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The 1964 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Campaign
George Wallace ran in the Democratic primary, but was defeated by Governor Matthew E. Welsh, who served as a surrogate for Johnson.[2]
This is the only time that Randolph County and Wabash County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3] This was also the first time Indiana voted Democratic since 1936.[4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Allen, Adams, Bartholomew, Brown, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Decatur, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Grant, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jennings, LaGrange, Lawrence, Marshall, Miami, Montgomery, Noble, Orange, Parke, Pulaski, Putnam, Ripley, Shelby, Tipton, Warren, Wells, White, and Whitley.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 1,170,848 | 55.98% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 911,118 | 43.56% | |
| Prohibition | E. Harold Munn | 8,266 | 0.40% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 1,374 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 2,091,606 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic |
Barry Goldwater Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,637 | 60.48% | 4,230 | 38.55% | 106 | 0.97% | 2,407 | 21.93% | 10,973 |
| Allen | 50,706 | 50.53% | 49,284 | 49.11% | 363 | 0.36% | 1,422 | 1.42% | 100,353 |
| Bartholomew | 12,940 | 53.72% | 11,026 | 45.77% | 124 | 0.51% | 1,914 | 7.95% | 24,090 |
| Benton | 2,940 | 50.42% | 2,886 | 49.49% | 5 | 0.09% | 54 | 0.93% | 5,831 |
| Blackford | 4,210 | 61.65% | 2,552 | 37.37% | 67 | 0.98% | 1,658 | 24.28% | 6,829 |
| Boone | 6,716 | 47.36% | 7,419 | 52.32% | 46 | 0.32% | -703 | -4.96% | 14,181 |
| Brown | 2,135 | 60.24% | 1,390 | 39.22% | 19 | 0.54% | 745 | 21.02% | 3,544 |
| Carroll | 4,789 | 54.96% | 3,896 | 44.71% | 29 | 0.33% | 893 | 10.25% | 8,714 |
| Cass | 11,148 | 58.74% | 7,735 | 40.76% | 95 | 0.50% | 3,413 | 17.98% | 18,978 |
| Clark | 17,330 | 68.89% | 7,701 | 30.61% | 125 | 0.50% | 9,629 | 38.28% | 25,156 |
| Clay | 6,528 | 54.28% | 5,412 | 45.00% | 86 | 0.72% | 1,116 | 9.28% | 12,026 |
| Clinton | 8,353 | 53.61% | 7,157 | 45.93% | 72 | 0.46% | 1,196 | 7.68% | 15,582 |
| Crawford | 2,514 | 57.40% | 1,828 | 41.74% | 38 | 0.87% | 686 | 15.66% | 4,380 |
| Daviess | 6,528 | 50.62% | 6,319 | 49.00% | 48 | 0.37% | 209 | 1.62% | 12,895 |
| Dearborn | 7,699 | 58.33% | 5,473 | 41.47% | 26 | 0.20% | 2,226 | 16.86% | 13,198 |
| Decatur | 5,564 | 53.94% | 4,702 | 45.58% | 49 | 0.48% | 862 | 8.36% | 10,315 |
| DeKalb | 7,559 | 54.42% | 6,210 | 44.71% | 120 | 0.86% | 1,349 | 9.71% | 13,889 |
| Delaware | 28,469 | 58.48% | 20,022 | 41.13% | 187 | 0.38% | 8,447 | 17.35% | 48,678 |
| Dubois | 10,114 | 72.56% | 3,800 | 27.26% | 25 | 0.18% | 6,314 | 45.30% | 13,939 |
| Elkhart | 21,679 | 51.72% | 19,870 | 47.41% | 365 | 0.87% | 1,809 | 4.31% | 41,914 |
| Fayette | 6,713 | 58.92% | 4,637 | 40.70% | 43 | 0.38% | 2,076 | 18.22% | 11,393 |
| Floyd | 15,656 | 66.23% | 7,834 | 33.14% | 148 | 0.63% | 7,822 | 33.09% | 23,638 |
| Fountain | 5,574 | 54.23% | 4,666 | 45.40% | 38 | 0.37% | 908 | 8.83% | 10,278 |
| Franklin | 4,021 | 57.48% | 2,956 | 42.26% | 18 | 0.26% | 1,065 | 15.22% | 6,995 |
| Fulton | 4,374 | 49.60% | 4,410 | 50.01% | 34 | 0.39% | -36 | -0.41% | 8,818 |
| Gibson | 10,507 | 63.84% | 5,865 | 35.64% | 86 | 0.52% | 4,642 | 28.20% | 16,458 |
| Grant | 17,574 | 54.08% | 14,688 | 45.20% | 232 | 0.71% | 2,886 | 8.88% | 32,494 |
| Greene | 8,574 | 58.85% | 5,919 | 40.62% | 77 | 0.53% | 2,655 | 18.23% | 14,570 |
| Hamilton | 7,553 | 38.38% | 12,060 | 61.28% | 68 | 0.35% | -4,507 | -22.90% | 19,681 |
| Hancock | 6,573 | 50.59% | 6,370 | 49.03% | 50 | 0.38% | 203 | 1.56% | 12,993 |
| Harrison | 5,949 | 61.28% | 3,671 | 37.81% | 88 | 0.91% | 2,278 | 23.47% | 9,708 |
| Hendricks | 8,857 | 43.41% | 11,497 | 56.34% | 51 | 0.25% | -2,640 | -12.93% | 20,405 |
| Henry | 12,374 | 54.52% | 10,184 | 44.87% | 139 | 0.61% | 2,190 | 9.65% | 22,697 |
| Howard | 17,809 | 57.56% | 12,897 | 41.68% | 235 | 0.76% | 4,912 | 15.88% | 30,941 |
| Huntington | 9,308 | 55.26% | 7,438 | 44.16% | 98 | 0.58% | 1,870 | 11.10% | 16,844 |
| Jackson | 8,572 | 57.26% | 6,285 | 41.98% | 114 | 0.76% | 2,287 | 15.28% | 14,971 |
| Jasper | 3,995 | 46.91% | 4,497 | 52.81% | 24 | 0.28% | -502 | -5.90% | 8,516 |
| Jay | 6,781 | 59.91% | 4,439 | 39.22% | 98 | 0.87% | 2,342 | 20.69% | 11,318 |
| Jefferson | 6,694 | 57.78% | 4,808 | 41.50% | 84 | 0.73% | 1,886 | 16.28% | 11,586 |
| Jennings | 4,307 | 55.14% | 3,469 | 44.41% | 35 | 0.45% | 838 | 10.73% | 7,811 |
| Johnson | 10,099 | 48.87% | 10,472 | 50.68% | 92 | 0.45% | -373 | -1.81% | 20,663 |
| Knox | 12,678 | 62.11% | 7,612 | 37.29% | 121 | 0.59% | 5,066 | 24.82% | 20,411 |
| Kosciusko | 8,759 | 45.18% | 10,488 | 54.10% | 141 | 0.73% | -1,729 | -8.92% | 19,388 |
| LaGrange | 2,818 | 49.96% | 2,785 | 49.38% | 37 | 0.66% | 33 | 0.58% | 5,640 |
| Lake | 134,978 | 64.42% | 73,722 | 35.19% | 823 | 0.39% | 61,256 | 29.23% | 209,523 |
| LaPorte | 22,220 | 57.57% | 16,270 | 42.16% | 104 | 0.27% | 5,950 | 15.41% | 38,594 |
| Lawrence | 8,677 | 51.17% | 8,186 | 48.28% | 93 | 0.55% | 491 | 2.89% | 16,956 |
| Madison | 33,325 | 57.73% | 24,171 | 41.87% | 233 | 0.40% | 9,154 | 15.86% | 57,729 |
| Marion | 152,418 | 51.43% | 143,015 | 48.25% | 948 | 0.32% | 9,403 | 3.18% | 296,381 |
| Marshall | 8,397 | 51.15% | 7,895 | 48.10% | 123 | 0.75% | 502 | 3.05% | 16,415 |
| Martin | 3,137 | 60.96% | 2,000 | 38.87% | 9 | 0.17% | 1,137 | 22.09% | 5,146 |
| Miami | 7,667 | 54.53% | 6,270 | 44.59% | 123 | 0.87% | 1,397 | 9.94% | 14,060 |
| Monroe | 11,918 | 53.27% | 10,309 | 46.08% | 145 | 0.65% | 1,609 | 7.19% | 22,372 |
| Montgomery | 8,042 | 50.48% | 7,823 | 49.11% | 65 | 0.41% | 219 | 1.37% | 15,930 |
| Morgan | 7,011 | 45.44% | 8,347 | 54.10% | 70 | 0.45% | -1,336 | -8.66% | 15,428 |
| Newton | 2,547 | 47.70% | 2,780 | 52.06% | 13 | 0.24% | -233 | -4.36% | 5,340 |
| Noble | 7,621 | 57.03% | 5,682 | 42.52% | 60 | 0.45% | 1,939 | 14.51% | 13,363 |
| Ohio | 1,397 | 60.53% | 905 | 39.21% | 6 | 0.26% | 492 | 21.32% | 2,308 |
| Orange | 4,490 | 51.55% | 4,187 | 48.07% | 33 | 0.38% | 303 | 3.48% | 8,710 |
| Owen | 3,339 | 54.20% | 2,788 | 45.26% | 33 | 0.54% | 551 | 8.94% | 6,160 |
| Parke | 4,034 | 52.93% | 3,570 | 46.84% | 17 | 0.22% | 464 | 6.09% | 7,621 |
| Perry | 6,226 | 66.65% | 3,090 | 33.08% | 25 | 0.27% | 3,136 | 33.57% | 9,341 |
| Pike | 4,519 | 62.14% | 2,703 | 37.17% | 50 | 0.69% | 1,816 | 24.97% | 7,272 |
| Porter | 12,975 | 47.00% | 14,480 | 52.45% | 152 | 0.55% | -1,505 | -5.45% | 27,607 |
| Posey | 6,164 | 63.09% | 3,573 | 36.57% | 33 | 0.34% | 2,591 | 26.52% | 9,770 |
| Pulaski | 3,408 | 51.37% | 3,202 | 48.27% | 24 | 0.36% | 206 | 3.10% | 6,634 |
| Putnam | 6,275 | 53.96% | 5,331 | 45.84% | 24 | 0.21% | 944 | 8.12% | 11,630 |
| Randolph | 6,804 | 50.38% | 6,551 | 48.50% | 151 | 1.12% | 253 | 1.88% | 13,506 |
| Ripley | 5,933 | 56.23% | 4,587 | 43.47% | 32 | 0.30% | 1,346 | 12.76% | 10,552 |
| Rush | 4,450 | 49.31% | 4,507 | 49.94% | 68 | 0.75% | -57 | -0.63% | 9,025 |
| St. Joseph | 65,844 | 61.91% | 39,872 | 37.49% | 630 | 0.59% | 25,972 | 24.42% | 106,346 |
| Scott | 4,205 | 67.79% | 1,992 | 32.11% | 6 | 0.10% | 2,213 | 35.68% | 6,203 |
| Shelby | 9,078 | 55.17% | 7,310 | 44.42% | 67 | 0.41% | 1,768 | 10.75% | 16,455 |
| Spencer | 4,834 | 54.72% | 3,980 | 45.05% | 20 | 0.23% | 854 | 9.67% | 8,834 |
| Starke | 4,838 | 58.14% | 3,466 | 41.65% | 17 | 0.20% | 1,372 | 16.49% | 8,321 |
| Steuben | 3,999 | 49.34% | 4,075 | 50.28% | 31 | 0.38% | -76 | -0.94% | 8,105 |
| Sullivan | 7,351 | 65.28% | 3,867 | 34.34% | 42 | 0.37% | 3,484 | 30.94% | 11,260 |
| Switzerland | 2,231 | 61.29% | 1,390 | 38.19% | 19 | 0.52% | 841 | 23.10% | 3,640 |
| Tippecanoe | 20,257 | 51.45% | 19,036 | 48.35% | 79 | 0.20% | 1,221 | 3.10% | 39,372 |
| Tipton | 4,410 | 53.03% | 3,863 | 46.45% | 43 | 0.52% | 547 | 6.58% | 8,316 |
| Union | 1,463 | 48.69% | 1,531 | 50.95% | 11 | 0.37% | -68 | -2.26% | 3,005 |
| Vanderburgh | 45,796 | 62.39% | 27,231 | 37.10% | 380 | 0.52% | 18,565 | 25.29% | 73,407 |
| Vermillion | 5,957 | 63.49% | 3,397 | 36.21% | 28 | 0.30% | 2,560 | 27.28% | 9,382 |
| Vigo | 27,606 | 59.05% | 19,001 | 40.64% | 144 | 0.31% | 8,605 | 18.41% | 46,751 |
| Wabash | 7,485 | 51.50% | 6,905 | 47.51% | 145 | 1.00% | 580 | 3.99% | 14,535 |
| Warren | 2,261 | 51.10% | 2,154 | 48.68% | 10 | 0.23% | 107 | 2.42% | 4,425 |
| Warrick | 7,222 | 62.04% | 4,376 | 37.59% | 42 | 0.36% | 2,846 | 24.45% | 11,640 |
| Washington | 4,943 | 57.66% | 3,598 | 41.97% | 32 | 0.37% | 1,345 | 15.69% | 8,573 |
| Wayne | 15,269 | 49.70% | 15,342 | 49.93% | 113 | 0.37% | -73 | -0.23% | 30,724 |
| Wells | 5,945 | 59.12% | 4,018 | 39.96% | 92 | 0.91% | 1,927 | 19.16% | 10,055 |
| White | 5,407 | 51.72% | 5,015 | 47.97% | 33 | 0.32% | 392 | 3.75% | 10,455 |
| Whitley | 5,798 | 53.95% | 4,896 | 45.56% | 53 | 0.49% | 902 | 8.39% | 10,747 |
| Totals | 1,170,848 | 55.98% | 911,118 | 43.56% | 9,640 | 0.46% | 259,730 | 12.42% | 2,091,606 |
See also
References
- ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 160.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 187-192 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "Indiana Presidential Election Voting History". 270toWin. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 147-148 ISBN 0405077114
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
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