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1964 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1964 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 163,010 130,108
Percentage 55.61% 44.39%

County results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

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

South Dakota was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 55.61 percent of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 44.39% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time South Dakota was carried by the Democratic nominee, as well as the last time a Democrat won Pennington County, Lincoln County, Meade County, Yankton County, Custer County, Bennett County, Clark County, Hamlin County, Hand County, Hyde County, Jackson County, Jones County, Lyman County, Mellette County, Potter County, Stanley County, Tripp County, and Walworth County.[5]

Results

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1964 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 163,010 55.61%
Republican Barry Goldwater 130,108 44.39%
Total votes 293,118 100%

Results by county

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County[6] Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Aurora 1,555 64.10% 871 35.90% 684 28.20% 2,426
Beadle 5,968 59.57% 4,051 40.43% 1,917 19.14% 10,019
Bennett 775 55.40% 624 44.60% 151 10.80% 1,399
Bon Homme 2,494 58.30% 1,784 41.70% 710 16.60% 4,278
Brookings 4,191 53.17% 3,692 46.83% 499 6.34% 7,883
Brown 9,107 62.24% 5,524 37.76% 3,583 24.48% 14,631
Brule 2,205 69.49% 968 30.51% 1,237 38.98% 3,173
Buffalo 501 64.31% 278 35.69% 223 28.62% 779
Butte 1,863 49.81% 1,877 50.19% −14 −0.38% 3,740
Campbell 411 26.13% 1,162 73.87% −751 −47.74% 1,573
Charles Mix 3,488 68.22% 1,625 31.78% 1,863 36.44% 5,113
Clark 1,771 53.96% 1,511 46.04% 260 7.92% 3,282
Clay 2,599 59.05% 1,802 40.95% 797 18.10% 4,401
Codington 5,353 59.84% 3,593 40.16% 1,760 19.68% 8,946
Corson 1,328 56.22% 1,034 43.78% 294 12.44% 2,362
Custer 1,176 50.73% 1,142 49.27% 34 1.46% 2,318
Davison 4,861 63.54% 2,789 36.46% 2,072 27.08% 7,650
Day 3,235 62.83% 1,914 37.17% 1,321 25.66% 5,149
Deuel 1,524 53.64% 1,317 46.36% 207 7.28% 2,841
Dewey 1,259 56.21% 981 43.79% 278 12.42% 2,240
Douglas 1,149 49.14% 1,189 50.86% −40 −1.72% 2,338
Edmunds 1,708 54.22% 1,442 45.78% 266 8.44% 3,150
Fall River 1,706 45.71% 2,026 54.29% −320 −8.58% 3,732
Faulk 1,225 55.71% 974 44.29% 251 11.42% 2,199
Grant 2,583 58.22% 1,854 41.78% 729 16.44% 4,437
Gregory 1,995 54.82% 1,644 45.18% 351 9.64% 3,639
Haakon 662 45.44% 795 54.56% −133 −9.12% 1,457
Hamlin 1,561 50.58% 1,525 49.42% 36 1.16% 3,086
Hand 1,563 51.60% 1,466 48.40% 97 3.20% 3,029
Hanson 1,232 60.57% 802 39.43% 430 21.14% 2,034
Harding 487 49.90% 489 50.10% −2 −0.20% 976
Hughes 2,606 48.82% 2,732 51.18% −126 −2.36% 5,338
Hutchinson 2,189 43.15% 2,884 56.85% −695 −13.70% 5,073
Hyde 736 52.50% 666 47.50% 70 5.00% 1,402
Jackson 480 51.72% 448 48.28% 32 3.44% 928
Jerauld 999 53.83% 857 46.17% 142 7.66% 1,856
Jones 548 56.91% 415 43.09% 133 13.82% 963
Kingsbury 2,005 48.54% 2,126 51.46% −121 −2.92% 4,131
Lake 2,988 55.28% 2,417 44.72% 571 10.56% 5,405
Lawrence 3,468 48.09% 3,743 51.91% −275 −3.82% 7,211
Lincoln 2,836 50.86% 2,740 49.14% 96 1.72% 5,576
Lyman 1,057 55.08% 862 44.92% 195 10.16% 1,919
Marshall 2,063 63.56% 1,183 36.44% 880 27.12% 3,246
McCook 2,181 55.40% 1,756 44.60% 425 10.80% 3,937
McPherson 723 27.66% 1,891 72.34% −1,168 −44.68% 2,614
Meade 2,323 52.05% 2,140 47.95% 183 4.10% 4,463
Mellette 658 55.62% 525 44.38% 133 11.24% 1,183
Miner 1,679 63.99% 945 36.01% 734 27.98% 2,624
Minnehaha 20,929 55.52% 16,766 44.48% 4,163 11.04% 37,695
Moody 2,301 61.16% 1,461 38.84% 840 22.32% 3,762
Pennington 9,881 52.54% 8,926 47.46% 955 5.08% 18,807
Perkins 1,255 47.11% 1,409 52.89% −154 −5.78% 2,664
Potter 1,260 56.91% 954 43.09% 306 13.82% 2,214
Roberts 3,567 64.88% 1,931 35.12% 1,636 29.76% 5,498
Sanborn 1,401 60.57% 912 39.43% 489 21.14% 2,313
Shannon 1,748 75.84% 557 24.16% 1,191 51.68% 2,305
Spink 3,120 61.50% 1,953 38.50% 1,167 23.00% 5,073
Stanley 750 57.74% 549 42.26% 201 15.48% 1,299
Sully 596 47.19% 667 52.81% −71 −5.62% 1,263
Todd 1,274 63.80% 723 36.20% 551 27.60% 1,997
Tripp 2,241 53.64% 1,937 46.36% 304 7.28% 4,178
Turner 2,184 43.42% 2,846 56.58% −662 −13.16% 5,030
Union 2,828 62.09% 1,727 37.91% 1,101 24.18% 4,555
Walworth 1,952 51.35% 1,849 48.65% 103 2.70% 3,801
Washabaugh 348 62.25% 211 37.75% 137 24.50% 559
Yankton 3,747 53.87% 3,208 46.13% 539 7.74% 6,955
Ziebach 554 55.34% 447 44.66% 107 10.68% 1,001
Totals 163,010 55.61% 130,108 44.39% 32,902 11.22% 293,118

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 03, 1964