1964 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1964 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election . Voters chose seven[ 2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Kansas was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D –Texas ), with 54.09 percent of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R –Arizona ), with 45.06 percent of the popular vote.[ 3] [ 4]
As of the 2024 presidential election [update] , this is the last time the Democratic candidate won Kansas, as well as the following counties: Allen , Barber , Barton , Bourbon , Clark , Comanche , Cowley , Ellsworth , Franklin , Geary , Gove , Grant , Harvey , Haskell , Kearny , Lane , Lyon , McPherson , Montgomery , Morton , Nemaha , Neosho , Osage , Ottawa , Pratt , Russell , Saline , Sedgwick , Sheridan , Sherman , Stanton , Stevens , Thomas and Trego .[ 5]
To date Johnson’s 54.09 percent remains the best Democratic presidential performance in Kansas history, although the margin is smaller than Franklin Roosevelt's win in 1932 .
Results
Results by county
County[ 6]
Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic
Barry Goldwater Republican
E. Harold Munn Prohibition
Eric Hass Labor
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Allen
3,369
53.89%
2,841
45.44%
30
0.48%
12
0.19%
528
8.45%
6,252
Anderson
2,058
54.44%
1,692
44.76%
16
0.42%
14
0.37%
366
9.68%
3,780
Atchison
5,037
61.21%
3,147
38.24%
24
0.29%
21
0.26%
1,890
22.97%
8,229
Barber
1,845
50.91%
1,758
48.51%
11
0.30%
10
0.28%
87
2.40%
3,624
Barton
7,340
60.06%
4,826
39.49%
41
0.34%
14
0.11%
2,514
20.57%
12,221
Bourbon
3,980
54.35%
3,290
44.93%
40
0.55%
13
0.18%
690
9.42%
7,323
Brown
2,386
42.33%
3,213
57.01%
26
0.46%
11
0.20%
-827
-14.68%
5,636
Butler
9,061
58.34%
6,364
40.97%
76
0.49%
31
0.20%
2,697
17.37%
15,532
Chase
886
49.41%
902
50.31%
5
0.28%
0
0.00%
-16
-0.90%
1,793
Chautauqua
1,163
44.05%
1,463
55.42%
11
0.42%
3
0.11%
-300
-11.37%
2,640
Cherokee
5,720
60.23%
3,730
39.28%
29
0.31%
18
0.19%
1,990
20.95%
9,497
Cheyenne
886
43.43%
1,147
56.23%
6
0.29%
1
0.05%
-261
-12.80%
2,040
Clark
881
52.91%
777
46.67%
6
0.36%
1
0.06%
104
6.24%
1,665
Clay
1,806
37.06%
3,030
62.18%
23
0.47%
14
0.29%
-1,224
-25.12%
4,873
Cloud
3,314
54.84%
2,680
44.35%
35
0.58%
14
0.23%
634
10.49%
6,043
Coffey
1,594
44.20%
1,998
55.41%
9
0.25%
5
0.14%
-404
-11.21%
3,606
Comanche
818
53.67%
694
45.54%
4
0.26%
8
0.52%
124
8.13%
1,524
Cowley
7,591
51.30%
7,092
47.93%
96
0.65%
18
0.12%
499
3.37%
14,797
Crawford
10,282
61.78%
6,286
37.77%
41
0.25%
35
0.21%
3,996
24.01%
16,644
Decatur
1,314
48.45%
1,382
50.96%
9
0.33%
7
0.26%
-68
-2.51%
2,712
Dickinson
4,070
46.00%
4,704
53.17%
51
0.58%
22
0.25%
-634
-7.17%
8,847
Doniphan
1,856
48.54%
1,952
51.05%
9
0.24%
7
0.18%
-96
-2.51%
3,824
Douglas
9,416
54.26%
7,825
45.09%
77
0.44%
35
0.20%
1,591
9.17%
17,353
Edwards
1,427
60.03%
932
39.21%
12
0.50%
6
0.25%
495
20.82%
2,377
Elk
994
43.73%
1,267
55.74%
10
0.44%
2
0.09%
-273
-12.01%
2,273
Ellis
5,553
69.24%
2,440
30.42%
13
0.16%
14
0.17%
3,113
38.82%
8,020
Ellsworth
2,118
59.88%
1,406
39.75%
8
0.23%
5
0.14%
712
20.13%
3,537
Finney
3,639
61.86%
2,201
37.41%
32
0.54%
11
0.19%
1,438
24.45%
5,883
Ford
5,221
59.59%
3,481
39.73%
36
0.41%
23
0.26%
1,740
19.86%
8,761
Franklin
4,410
53.64%
3,725
45.31%
76
0.92%
10
0.12%
685
8.33%
8,221
Geary
3,419
59.51%
2,259
39.32%
54
0.94%
13
0.23%
1,160
20.19%
5,745
Gove
1,022
56.37%
774
42.69%
16
0.88%
1
0.06%
248
13.68%
1,813
Graham
1,193
49.54%
1,194
49.58%
15
0.62%
6
0.25%
-1
-0.04%
2,408
Grant
1,023
57.63%
727
40.96%
18
1.01%
7
0.39%
296
16.67%
1,775
Gray
1,136
63.36%
643
35.86%
13
0.73%
1
0.06%
493
27.50%
1,793
Greeley
469
54.16%
388
44.80%
7
0.81%
2
0.23%
81
9.36%
866
Greenwood
2,048
42.66%
2,717
56.59%
26
0.54%
10
0.21%
-669
-13.93%
4,801
Hamilton
726
51.09%
685
48.21%
10
0.70%
0
0.00%
41
2.88%
1,421
Harper
1,813
47.59%
1,969
51.68%
23
0.60%
5
0.13%
-156
-4.09%
3,810
Harvey
5,306
50.95%
4,979
47.81%
118
1.13%
12
0.12%
327
3.14%
10,415
Haskell
820
58.20%
570
40.45%
15
1.06%
4
0.28%
250
17.75%
1,409
Hodgeman
821
57.25%
607
42.33%
4
0.28%
2
0.14%
214
14.92%
1,434
Jackson
1,971
45.46%
2,334
53.83%
23
0.53%
8
0.18%
-363
-8.37%
4,336
Jefferson
2,066
46.06%
2,380
53.07%
21
0.47%
18
0.40%
-314
-7.01%
4,485
Jewell
1,601
45.29%
1,895
53.61%
31
0.88%
8
0.23%
-294
-8.32%
3,535
Johnson
31,213
45.12%
37,672
54.46%
203
0.29%
91
0.13%
-6,459
-9.34%
69,179
Kearny
737
56.05%
563
42.81%
13
0.99%
2
0.15%
174
13.24%
1,315
Kingman
2,226
53.32%
1,917
45.92%
25
0.60%
7
0.17%
309
7.40%
4,175
Kiowa
970
45.54%
1,135
53.29%
25
1.17%
0
0.00%
-165
-7.75%
2,130
Labette
6,208
56.12%
4,761
43.04%
54
0.49%
39
0.35%
1,447
13.08%
11,062
Lane
773
56.42%
586
42.77%
8
0.58%
3
0.22%
187
13.65%
1,370
Leavenworth
7,479
57.14%
5,544
42.36%
43
0.33%
23
0.18%
1,935
14.78%
13,089
Lincoln
1,316
48.69%
1,373
50.80%
13
0.48%
1
0.04%
-57
-2.11%
2,703
Linn
1,725
46.89%
1,939
52.70%
13
0.35%
2
0.05%
-214
-5.81%
3,679
Logan
957
49.30%
967
49.82%
15
0.77%
2
0.10%
-10
-0.52%
1,941
Lyon
6,197
54.07%
5,184
45.23%
70
0.61%
11
0.10%
1,013
8.84%
11,462
Marion
2,792
44.03%
3,481
54.90%
66
1.04%
2
0.03%
-689
-10.87%
6,341
Marshall
3,334
48.87%
3,432
50.31%
52
0.76%
4
0.06%
-98
-1.44%
6,822
McPherson
5,173
52.65%
4,483
45.62%
161
1.64%
9
0.09%
690
7.03%
9,826
Meade
1,179
47.31%
1,290
51.77%
21
0.84%
2
0.08%
-111
-4.46%
2,492
Miami
4,620
61.03%
2,907
38.40%
35
0.46%
8
0.11%
1,713
22.63%
7,570
Mitchell
1,898
48.92%
1,951
50.28%
26
0.67%
5
0.13%
-53
-1.36%
3,880
Montgomery
8,853
50.83%
8,437
48.44%
104
0.60%
22
0.13%
416
2.39%
17,416
Morris
1,605
48.30%
1,683
50.65%
27
0.81%
8
0.24%
-78
-2.35%
3,323
Morton
938
60.09%
609
39.01%
11
0.70%
3
0.19%
329
21.08%
1,561
Nemaha
3,260
57.36%
2,391
42.07%
28
0.49%
4
0.07%
869
15.29%
5,683
Neosho
4,795
57.80%
3,458
41.68%
33
0.40%
10
0.12%
1,337
16.12%
8,296
Ness
1,562
59.73%
1,034
39.54%
16
0.61%
3
0.11%
528
20.19%
2,615
Norton
1,449
38.78%
2,245
60.09%
37
0.99%
5
0.13%
-796
-21.31%
3,736
Osage
2,737
50.13%
2,681
49.10%
33
0.60%
9
0.16%
56
1.03%
5,460
Osborne
1,659
48.78%
1,700
49.99%
37
1.09%
5
0.15%
-41
-1.21%
3,401
Ottawa
1,535
50.29%
1,491
48.85%
18
0.59%
8
0.26%
44
1.44%
3,052
Pawnee
2,577
63.25%
1,468
36.03%
29
0.71%
0
0.00%
1,109
27.22%
4,074
Phillips
1,804
45.10%
2,164
54.10%
30
0.75%
2
0.05%
-360
-9.00%
4,000
Pottawatomie
2,432
47.97%
2,606
51.40%
30
0.59%
2
0.04%
-174
-3.43%
5,070
Pratt
2,594
50.58%
2,493
48.61%
34
0.66%
8
0.16%
101
1.97%
5,129
Rawlins
959
42.41%
1,292
57.14%
8
0.35%
2
0.09%
-333
-14.73%
2,261
Reno
14,936
62.30%
8,829
36.83%
194
0.81%
14
0.06%
6,107
25.47%
23,973
Republic
2,222
47.54%
2,414
51.65%
32
0.68%
6
0.13%
-192
-4.11%
4,674
Rice
3,665
60.10%
2,390
39.19%
39
0.64%
4
0.07%
1,275
20.91%
6,098
Riley
5,597
46.12%
6,396
52.70%
122
1.01%
22
0.18%
-799
-6.58%
12,137
Rooks
1,923
49.01%
1,985
50.59%
10
0.25%
6
0.15%
-62
-1.58%
3,924
Rush
1,778
61.29%
1,098
37.85%
20
0.69%
5
0.17%
680
23.44%
2,901
Russell
2,505
50.33%
2,435
48.93%
30
0.60%
7
0.14%
70
1.40%
4,977
Saline
9,725
59.45%
6,533
39.94%
73
0.45%
26
0.16%
3,192
19.51%
16,357
Scott
1,016
46.67%
1,143
52.50%
14
0.64%
4
0.18%
-127
-5.83%
2,177
Sedgwick
66,372
55.23%
52,592
43.76%
792
0.66%
425
0.35%
13,780
11.47%
120,181
Seward
2,520
46.14%
2,910
53.28%
27
0.49%
5
0.09%
-390
-7.14%
5,462
Shawnee
30,626
54.09%
25,736
45.45%
203
0.36%
60
0.11%
4,890
8.64%
56,625
Sheridan
1,028
55.66%
808
43.75%
9
0.49%
2
0.11%
220
11.91%
1,847
Sherman
1,522
50.56%
1,463
48.60%
19
0.63%
6
0.20%
59
1.96%
3,010
Smith
1,809
46.73%
2,026
52.34%
29
0.75%
7
0.18%
-217
-5.61%
3,871
Stafford
2,087
57.32%
1,516
41.64%
38
1.04%
0
0.00%
571
15.68%
3,641
Stanton
500
51.55%
459
47.32%
8
0.82%
3
0.31%
41
4.23%
970
Stevens
1,006
49.80%
992
49.11%
17
0.84%
5
0.25%
14
0.69%
2,020
Sumner
5,574
53.34%
4,760
45.55%
102
0.98%
14
0.13%
814
7.79%
10,450
Thomas
1,793
53.55%
1,528
45.64%
23
0.69%
4
0.12%
265
7.91%
3,348
Trego
1,177
54.44%
974
45.05%
9
0.42%
2
0.09%
203
9.39%
2,162
Wabaunsee
1,287
40.83%
1,839
58.34%
19
0.60%
7
0.22%
-552
-17.51%
3,152
Wallace
496
48.72%
516
50.69%
5
0.49%
1
0.10%
-20
-1.97%
1,018
Washington
2,015
42.83%
2,654
56.41%
32
0.68%
4
0.09%
-639
-13.58%
4,705
Wichita
662
55.30%
529
44.19%
6
0.50%
0
0.00%
133
11.11%
1,197
Wilson
2,592
46.65%
2,919
52.54%
40
0.72%
5
0.09%
-327
-5.89%
5,556
Woodson
1,128
46.40%
1,279
52.61%
17
0.70%
7
0.29%
-151
-6.21%
2,431
Wyandotte
43,442
66.47%
20,553
31.45%
890
1.36%
466
0.71%
22,889
35.02%
65,351
Totals
464,028
54.09%
386,579
45.06%
5,393
0.63%
1,901
0.22%
77,449
9.03%
857,901
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References