Williamsburg City | 1,171 | 55.95% | 906 | 43.29% | 16 | 0.76% | 265 | 12.66% | 2,093 |
| Winchester City | 2,254 | 50.80% | 2,180 | 49.13% | 3 | 0.07% | 74 | 1.67% | 4,437 |
| Totals | 558,038 | 53.54% | 481,334 | 46.18% | 2,895 | 0.28% | 76,704 | 7.36% | 1,042,267 |
References
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 326-331 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 46.