The 1964 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1964. All 50 states and
the District of Columbia
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were part of the
1964 United States presidential election
The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial United States presidential election, presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President of the Un ...
. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the
Electoral College, which selected the
president and
vice president of the United States.
Virginia was won by incumbent
President Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas with 53.54% of the vote, who was running against
U.S. Senator
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Barry Goldwater
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of
Arizona. Johnson also won the national election in a landslide with 61.05% of the vote. However, the state would not vote for another Democratic candidate until
Barack Obama won the state in
2008
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.
, this remains the last occasion when
Amherst County
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,
Bland County,
Clarke County,
Culpeper County,
Fauquier County,
Frederick County,
Rockingham County,
Washington County and
York County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It is also the only time since 1948
Waynesboro City has voted for a Democrat for president, while
Prince William County and
Winchester City
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would not vote Democratic again until 2008.
Fairfax County, Virginia's most populous county, would not vote Democratic again until 2004, having last voted Democratic in 1940 before this election.
[Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 326-331 ] The independent city of
Virginia Beach would not vote Democratic again until
2020
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. This also remains the last time that Virginia and neighboring
West Virginia would simultaneously vote Democratic in a presidential election.
Results
Results by county
References
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1964 Virginia elections