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1964 United States presidential election
1964 United States presidential election in Oregon Oregon presidential no 1960 United States presidential election in Oregon 1960 1968 United States presidential election in Oregon 1968 November 3, 1964https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1964 United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica May 29, 2017 x200px 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Texas Hubert Humphrey 6 501,017 63.72% File:Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) Arizona William E. Miller 0 282,779 35.96% 1964 United States presidential election in Oregon results map by county.svg 375px County results
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The 1964 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose sixhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1965_1969.html#1964 1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69) May 29, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oregon was overwhelmingly won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 63.72% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 35.96% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=41&year=1964 1964 Presidential General Election Results – Oregon Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas May 29, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1964 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964 May 29, 2017 His victory marked the first time Oregon had voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide win in 1944. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Baker, Douglas, Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Polk, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Yamhill.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016. Furthermore, Oregon as a whole, along with Benton and Hood River counties would not vote for a Democratic presidential candidate again until 1988, after which it has always gone Democratic. Clackamas, Jackson, Jefferson, and Washington counties would not vote Democratic again until 1992, while Gilliam and Marion counties would not vote Democratic again until 1996. This is also the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has carried a majority of Oregon's counties.
Results
1964 United States presidential election in Oregon
Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 501,017 63.72%
Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) 282,779 35.96%
Write-in 2,509 0.32%
786,305 100%
Results by county
County Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic Barry GoldwaterRepublican Various candidatesWrite-ins Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Baker 3,903 59.27% 2,670 40.55% 12 0.18% 1,233 18.72% 6,585 Benton 8,971 54.42% 7,250 43.98% 265 1.61% 1,721 10.44% 16,486 Clackamas 35,711 62.60% 21,299 37.34% 33 0.06% 14,412 25.26% 57,043 Clatsop 8,371 67.44% 4,023 32.41% 19 0.15% 4,348 35.03% 12,413 Columbia 7,728 75.26% 2,489 24.24% 51 0.50% 5,239 51.02% 10,268 Coos 16,109 76.17% 5,032 23.79% 8 0.04% 11,077 52.38% 21,149 Crook 2,419 67.46% 1,161 32.38% 6 0.17% 1,258 35.08% 3,586 Curry 3,195 68.18% 1,467 31.31% 24 0.51% 1,728 36.87% 4,686 Deschutes 6,947 68.82% 3,148 31.18% 3,799 37.64% 10,095 Douglas 15,909 61.86% 9,806 38.13% 2 0.01% 6,103 23.73% 25,717 Gilliam 775 63.52% 442 36.23% 3 0.25% 333 27.29% 1,220 Grant 1,877 61.91% 1,149 37.90% 6 0.20% 728 24.01% 3,032 Harney 1,577 57.16% 1,172 42.48% 10 0.36% 405 14.68% 2,759 Hood River 3,564 65.13% 1,786 32.64% 122 2.23% 1,778 32.49% 5,472 Jackson 19,486 57.17% 14,598 42.83% 4,888 14.34% 34,084 Jefferson 1,739 59.19% 1,197 40.74% 2 0.07% 542 18.45% 2,938 Josephine 6,857 49.68% 6,918 50.13% 26 0.19% −61 −0.45% 13,801 Klamath 9,066 51.51% 8,530 48.47% 3 0.02% 536 3.04% 17,599 Lake 1,419 52.11% 1,304 47.89% 115 4.22% 2,723 Lane 49,785 67.10% 24,139 32.53% 276 0.37% 25,646 34.57% 74,200 Lincoln 7,101 68.79% 3,200 31.00% 22 0.21% 3,901 37.79% 10,323 Linn 14,926 64.04% 8,382 35.96% 6,544 28.08% 23,308 Malheur 3,798 47.58% 4,177 52.32% 8 0.10% −379 −4.74% 7,983 Marion 32,091 62.67% 18,897 36.90% 221 0.43% 13,194 25.77% 51,209 Morrow 1,470 70.10% 627 29.90% 843 40.20% 2,097 Multnomah 161,040 66.07% 81,683 33.51% 1,016 0.42% 79,357 32.56% 243,739 Polk 7,292 62.71% 4,319 37.14% 18 0.15% 2,973 25.57% 11,629 Sherman 859 63.49% 494 36.51% 365 26.98% 1,353 Tillamook 5,246 69.27% 2,318 30.61% 9 0.12% 2,928 38.66% 7,573 Umatilla 10,689 63.40% 6,138 36.41% 32 0.19% 4,551 26.99% 16,859 Union 4,929 65.82% 2,553 34.09% 7 0.09% 2,376 31.73% 7,489 Wallowa 1,790 62.85% 1,055 37.04% 3 0.11% 735 25.81% 2,848 Wasco 5,890 68.51% 2,695 31.35% 12 0.14% 3,195 37.16% 8,597 Washington 29,081 57.95% 20,813 41.48% 287 0.57% 8,268 16.47% 50,181 Wheeler 458 57.39% 340 42.61% 118 14.78% 798 Yamhill 8,949 61.88% 5,508 38.08% 6 0.04% 3,441 23.80% 14,463Totals501,01763.72%282,77935.96%2,5090.32%218,23827.76%786,305
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
20em
Benton
Clackamas
Deschutes
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Lane
Linn
Marion
Polk
Sherman
Umatilla
Multnomah
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
See also
United States presidential elections in Oregon
References
Oregon
1964
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