1964 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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

Iowa was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 61.88% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 37.92% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}, this is the last election in which Pottawattamie County, Plymouth County, Mahaska County, Mills County, Harrison County, Grundy County, Shelby County, Montgomery County, Fremont County, Ida County, and Osceola County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[5] This was the first time since 1948 that the state would back a Democrat in a presidential election, and the last such occasion until 1988.

As of 2020, this remains the strongest performance by a Democrat in Iowa.^[6]

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic	9	733,030	61.88%
Barry Goldwater	William E. Miller	Republican	0	449,148	37.92%
E. Harold Munn	Mark A. Shaw	Prohibition	0	1,902	0.16%
Eric Hass	Henning Blomen	Socialist Labor	0	182	0.02%
Clifton DeBerry	Edward Shaw	Socialist Workers	0	159	0.01%
—	—	Write-ins	0	118	0.01%

Results by county

County[7]	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		2,851		59.25%		1,953		40.59%		8		0.17%		898		18.66%		4,812
	Adams		1,941		59.49%		1,321		40.48%		1		0.03%		620		19.01%		3,263
	Allamakee		3,504		48.67%		3,691		51.26%		5		0.07%		-187		-2.59%		7,200
	Appanoose		4,960		63.14%		2,872		36.56%		24		0.31%		2,088		26.58%		7,856
	Audubon		3,011		61.64%		1,871		38.30%		3		0.06%		1,140		23.34%		4,885
	Benton		6,614		65.59%		3,453		34.24%		17		0.17%		3,161		31.35%		10,084
	Black Hawk		30,716		60.80%		19,744		39.08%		56		0.11%		10,972		21.72%		50,516
	Boone		7,699		67.92%		3,543		31.26%		93		0.82%		4,156		36.66%		11,335
	Bremer		5,045		56.44%		3,880		43.41%		14		0.16%		1,165		13.03%		8,939
	Buchanan		5,621		63.71%		3,187		36.12%		15		0.17%		2,434		27.59%		8,823
	Buena Vista		5,245		58.30%		3,747		41.65%		5		0.06%		1,498		16.65%		8,997
	Butler		3,370		49.33%		3,462		50.67%		0		0.00%		-92		-1.34%		6,832
	Calhoun		4,407		64.53%		2,422		35.47%		0		0.00%		1,985		29.06%		6,829
	Carroll		7,807		76.49%		2,387		23.39%		13		0.13%		5,420		53.10%		10,207
	Cass		4,006		48.87%		4,182		51.01%		10		0.12%		-176		-2.14%		8,198
	Cedar		4,617		59.69%		3,106		40.16%		12		0.16%		1,511		19.53%		7,735
	Cerro Gordo		13,156		62.44%		7,884		37.42%		31		0.15%		5,272		25.02%		21,071
	Cherokee		4,336		57.62%		3,180		42.26%		9		0.12%		1,156		15.36%		7,525
	Chickasaw		4,545		63.28%		2,632		36.65%		5		0.07%		1,913		26.63%		7,182
	Clarke		2,659		63.13%		1,546		36.70%		7		0.17%		1,113		26.43%		4,212
	Clay		4,631		59.76%		2,999		38.70%		119		1.54%		1,632		21.06%		7,749
	Clayton		5,624		58.89%		3,923		41.08%		3		0.03%		1,701		17.81%		9,550
	Clinton		14,267		63.32%		8,219		36.48%		47		0.21%		6,048		26.84%		22,533
	Crawford		5,024		62.51%		2,999		37.31%		14		0.17%		2,025		25.20%		8,037
	Dallas		7,447		66.13%		3,763		33.41%		52		0.46%		3,684		32.72%		11,262
	Davis		2,966		67.38%		1,424		32.35%		12		0.27%		1,542		35.03%		4,402
	Decatur		3,331		68.19%		1,542		31.57%		12		0.25%		1,789		36.62%		4,885
	Delaware		4,623		57.32%		3,427		42.49%		15		0.19%		1,196		14.83%		8,065
	Des Moines		13,894		70.31%		5,830		29.50%		38		0.19%		8,064		40.81%		19,762
	Dickinson		3,490		58.77%		2,443		41.14%		5		0.08%		1,047		17.63%		5,938
	Dubuque		23,695		70.06%		10,104		29.87%		24		0.07%		13,591		40.19%		33,823
	Emmet		3,487		57.14%		2,611		42.78%		5		0.08%		876		14.36%		6,103
	Fayette		6,900		55.28%		5,567		44.60%		15		0.12%		1,333		10.68%		12,482
	Floyd		5,317		58.80%		3,721		41.15%		5		0.06%		1,596		17.65%		9,043
	Franklin		3,582		59.10%		2,452		40.46%		27		0.45%		1,130		18.64%		6,061
	Fremont		2,703		56.77%		2,044		42.93%		14		0.29%		659		13.84%		4,761
	Greene		3,828		63.95%		2,141		35.77%		17		0.28%		1,687		28.18%		5,986
	Grundy		3,582		52.61%		3,215		47.22%		11		0.16%		367		5.39%		6,808
	Guthrie		3,962		64.46%		2,169		35.29%		15		0.24%		1,793		29.17%		6,146
	Hamilton		5,195		62.35%		3,127		37.53%		10		0.12%		2,068		24.82%		8,332
	Hancock		3,857		62.89%		2,269		37.00%		7		0.11%		1,588		25.89%		6,133
	Hardin		5,459		58.67%		3,828		41.14%		17		0.18%		1,631		17.53%		9,304
	Harrison		4,575		58.75%		3,203		41.13%		9		0.12%		1,372		17.62%		7,787
	Henry		4,223		56.44%		3,247		43.40%		12		0.16%		976		13.04%		7,482
	Howard		3,841		61.84%		2,360		38.00%		10		0.16%		1,481		23.84%		6,211
	Humboldt		3,376		59.96%		2,250		39.96%		4		0.07%		1,126		20.00%		5,630
	Ida		2,905		59.48%		1,977		40.48%		2		0.04%		928		19.00%		4,884
	Iowa		4,261		60.00%		2,828		39.82%		13		0.18%		1,433		20.18%		7,102
	Jackson		5,130		62.52%		3,066		37.37%		9		0.11%		2,064		25.15%		8,205
	Jasper		10,216		65.65%		5,321		34.19%		24		0.15%		4,895		31.46%		15,561
	Jefferson		4,135		59.79%		2,755		39.84%		26		0.38%		1,380		19.95%		6,916
	Johnson		14,717		68.08%		6,860		31.73%		41		0.19%		7,857		36.35%		21,618
	Jones		5,511		63.55%		3,154		36.37%		7		0.08%		2,357		27.18%		8,672
	Keokuk		4,790		64.69%		2,597		35.08%		17		0.23%		2,193		29.61%		7,404
	Kossuth		6,893		64.58%		3,776		35.38%		5		0.05%		3,117		29.20%		10,674
	Lee		12,244		65.89%		6,321		34.02%		17		0.09%		5,923		31.87%		18,582
	Linn		40,106		64.66%		21,845		35.22%		78		0.13%		18,261		29.44%		62,029
	Louisa		2,624		58.56%		1,845		41.17%		12		0.27%		779		17.39%		4,481
	Lucas		3,310		62.93%		1,935		36.79%		15		0.29%		1,375		26.14%		5,260
	Lyon		2,747		46.28%		3,185		53.66%		3		0.05%		-438		-7.38%		5,935
	Madison		3,518		60.87%		2,250		38.93%		12		0.21%		1,268		21.94%		5,780
	Mahaska		6,396		62.68%		3,787		37.11%		22		0.22%		2,609		25.57%		10,205
	Marion		7,911		66.80%		3,903		32.96%		28		0.24%		4,008		33.84%		11,842
	Marshall		9,815		60.68%		6,323		39.09%		38		0.23%		3,492		21.59%		16,176
	Mills		2,463		50.38%		2,424		49.58%		2		0.04%		39		0.80%		4,889
	Mitchell		3,868		60.69%		2,489		39.06%		16		0.25%		1,379		21.63%		6,373
	Monona		3,971		64.18%		2,208		35.69%		8		0.13%		1,763		28.49%		6,187
	Monroe		3,186		66.50%		1,588		33.15%		17		0.35%		1,598		33.35%		4,791
	Montgomery		3,489		52.86%		3,101		46.98%		11		0.17%		388		5.88%		6,601
	Muscatine		8,020		59.07%		5,547		40.86%		10		0.07%		2,473		18.21%		13,577
	O'Brien		4,295		49.73%		4,336		50.20%		6		0.07%		-41		-0.47%		8,637
	Osceola		2,498		58.08%		1,798		41.80%		5		0.12%		700		16.28%		4,301
	Page		4,402		47.80%		4,775		51.85%		32		0.35%		-373		-4.05%		9,209
	Palo Alto		4,441		66.81%		2,206		33.19%		0		0.00%		2,235		33.62%		6,647
	Plymouth		5,691		53.62%		4,920		46.36%		2		0.02%		771		7.26%		10,613
	Pocahontas		3,988		65.68%		2,079		34.24%		5		0.08%		1,909		31.44%		6,072
	Polk		74,194		66.27%		37,280		33.30%		479		0.43%		36,914		32.97%		111,953
	Pottawattamie		17,569		55.25%		14,208		44.68%		22		0.07%		3,361		10.57%		31,799
	Poweshiek		5,213		62.55%		3,109		37.31%		12		0.14%		2,104		25.24%		8,334
	Ringgold		2,260		58.85%		1,571		40.91%		9		0.23%		689		17.94%		3,840
	Sac		4,358		59.68%		2,937		40.22%		7		0.10%		1,421		19.46%		7,302
	Scott		31,526		61.70%		19,488		38.14%		84		0.16%		12,038		23.56%		51,098
	Shelby		4,148		58.12%		2,928		41.03%		61		0.85%		1,220		17.09%		7,137
	Sioux		4,233		34.35%		8,078		65.55%		12		0.10%		-3,845		-31.20%		12,323
	Story		12,329		59.82%		8,188		39.73%		93		0.45%		4,141		20.09%		20,610
	Tama		6,057		63.04%		3,543		36.88%		8		0.08%		2,514		26.16%		9,608
	Taylor		2,780		56.25%		2,162		43.75%		0		0.00%		618		12.50%		4,942
	Union		3,751		59.89%		2,502		39.95%		10		0.16%		1,249		19.94%		6,263
	Van Buren		2,555		60.02%		1,700		39.93%		2		0.05%		855		20.09%		4,257
	Wapello		13,971		71.48%		5,524		28.26%		51		0.26%		8,447		43.22%		19,546
	Warren		6,639		64.14%		3,679		35.54%		33		0.32%		2,960		28.60%		10,351
	Washington		4,587		57.92%		3,315		41.86%		17		0.21%		1,272		16.06%		7,919
	Wayne		3,062		60.49%		1,994		39.39%		6		0.12%		1,068		21.10%		5,062
	Webster		13,005		66.23%		6,576		33.49%		54		0.28%		6,429		32.74%		19,635
	Winnebago		3,677		61.11%		2,331		38.74%		9		0.15%		1,346		22.37%		6,017
	Winneshiek		5,811		59.55%		3,941		40.38%		7		0.07%		1,870		19.17%		9,759
	Woodbury		26,841		60.70%		17,347		39.23%		30		0.07%		9,494		21.47%		44,218
	Worth		2,936		62.16%		1,777		37.62%		10		0.21%		1,159		24.54%		4,723
	Wright		4,998		63.78%		2,831		36.13%		7		0.09%		2,167		27.65%		7,836
Totals	733,030	61.88%	449,148	37.92%	2,361	0.20%	283,882	23.96%	1,184,539

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• • • • • • Adair Adams Appanoose Audubon Benton Black Hawk
• Boone
• Bremer
  • Buchanan Buena Vista
    • Calhoun Cerro Gordo Cedar
  • Cherokee Clarke
  • Clay Clayton
• Clinton
  • • Crawford Decatur Dallas
• Decatur
  • Delaware Dickinson
    • Emmet Fayette Floyd
  • Franklin Fremont
• Greene
  • • • Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin
• Harrison
• Henry
• Des Moines
• Humboldt
• Ida
  • Iowa Jackson
  • Jasper Jefferson
  • Jones Keokuk
• Kossuth
• Lee
• Linn
• Lousia
• Lucas
  • Madison Mahaska
• Marion
  • Marshall Mills
• Mitchell
  • Monona Montgomery
  • Muscatine Osceola
• Johnson
• Monroe
• Polk
• Plymouth
• Pocahontas
• Pottawattamie
• Poweshiek
• Ringgold
• Sac
• Scott
• Shelby
• Story
• Tama
  • Taylor Union
• Van Buren
  • • • Warren Washington Wayne Webster
• Winnebago
• Winneshiek
  • Woodbury Worth
• Wright

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica. May 30, 2017.
2. Web site: 1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69). May 30, 2017.
3. Web site: 1964 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa. May 30, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964. May 30, 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. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2023-01-10 . uselectionatlas.org.
7. Web site: Our Campaigns. IA US President Race, November 03, 1964.