1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky

1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky

1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky

Election in Kentucky


The 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Kentucky was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 64.01% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 35.65% of the popular vote.[3][4]

This is the solitary occasion since the Civil War where the Unionist strongholds of Whitley County and Knox County[5] have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[6] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Oldham, Jessamine, Wayne, Whitley, Estill, Garrard, Green, and Lee.[7] This is also the sole occasion since 1936 that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, and the only occasion since 1876 that the Democrat has won more than 60%. This is also the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state by double digits.

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References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344–363
  3. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-213 ISBN 0786422173
  4. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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