1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky

1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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President before election; Lyndon B. Johnson; Democratic	Elected President ; Lyndon B. Johnson; Democratic

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.

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 64.01% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), 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 2024 presidential election^[update], 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 last time that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, that the Democrat has won more than 60%, and that the Democratic nominee has won the state by double digits.

^ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ 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
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-213 ISBN 0786422173
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.

[2] "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.

[3] "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved May 30, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.

[5] 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

[6] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 206-213 ISBN 0786422173

[how-7] 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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