The 1964 United States presidential election in Florida was held November 3, 1964. All contemporary fifty states and the District of Columbia took part, and Florida voters selected fourteen electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Although Johnson won the state amidst his national landslide, Florida weighed in as a massive 20.28% more Republican than the nation at large, and was the second-closest state won by Johnson, after Idaho. Johnson carried 20 of the state's 67 counties, although in only two of them, Monroe and Dade, did he exceed his nationwide vote share of 61.05%.Bullock, Charles S. and Gaddie, Ronald Keith; The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South, p. 254

, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate carried Charlotte County.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

Campaign

Retirement communities further south who were supportive of Republicans in presidential elections over the previous fifteen years, were opposed to Barry Goldwater’s desire to privatize Social Security and his criticism of the United States' space program.Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 224

Lyndon B. Johnson won Florida by 42,599 votes, a margin of 2.30%, or a swing of 5.32% from the 1960 result. Increased registration of black voters, which reached 51%, was crucial to Johnson regaining Florida. In the northern counties of Lafayette and Liberty, where no black people were registered, massive swings toward Goldwater by white voters were completely unmitigated.Bullock, Charles S. and Gaddie, Ronald Keith; The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South, p. 254

Results

Results by county County Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic Barry GoldwaterRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Alachua 13,483 54.73% 11,151 45.27% 2,332 9.46% 24,634 Baker 1,137 50.35% 1,121 49.65% 16 0.70% 2,258 Bay 7,846 37.91% 12,849 62.09% -5,003 -24.18% 20,695 Bradford 2,320 53.87% 1,987 46.13% 333 7.74% 4,307 Brevard 24,833 50.29% 24,551 49.71% 282 0.58% 49,384 Broward 68,406 44.51% 85,264 55.49% -16,858 -10.98% 153,670 Calhoun 980 35.34% 1,793 64.66% -813 -29.32% 2,773 Charlotte 4,831 53.71% 4,163 46.29% 668 7.42% 8,994 Citrus 2,521 51.98% 2,329 48.02% 192 3.96% 4,850 Clay 3,114 45.01% 3,805 54.99% -691 -9.98% 6,919 Collier 2,877 44.55% 3,581 55.45% -704 -10.90% 6,458 Columbia 3,249 43.94% 4,145 56.06% -896 -12.12% 7,394 Dade 208,941 64.01% 117,480 35.99% 91,461 28.02% 326,421 DeSoto 1,777 47.22% 1,986 52.78% -209 -5.56% 3,763 Dixie 923 50.41% 908 49.59% 15 0.82% 1,831 Duval 79,365 49.45% 81,116 50.55% -1,751 -1.10% 160,481 Escambia 25,371 43.91% 32,414 56.09% -7,043 -12.18% 57,785 Flagler 940 56.69% 718 43.31% 222 13.38% 1,658 Franklin 1,366 49.05% 1,419 50.95% -53 -1.90% 2,785 Gadsden 4,556 46.67% 5,207 53.33% -651 -6.66% 9,763 Gilchrist 711 56.83% 540 43.17% 171 13.66% 1,251 Glades 441 44.91% 541 55.09% -100 -10.18% 982 Gulf 1,659 45.33% 2,001 54.67% -342 -9.34% 3,660 Hamilton 1,302 52.93% 1,158 47.07% 144 5.86% 2,460 Hardee 1,908 45.12% 2,321 54.88% -413 -9.76% 4,229 Hendry 1,352 45.04% 1,650 54.96% -298 -9.92% 3,002 Hernando 2,320 49.82% 2,337 50.18% -17 -0.36% 4,657 Highlands 4,233 47.14% 4,747 52.86% -514 -5.72% 8,980 Hillsborough 71,289 58.48% 50,616 41.52% 20,673 16.96% 121,905 Holmes 1,193 27.00% 3,225 73.00% -2,032 -46.00% 4,418 Indian River 5,122 45.28% 6,191 54.72% -1,069 -9.44% 11,313 Jackson 4,386 38.31% 7,064 61.69% -2,678 -23.38% 11,450 Jefferson 1,504 47.18% 1,684 52.82% -180 -5.64% 3,188 Lafayette 545 45.68% 648 54.32% -103 -8.64% 1,193 Lake 7,773 37.61% 12,897 62.39% -5,124 -24.78% 20,670 Lee 10,204 44.19% 12,886 55.81% -2,682 -11.62% 23,090 Leon 10,927 41.85% 15,181 58.15% -4,254 -16.30% 26,108 Levy 1,986 55.69% 1,580 44.31% 406 11.38% 3,566 Liberty 377 29.29% 910 70.71% -533 -41.42% 1,287 Madison 2,121 42.91% 2,822 57.09% -701 -14.18% 4,943 Manatee 13,074 43.26% 17,147 56.74% -4,073 -13.48% 30,221 Marion 9,112 45.58% 10,879 54.42% -1,767 -8.84% 19,991 Martin 3,621 45.76% 4,292 54.24% -671 -8.48% 7,913 Monroe 8,936 64.86% 4,842 35.14% 4,094 29.72% 13,778 Nassau 2,781 47.02% 3,134 52.98% -353 -5.96% 5,915 Okaloosa 7,890 44.20% 9,961 55.80% -2,071 -11.60% 17,851 Okeechobee 1,016 43.57% 1,316 56.43% -300 -12.86% 2,332 Orange 38,248 43.90% 48,884 56.10% -10,636 -12.20% 87,132 Osceola 3,531 43.88% 4,516 56.12% -985 -12.24% 8,047 Palm Beach 43,836 46.91% 49,614 53.09% -5,778 -6.18% 93,450 Pasco 8,135 51.68% 7,606 48.32% 529 3.36% 15,741 Pinellas 98,381 55.02% 80,414 44.98% 17,967 10.04% 178,795 Polk 29,355 44.98% 35,906 55.02% -6,551 -10.04% 65,261 Putnam 4,995 49.62% 5,072 50.38% -77 -0.76% 10,067 St. Johns 4,357 36.90% 7,450 63.10% -3,093 -26.20% 11,807 St. Lucie 7,748 51.82% 7,204 48.18% 544 3.64% 14,952 Santa Rosa 3,570 37.37% 5,983 62.63% -2,413 -25.26% 9,553 Sarasota 13,937 38.87% 21,917 61.13% -7,980 -22.26% 35,854 Seminole 9,125 47.52% 10,078 52.48% -953 -4.96% 19,203 Sumter 2,259 58.07% 1,631 41.93% 628 16.14% 3,890 Suwannee 2,393 44.36% 3,002 55.64% -609 -11.28% 5,395 Taylor 1,708 39.09% 2,661 60.91% -953 -21.82% 4,369 Union 740 51.03% 710 48.97% 30 2.06% 1,450 Volusia 34,901 58.28% 24,988 41.72% 9,913 16.56% 59,889 Wakulla 753 37.22% 1,270 62.78% -517 -25.56% 2,023 Walton 2,449 39.49% 3,753 60.51% -1,304 -21.02% 6,202 Washington 1,500 35.50% 2,725 64.50% -1,225 -29.00% 4,225Totals948,54051.15%905,94148.85%42,5992.30%1,854,481

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