1964 United States presidential election in Indiana
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.
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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 since 1852 that Randolph County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and this is the only time ever that Wabash County did so.[3] 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, Marshall, Miami, Montgomery, Noble, Orange, Parke, Pulaski, Putnam, Ripley, Shelby, Tipton, Warren, Wells, White, and Whitley.[4]
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 Baines Johnson Democratic |
Barry Morris Goldwater Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,637 | 60.48% | 4,230 | 38.55% | 106 | 0.97% | 2,407 | 21.94% | 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 | 16.87% | 13,198 |
| Decatur | 5,564 | 53.94% | 4,702 | 45.58% | 49 | 0.48% | 862 | 8.36% | 10,315 |
| De Kalb | 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 | 4.32% | 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 | 15.23% | 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 | 28.21% | 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 | 18.22% | 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 | -12.94% | 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 | -5.89% | 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 | 0.59% | 5,640 |
| Lake | 134,978 | 64.42% | 73,722 | 35.19% | 823 | 0.39% | 61,256 | 29.24% | 209,523 |
| La Porte | 22,220 | 57.57% | 16,270 | 42.16% | 104 | 0.27% | 5,950 | 15.42% | 38,594 |
| Lawrence | 8,677 | 51.17% | 8,186 | 48.28% | 93 | 0.55% | 491 | 2.90% | 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 | 3.17% | 296,381 |
| Marshall | 8,397 | 51.15% | 7,895 | 48.10% | 123 | 0.75% | 502 | 3.06% | 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 | 3.11% | 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 | 1.87% | 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 | 10.74% | 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 | 27.29% | 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 | -0.24% | 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 |
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
- 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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