1964 United States presidential election

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534 members of the Electoral College
268 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout61.9%[1] Increase 0.9 pp
 
Nominee Robert F. Kennedy Wallace F. Bennett
Party National Progressive Republican-Democrat
Home state New York Utah
Running mate Hubert Humphrey Gerald R. Ford
Electoral vote 282 252
States carried 21 + DC 28
Popular vote 34,954,550 34,842,065
Percentage 49.7% 49.6%

President before election

John W. McCormack
Republican-Democrat

Elected President

Robert F. Kennedy
National Progressive

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved October 21, 2012.