1964 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1964 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 52.61% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 47.39% of the popular vote.[3][4]
With his win in the state, President Johnson would become the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 to win the state. The Cornhusker State was Johnson's weakest in the Great Plains region, and one of two where he did not win every congressional district, the other being Oklahoma. Senator Goldwater carried the state's 3rd district which encompassed the western half of the state, while Johnson carried the 1st and 2nd in the eastern half. Johnson carried 38 counties to Goldwater's 55. Nebraska weighed in as 17.36% more Republican than the national average. Had Goldwater won the state, it would've been the longest streak in which Nebraska has voted for a Republican presidential candidate, going as far back as 1940.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time the Democratic candidate won Nebraska at large, as well as Adams County, Sarpy County, Cass County, Washington County, Saunders County, Gage County, Dixon County, Nemaha County, Richardson County, Boone County, Lincoln County, Polk County, Fillmore County, Johnson County, Cedar County, Buffalo County, Seward County, Hall County, Jefferson County, Thayer County, Webster County, Platte County, Nuckolls County, Clay County, Colfax County, Franklin County, Howard County, Nance County, Logan County, and Kearney County. Douglas County and Lancaster County would not vote Democratic again until 2008[5] Barack Obama would later win the state's 2nd congressional district in 2008 and received one electoral vote from the state. Joe Biden, Obama's running mate in 2008, did the same in 2020. Nebraska has since become a reliable Republican state, aside from these two instances.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 307,307 | 52.61% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 276,847 | 47.39% | |
| Total votes | 584,154 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[6] | Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic |
Barry Morris Goldwater Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,441 | 53.55% | 5,586 | 46.45% | 855 | 7.11% | 12,027 |
| Antelope | 2,004 | 43.85% | 2,566 | 56.15% | -562 | -12.30% | 4,570 |
| Arthur | 126 | 34.15% | 243 | 65.85% | -117 | -31.71% | 369 |
| Banner | 196 | 35.44% | 357 | 64.56% | -161 | -29.11% | 553 |
| Blaine | 195 | 37.43% | 326 | 62.57% | -131 | -25.14% | 521 |
| Boone | 1,905 | 50.16% | 1,893 | 49.84% | 12 | 0.32% | 3,798 |
| Box Butte | 1,968 | 41.93% | 2,725 | 58.07% | -757 | -16.13% | 4,693 |
| Boyd | 908 | 45.22% | 1,100 | 54.78% | -192 | -9.56% | 2,008 |
| Brown | 885 | 41.03% | 1,272 | 58.97% | -387 | -17.94% | 2,157 |
| Buffalo | 5,436 | 50.05% | 5,425 | 49.95% | 11 | 0.10% | 10,861 |
| Burt | 2,074 | 45.75% | 2,459 | 54.25% | -385 | -8.49% | 4,533 |
| Butler | 2,993 | 64.57% | 1,642 | 35.43% | 1,351 | 29.15% | 4,635 |
| Cass | 3,975 | 57.43% | 2,947 | 42.57% | 1,028 | 14.85% | 6,922 |
| Cedar | 3,104 | 57.45% | 2,299 | 42.55% | 805 | 14.90% | 5,403 |
| Chase | 907 | 45.62% | 1,081 | 54.38% | -174 | -8.75% | 1,988 |
| Cherry | 1,428 | 38.89% | 2,244 | 61.11% | -816 | -22.22% | 3,672 |
| Cheyenne | 2,689 | 46.22% | 3,129 | 53.78% | -440 | -7.56% | 5,818 |
| Clay | 2,001 | 51.57% | 1,879 | 48.43% | 122 | 3.14% | 3,880 |
| Colfax | 2,207 | 52.81% | 1,972 | 47.19% | 235 | 5.62% | 4,179 |
| Cuming | 2,265 | 42.50% | 3,064 | 57.50% | -799 | -14.99% | 5,329 |
| Custer | 3,475 | 47.02% | 3,916 | 52.98% | -441 | -5.97% | 7,391 |
| Dakota | 2,654 | 58.20% | 1,906 | 41.80% | 748 | 16.40% | 4,560 |
| Dawes | 1,569 | 38.39% | 2,518 | 61.61% | -949 | -23.22% | 4,087 |
| Dawson | 3,790 | 45.30% | 4,577 | 54.70% | -787 | -9.41% | 8,367 |
| Deuel | 533 | 35.42% | 972 | 64.58% | -439 | -29.17% | 1,505 |
| Dixon | 1,912 | 50.89% | 1,845 | 49.11% | 67 | 1.78% | 3,757 |
| Dodge | 6,731 | 49.70% | 6,812 | 50.30% | -81 | -0.60% | 13,543 |
| Douglas | 77,480 | 55.70% | 61,613 | 44.30% | 15,867 | 11.41% | 139,093 |
| Dundy | 712 | 43.87% | 911 | 56.13% | -199 | -12.26% | 1,623 |
| Fillmore | 2,497 | 56.33% | 1,936 | 43.67% | 561 | 12.66% | 4,433 |
| Franklin | 1,409 | 53.17% | 1,241 | 46.83% | 168 | 6.34% | 2,650 |
| Frontier | 841 | 43.55% | 1,090 | 56.45% | -249 | -12.89% | 1,931 |
| Furnas | 1,669 | 45.35% | 2,011 | 54.65% | -342 | -9.29% | 3,680 |
| Gage | 6,411 | 61.37% | 4,035 | 38.63% | 2,376 | 22.75% | 10,446 |
| Garden | 559 | 33.57% | 1,106 | 66.43% | -547 | -32.85% | 1,665 |
| Garfield | 483 | 38.83% | 761 | 61.17% | -278 | -22.35% | 1,244 |
| Gosper | 512 | 48.35% | 547 | 51.65% | -35 | -3.31% | 1,059 |
| Grant | 199 | 39.56% | 304 | 60.44% | -105 | -20.87% | 503 |
| Greeley | 1,305 | 62.74% | 775 | 37.26% | 530 | 25.48% | 2,080 |
| Hall | 8,273 | 55.20% | 6,715 | 44.80% | 1,558 | 10.39% | 14,988 |
| Hamilton | 1,886 | 47.26% | 2,105 | 52.74% | -219 | -5.49% | 3,991 |
| Harlan | 1,195 | 48.22% | 1,283 | 51.78% | -88 | -3.55% | 2,478 |
| Hayes | 362 | 41.85% | 503 | 58.15% | -141 | -16.30% | 865 |
| Hitchcock | 946 | 45.16% | 1,149 | 54.84% | -203 | -9.69% | 2,095 |
| Holt | 2,739 | 46.17% | 3,194 | 53.83% | -455 | -7.67% | 5,933 |
| Hooker | 137 | 29.03% | 335 | 70.97% | -198 | -41.95% | 472 |
| Howard | 2,025 | 66.52% | 1,019 | 33.48% | 1,006 | 33.05% | 3,044 |
| Jefferson | 2,804 | 55.21% | 2,275 | 44.79% | 529 | 10.42% | 5,079 |
| Johnson | 1,554 | 54.22% | 1,312 | 45.78% | 242 | 8.44% | 2,866 |
| Kearney | 1,767 | 56.65% | 1,352 | 43.35% | 415 | 13.31% | 3,119 |
| Keith | 1,784 | 48.07% | 1,927 | 51.93% | -143 | -3.85% | 3,711 |
| Keya Paha | 320 | 38.74% | 506 | 61.26% | -186 | -22.52% | 826 |
| Kimball | 1,242 | 44.12% | 1,573 | 55.88% | -331 | -11.76% | 2,815 |
| Knox | 2,617 | 48.74% | 2,752 | 51.26% | -135 | -2.51% | 5,369 |
| Lancaster | 34,503 | 59.09% | 23,887 | 40.91% | 10,616 | 18.18% | 58,390 |
| Lincoln | 6,446 | 57.26% | 4,811 | 42.74% | 1,635 | 14.52% | 11,257 |
| Logan | 296 | 52.58% | 267 | 47.42% | 29 | 5.15% | 563 |
| Loup | 176 | 33.59% | 348 | 66.41% | -172 | -32.82% | 524 |
| Madison | 4,661 | 43.09% | 6,155 | 56.91% | -1,494 | -13.81% | 10,816 |
| McPherson | 104 | 32.20% | 219 | 67.80% | -115 | -35.60% | 323 |
| Merrick | 1,741 | 49.19% | 1,798 | 50.81% | -57 | -1.61% | 3,539 |
| Morrill | 1,228 | 42.68% | 1,649 | 57.32% | -421 | -14.63% | 2,877 |
| Nance | 1,323 | 53.39% | 1,155 | 46.61% | 168 | 6.78% | 2,478 |
| Nemaha | 2,084 | 51.84% | 1,936 | 48.16% | 148 | 3.68% | 4,020 |
| Nuckolls | 2,181 | 58.52% | 1,546 | 41.48% | 635 | 17.04% | 3,727 |
| Otoe | 3,169 | 46.64% | 3,626 | 53.36% | -457 | -6.73% | 6,795 |
| Pawnee | 1,111 | 48.79% | 1,166 | 51.21% | -55 | -2.42% | 2,277 |
| Perkins | 877 | 49.02% | 912 | 50.98% | -35 | -1.96% | 1,789 |
| Phelps | 2,153 | 46.88% | 2,440 | 53.12% | -287 | -6.25% | 4,593 |
| Pierce | 1,631 | 45.36% | 1,965 | 54.64% | -334 | -9.29% | 3,596 |
| Platte | 5,160 | 52.31% | 4,705 | 47.69% | 455 | 4.61% | 9,865 |
| Polk | 1,730 | 51.84% | 1,607 | 48.16% | 123 | 3.69% | 3,337 |
| Red Willow | 2,416 | 46.86% | 2,740 | 53.14% | -324 | -6.28% | 5,156 |
| Richardson | 3,245 | 53.24% | 2,850 | 46.76% | 395 | 6.48% | 6,095 |
| Rock | 376 | 31.05% | 835 | 68.95% | -459 | -37.90% | 1,211 |
| Saline | 4,125 | 69.86% | 1,780 | 30.14% | 2,345 | 39.71% | 5,905 |
| Sarpy | 5,581 | 55.82% | 4,418 | 44.18% | 1,163 | 11.63% | 9,999 |
| Saunders | 4,172 | 55.50% | 3,345 | 44.50% | 827 | 11.00% | 7,517 |
| Scotts Bluff | 6,368 | 48.97% | 6,635 | 51.03% | -267 | -2.05% | 13,003 |
| Seward | 3,347 | 60.11% | 2,221 | 39.89% | 1,126 | 20.22% | 5,568 |
| Sheridan | 1,156 | 32.15% | 2,440 | 67.85% | -1,284 | -35.71% | 3,596 |
| Sherman | 1,632 | 68.17% | 762 | 31.83% | 870 | 36.34% | 2,394 |
| Sioux | 379 | 35.19% | 698 | 64.81% | -319 | -29.62% | 1,077 |
| Stanton | 1,014 | 43.84% | 1,299 | 56.16% | -285 | -12.32% | 2,313 |
| Thayer | 2,298 | 51.87% | 2,132 | 48.13% | 166 | 3.75% | 4,430 |
| Thomas | 212 | 39.92% | 319 | 60.08% | -107 | -20.15% | 531 |
| Thurston | 1,700 | 58.74% | 1,194 | 41.26% | 506 | 17.48% | 2,894 |
| Valley | 1,545 | 48.25% | 1,657 | 51.75% | -112 | -3.50% | 3,202 |
| Washington | 2,701 | 50.59% | 2,638 | 49.41% | 63 | 1.18% | 5,339 |
| Wayne | 1,630 | 40.86% | 2,359 | 59.14% | -729 | -18.28% | 3,989 |
| Webster | 1,657 | 58.18% | 1,191 | 41.82% | 466 | 16.36% | 2,848 |
| Wheeler | 248 | 43.89% | 317 | 56.11% | -69 | -12.21% | 565 |
| York | 2,832 | 45.37% | 3,410 | 54.63% | -578 | -9.26% | 6,242 |
| Totals | 307,307 | 52.61% | 276,847 | 47.39% | 30,460 | 5.21% | 584,154 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1964 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1964". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "NE US President Race, November 03, 1964". Our Campaigns.
