Election in Michigan
Main article: 1964 United States presidential election
1964 United States presidential election in Michigan Turnout 68.8% [2]
Nominee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Texas
Arizona
Running mate
Hubert Humphrey
William E. Miller
Electoral vote
21
0
Popular vote
2,136,615
1,060,152
Percentage
66.70%
33.10%
County Results
Johnson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Goldwater
50-60%
President before election
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Elected President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
The 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election . Voters chose 21[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Michigan was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D –Texas ), with 66.70% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R –Arizona ), with 33.10% of the popular vote.[4] [5] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Livingston County , Allegan County , Antrim County , Grand Traverse County , Midland County , Ionia County , St. Joseph County , Barry County , Newaygo County , Hillsdale County , Emmet County , and Otsego County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the best Democratic performance in a presidential election in Michigan to date.
Results [ ]
1964 United States presidential election in Michigan
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson (inc. )
2,136,615
66.70%
Republican
Barry Goldwater
1,060,152
33.10%
Socialist Workers
Clifton DeBerry
3,817
0.12%
Socialist Labor
Eric Hass
1,704
0.05%
Prohibition
E. Harold Munn
669
0.02%
Write-in
145
0.00%
Total votes
3,203,102
100%
Results by county [ ]
Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic
Barry Morris Goldwater Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Alcona
1,611
57.23%
1,199
42.59%
5
0.18%
412
14.64%
2,815
Alger
2,743
73.05%
1,010
26.90%
2
0.05%
1,733
46.15%
3,755
Allegan
11,934
51.45%
11,223
48.39%
37
0.16%
711
3.07%
23,194
Alpena
7,508
65.45%
3,954
34.47%
10
0.09%
3,554
30.98%
11,472
Antrim
2,684
55.19%
2,172
44.66%
7
0.14%
512
10.53%
4,863
Arenac
2,436
63.24%
1,413
36.68%
3
0.08%
1,023
26.56%
3,852
Baraga
2,568
68.74%
1,160
31.05%
8
0.21%
1,408
37.69%
3,736
Barry
8,102
59.36%
5,509
40.36%
39
0.29%
2,593
19.00%
13,650
Bay
29,754
71.34%
11,896
28.52%
56
0.13%
17,858
42.82%
41,706
Benzie
1,983
54.15%
1,674
45.71%
5
0.14%
309
8.44%
3,662
Berrien
33,653
55.94%
26,387
43.86%
122
0.20%
7,266
12.08%
60,162
Branch
7,858
60.29%
5,110
39.21%
66
0.51%
2,748
21.08%
13,034
Calhoun
32,939
63.31%
18,987
36.50%
99
0.19%
13,952
26.82%
52,025
Cass
8,789
59.62%
5,925
40.19%
28
0.19%
2,864
19.43%
14,742
Charlevoix
3,757
58.45%
2,664
41.44%
7
0.11%
1,093
17.00%
6,428
Cheboygan
4,028
63.12%
2,342
36.70%
11
0.17%
1,686
26.42%
6,381
Chippewa
6,537
61.33%
4,098
38.45%
23
0.22%
2,439
22.88%
10,658
Clare
2,927
56.32%
2,258
43.45%
12
0.23%
669
12.87%
5,197
Clinton
8,932
60.20%
5,891
39.70%
14
0.09%
3,041
20.50%
14,837
Crawford
1,464
67.78%
696
32.22%
0
0.00%
768
35.56%
2,160
Delta
10,046
69.25%
4,434
30.56%
27
0.19%
5,612
38.68%
14,507
Dickinson
7,921
70.12%
3,365
29.79%
11
0.10%
4,556
40.33%
11,297
Eaton
12,590
58.41%
8,919
41.38%
46
0.21%
3,671
17.03%
21,555
Emmet
4,197
60.50%
2,731
39.37%
9
0.13%
1,466
21.13%
6,937
Genesee
100,346
67.40%
48,311
32.45%
221
0.15%
52,035
34.95%
148,878
Gladwin
2,725
58.19%
1,941
41.45%
17
0.36%
784
16.74%
4,683
Gogebic
7,945
70.19%
3,350
29.60%
24
0.21%
4,595
40.60%
11,319
Grand Traverse
7,475
54.59%
6,198
45.26%
20
0.15%
1,277
9.33%
13,693
Gratiot
7,383
57.78%
5,369
42.02%
26
0.20%
2,014
15.76%
12,778
Hillsdale
6,564
50.15%
6,420
49.05%
106
0.81%
144
1.10%
13,090
Houghton
9,761
65.99%
5,024
33.97%
6
0.04%
4,737
32.03%
14,791
Huron
7,349
53.93%
6,263
45.96%
14
0.10%
1,086
7.97%
13,626
Ingham
53,685
61.83%
32,965
37.97%
179
0.21%
20,720
23.86%
86,829
Ionia
10,362
64.31%
5,698
35.36%
53
0.33%
4,664
28.95%
16,113
Iosco
4,336
61.56%
2,704
38.39%
4
0.06%
1,632
23.17%
7,044
Iron
6,011
71.36%
2,399
28.48%
13
0.15%
3,612
42.88%
8,423
Isabella
7,040
60.03%
4,672
39.84%
15
0.13%
2,368
20.19%
11,727
Jackson
28,219
57.30%
20,940
42.52%
88
0.18%
7,279
14.78%
49,247
Kalamazoo
40,789
59.89%
27,100
39.79%
215
0.32%
13,689
20.10%
68,104
Kalkaska
1,220
58.54%
861
41.31%
3
0.14%
359
17.23%
2,084
Kent
86,860
56.42%
66,830
43.41%
269
0.17%
20,030
13.01%
153,959
Keweenaw
860
69.64%
374
30.28%
1
0.08%
486
39.35%
1,235
Lake
1,978
71.41%
791
28.56%
1
0.04%
1,187
42.85%
2,770
Lapeer
8,595
58.77%
6,012
41.11%
17
0.12%
2,583
17.66%
14,624
Leelanau
2,369
53.22%
2,074
46.60%
8
0.18%
295
6.63%
4,451
Lenawee
16,815
59.50%
11,385
40.29%
60
0.21%
5,430
19.21%
28,260
Livingston
9,698
58.99%
6,723
40.89%
20
0.12%
2,975
18.10%
16,441
Luce
1,459
62.59%
871
37.37%
1
0.04%
588
25.23%
2,331
Mackinac
2,748
58.26%
1,967
41.70%
2
0.04%
781
16.56%
4,717
Macomb
131,450
74.47%
44,684
25.31%
387
0.22%
86,766
49.15%
176,521
Manistee
5,520
65.37%
2,918
34.56%
6
0.07%
2,602
30.81%
8,444
Marquette
14,045
67.86%
6,615
31.96%
36
0.17%
7,430
35.90%
20,696
Mason
5,993
60.87%
3,842
39.02%
11
0.11%
2,151
21.85%
9,846
Mecosta
4,214
54.89%
3,454
44.99%
9
0.12%
760
9.90%
7,677
Menominee
7,119
66.64%
3,545
33.19%
18
0.17%
3,574
33.46%
10,682
Midland
12,587
58.13%
9,020
41.65%
48
0.22%
3,567
16.47%
21,655
Missaukee
1,288
41.89%
1,786
58.08%
1
0.03%
-498
-16.20%
3,075
Monroe
26,528
69.61%
11,499
30.17%
84
0.22%
15,029
39.43%
38,111
Montcalm
8,970
63.27%
5,181
36.55%
26
0.18%
3,789
26.73%
14,177
Montmorency
1,369
61.23%
863
38.60%
4
0.18%
506
22.63%
2,236
Muskegon
36,769
62.28%
22,146
37.51%
119
0.20%
14,623
24.77%
59,034
Newaygo
5,457
52.48%
4,931
47.42%
11
0.11%
526
5.06%
10,399
Oakland
182,797
61.44%
114,025
38.33%
686
0.23%
68,772
23.12%
297,508
Oceana
3,773
55.95%
2,958
43.87%
12
0.18%
815
12.09%
6,743
Ogemaw
2,812
63.55%
1,609
36.36%
4
0.09%
1,203
27.19%
4,425
Ontonagon
3,485
67.67%
1,658
32.19%
7
0.14%
1,827
35.48%
5,150
Osceola
2,891
50.81%
2,779
48.84%
20
0.35%
112
1.97%
5,690
Oscoda
930
54.04%
784
45.55%
7
0.41%
146
8.48%
1,721
Otsego
2,245
64.85%
1,214
35.07%
3
0.09%
1,031
29.78%
3,462
Ottawa
20,151
45.05%
24,512
54.79%
72
0.16%
-4,361
-9.75%
44,735
Presque Isle
3,565
66.80%
1,770
33.16%
2
0.04%
1,795
33.63%
5,337
Roscommon
2,345
57.56%
1,722
42.27%
7
0.17%
623
15.29%
4,074
Saginaw
45,309
61.58%
28,146
38.25%
127
0.17%
17,163
23.32%
73,582
Sanilac
6,266
45.16%
7,590
54.71%
18
0.13%
-1,324
-9.54%
13,874
Schoolcraft
2,675
65.63%
1,397
34.27%
4
0.10%
1,278
31.35%
4,076
Shiawassee
13,676
63.60%
7,786
36.21%
41
0.19%
5,890
27.39%
21,503
St. Clair
24,662
59.09%
17,011
40.76%
62
0.15%
7,651
18.33%
41,735
St. Joseph
9,284
55.85%
7,307
43.96%
32
0.19%
1,977
11.89%
16,623
Tuscola
9,374
55.45%
7,509
44.42%
22
0.13%
1,865
11.03%
16,905
Van Buren
11,336
58.12%
8,120
41.63%
48
0.25%
3,216
16.49%
19,504
Washtenaw
42,089
62.00%
25,595
37.70%
206
0.30%
16,494
24.30%
67,890
Wayne
831,674
75.97%
260,901
23.83%
2,149
0.20%
570,773
52.14%
1,094,724
Wexford
4,414
59.28%
3,016
40.50%
16
0.21%
1,398
18.78%
7,446
Totals
2,136,615
66.70%
1,060,152
33.10%
6,335
0.20%
1,076,463
33.61%
3,203,102
See also [ ]
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