Election in Washington
Main article: 1964 United States presidential election
1964 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Nominee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Texas
Arizona
Running mate
Hubert Humphrey
William E. Miller
Electoral vote
9
0
Popular vote
779,881
470,366
Percentage
62.0%
37.4%
County Results
Johnson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Goldwater
40-50%
50-60%
President before election
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Elected President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
The 1964 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election . State voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Washington was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D –Texas ), with 61.97% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R –Arizona ), with 37.37% of the popular vote.[3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Yakima County , Benton County , Grant County , Franklin County , Lewis County , Chelan County , Walla Walla County , Stevens County , Douglas County , Columbia County , and Garfield County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results [ ]
1964 United States presidential election in Washington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson (inc. )
779,881
61.97%
Republican
Barry Goldwater
470,366
37.37%
Socialist Labor
Eric Hass
7,772
0.62%
Socialist Workers
Clifton DeBerry
537
0.04%
Total votes
1,258,556
100%
Results by county [ ]
Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic
Barry Morris Goldwater Republican
Eric Hass[6] Socialist Labor
Clifton DeBerry Freedom Socialist
Margin
Adams
2,027
47.44%
2,241
52.45%
2
0.05%
3
0.07%
-214
-5.01%
4,273
Asotin
3,657
67.27%
1,777
32.69%
2
0.04%
0
0.00%
1,880
34.58%
5,436
Benton
16,650
58.68%
11,708
41.27%
8
0.03%
6
0.02%
4,942
17.41%
28,372
Chelan
10,295
57.77%
7,406
41.56%
111
0.62%
10
0.06%
2,889
16.21%
17,822
Clallam
9,265
68.86%
4,175
31.03%
14
0.10%
1
0.01%
5,090
37.83%
13,455
Clark
29,341
70.21%
12,300
29.43%
140
0.34%
9
0.02%
17,041
40.78%
41,790
Columbia
1,138
52.03%
1,048
47.92%
1
0.05%
0
0.00%
90
4.11%
2,187
Cowlitz
17,605
71.85%
6,708
27.38%
177
0.72%
11
0.04%
10,897
44.47%
24,501
Douglas
3,728
58.47%
2,643
41.45%
2
0.03%
3
0.05%
1,085
17.02%
6,376
Ferry
931
63.81%
526
36.05%
2
0.14%
0
0.00%
405
27.76%
1,459
Franklin
6,375
63.38%
3,615
35.94%
66
0.66%
2
0.02%
2,760
27.44%
10,058
Garfield
781
50.98%
751
49.02%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
30
1.96%
1,532
Grant
8,352
57.89%
6,065
42.04%
8
0.06%
2
0.01%
2,287
15.85%
14,427
Grays Harbor
17,145
74.46%
5,744
24.94%
132
0.57%
6
0.03%
11,401
49.52%
23,027
Island
3,946
56.38%
3,044
43.49%
8
0.11%
1
0.01%
902
12.89%
6,999
Jefferson
3,012
67.59%
1,432
32.14%
8
0.18%
4
0.09%
1,580
35.45%
4,456
King
268,216
59.52%
177,598
39.41%
4,535
1.01%
291
0.06%
90,618
20.11%
450,640
Kitsap
26,904
71.34%
10,702
28.38%
105
0.28%
3
0.01%
16,202
42.96%
37,714
Kittitas
5,383
62.65%
3,200
37.24%
4
0.05%
5
0.06%
2,183
25.41%
8,592
Klickitat
3,819
67.31%
1,850
32.60%
4
0.07%
1
0.02%
1,969
34.71%
5,674
Lewis
12,070
63.45%
6,933
36.45%
13
0.07%
6
0.03%
5,137
27.00%
19,022
Lincoln
2,299
44.10%
2,911
55.84%
3
0.06%
0
0.00%
-612
-11.74%
5,213
Mason
5,514
68.32%
2,549
31.58%
5
0.06%
3
0.04%
2,965
36.74%
8,071
Okanogan
6,554
62.45%
3,931
37.46%
10
0.10%
0
0.00%
2,623
24.99%
10,495
Pacific
5,056
73.70%
1,789
26.08%
13
0.19%
2
0.03%
3,267
47.62%
6,860
Pend Oreille
1,978
66.71%
985
33.22%
1
0.03%
1
0.03%
993
33.49%
2,965
Pierce
84,566
67.13%
40,164
31.88%
1,190
0.94%
53
0.04%
44,402
35.25%
125,973
San Juan
906
51.77%
839
47.94%
4
0.23%
1
0.06%
67
3.83%
1,750
Skagit
14,344
63.72%
8,138
36.15%
24
0.11%
4
0.02%
6,206
27.57%
22,510
Skamania
1,758
72.83%
653
27.05%
3
0.12%
0
0.00%
1,105
45.78%
2,414
Snohomish
55,013
67.58%
25,902
31.82%
467
0.57%
23
0.03%
29,111
35.76%
81,405
Spokane
62,092
55.65%
49,387
44.26%
69
0.06%
33
0.03%
12,705
11.39%
111,581
Stevens
4,266
56.29%
3,302
43.57%
9
0.12%
1
0.01%
964
12.72%
7,578
Thurston
17,578
65.05%
9,351
34.61%
80
0.30%
12
0.04%
8,227
30.44%
27,021
Wahkiakum
1,175
72.35%
446
27.46%
3
0.18%
0
0.00%
729
44.89%
1,624
Walla Walla
9,481
53.89%
8,102
46.05%
9
0.05%
2
0.01%
1,379
7.84%
17,594
Whatcom
20,297
64.59%
10,900
34.69%
207
0.66%
18
0.06%
9,397
29.90%
31,422
Whitman
6,760
49.93%
6,765
49.97%
7
0.05%
6
0.04%
-5
-0.04%
13,538
Yakima
29,604
56.14%
22,786
43.21%
326
0.62%
14
0.03%
6,818
12.93%
52,730
Totals
779,881
61.97%
470,366
37.37%
7,772
0.62%
537
0.04%
309,515
24.60%
1,258,556
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