The 1964 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 55.61 percent of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 44.39% of the popular vote. As of 2024, this is the only presidential race since 1936 where South Dakota voted Democratic (although it nearly did so in 1976 for Jimmy Carter), as well as the last time a Democrat won any of the following counties: Pennington, Lincoln, Meade, Yankton, Custer, Bennett, Clark, Hamlin, Hand, Hyde, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Potter, Stanley, Tripp, and Walworth. This is also the last time that South Dakota voted more Republican than North Dakota, and the last of only 5 times since statehood that South Dakota voted against the Republican presidential nominee.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016.

Results

Results by county CountyOur Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 03, 1964Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticBarry GoldwaterRepublicanMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#% Aurora 1,555 64.10% 871 35.90% 684 28.20% 2,426 Beadle 5,968 59.57% 4,051 40.43% 1,917 19.14% 10,019 Bennett 775 55.40% 624 44.60% 151 10.80% 1,399 Bon Homme 2,494 58.30% 1,784 41.70% 710 16.60% 4,278 Brookings 4,191 53.17% 3,692 46.83% 499 6.34% 7,883 Brown 9,107 62.24% 5,524 37.76% 3,583 24.48% 14,631 Brule 2,205 69.49% 968 30.51% 1,237 38.98% 3,173 Buffalo 501 64.31% 278 35.69% 223 28.62% 779 Butte 1,863 49.81% 1,877 50.19% -14 -0.38% 3,740 Campbell 411 26.13% 1,162 73.87% -751 -47.74% 1,573 Charles Mix 3,488 68.22% 1,625 31.78% 1,863 36.44% 5,113 Clark 1,771 53.96% 1,511 46.04% 260 7.92% 3,282 Clay 2,599 59.05% 1,802 40.95% 797 18.10% 4,401 Codington 5,353 59.84% 3,593 40.16% 1,760 19.68% 8,946 Corson 1,328 56.22% 1,034 43.78% 294 12.44% 2,362 Custer 1,176 50.73% 1,142 49.27% 34 1.46% 2,318 Davison 4,861 63.54% 2,789 36.46% 2,072 27.08% 7,650 Day 3,235 62.83% 1,914 37.17% 1,321 25.66% 5,149 Deuel 1,524 53.64% 1,317 46.36% 207 7.28% 2,841 Dewey 1,259 56.21% 981 43.79% 278 12.42% 2,240 Douglas 1,149 49.14% 1,189 50.86% -40 -1.72% 2,338 Edmunds 1,708 54.22% 1,442 45.78% 266 8.44% 3,150 Fall River 1,706 45.71% 2,026 54.29% -320 -8.58% 3,732 Faulk 1,225 55.71% 974 44.29% 251 11.42% 2,199 Grant 2,583 58.22% 1,854 41.78% 729 16.44% 4,437 Gregory 1,995 54.82% 1,644 45.18% 351 9.64% 3,639 Haakon 662 45.44% 795 54.56% -133 -9.12% 1,457 Hamlin 1,561 50.58% 1,525 49.42% 36 1.16% 3,086 Hand 1,563 51.60% 1,466 48.40% 97 3.20% 3,029 Hanson 1,232 60.57% 802 39.43% 430 21.14% 2,034 Harding 487 49.90% 489 50.10% -2 -0.20% 976 Hughes 2,606 48.82% 2,732 51.18% -126 -2.36% 5,338 Hutchinson 2,189 43.15% 2,884 56.85% -695 -13.70% 5,073 Hyde 736 52.50% 666 47.50% 70 5.00% 1,402 Jackson 480 51.72% 448 48.28% 32 3.44% 928 Jerauld 999 53.83% 857 46.17% 142 7.66% 1,856 Jones 548 56.91% 415 43.09% 133 13.82% 963 Kingsbury 2,005 48.54% 2,126 51.46% -121 -2.92% 4,131 Lake 2,988 55.28% 2,417 44.72% 571 10.56% 5,405 Lawrence 3,468 48.09% 3,743 51.91% -275 -3.82% 7,211 Lincoln 2,836 50.86% 2,740 49.14% 96 1.72% 5,576 Lyman 1,057 55.08% 862 44.92% 195 10.16% 1,919 Marshall 2,063 63.56% 1,183 36.44% 880 27.12% 3,246 McCook 2,181 55.40% 1,756 44.60% 425 10.80% 3,937 McPherson 723 27.66% 1,891 72.34% -1,168 -44.68% 2,614 Meade 2,323 52.05% 2,140 47.95% 183 4.10% 4,463 Mellette 658 55.62% 525 44.38% 133 11.24% 1,183 Miner 1,679 63.99% 945 36.01% 734 27.98% 2,624 Minnehaha 20,929 55.52% 16,766 44.48% 4,163 11.04% 37,695 Moody 2,301 61.16% 1,461 38.84% 840 22.32% 3,762 Pennington 9,881 52.54% 8,926 47.46% 955 5.08% 18,807 Perkins 1,255 47.11% 1,409 52.89% -154 -5.78% 2,664 Potter 1,260 56.91% 954 43.09% 306 13.82% 2,214 Roberts 3,567 64.88% 1,931 35.12% 1,636 29.76% 5,498 Sanborn 1,401 60.57% 912 39.43% 489 21.14% 2,313 Shannon 1,748 75.84% 557 24.16% 1,191 51.68% 2,305 Spink 3,120 61.50% 1,953 38.50% 1,167 23.00% 5,073 Stanley 750 57.74% 549 42.26% 201 15.48% 1,299 Sully 596 47.19% 667 52.81% -71 -5.62% 1,263 Todd 1,274 63.80% 723 36.20% 551 27.60% 1,997 Tripp 2,241 53.64% 1,937 46.36% 304 7.28% 4,178 Turner 2,184 43.42% 2,846 56.58% -662 -13.16% 5,030 Union 2,828 62.09% 1,727 37.91% 1,101 24.18% 4,555 Walworth 1,952 51.35% 1,849 48.65% 103 2.70% 3,801 Washabaugh 348 62.25% 211 37.75% 137 24.50% 559 Yankton 3,747 53.87% 3,208 46.13% 539 7.74% 6,955 Ziebach 554 55.34% 447 44.66% 107 10.68% 1,001Totals163,01055.61%130,10844.39%32,90211.22%293,118

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Beadle Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Brown Clark Clay Codington Corson Custer Deuel Dewey Edmunds Faulk Grant Gregory Hamlin Hand Hyde Jackson Jerauld Jones Lake Lincoln Lyman Marshall McCook Meade Mellette Miner Minnehaha Moody Pennington Potter Sanborn Spink Todd Tripp Union Walworth Washabaugh Yankton Ziebach

See also United States presidential elections in South Dakota

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