1964 Presidential Election Interactive Map

270 electoral votes to win

Change history with the 1964 presidential election interactive map.

Update a state winner by clicking it to rotate through candidates. Alternately, select a candidate color in the Map Color Palette, then select states to apply. Use the edit button in the Palette to update candidate information.

Split electoral vote states - if any - are not interactive. Use the table below the map to make changes.

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Split Electoral Votes

States shown here did not allocate all their available electoral votes to one candidate. The historical split can be edited in this table. You can also use the drop down menu to split other states.

Removing the split () will set the state to undecided and make it interactive on the map.

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1964 Actual Election Results

Candidate Party Electoral Votes Popular Votes
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Lyndon B. Johnson (I) Democratic 486 42,825,463
Barry M. Goldwater Republican 52 27,146,969

1964 Election Facts

  • 23rd Amendment ratified in this cycle: Washington DC given electoral representation
  • Number of Electors reaches 538; has remained there to this day
  • Issues of the Day: Great Society (Civil Rights), Vietnam (Gulf of Tonkin), Good Economy
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