1964 United States presidential election in Texas
1964 United States presidential election in Texas Turnout 44.6%
County results Congressional district results [1]
Johnson
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Goldwater
50–60%
60–70%
The 1964 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election . 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 percentage points.[ 1] Johnson won the 1964 election in a 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. Due to its status as Johnson's home state, in 1964, Texas was the most Democratic of the 11 states of the former Confederacy and the only one which leaned more Democratic than the nation at-large.
This would be the last time the counties containing the five largest cities in Texas, consisting of Houston , San Antonio , Dallas , Austin , and Fort Worth , would vote Democratic at the same time until 2020 .
Results
1964 United States presidential election in Texas
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)
1,663,185
63.32%
25
Republican
Barry Goldwater
958,566
36.49%
0
Constitution
Joseph B. 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
Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic
Barry Goldwater Republican
Joseph B. Lightburn Constitution
Margin
Total votes cast[ 2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Anderson
4,809
58.78%
3,362
41.10%
10
0.12%
1,447
17.68%
8,181
Andrews
2,133
59.50%
1,442
40.22%
10
0.28%
691
19.28%
3,585
Angelina
8,194
60.77%
5,262
39.02%
28
0.21%
2,932
21.75%
13,484
Aransas
1,492
71.01%
602
28.65%
7
0.33%
890
42.36%
2,101
Archer
1,766
80.02%
441
19.98%
0
0.00%
1,325
60.04%
2,207
Armstrong
544
59.85%
365
40.15%
0
0.00%
179
19.70%
909
Atascosa
3,224
71.39%
1,283
28.41%
9
0.20%
1,941
42.98%
4,516
Austin
2,365
60.41%
1,545
39.46%
5
0.13%
820
20.95%
3,915
Bailey
1,503
58.67%
1,056
41.22%
3
0.12%
447
17.45%
2,562
Bandera
876
53.45%
762
46.49%
1
0.06%
114
6.96%
1,639
Bastrop
3,912
77.48%
1,130
22.38%
7
0.14%
2,782
55.10%
5,049
Baylor
1,403
78.21%
389
21.68%
2
0.11%
1,014
56.53%
1,794
Bee
3,314
68.58%
1,509
31.23%
9
0.19%
1,805
37.35%
4,832
Bell
14,557
83.13%
2,938
16.78%
17
0.10%
11,619
66.35%
17,512
Bexar
108,658
66.86%
53,469
32.90%
393
0.24%
55,189
33.96%
162,520
Blanco
1,197
80.44%
290
19.49%
1
0.07%
907
60.95%
1,488
Borden
266
63.48%
152
36.28%
1
0.24%
114
27.20%
419
Bosque
2,690
72.29%
1,024
27.52%
7
0.19%
1,666
44.77%
3,721
Bowie
10,368
59.55%
7,018
40.31%
24
0.14%
3,350
19.24%
17,410
Brazoria
15,917
64.98%
8,477
34.60%
103
0.42%
7,440
30.38%
24,497
Brazos
7,998
66.54%
4,003
33.31%
18
0.15%
3,995
33.23%
12,019
Brewster
1,251
66.30%
635
33.65%
1
0.05%
616
32.65%
1,887
Briscoe
966
73.35%
348
26.42%
3
0.23%
618
46.93%
1,317
Brooks
2,299
85.05%
402
14.87%
2
0.07%
1,897
70.18%
2,703
Brown
5,214
71.49%
2,070
28.38%
9
0.12%
3,144
43.11%
7,293
Burleson
2,527
80.30%
617
19.61%
3
0.10%
1,910
60.69%
3,147
Burnet
2,585
75.81%
821
24.08%
4
0.12%
1,764
51.73%
3,410
Caldwell
3,580
77.34%
1,046
22.60%
3
0.06%
2,534
54.74%
4,629
Calhoun
3,398
76.64%
1,031
23.25%
5
0.11%
2,367
53.39%
4,434
Callahan
2,178
71.72%
849
27.96%
10
0.33%
1,329
43.76%
3,037
Cameron
16,056
62.57%
9,531
37.14%
72
0.28%
6,525
25.43%
25,659
Camp
1,841
71.44%
729
28.29%
7
0.27%
1,112
43.15%
2,577
Carson
1,574
60.05%
1,044
39.83%
3
0.11%
530
20.22%
2,621
Cass
3,603
57.26%
2,681
42.61%
8
0.13%
922
14.65%
6,292
Castro
1,865
74.78%
626
25.10%
3
0.12%
1,239
49.68%
2,494
Chambers
1,921
64.99%
1,023
34.61%
12
0.41%
898
30.38%
2,956
Cherokee
5,485
64.25%
3,043
35.64%
9
0.11%
2,442
28.61%
8,537
Childress
1,977
67.45%
952
32.48%
2
0.07%
1,025
34.97%
2,931
Clay
2,357
78.05%
659
21.82%
4
0.13%
1,698
56.23%
3,020
Cochran
1,260
71.55%
497
28.22%
4
0.23%
763
43.33%
1,761
Coke
900
70.92%
366
28.84%
3
0.24%
534
42.08%
1,269
Coleman
2,670
65.04%
1,434
34.93%
1
0.02%
1,236
30.11%
4,105
Collin
7,833
69.98%
3,341
29.85%
19
0.17%
4,492
40.13%
11,193
Collingsworth
1,145
61.16%
724
38.68%
3
0.16%
421
22.48%
1,872
Colorado
3,650
65.48%
1,918
34.41%
6
0.11%
1,732
31.07%
5,574
Comal
3,644
62.03%
2,223
37.84%
8
0.14%
1,421
24.19%
5,875
Comanche
2,851
74.65%
962
25.19%
6
0.16%
1,889
49.46%
3,819
Concho
948
75.48%
307
24.44%
1
0.08%
641
51.04%
1,256
Cooke
4,083
56.62%
3,117
43.23%
11
0.15%
966
13.39%
7,211
Coryell
3,679
80.61%
877
19.22%
8
0.18%
2,802
61.39%
4,564
Cottle
1,122
82.93%
230
17.00%
1
0.07%
892
65.93%
1,353
Crane
919
58.95%
637
40.86%
3
0.19%
282
18.09%
1,559
Crockett
799
65.98%
409
33.77%
3
0.25%
390
32.21%
1,211
Crosby
2,278
78.77%
611
21.13%
3
0.10%
1,667
57.64%
2,892
Culberson
473
60.10%
314
39.90%
0
0.00%
159
20.20%
787
Dallam
1,058
60.15%
700
39.80%
1
0.06%
358
20.35%
1,759
Dallas
166,472
54.73%
137,065
45.06%
621
0.20%
29,407
9.67%
304,158
Dawson
3,171
65.14%
1,691
34.74%
6
0.12%
1,480
30.40%
4,868
Deaf Smith
2,094
53.73%
1,793
46.01%
10
0.26%
301
7.72%
3,897
Delta
1,619
82.60%
339
17.30%
2
0.10%
1,280
65.30%
1,960
Denton
9,137
67.71%
4,335
32.13%
22
0.16%
4,802
35.58%
13,494
DeWitt
3,286
58.96%
2,283
40.97%
4
0.07%
1,003
17.99%
5,573
Dickens
1,324
79.42%
339
20.34%
4
0.24%
985
59.08%
1,667
Dimmit
1,184
70.14%
501
29.68%
3
0.18%
683
40.46%
1,688
Donley
1,068
60.14%
708
39.86%
0
0.00%
360
20.28%
1,776
Duval
4,432
92.55%
353
7.37%
4
0.08%
4,079
85.18%
4,789
Eastland
4,692
69.49%
2,049
30.35%
11
0.16%
2,643
39.14%
6,752
Ector
10,826
48.36%
11,497
51.36%
63
0.28%
−671
−3.00%
22,386
Edwards
337
47.33%
371
52.11%
4
0.56%
−34
−4.78%
712
Ellis
7,278
72.33%
2,779
27.62%
5
0.05%
4,499
44.71%
10,062
El Paso
35,050
62.67%
20,687
36.99%
190
0.34%
14,363
25.68%
55,927
Erath
3,851
70.04%
1,642
29.87%
5
0.09%
2,209
40.17%
5,498
Falls
3,933
76.35%
1,216
23.61%
2
0.04%
2,717
52.74%
5,151
Fannin
5,976
83.00%
1,219
16.93%
5
0.07%
4,757
66.07%
7,200
Fayette
3,630
63.94%
2,036
35.86%
11
0.19%
1,594
28.08%
5,677
Fisher
2,108
82.12%
454
17.69%
5
0.19%
1,654
64.43%
2,567
Floyd
2,383
65.81%
1,229
33.94%
9
0.25%
1,154
31.87%
3,621
Foard
833
85.00%
146
14.90%
1
0.10%
687
70.10%
980
Fort Bend
6,186
63.78%
3,493
36.01%
20
0.21%
2,693
27.77%
9,699
Franklin
1,520
78.19%
424
21.81%
0
0.00%
1,096
56.38%
1,944
Freestone
2,816
72.35%
1,074
27.60%
2
0.05%
1,742
44.75%
3,892
Frio
1,507
71.19%
607
28.67%
3
0.14%
900
42.52%
2,117
Gaines
2,045
63.89%
1,153
36.02%
3
0.09%
892
27.87%
3,201
Galveston
30,672
71.04%
12,365
28.64%
136
0.32%
18,307
42.40%
43,173
Garza
1,254
68.64%
567
31.03%
6
0.33%
687
37.61%
1,827
Gillespie
2,264
57.17%
1,695
42.80%
1
0.03%
569
14.37%
3,960
Glasscock
179
49.31%
183
50.41%
1
0.28%
−4
−1.10%
363
Goliad
990
64.24%
549
35.63%
2
0.13%
441
28.61%
1,541
Gonzales
3,348
73.66%
1,190
26.18%
7
0.15%
2,158
47.48%
4,545
Gray
3,633
42.00%
5,011
57.93%
6
0.07%
−1,378
−15.93%
8,650
Grayson
14,207
72.01%
5,500
27.88%
21
0.11%
8,707
44.13%
19,728
Gregg
8,741
42.47%
11,761
57.14%
82
0.40%
−3,020
−14.67%
20,584
Grimes
2,229
68.65%
1,014
31.23%
4
0.12%
1,215
37.42%
3,247
Guadalupe
4,568
62.51%
2,731
37.37%
9
0.12%
1,837
25.14%
7,308
Hale
5,910
61.60%
3,666
38.21%
18
0.19%
2,244
23.39%
9,594
Hall
1,785
72.77%
667
27.19%
1
0.04%
1,118
45.58%
2,453
Hamilton
2,048
67.02%
1,006
32.92%
2
0.07%
1,042
34.10%
3,056
Hansford
860
41.83%
1,193
58.03%
3
0.15%
−333
−16.20%
2,056
Hardeman
1,835
72.47%
697
27.53%
0
0.00%
1,138
44.94%
2,532
Hardin
5,143
71.97%
1,987
27.81%
16
0.22%
3,156
44.16%
7,146
Harris
227,819
59.49%
154,401
40.32%
765
0.20%
73,418
19.17%
382,985
Harrison
6,351
53.24%
5,568
46.67%
11
0.09%
783
6.57%
11,930
Hartley
565
56.33%
437
43.57%
1
0.10%
128
12.76%
1,003
Haskell
2,903
84.86%
512
14.97%
6
0.18%
2,391
69.89%
3,421
Hays
3,780
74.64%
1,279
25.26%
5
0.10%
2,501
49.38%
5,064
Hemphill
649
53.50%
563
46.41%
1
0.08%
86
7.09%
1,213
Henderson
4,697
69.96%
1,988
29.61%
29
0.43%
2,709
40.35%
6,714
Hidalgo
22,110
65.50%
11,563
34.25%
83
0.25%
10,547
31.25%
33,756
Hill
5,130
76.61%
1,557
23.25%
9
0.13%
3,573
53.36%
6,696
Hockley
4,049
70.63%
1,674
29.20%
10
0.17%
2,375
41.43%
5,733
Hood
1,661
79.59%
423
20.27%
3
0.14%
1,238
59.32%
2,087
Hopkins
4,133
73.14%
1,518
26.86%
0
0.00%
2,615
46.28%
5,651
Houston
3,681
68.60%
1,675
31.22%
10
0.19%
2,006
37.38%
5,366
Howard
6,083
64.94%
3,272
34.93%
12
0.13%
2,811
30.01%
9,367
Hudspeth
438
65.86%
224
33.68%
3
0.45%
214
32.18%
665
Hunt
6,567
66.47%
3,302
33.42%
10
0.10%
3,265
33.05%
9,879
Hutchinson
4,625
46.25%
5,358
53.58%
17
0.17%
−733
−7.33%
10,000
Irion
351
63.82%
199
36.18%
0
0.00%
152
27.64%
550
Jack
1,594
65.22%
847
34.66%
3
0.12%
747
30.56%
2,444
Jackson
2,775
70.22%
1,168
29.55%
9
0.23%
1,607
40.67%
3,952
Jasper
3,600
65.02%
1,919
34.66%
18
0.33%
1,681
30.36%
5,537
Jeff Davis
304
63.47%
174
36.33%
1
0.21%
130
27.14%
479
Jefferson
44,584
60.58%
28,771
39.09%
239
0.32%
15,813
21.49%
73,594
Jim Hogg
1,375
89.87%
152
9.93%
3
0.20%
1,223
79.94%
1,530
Jim Wells
6,849
77.50%
1,988
22.50%
0
0.00%
4,861
55.00%
8,837
Johnson
6,381
66.18%
3,251
33.72%
10
0.10%
3,130
32.46%
9,642
Jones
3,622
73.62%
1,295
26.32%
3
0.06%
2,327
47.30%
4,920
Karnes
3,178
76.08%
993
23.77%
6
0.14%
2,185
52.31%
4,177
Kaufman
4,766
71.20%
1,922
28.71%
6
0.09%
2,844
42.49%
6,694
Kendall
970
44.64%
1,200
55.22%
3
0.14%
−230
−10.58%
2,173
Kenedy
115
78.77%
30
20.55%
1
0.68%
85
58.22%
146
Kent
563
83.04%
115
16.96%
0
0.00%
448
66.08%
678
Kerr
2,894
51.60%
2,706
48.25%
8
0.14%
188
3.35%
5,608
Kimble
862
62.33%
520
37.60%
1
0.07%
342
24.73%
1,383
King
180
84.11%
34
15.89%
0
0.00%
146
68.22%
214
Kinney
439
73.91%
155
26.09%
0
0.00%
284
47.82%
594
Kleberg
4,568
73.32%
1,652
26.52%
10
0.16%
2,916
46.80%
6,230
Knox
1,773
80.01%
439
19.81%
4
0.18%
1,334
60.20%
2,216
Lamar
6,303
70.78%
2,594
29.13%
8
0.09%
3,709
41.65%
8,905
Lamb
4,318
68.01%
2,022
31.85%
9
0.14%
2,296
36.16%
6,349
Lampasas
2,224
74.88%
744
25.05%
2
0.07%
1,480
49.83%
2,970
La Salle
988
81.52%
223
18.40%
1
0.08%
765
63.12%
1,212
Lavaca
4,031
73.07%
1,480
26.83%
6
0.11%
2,551
46.24%
5,517
Lee
1,884
67.07%
923
32.86%
2
0.07%
961
34.21%
2,809
Leon
2,373
78.52%
642
21.24%
7
0.23%
1,731
57.28%
3,022
Liberty
5,357
64.88%
2,884
34.93%
16
0.19%
2,473
29.95%
8,257
Limestone
3,777
71.77%
1,478
28.08%
8
0.15%
2,299
43.69%
5,263
Lipscomb
589
43.57%
763
56.43%
0
0.00%
−174
−12.86%
1,352
Live Oak
1,423
63.93%
795
35.71%
8
0.36%
628
28.22%
2,226
Llano
1,727
72.44%
655
27.47%
2
0.08%
1,072
44.97%
2,384
Loving
46
58.23%
32
40.51%
1
1.27%
14
17.72%
79
Lubbock
22,057
55.89%
17,372
44.02%
34
0.09%
4,685
11.87%
39,463
Lynn
2,281
75.28%
745
24.59%
4
0.13%
1,536
50.69%
3,030
McCulloch
2,100
76.06%
655
23.72%
6
0.22%
1,445
52.34%
2,761
McLennan
28,429
72.25%
10,892
27.68%
25
0.06%
17,537
44.57%
39,346
McMullen
267
60.27%
175
39.50%
1
0.23%
92
20.77%
443
Madison
1,298
66.74%
644
33.11%
3
0.15%
654
33.63%
1,945
Marion
1,372
59.57%
927
40.25%
4
0.17%
445
19.32%
2,303
Martin
892
68.77%
402
30.99%
3
0.23%
490
37.78%
1,297
Mason
941
61.30%
590
38.44%
4
0.26%
351
22.86%
1,535
Matagorda
4,143
63.20%
2,407
36.72%
5
0.08%
1,736
26.48%
6,555
Maverick
2,113
79.41%
545
20.48%
3
0.11%
1,568
58.93%
2,661
Medina
3,408
68.27%
1,583
31.71%
1
0.02%
1,825
36.56%
4,992
Menard
588
59.70%
397
40.30%
0
0.00%
191
19.40%
985
Midland
8,646
41.96%
11,906
57.78%
53
0.26%
−3,260
−15.82%
20,605
Milam
4,368
76.51%
1,334
23.37%
7
0.12%
3,034
53.14%
5,709
Mills
1,228
71.27%
495
28.73%
0
0.00%
733
42.54%
1,723
Mitchell
2,420
76.61%
737
23.33%
2
0.06%
1,683
53.28%
3,159
Montague
3,746
77.14%
1,106
22.78%
4
0.08%
2,640
54.36%
4,856
Montgomery
4,989
60.87%
3,167
38.64%
40
0.49%
1,822
22.23%
8,196
Moore
2,393
57.54%
1,762
42.37%
4
0.10%
631
15.17%
4,159
Morris
2,366
65.83%
1,218
33.89%
10
0.28%
1,148
31.94%
3,594
Motley
678
67.53%
324
32.27%
2
0.20%
354
35.26%
1,004
Nacogdoches
4,524
60.17%
2,976
39.58%
19
0.25%
1,548
20.59%
7,519
Navarro
6,811
76.08%
2,139
23.89%
3
0.03%
4,672
52.19%
8,953
Newton
2,211
74.82%
738
24.97%
6
0.20%
1,473
49.85%
2,955
Nolan
3,540
68.58%
1,610
31.19%
12
0.23%
1,930
37.39%
5,162
Nueces
40,426
74.10%
14,048
25.75%
84
0.15%
26,378
48.35%
54,558
Ochiltree
920
33.61%
1,814
66.28%
3
0.11%
−894
−32.67%
2,737
Oldham
397
59.25%
269
40.15%
4
0.60%
128
19.10%
670
Orange
9,390
60.02%
6,216
39.73%
39
0.25%
3,174
20.29%
15,645
Palo Pinto
3,791
68.42%
1,748
31.55%
2
0.04%
2,043
36.87%
5,541
Panola
2,608
47.97%
2,818
51.83%
11
0.20%
−210
−3.86%
5,437
Parker
5,270
70.66%
2,175
29.16%
13
0.17%
3,095
41.50%
7,458
Parmer
1,556
55.99%
1,216
43.76%
7
0.25%
340
12.23%
2,779
Pecos
2,068
59.55%
1,393
40.11%
12
0.35%
675
19.44%
3,473
Polk
2,492
67.35%
1,199
32.41%
9
0.24%
1,293
34.94%
3,700
Potter
12,850
52.62%
11,505
47.11%
64
0.26%
1,345
5.51%
24,419
Presidio
1,156
72.80%
431
27.14%
1
0.06%
725
45.66%
1,588
Rains
893
76.46%
272
23.29%
3
0.26%
621
53.17%
1,168
Randall
6,016
43.34%
7,843
56.50%
22
0.16%
−1,827
−13.16%
13,881
Reagan
614
60.08%
406
39.73%
2
0.20%
208
20.35%
1,022
Real
487
65.55%
255
34.32%
1
0.13%
232
31.23%
743
Red River
3,391
72.86%
1,257
27.01%
6
0.13%
2,134
45.85%
4,654
Reeves
2,340
65.09%
1,251
34.80%
4
0.11%
1,089
30.29%
3,595
Refugio
2,319
75.02%
772
24.98%
0
0.00%
1,547
50.04%
3,091
Roberts
198
40.00%
297
60.00%
0
0.00%
−99
−20.00%
495
Robertson
3,350
78.88%
895
21.07%
2
0.05%
2,455
57.81%
4,247
Rockwall
1,305
74.36%
445
25.36%
5
0.28%
860
49.00%
1,755
Runnels
2,645
64.01%
1,480
35.82%
7
0.17%
1,165
28.19%
4,132
Rusk
6,528
54.25%
5,488
45.61%
17
0.14%
1,040
8.64%
12,033
Sabine
1,801
80.76%
428
19.19%
1
0.04%
1,373
61.57%
2,230
San Augustine
1,173
60.46%
760
39.18%
7
0.36%
413
21.28%
1,940
San Jacinto
1,680
82.92%
343
16.93%
3
0.15%
1,337
65.99%
2,026
San Patricio
7,176
76.47%
2,188
23.32%
20
0.21%
4,988
53.15%
9,384
San Saba
1,859
81.64%
418
18.36%
0
0.00%
1,441
63.28%
2,277
Schleicher
514
56.92%
388
42.97%
1
0.11%
126
13.95%
903
Scurry
3,381
65.82%
1,741
33.89%
15
0.29%
1,640
31.93%
5,137
Shackelford
934
65.59%
487
34.20%
3
0.21%
447
31.39%
1,424
Shelby
3,487
61.06%
2,220
38.87%
4
0.07%
1,267
22.19%
5,711
Sherman
462
42.31%
629
57.60%
1
0.09%
−167
−15.29%
1,092
Smith
12,474
48.97%
12,960
50.88%
38
0.15%
−486
−1.91%
25,472
Somervell
641
75.06%
210
24.59%
3
0.35%
431
50.47%
854
Starr
4,056
85.53%
678
14.30%
8
0.17%
3,378
71.23%
4,742
Stephens
1,753
61.00%
1,119
38.94%
2
0.07%
634
22.06%
2,874
Sterling
243
63.28%
140
36.46%
1
0.26%
103
26.82%
384
Stonewall
978
81.57%
219
18.27%
2
0.17%
759
63.30%
1,199
Sutton
694
66.03%
357
33.97%
0
0.00%
337
32.06%
1,051
Swisher
2,410
74.61%
815
25.23%
5
0.15%
1,595
49.38%
3,230
Tarrant
97,092
62.98%
56,593
36.71%
473
0.31%
40,499
26.27%
154,158
Taylor
13,366
59.09%
9,220
40.76%
34
0.15%
4,146
18.33%
22,620
Terrell
364
55.32%
294
44.68%
0
0.00%
70
10.64%
658
Terry
3,034
65.50%
1,592
34.37%
6
0.13%
1,442
31.13%
4,632
Throckmorton
883
78.14%
247
21.86%
0
0.00%
636
56.28%
1,130
Titus
3,528
67.60%
1,687
32.32%
4
0.08%
1,841
35.28%
5,219
Tom Green
9,767
59.40%
6,664
40.53%
12
0.07%
3,103
18.87%
16,443
Travis
44,058
68.89%
19,838
31.02%
62
0.10%
24,220
37.87%
63,958
Trinity
1,654
68.12%
763
31.43%
11
0.45%
891
36.69%
2,428
Tyler
1,818
59.86%
1,216
40.04%
3
0.10%
602
19.82%
3,037
Upshur
4,027
64.31%
2,222
35.48%
13
0.21%
1,805
28.83%
6,262
Upton
958
59.73%
636
39.65%
10
0.62%
322
20.08%
1,604
Uvalde
2,358
54.51%
1,963
45.38%
5
0.12%
395
9.13%
4,326
Val Verde
3,555
72.52%
1,346
27.46%
1
0.02%
2,209
45.06%
4,902
Van Zandt
4,047
71.30%
1,614
28.44%
15
0.26%
2,433
42.86%
5,676
Victoria
8,141
65.83%
4,201
33.97%
25
0.20%
3,940
31.86%
12,367
Walker
2,877
64.86%
1,557
35.10%
2
0.05%
1,320
29.76%
4,436
Waller
2,167
68.82%
980
31.12%
2
0.06%
1,187
37.70%
3,149
Ward
2,221
56.17%
1,730
43.75%
3
0.08%
491
12.42%
3,954
Washington
2,938
59.21%
2,019
40.69%
5
0.10%
919
18.52%
4,962
Webb
10,073
90.08%
1,094
9.78%
15
0.13%
8,979
80.30%
11,182
Wharton
6,234
69.11%
2,775
30.76%
11
0.12%
3,459
38.35%
9,020
Wheeler
1,440
55.81%
1,138
44.11%
2
0.08%
302
11.70%
2,580
Wichita
19,131
68.99%
8,585
30.96%
14
0.05%
10,546
38.03%
27,730
Wilbarger
3,200
67.48%
1,539
32.45%
3
0.06%
1,661
35.03%
4,742
Willacy
2,152
63.52%
1,230
36.30%
6
0.18%
922
27.22%
3,388
Williamson
7,430
80.74%
1,766
19.19%
6
0.07%
5,664
61.55%
9,202
Wilson
3,472
82.77%
718
17.12%
5
0.12%
2,754
65.65%
4,195
Winkler
2,059
55.97%
1,617
43.95%
3
0.08%
442
12.02%
3,679
Wise
3,852
73.50%
1,386
26.45%
3
0.06%
2,466
47.05%
5,241
Wood
3,528
62.93%
2,068
36.89%
10
0.18%
1,460
26.04%
5,606
Yoakum
1,415
62.06%
859
37.68%
6
0.26%
556
24.38%
2,280
Young
3,395
67.95%
1,600
32.03%
1
0.02%
1,795
35.92%
4,996
Zapata
1,009
87.97%
135
11.77%
3
0.26%
874
76.20%
1,147
Zavala
1,784
74.80%
598
25.07%
3
0.13%
1,186
49.73%
2,385
Totals
1,663,185
63.32%
958,566
36.49%
5,060
0.19%
704,619
26.83%
2,626,811
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Analysis
The home state of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas was easily his best state in the former Confederacy, although he did better still in four of the five border states . Overall Texas was Johnson's nineteenth best state in the election and weighed in at 4.25% points 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.[ 3] 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% 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.[ 4]
Aside from Johnson's home county Gillespie as mentioned above, this remains the last election as of the 2024 presidential election in which the counties of Andrews , Austin , Bandera , Brazos , Collin , Comal , Cooke , Crane , Dawson , Deaf Smith , Denton , DeWitt , Guadalupe , Hartley , Hemphill , Irion , Kerr , Kimble , Loving , Lubbock , McMullen , Montgomery , Potter , Reagan , Runnels , Rusk , Schleicher , Sterling , Sutton , Taylor , Tom Green , Upton , Uvalde , Victoria , Washington , Winkler , and Yoakum voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. Dallas County and Harris County , the two most populous in the state, would not vote Democratic again until Barack Obama won them in 2008 ; Fort Bend County , a Houston suburb, would not vote Democratic again until Hillary Clinton won it in 2016 ; and Tarrant County , the third most populous county and home to the long-conservative Fort Worth suburbs, would not vote Democratic again until Joe Biden won it in 2020 . This is also the last time a Democratic candidate won every county in the Texas Triangle .
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