Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic The 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election.

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 64.01% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 35.65% of the popular vote.

[3][4] This is the solitary occasion since the Civil War where the Unionist strongholds of Whitley County and Knox County[5] have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

[6] As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Oldham, Jessamine, Wayne, Whitley, Estill, Garrard, Green, and Lee.

[7] This is also the last time that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win more than 40% of the vote in Kentucky, that the Democrat has won more than 60%, and that the Democratic nominee has won the state by double digits.