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1964 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1964 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Nominee Barry Goldwater Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate William Miller Hubert Humphrey
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 356,528 52,618
Percentage 87.1% 12.9%

The 1964 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1964. The state showed Republican candidate Barry Goldwater's best performance in the 1964 election. He defeated the Incumbent President Johnson by a margin of 74.28 percentage points, giving Goldwater 7 electoral votes. Goldwater won all of Mississippi's 82 counties, some by over 90%.[1] Goldwater's opposition to the Civil Rights Act appealed to the southern United States, and won him most states in the Deep South. He lost the general election to Johnson, who won with 61% of the national vote.

References

  1. ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved June 9, 2016.