The 1964 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 3, 1964, as part of the United States presidential election of 1964 . The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson , comfortably won his home state of Texas with 63.32% of the vote against the Republican Party candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who won 36.5%, giving him the state's 25 electoral votes and a victory margin of 26.8%.[ 1] President Lyndon B. Johnson won the 1964 election in a massive landslide, carrying 44 states plus the District of Columbia , which participated for the first time. Goldwater only carried his home state of Arizona along with five Deep South states which had been historically Democratic, but defected to the Republican Party due to the Democratic Party’s support for civil rights.
Analysis
The home state of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas was his nineteenth best state in the election and his second best in the South below Kentucky, weighing in around 4.2 percent more Democratic than the national average. Johnson won every region in the state by wide margins, including those which had begun trending Republican in recent presidential elections such as the Texas Panhandle , the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex , and Metro Houston . Every major city in the state voted for Johnson, including every mid-sized city with the exceptions of Odessa , Midland , Tyler , and Longview , which were won by Goldwater.
Two counties in the northern Panhandle, Ochiltree and Roberts , gave Goldwater over sixty percent of the vote, further reflecting this region’s trend towards the Republican Party. Given that it was also Johnson’s home county, Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country voted Democratic for the only time since Franklin D. Roosevelt ’s landslide in the 1932 election, in which he carried every county.[ 2] This is the only presidential election between 1952 and 2008 that Dallas and Harris counties voted for the Democratic candidate. Dallas in particular, likely swung towards Johnson due to the city still being in mourning from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy , which had occurred less than a year before the election. Despite this strong swing, Johnson only carried Dallas County by a 9.6 percent margin.
President Johnson carried 238 out of the state’s 254 counties, and all twenty-three congressional districts. The 1964 election marks the last time a Democratic candidate for president won Texas with over sixty percent of the vote, won the state with a double-digit margin, and carried any counties with over ninety percent of the vote (in this case, the South Texas counties of Duval and Webb ). Webb, Duval and Jim Hogg counties stood among the four most Democratic in the nation.[ 3]
Aside from Johnson's home county Gillespie as mentioned above, this remains the last election as of 2018 in which Crane County , Montgomery County , Rusk County , Irion County , Loving County , Martin County , Andrews County , Winkler County , McMullen County , Collin County , Washington County , Kerr County , Comal County , Hemphill County , Deaf Smith County , Hartley County , Lubbock County , Upton County , Schleicher County , Tarrant County , Reagan County , Brazos County , Denton County , Victoria County , Tom Green County , DeWitt County , Cooke County , Potter County , Taylor County , Guadalupe County , Bandera County , Uvalde County , Yoakum County , Dawson County , Kimble County , Sutton County , Sterling County , Austin County , and Runnels County voted for the Democratic candidate. Fort Bend County would not vote Democratic again until 2016 .
Results
United States presidential election in Texas, 1964
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson
1,663,185
63.32%
25
Republican
Barry Goldwater
958,566
36.49%
0
Constitution
Joseph Lightburn
5,060
0.19%
0
Totals
2,626,811
100.00%
25
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered Voters)
44.6%/88.0%
Results by county
County
Johnson#
Johnson%
Goldwater#
Goldwater%
Lightburn#
Lightburn%
Total votes cast
Anderson
4,809
58.78%
3,362
41.10%
10
0.12%
8,181
Andrews
2,133
59.50%
1,442
40.22%
10
0.28%
3,585
Angelina
8,194
60.77%
5,262
39.02%
28
0.21%
13,484
Aransas
1,492
71.01%
602
28.65%
7
0.33%
2,101
Archer
1,766
80.02%
441
19.98%
0
0.00%
2,207
Armstrong
544
59.85%
365
40.15%
0
0.00%
909
Atascosa
3,224
71.39%
1,283
28.41%
9
0.20%
4,516
Austin
2,365
60.41%
1,545
39.46%
5
0.13%
3,915
Bailey
1,503
58.67%
1,056
41.22%
3
0.12%
2,562
Bandera
876
53.45%
762
46.49%
1
0.06%
1,639
Bastrop
3,912
77.48%
1,130
22.38%
7
0.14%
5,049
Baylor
1,403
78.21%
389
21.68%
2
0.11%
1,794
Bee
3,314
68.58%
1,509
31.23%
9
0.19%
4,832
Bell
14,557
83.13%
2,938
16.78%
17
0.10%
17,512
Bexar
108,658
66.86%
53,469
32.90%
393
0.24%
162,520
Blanco
1,197
80.44%
290
19.49%
1
0.07%
1,488
Borden
266
63.48%
152
36.28%
1
0.24%
419
Bosque
2,690
72.29%
1,024
27.52%
7
0.19%
3,721
Bowie
10,368
59.55%
7,018
40.31%
24
0.14%
17,410
Brazoria
15,917
64.98%
8,477
34.60%
103
0.42%
24,497
Brazos
7,998
66.54%
4,003
33.31%
18
0.15%
12,019
Brewster
1,251
66.30%
635
33.65%
1
0.05%
1,887
Briscoe
966
73.35%
348
26.42%
3
0.23%
1,317
Brooks
2,299
85.05%
402
14.87%
2
0.07%
2,703
Brown
5,214
71.49%
2,070
28.38%
9
0.12%
7,293
Burleson
2,527
80.30%
617
19.61%
3
0.10%
3,147
Burnet
2,585
75.81%
821
24.08%
4
0.12%
3,410
Caldwell
3,580
77.34%
1,046
22.60%
3
0.06%
4,629
Calhoun
3,398
76.64%
1,031
23.25%
5
0.11%
4,434
Callahan
2,178
71.72%
849
27.96%
10
0.33%
3,037
Cameron
16,056
62.57%
9,531
37.14%
72
0.28%
25,659
Camp
1,841
71.44%
729
28.29%
7
0.27%
2,577
Carson
1,574
60.05%
1,044
39.83%
3
0.11%
2,621
Cass
3,603
57.26%
2,681
42.61%
8
0.13%
6,292
Castro
1,865
74.78%
626
25.10%
3
0.12%
2,494
Chambers
1,921
64.99%
1,023
34.61%
12
0.41%
2,956
Cherokee
5,485
64.25%
3,043
35.64%
9
0.11%
8,537
Childress
1,977
67.45%
952
32.48%
2
0.07%
2,931
Clay
2,357
78.05%
659
21.82%
4
0.13%
3,020
Cochran
1,260
71.55%
497
28.22%
4
0.23%
1,761
Coke
900
70.92%
366
28.84%
3
0.24%
1,269
Coleman
2,670
65.04%
1,434
34.93%
1
0.02%
4,105
Collin
7,833
69.98%
3,341
29.85%
19
0.17%
11,193
Collingsworth
1,145
61.16%
724
38.68%
3
0.16%
1,872
Colorado
3,650
65.48%
1,918
34.41%
6
0.11%
5,574
Comal
3,644
62.03%
2,223
37.84%
8
0.14%
5,875
Comanche
2,851
74.65%
962
25.19%
6
0.16%
3,819
Concho
948
75.48%
307
24.44%
1
0.08%
1,256
Cooke
4,083
56.62%
3,117
43.23%
11
0.15%
7,211
Coryell
3,679
80.61%
877
19.22%
8
0.18%
4,564
Cottle
1,122
82.93%
230
17.00%
1
0.07%
1,353
Crane
919
58.95%
637
40.86%
3
0.19%
1,559
Crockett
799
65.98%
409
33.77%
3
0.25%
1,211
Crosby
2,278
78.77%
611
21.13%
3
0.10%
2,892
Culberson
473
60.10%
314
39.90%
0
0.00%
787
Dallam
1,058
60.15%
700
39.80%
1
0.06%
1,759
Dallas
166,472
54.73%
137,065
45.06%
621
0.20%
304,158
Dawson
3,171
65.14%
1,691
34.74%
6
0.12%
4,868
Deaf Smith
2,094
53.73%
1,793
46.01%
10
0.26%
3,897
Delta
1,619
82.60%
339
17.30%
2
0.10%
1,960
Denton
9,137
67.71%
4,335
32.13%
22
0.16%
13,494
Dewitt
3,286
58.96%
2,283
40.97%
4
0.07%
5,573
Dickens
1,324
79.42%
339
20.34%
4
0.24%
1,667
Dimmit
1,184
70.14%
501
29.68%
3
0.18%
1,688
Donley
1,068
60.14%
708
39.86%
0
0.00%
1,776
Duval
4,432
92.55%
353
7.37%
4
0.08%
4,789
Eastland
4,692
69.49%
2,049
30.35%
11
0.16%
6,752
Ector
10,826
48.36%
11,497
51.36%
63
0.28%
22,386
Edwards
337
47.33%
371
52.11%
4
0.56%
712
Ellis
7,278
72.33%
2,779
27.62%
5
0.05%
10,062
El Paso
35,050
62.67%
20,687
36.99%
190
0.34%
55,927
Erath
3,851
70.04%
1,642
29.87%
5
0.09%
5,498
Falls
3,933
76.35%
1,216
23.61%
2
0.04%
5,151
Fannin
5,976
83.00%
1,219
16.93%
5
0.07%
7,200
Fayette
3,630
63.94%
2,036
35.86%
11
0.19%
5,677
Fisher
2,108
82.12%
454
17.69%
5
0.19%
2,567
Floyd
2,383
65.81%
1,229
33.94%
9
0.25%
3,621
Foard
833
85.00%
146
14.90%
1
0.10%
980
Fort Bend
6,186
63.78%
3,493
36.01%
20
0.21%
9,699
Franklin
1,520
78.19%
424
21.81%
0
0.00%
1,944
Freestone
2,816
72.35%
1,074
27.60%
2
0.05%
3,892
Frio
1,507
71.19%
607
28.67%
3
0.14%
2,117
Gaines
2,045
63.89%
1,153
36.02%
3
0.09%
3,201
Galveston
30,672
71.04%
12,365
28.64%
136
0.32%
43,173
Garza
1,254
68.64%
567
31.03%
6
0.33%
1,827
Gillespie
2,264
57.17%
1,695
42.80%
1
0.03%
3,960
Glasscock
179
49.31%
183
50.41%
1
0.28%
363
Goliad
990
64.24%
549
35.63%
2
0.13%
1,541
Gonzales
3,348
73.66%
1,190
26.18%
7
0.15%
4,545
Gray
3,633
42.00%
5,011
57.93%
6
0.07%
8,650
Grayson
14,207
72.01%
5,500
27.88%
21
0.11%
19,728
Gregg
8,741
42.47%
11,761
57.14%
82
0.40%
20,584
Grimes
2,229
68.65%
1,014
31.23%
4
0.12%
3,247
Guadalupe
4,568
62.51%
2,731
37.37%
9
0.12%
7,308
Hale
5,910
61.60%
3,666
38.21%
18
0.19%
9,594
Hall
1,785
72.77%
667
27.19%
1
0.04%
2,453
Hamilton
2,048
67.02%
1,006
32.92%
2
0.07%
3,056
Hansford
860
41.83%
1,193
58.03%
3
0.15%
2,056
Hardeman
1,835
72.47%
697
27.53%
0
0.00%
2,532
Hardin
5,143
71.97%
1,987
27.81%
16
0.22%
7,146
Harris
227,819
59.49%
154,401
40.32%
765
0.20%
382,985
Harrison
6,351
53.24%
5,568
46.67%
11
0.09%
11,930
Hartley
565
56.33%
437
43.57%
1
0.10%
1,003
Haskell
2,903
84.86%
512
14.97%
6
0.18%
3,421
Hays
3,780
74.64%
1,279
25.26%
5
0.10%
5,064
Hemphill
649
53.50%
563
46.41%
1
0.08%
1,213
Henderson
4,697
69.96%
1,988
29.61%
29
0.43%
6,714
Hidalgo
22,110
65.50%
11,563
34.25%
83
0.25%
33,756
Hill
5,130
76.61%
1,557
23.25%
9
0.13%
6,696
Hockley
4,049
70.63%
1,674
29.20%
10
0.17%
5,733
Hood
1,661
79.59%
423
20.27%
3
0.14%
2,087
Hopkins
4,133
73.14%
1,518
26.86%
0
0.00%
5,651
Houston
3,681
68.60%
1,675
31.22%
10
0.19%
5,366
Howard
6,083
64.94%
3,272
34.93%
12
0.13%
9,367
Hudspeth
438
65.86%
224
33.68%
3
0.45%
665
Hunt
6,567
66.47%
3,302
33.42%
10
0.10%
9,879
Hutchinson
4,625
46.25%
5,358
53.58%
17
0.17%
10,000
Irion
351
63.82%
199
36.18%
0
0.00%
550
Jack
1,594
65.22%
847
34.66%
3
0.12%
2,444
Jackson
2,775
70.22%
1,168
29.55%
9
0.23%
3,952
Jasper
3,600
65.02%
1,919
34.66%
18
0.33%
5,537
Jeff Davis
304
63.47%
174
36.33%
1
0.21%
479
Jefferson
44,584
60.58%
28,771
39.09%
239
0.32%
73,594
Jim Hogg
1,375
89.87%
152
9.93%
3
0.20%
1,530
Jim Wells
6,849
77.50%
1,988
22.50%
0
0.00%
8,837
Johnson
6,381
66.18%
3,251
33.72%
10
0.10%
9,642
Jones
3,622
73.62%
1,295
26.32%
3
0.06%
4,920
Karnes
3,178
76.08%
993
23.77%
6
0.14%
4,177
Kaufman
4,766
71.20%
1,922
28.71%
6
0.09%
6,694
Kendall
970
44.64%
1,200
55.22%
3
0.14%
2,173
Kenedy
115
78.77%
30
20.55%
1
0.68%
146
Kent
563
83.04%
115
16.96%
0
0.00%
678
Kerr
2,894
51.60%
2,706
48.25%
8
0.14%
5,608
Kimble
862
62.33%
520
37.60%
1
0.07%
1,383
King
180
84.11%
34
15.89%
0
0.00%
214
Kinney
439
73.91%
155
26.09%
0
0.00%
594
Kleberg
4,568
73.32%
1,652
26.52%
10
0.16%
6,230
Knox
1,773
80.01%
439
19.81%
4
0.18%
2,216
Lamar
6,303
70.78%
2,594
29.13%
8
0.09%
8,905
Lamb
4,318
68.01%
2,022
31.85%
9
0.14%
6,349
Lampasas
2,224
74.88%
744
25.05%
2
0.07%
2,970
La Salle
988
81.52%
223
18.40%
1
0.08%
1,212
Lavaca
4,031
73.07%
1,480
26.83%
6
0.11%
5,517
Lee
1,884
67.07%
923
32.86%
2
0.07%
2,809
Leon
2,373
78.52%
642
21.24%
7
0.23%
3,022
Liberty
5,357
64.88%
2,884
34.93%
16
0.19%
8,257
Limestone
3,777
71.77%
1,478
28.08%
8
0.15%
5,263
Lipscomb
589
43.57%
763
56.43%
0
0.00%
1,352
Live Oak
1,423
63.93%
795
35.71%
8
0.36%
2,226
Llano
1,727
72.44%
655
27.47%
2
0.08%
2,384
Loving
46
58.23%
32
40.51%
1
1.27%
79
Lubbock
22,057
55.89%
17,372
44.02%
34
0.09%
39,463
Lynn
2,281
75.28%
745
24.59%
4
0.13%
3,030
McCulloch
2,100
76.06%
655
23.72%
6
0.22%
2,761
McLennan
28,429
72.25%
10,892
27.68%
25
0.06%
39,346
McMullen
267
60.27%
175
39.50%
1
0.23%
443
Madison
1,298
66.74%
644
33.11%
3
0.15%
1,945
Marion
1,372
59.57%
927
40.25%
4
0.17%
2,303
Martin
892
68.77%
402
30.99%
3
0.23%
1,297
Mason
941
61.30%
590
38.44%
4
0.26%
1,535
Matagorda
4,143
63.20%
2,407
36.72%
5
0.08%
6,555
Maverick
2,113
79.41%
545
20.48%
3
0.11%
2,661
Medina
3,408
68.27%
1,583
31.71%
1
0.02%
4,992
Menard
588
59.70%
397
40.30%
0
0.00%
985
Midland
8,646
41.96%
11,906
57.78%
53
0.26%
20,605
Milam
4,368
76.51%
1,334
23.37%
7
0.12%
5,709
Mills
1,228
71.27%
495
28.73%
0
0.00%
1,723
Mitchell
2,420
76.61%
737
23.33%
2
0.06%
3,159
Montague
3,746
77.14%
1,106
22.78%
4
0.08%
4,856
Montgomery
4,989
60.87%
3,167
38.64%
40
0.49%
8,196
Moore
2,393
57.54%
1,762
42.37%
4
0.10%
4,159
Morris
2,366
65.83%
1,218
33.89%
10
0.28%
3,594
Motley
678
67.53%
324
32.27%
2
0.20%
1,004
Nacogdoches
4,524
60.17%
2,976
39.58%
19
0.25%
7,519
Navarro
6,811
76.08%
2,139
23.89%
3
0.03%
8,953
Newton
2,211
74.82%
738
24.97%
6
0.20%
2,955
Nolan
3,540
68.58%
1,610
31.19%
12
0.23%
5,162
Nueces
40,426
74.10%
14,048
25.75%
84
0.15%
54,558
Ochiltree
920
33.61%
1,814
66.28%
3
0.11%
2,737
Oldham
397
59.25%
269
40.15%
4
0.60%
670
Orange
9,390
60.02%
6,216
39.73%
39
0.25%
15,645
Palo Pinto
3,791
68.42%
1,748
31.55%
2
0.04%
5,541
Panola
2,608
47.97%
2,818
51.83%
11
0.20%
5,437
Parker
5,270
70.66%
2,175
29.16%
13
0.17%
7,458
Parmer
1,556
55.99%
1,216
43.76%
7
0.25%
2,779
Pecos
2,068
59.55%
1,393
40.11%
12
0.35%
3,473
Polk
2,492
67.35%
1,199
32.41%
9
0.24%
3,700
Potter
12,850
52.62%
11,505
47.11%
64
0.26%
24,419
Presidio
1,156
72.80%
431
27.14%
1
0.06%
1,588
Rains
893
76.46%
272
23.29%
3
0.26%
1,168
Randall
6,016
43.34%
7,843
56.50%
22
0.16%
13,881
Reagan
614
60.08%
406
39.73%
2
0.20%
1,022
Real
487
65.55%
255
34.32%
1
0.13%
743
Red River
3,391
72.86%
1,257
27.01%
6
0.13%
4,654
Reeves
2,340
65.09%
1,251
34.80%
4
0.11%
3,595
Refugio
2,319
75.02%
772
24.98%
0
0.00%
3,091
Roberts
198
40.00%
297
60.00%
0
0.00%
495
Robertson
3,350
78.88%
895
21.07%
2
0.05%
4,247
Rockwall
1,305
74.36%
445
25.36%
5
0.28%
1,755
Runnels
2,645
64.01%
1,480
35.82%
7
0.17%
4,132
Rusk
6,528
54.25%
5,488
45.61%
17
0.14%
12,033
Sabine
1,801
80.76%
428
19.19%
1
0.04%
2,230
San Augustine
1,173
60.46%
760
39.18%
7
0.36%
1,940
San Jacinto
1,680
82.92%
343
16.93%
3
0.15%
2,026
San Patricio
7,176
76.47%
2,188
23.32%
20
0.21%
9,384
San Saba
1,859
81.64%
418
18.36%
0
0.00%
2,277
Schleicher
514
56.92%
388
42.97%
1
0.11%
903
Scurry
3,381
65.82%
1,741
33.89%
15
0.29%
5,137
Shackelford
934
65.59%
487
34.20%
3
0.21%
1,424
Shelby
3,487
61.06%
2,220
38.87%
4
0.07%
5,711
Sherman
462
42.31%
629
57.60%
1
0.09%
1,092
Smith
12,474
48.97%
12,960
50.88%
38
0.15%
25,472
Somervell
641
75.06%
210
24.59%
3
0.35%
854
Starr
4,056
85.53%
678
14.30%
8
0.17%
4,742
Stephens
1,753
61.00%
1,119
38.94%
2
0.07%
2,874
Sterling
243
63.28%
140
36.46%
1
0.26%
384
Stonewall
978
81.57%
219
18.27%
2
0.17%
1,199
Sutton
694
66.03%
357
33.97%
0
0.00%
1,051
Swisher
2,410
74.61%
815
25.23%
5
0.15%
3,230
Tarrant
97,092
62.98%
56,593
36.71%
473
0.31%
154,158
Taylor
13,366
59.09%
9,220
40.76%
34
0.15%
22,620
Terrell
364
55.32%
294
44.68%
0
0.00%
658
Terry
3,034
65.50%
1,592
34.37%
6
0.13%
4,632
Throckmorton
883
78.14%
247
21.86%
0
0.00%
1,130
Titus
3,528
67.60%
1,687
32.32%
4
0.08%
5,219
Tom Green
9,767
59.40%
6,664
40.53%
12
0.07%
16,443
Travis
44,058
68.89%
19,838
31.02%
62
0.10%
63,958
Trinity
1,654
68.12%
763
31.43%
11
0.45%
2,428
Tyler
1,818
59.86%
1,216
40.04%
3
0.10%
3,037
Upshur
4,027
64.31%
2,222
35.48%
13
0.21%
6,262
Upton
958
59.73%
636
39.65%
10
0.62%
1,604
Uvalde
2,358
54.51%
1,963
45.38%
5
0.12%
4,326
Val Verde
3,555
72.52%
1,346
27.46%
1
0.02%
4,902
Van Zandt
4,047
71.30%
1,614
28.44%
15
0.26%
5,676
Victoria
8,141
65.83%
4,201
33.97%
25
0.20%
12,367
Walker
2,877
64.86%
1,557
35.10%
2
0.05%
4,436
Waller
2,167
68.82%
980
31.12%
2
0.06%
3,149
Ward
2,221
56.17%
1,730
43.75%
3
0.08%
3,954
Washington
2,938
59.21%
2,019
40.69%
5
0.10%
4,962
Webb
10,073
90.08%
1,094
9.78%
15
0.13%
11,182
Wharton
6,234
69.11%
2,775
30.76%
11
0.12%
9,020
Wheeler
1,440
55.81%
1,138
44.11%
2
0.08%
2,580
Wichita
19,131
68.99%
8,585
30.96%
14
0.05%
27,730
Wilbarger
3,200
67.48%
1,539
32.45%
3
0.06%
4,742
Willacy
2,152
63.52%
1,230
36.30%
6
0.18%
3,388
Williamson
7,430
80.74%
1,766
19.19%
6
0.07%
9,202
Wilson
3,472
82.77%
718
17.12%
5
0.12%
4,195
Winkler
2,059
55.97%
1,617
43.95%
3
0.08%
3,679
Wise
3,852
73.50%
1,386
26.45%
3
0.06%
5,241
Wood
3,528
62.93%
2,068
36.89%
10
0.18%
5,606
Yoakum
1,415
62.06%
859
37.68%
6
0.26%
2,280
Young
3,395
67.95%
1,600
32.03%
1
0.02%
4,996
Zapata
1,009
87.97%
135
11.77%
3
0.26%
1,147
Zavala
1,784
74.80%
598
25.07%
3
0.13%
2,385
Totals
1,663,185
63.32%
958,566
36.49%
5,060
0.19%
2,626,811
References