Just so everybody knows, the data for some counties will not appear as I was forced to use a map of modern day counties.
What happened in Mississippi to make it a void of red?
For anyone wondering, Lyndon B. Johnson was the winning candidate
The Daisy ad really did work!
On another note – what separated MS from other southern states? Goldwater was from AZ and they weren’t as gung ho about him
It is interesting that northern Louisiana and, well, all of Mississippi are DEEP read, but the bordering counties in Arkansas are light blue. Any one have any insights as to why?
I had to look it up because things were a little different in that decade but the Blue color was for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What’s up with that super dark blue spot west of DFW? I guess Abilene went super hard for the Dems that election?
Is there a graph for every election together? I’d be curious to see.
Christ, I miss when people voted conscience, not party.
Wow Texas man. What happened to you since
Everyone is talking about Mississippi but I’m more interested in the blue Texas.
Enter the collapse of the education system and the rise of Fox News.
Why am I entirely unsurprised that 1960s Richmond matched Mississippi and Alabama?
What the reasoning between the stark difference between the deep south and Texas?
The colors on the ends of the spectrum should not get that dark because they become almost the same color.
Everyone’s talking about blue Texas; but Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah were not only blue, but also had democratic senators. After 1964 elections, democrats controlled 68 seats in the senate (but a good chunk of them were dixiecrats. In fact, when the Senate voted on the civil rights act back in june of that year, democrats had 67 seats in the Senate, yet 21 democratic senators voted nay. Republican senators voted 27-6, so in the end, by a vote of 73-27, 67 votes needed for cloture back then was obtained and LBJ was able to sign it into law.)
Due to segregation and all, Mississippi had a massive period on that year.
Does anyone have any idea what led northwest Nebraska to vote heavily Republican?
What’s going on with Mississippi? Like I know they were racist but hot damn they were like 10x more racist than every single one of their neighbors? Like what made a majority-White deep red county on the Mississippi border any different from a deep blue county next to it in Arkansas?
NE Missouri being bluer than STL is wild to me.
Just for reference: Barry Goldwater was considered to be an extremist.
West Virginia wasn’t super conservative? That’s interesting
It is interesting the degree to which the south deviates from the rest of the country in so many visualizations.
Interesting that quite a lot of Appalachia went for LBJ.
This is what happens when the Democratic Party DOESN’T take money from wealthy people and the candidates truly work for the people.
Okay but does anyone know what the green means?? Independent?
Top of NH and some out south west?
Imagine Bernie would’ve looked something like this in 2016…well probably not this amazingly blue but better than what we got
This was Johnson’s campaign in Mississippi, chaired by his close friend Doug Wynn, who blocked black Mississippi delegates at the 1964 Democratic Convention.
![1964 Presidential Election by County [OC]](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bfp7m2qofzpf1-1920x1024.jpeg)
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Just so everybody knows, the data for some counties will not appear as I was forced to use a map of modern day counties.
What happened in Mississippi to make it a void of red?
For anyone wondering, Lyndon B. Johnson was the winning candidate
The Daisy ad really did work!
On another note – what separated MS from other southern states? Goldwater was from AZ and they weren’t as gung ho about him
It is interesting that northern Louisiana and, well, all of Mississippi are DEEP read, but the bordering counties in Arkansas are light blue. Any one have any insights as to why?
I had to look it up because things were a little different in that decade but the Blue color was for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1964-democratic-party-platform](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1964-democratic-party-platform)
What’s up with that super dark blue spot west of DFW? I guess Abilene went super hard for the Dems that election?
Is there a graph for every election together? I’d be curious to see.
Christ, I miss when people voted conscience, not party.
Wow Texas man. What happened to you since
Everyone is talking about Mississippi but I’m more interested in the blue Texas.
Enter the collapse of the education system and the rise of Fox News.
Why am I entirely unsurprised that 1960s Richmond matched Mississippi and Alabama?
What the reasoning between the stark difference between the deep south and Texas?
The colors on the ends of the spectrum should not get that dark because they become almost the same color.
Everyone’s talking about blue Texas; but Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah were not only blue, but also had democratic senators. After 1964 elections, democrats controlled 68 seats in the senate (but a good chunk of them were dixiecrats. In fact, when the Senate voted on the civil rights act back in june of that year, democrats had 67 seats in the Senate, yet 21 democratic senators voted nay. Republican senators voted 27-6, so in the end, by a vote of 73-27, 67 votes needed for cloture back then was obtained and LBJ was able to sign it into law.)
Due to segregation and all, Mississippi had a massive period on that year.
Does anyone have any idea what led northwest Nebraska to vote heavily Republican?
What’s going on with Mississippi? Like I know they were racist but hot damn they were like 10x more racist than every single one of their neighbors? Like what made a majority-White deep red county on the Mississippi border any different from a deep blue county next to it in Arkansas?
NE Missouri being bluer than STL is wild to me.
Just for reference: Barry Goldwater was considered to be an extremist.
West Virginia wasn’t super conservative? That’s interesting
It is interesting the degree to which the south deviates from the rest of the country in so many visualizations.
Interesting that quite a lot of Appalachia went for LBJ.
This is what happens when the Democratic Party DOESN’T take money from wealthy people and the candidates truly work for the people.
Okay but does anyone know what the green means?? Independent?
Top of NH and some out south west?
Imagine Bernie would’ve looked something like this in 2016…well probably not this amazingly blue but better than what we got
This was Johnson’s campaign in Mississippi, chaired by his close friend Doug Wynn, who blocked black Mississippi delegates at the 1964 Democratic Convention.
https://preview.redd.it/r89lavbv09qf1.jpeg?width=775&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b0a43f55189c6e69acf4612ab0d3707cb65eb5f
When people actuallt voted with their brains vs now.
This is the map LBJ sacrificed to force through the civil rights acts. You can already see the blowback happening in the Deep South.
Jesus christ Mississippi, tell us how you really feel.
Evidence of the vacuum created and later exploited 4 years later by the “Southern Strategy”
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