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The 1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Background
The Republican presidential nominee won Tennessee in the 1952, 1956, and 1960 elections.[2]
Campaign
Goldwater was an opponent of the Tennessee Valley Authority and stated that it "was a big fat sacred New Deal cow". He received significant criticism for this statement and later wrote that "You would have thought I had just shot Santa Claus" about the response. Peter O'Donnell, a financial backer of Goldwater's campaign, wrote a memo criticizing Goldwater for "shooting from the hip" and "kicking a sleeping dog".[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 634,947 | 55.50% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 508,965 | 44.49% | |
| Write-in | 34 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 1,143,946 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic |
Barry Morris Goldwater Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 12,146 | 57.82% | 8,860 | 42.17% | 2 | 0.01% | 3,286 | 15.64% | 21,008 |
| Bedford | 5,610 | 71.17% | 2,272 | 28.83% | 3,338 | 42.35% | 7,882 | ||
| Benton | 2,611 | 65.70% | 1,363 | 34.30% | 1,248 | 31.40% | 3,974 | ||
| Bledsoe | 1,412 | 49.67% | 1,431 | 50.33% | -19 | -0.67% | 2,843 | ||
| Blount | 8,459 | 41.58% | 11,876 | 58.38% | 8 | 0.04% | -3,417 | -16.80% | 20,343 |
| Bradley | 5,693 | 45.87% | 6,717 | 54.13% | -1,024 | -8.25% | 12,410 | ||
| Campbell | 4,412 | 51.04% | 4,232 | 48.96% | 180 | 2.08% | 8,644 | ||
| Cannon | 2,190 | 74.59% | 746 | 25.41% | 1,444 | 49.18% | 2,936 | ||
| Carroll | 4,056 | 52.07% | 3,734 | 47.93% | 322 | 4.13% | 7,790 | ||
| Carter | 5,326 | 38.60% | 8,472 | 61.40% | -3,146 | -22.80% | 13,798 | ||
| Cheatham | 2,750 | 77.38% | 803 | 22.59% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,947 | 54.78% | 3,554 |
| Chester | 1,763 | 49.94% | 1,767 | 50.06% | -4 | -0.11% | 3,530 | ||
| Claiborne | 2,581 | 47.51% | 2,852 | 52.49% | -271 | -4.99% | 5,433 | ||
| Clay | 1,196 | 65.79% | 622 | 34.21% | 574 | 31.57% | 1,818 | ||
| Cocke | 2,109 | 29.32% | 5,084 | 70.68% | -2,975 | -41.36% | 7,193 | ||
| Coffee | 6,837 | 69.42% | 3,012 | 30.58% | 3,825 | 38.84% | 9,849 | ||
| Crockett | 1,817 | 49.24% | 1,873 | 50.76% | -56 | -1.52% | 3,690 | ||
| Cumberland | 3,073 | 50.81% | 2,975 | 49.19% | 98 | 1.62% | 6,048 | ||
| Davidson | 79,387 | 63.65% | 45,335 | 36.35% | 34,052 | 27.30% | 124,722 | ||
| Decatur | 1,813 | 55.92% | 1,429 | 44.08% | 384 | 11.84% | 3,242 | ||
| DeKalb | 2,291 | 62.04% | 1,402 | 37.96% | 889 | 24.07% | 3,693 | ||
| Dickson | 4,724 | 78.67% | 1,281 | 21.33% | 3,443 | 57.34% | 6,005 | ||
| Dyer | 4,717 | 51.08% | 4,517 | 48.91% | 1 | 0.01% | 200 | 2.17% | 9,235 |
| Fayette | 2,636 | 47.43% | 2,922 | 52.57% | -286 | -5.15% | 5,558 | ||
| Fentress | 1,550 | 44.05% | 1,969 | 55.95% | -419 | -11.91% | 3,519 | ||
| Franklin | 6,029 | 72.72% | 2,262 | 27.28% | 3,767 | 45.43% | 8,291 | ||
| Gibson | 8,119 | 63.76% | 4,614 | 36.24% | 3,505 | 27.53% | 12,733 | ||
| Giles | 4,940 | 78.19% | 1,378 | 21.81% | 3,562 | 56.38% | 6,318 | ||
| Grainger | 1,309 | 33.20% | 2,634 | 66.80% | -1,325 | -33.60% | 3,943 | ||
| Greene | 5,916 | 46.11% | 6,913 | 53.89% | -997 | -7.77% | 12,829 | ||
| Grundy | 2,775 | 80.18% | 686 | 19.82% | 2,089 | 60.36% | 3,461 | ||
| Hamblen | 4,607 | 47.00% | 5,196 | 53.00% | -589 | -6.01% | 9,803 | ||
| Hamilton | 38,546 | 48.95% | 40,200 | 51.05% | -1,654 | -2.10% | 78,746 | ||
| Hancock | 687 | 31.17% | 1,517 | 68.83% | -830 | -37.66% | 2,204 | ||
| Hardeman | 2,675 | 52.20% | 2,450 | 47.80% | 225 | 4.39% | 5,125 | ||
| Hardin | 2,620 | 46.41% | 3,025 | 53.59% | -405 | -7.17% | 5,645 | ||
| Hawkins | 4,191 | 42.32% | 5,712 | 57.68% | -1,521 | -15.36% | 9,903 | ||
| Haywood | 2,290 | 48.75% | 2,407 | 51.25% | -117 | -2.49% | 4,697 | ||
| Henderson | 1,955 | 38.42% | 3,133 | 61.58% | -1,178 | -23.15% | 5,088 | ||
| Henry | 5,874 | 72.21% | 2,261 | 27.79% | 3,613 | 44.41% | 8,135 | ||
| Hickman | 2,877 | 73.84% | 1,019 | 26.16% | 1,858 | 47.69% | 3,896 | ||
| Houston | 1,572 | 84.56% | 287 | 15.44% | 1,285 | 69.12% | 1,859 | ||
| Humphreys | 3,230 | 77.91% | 916 | 22.09% | 2,314 | 55.81% | 4,146 | ||
| Jackson | 2,291 | 80.61% | 551 | 19.39% | 1,740 | 61.22% | 2,842 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,600 | 34.56% | 4,923 | 65.44% | -2,323 | -30.88% | 7,523 | ||
| Johnson | 927 | 24.29% | 2,889 | 75.71% | -1,962 | -51.42% | 3,816 | ||
| Knox | 42,463 | 49.80% | 42,797 | 50.20% | -334 | -0.39% | 85,260 | ||
| Lake | 1,667 | 69.34% | 736 | 30.62% | 1 | 0.04% | 931 | 38.73% | 2,404 |
| Lauderdale | 3,847 | 67.17% | 1,880 | 32.83% | 1,967 | 34.35% | 5,727 | ||
| Lawrence | 5,449 | 54.28% | 4,590 | 45.72% | 859 | 8.56% | 10,039 | ||
| Lewis | 2,061 | 84.16% | 388 | 15.84% | 1,673 | 68.31% | 2,449 | ||
| Lincoln | 4,861 | 73.76% | 1,728 | 26.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,133 | 47.54% | 6,590 |
| Loudon | 3,365 | 44.72% | 4,148 | 55.13% | 11 | 0.15% | -783 | -10.41% | 7,524 |
| Macon | 1,446 | 43.92% | 1,846 | 56.08% | -400 | -12.15% | 3,292 | ||
| Madison | 10,573 | 49.17% | 10,932 | 50.83% | -359 | -1.67% | 21,505 | ||
| Marion | 3,775 | 58.05% | 2,728 | 41.95% | 1,047 | 16.10% | 6,503 | ||
| Marshall | 3,989 | 74.85% | 1,340 | 25.15% | 2,649 | 49.71% | 5,329 | ||
| Maury | 7,716 | 62.62% | 4,605 | 37.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,111 | 25.25% | 12,322 |
| McMinn | 5,207 | 48.07% | 5,624 | 51.93% | -417 | -3.85% | 10,831 | ||
| McNairy | 2,994 | 49.06% | 3,109 | 50.94% | -115 | -1.88% | 6,103 | ||
| Meigs | 816 | 49.76% | 824 | 50.24% | -8 | -0.49% | 1,640 | ||
| Monroe | 4,100 | 48.53% | 4,349 | 51.47% | -249 | -2.95% | 8,449 | ||
| Montgomery | 10,178 | 78.34% | 2,814 | 21.66% | 7,364 | 56.68% | 12,992 | ||
| Moore | 1,034 | 79.66% | 264 | 20.34% | 770 | 59.32% | 1,298 | ||
| Morgan | 1,957 | 51.51% | 1,842 | 48.49% | 115 | 3.03% | 3,799 | ||
| Obion | 5,672 | 66.93% | 2,802 | 33.07% | 2,870 | 33.87% | 8,474 | ||
| Overton | 3,258 | 73.83% | 1,155 | 26.17% | 2,103 | 47.65% | 4,413 | ||
| Perry | 1,440 | 73.69% | 514 | 26.31% | 926 | 47.39% | 1,954 | ||
| Pickett | 728 | 43.78% | 935 | 56.22% | -207 | -12.45% | 1,663 | ||
| Polk | 2,113 | 55.63% | 1,685 | 44.37% | 428 | 11.27% | 3,798 | ||
| Putnam | 6,309 | 67.81% | 2,993 | 32.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,316 | 35.64% | 9,304 |
| Rhea | 2,637 | 49.13% | 2,730 | 50.87% | -93 | -1.73% | 5,367 | ||
| Roane | 6,108 | 51.57% | 5,735 | 48.43% | 373 | 3.15% | 11,843 | ||
| Robertson | 5,784 | 76.30% | 1,797 | 23.70% | 3,987 | 52.59% | 7,581 | ||
| Rutherford | 9,580 | 70.09% | 4,088 | 29.91% | 5,492 | 40.18% | 13,668 | ||
| Scott | 2,007 | 45.48% | 2,406 | 54.52% | -399 | -9.04% | 4,413 | ||
| Sequatchie | 1,162 | 59.10% | 804 | 40.90% | 358 | 18.21% | 1,966 | ||
| Sevier | 2,995 | 30.51% | 6,821 | 69.49% | -3,826 | -38.98% | 9,816 | ||
| Shelby | 111,496 | 52.59% | 100,527 | 47.41% | 3 | 0.00% | 10,969 | 5.17% | 212,026 |
| Smith | 2,934 | 73.02% | 1,084 | 26.98% | 1,850 | 46.04% | 4,018 | ||
| Stewart | 2,444 | 84.71% | 441 | 15.29% | 2,003 | 69.43% | 2,885 | ||
| Sullivan | 19,496 | 52.41% | 17,703 | 47.59% | 1,793 | 4.82% | 37,199 | ||
| Sumner | 9,102 | 72.59% | 3,437 | 27.41% | 5,665 | 45.18% | 12,539 | ||
| Tipton | 3,821 | 55.43% | 3,073 | 44.57% | 748 | 10.85% | 6,894 | ||
| Trousdale | 1,270 | 86.10% | 205 | 13.90% | 1,065 | 72.20% | 1,475 | ||
| Unicoi | 2,000 | 42.27% | 2,731 | 57.73% | -731 | -15.45% | 4,731 | ||
| Union | 1,091 | 38.13% | 1,770 | 61.87% | -679 | -23.73% | 2,861 | ||
| Van Buren | 865 | 74.70% | 293 | 25.30% | 572 | 49.40% | 1,158 | ||
| Warren | 5,027 | 74.12% | 1,754 | 25.86% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,273 | 48.26% | 6,782 |
| Washington | 10,253 | 49.14% | 10,612 | 50.86% | -359 | -1.72% | 20,865 | ||
| Wayne | 1,178 | 31.94% | 2,510 | 68.06% | -1,332 | -36.12% | 3,688 | ||
| Weakley | 5,161 | 65.79% | 2,684 | 34.21% | 2,477 | 31.57% | 7,845 | ||
| White | 2,987 | 71.36% | 1,199 | 28.64% | 1,788 | 42.71% | 4,186 | ||
| Williamson | 5,075 | 65.21% | 2,707 | 34.78% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,368 | 30.43% | 7,783 |
| Wilson | 6,267 | 69.84% | 2,707 | 30.16% | 3,560 | 39.67% | 8,974 | ||
| Totals | 634,947 | 55.50% | 508,965 | 44.49% | 34 | 0.00% | 125,982 | 11.01% | 1,143,946 |
References
- ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 206.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 205.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 423-424 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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