1964 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1964 United States presidential election in Illinois
Flag of Illinois (1915-1969).svg
  1960 November 3, 1964 [1] 1968  
Turnout84.97%
  37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Goldwater for President (cropped).jpg
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote260
Popular vote2,796,8331,905,946
Percentage59.47%40.53%

Illinois Presidential Election Results 1964.svg
County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Illinois was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (DTexas), with 59.47% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (RArizona), with 40.53% of the popular vote. [3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Adams County, DeWitt County, Effingham County, Logan County, Menard County, Morgan County, Scott County, Wabash County, and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5]

This would be the last time until 1992 that Illinois would vote for a Democrat in a presidential election. McLean County would not vote Democratic again until 2008.

Primaries

Turnout

Turnout in the preference vote of the primaries was 17.77%, with a total of 917,314 votes cast. [6] [7]

Turnout in the general election was 84.97%, with a total of 4,702,841 votes cast. [6] [7] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 14. [6] [8]

Democratic

1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Flag of Illinois.svg
  1960 April 14, 1964 (1964-04-14) 1968  
  Black and White 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg
Candidate Lyndon B. Johnson
Home state Texas
Popular vote82,027
Percentage91.63%

The 1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election.

In this election, all candidates were write-ins. [6]

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. [6]

Incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson overwhelmingly won the primary.

While he received 3.23% of the vote, Robert F. Kennedy was not an active candidate for the nomination.

1968 Illinois Democratic presidential primary [6] [8]
CandidateVotes%
Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)(write-in)82,02791.63
George Wallace (write-in)3,7614.20
Robert F. Kennedy (write-in)2,8943.23
Other write-ins8410.94
Total89,523100

Republican

1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Flag of Illinois.svg
  1960 April 14, 1964 (1964-04-14) 1968  
  Senator Goldwater 1960.jpg MargaretChaseSmith (1).jpg Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (R-MA) (cropped).jpg
Candidate Barry Goldwater Margaret Chase Smith Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Home state Arizona Maine Massachusetts
Popular vote512,840 209,52168,122
Percentage61.95%25.31%8.23%

Illinois Presidential Republican Primary Results 1964.svg
County map legend:
  Goldwater—40-50%
  Goldwater—50-60%
  Goldwater—60-70%
  Goldwater—70-80%
  Goldwater—80-90%

The 1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. [6]

1968 Illinois Republican presidential primary [6] [8]
CandidateVotes%
Barry M. Goldwater 512,84061.95
Margaret Chase Smith 209,52125.31
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (write-in)68,1228.23
Richard M. Nixon (write-in)30,3133.66
George Wallace (write-in)2,2030.27
Nelson A. Rockefeller (write-in)2,0480.25
William Scranton (write-in)1,8420.22
George Romney (write-in)4650.06
Other write-ins4370.05
Total827,791100

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Illinois
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 2,796,833 59.47%
Republican Barry Goldwater 1,905,94640.53%
Write-inOthers620.00%
Total votes4,702,841 100%

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast [9]
# %# %# %# %
Adams 18,32156.70%13,99343.30%4,32813.40%32,314
Alexander 4,76362.20%2,89537.80%1,86824.40%7,658
Bond 3,81555.51%3,05844.49%75711.02%6,873
Boone 3,69442.23%5,05357.77%-1,359-15.54%8,747
Brown 2,08360.59%1,35539.41%72821.18%3,438
Bureau 9,08648.75%9,55251.25%-466-2.50%18,638
Calhoun 1,80558.36%1,28841.64%51716.72%3,093
Carroll 4,06247.51%4,48752.49%-425-4.98%8,549
Cass 4,42460.94%2,83639.06%1,58821.88%7,260
Champaign 25,79253.96%22,01046.04%3,7827.92%47,802
Christian 11,89865.91%6,15334.09%5,74531.82%18,051
Clark 4,46450.34%4,40349.66%610.68%8,867
Clay 4,55155.39%3,66544.61%88610.78%8,216
Clinton 7,33961.00%4,69239.00%2,64722.00%12,031
Coles 11,37756.17%8,87843.83%2,49912.34%20,255
Cook 1,537,18163.18%895,71836.82%641,46326.36%2,432,899
Crawford 5,62453.78%4,83446.22%7907.56%10,458
Cumberland 3,05657.58%2,25142.42%80515.16%5,307
DeKalb 10,25746.52%11,79153.48%10.00%-1,534-6.96%22,049
DeWitt 4,37154.80%3,60545.20%7669.60%7,976
Douglas 4,69552.65%4,22347.35%4725.30%8,918
DuPage 66,22940.11%98,87159.89%-32,642-19.78%165,100
Edgar 5,96650.59%5,82749.41%1391.18%11,793
Edwards 1,99146.81%2,26253.19%-271-6.38%4,253
Effingham 6,78257.35%5,04442.65%1,73814.70%11,826
Fayette 6,29558.36%4,49241.64%1,80316.72%10,787
Ford 3,42742.43%4,65057.57%-1,223-15.14%8,077
Franklin 13,58164.06%7,62035.94%5,96128.12%21,201
Fulton 13,03062.60%7,78537.40%5,24525.20%20,815
Gallatin 2,84567.11%1,39432.89%1,45134.22%4,239
Greene 4,78160.45%3,12839.55%1,65320.90%7,909
Grundy 5,24648.72%5,52251.28%-276-2.56%10,768
Hamilton 3,13355.02%2,56144.98%57210.04%5,694
Hancock 6,19952.73%5,55747.27%6425.46%11,756
Hardin 1,63955.32%1,32444.68%31510.64%2,963
Henderson 2,27154.93%1,86345.07%4089.86%4,134
Henry 12,08553.17%10,64446.83%1,4416.34%22,729
Iroquois 7,02942.72%9,42357.28%-2,394-14.56%16,452
Jackson 12,16563.43%7,01336.57%5,15226.86%19,178
Jasper 3,40656.58%2,61443.42%79213.16%6,020
Jefferson 9,65360.71%6,24839.29%3,40521.42%15,901
Jersey 3,93656.41%3,04143.59%89512.82%6,977
Jo Daviess 4,81851.12%4,60748.88%2112.24%9,425
Johnson 1,77044.39%2,21755.61%-447-11.22%3,987
Kane 40,70346.73%46,39153.27%-5,688-6.54%87,094
Kankakee 20,79256.39%16,08243.61%4,71012.78%36,874
Kendall 3,43037.53%5,71062.47%-2,280-24.94%9,140
Knox 15,00053.86%12,85046.14%2,1507.72%27,850
Lake 62,78551.60%58,84048.36%420.03%3,9453.24%121,667
LaSalle 30,92359.31%21,21640.69%9,70718.62%52,139
Lawrence 5,13655.15%4,17644.85%96010.30%9,312
Lee 7,31546.41%8,44553.59%-1,130-7.18%15,760
Livingston 8,47645.29%10,23954.71%-1,763-9.42%18,715
Logan 7,71253.12%6,80546.88%9076.24%14,517
Macon 35,04566.12%17,95733.88%17,08832.24%53,002
Macoupin 15,22764.37%8,43035.63%6,79728.74%23,657
Madison 65,11568.45%30,00931.55%35,10636.90%95,124
Marion 12,36363.65%7,06036.35%5,30327.30%19,423
Marshall 3,56152.60%3,20947.40%3525.20%6,770
Mason 4,85763.16%2,83336.84%2,02426.32%7,690
Massac 3,39652.46%3,07847.54%3184.92%6,474
McDonough 6,14447.08%6,90752.92%-763-5.84%13,051
McHenry 18,01444.46%22,50355.54%-4,489-11.08%40,517
McLean 19,55050.56%19,12049.44%4301.12%38,670
Menard 2,49151.76%2,32248.24%1693.52%4,813
Mercer 4,41051.10%4,22048.90%1902.20%8,630
Monroe 4,60553.92%3,93646.08%6697.84%8,541
Montgomery 10,58162.22%6,42537.78%4,15624.44%17,006
Morgan 9,23556.05%7,24043.95%1,99512.10%16,475
Moultrie 3,73359.96%2,49340.04%1,24019.92%6,226
Ogle 6,91739.87%10,43060.13%-3,513-20.26%17,347
Peoria 47,36058.70%33,32741.30%14,03317.40%80,687
Perry 6,63960.76%4,28739.24%2,35221.52%10,926
Piatt 3,89755.37%3,14144.63%75610.74%7,038
Pike 6,57661.52%4,11338.48%2,46323.04%10,689
Pope 1,11745.67%1,32954.33%-212-8.66%2,446
Pulaski 3,33266.01%1,71633.99%1,61632.02%5,048
Putnam 1,35954.58%1,13145.42%2289.16%2,490
Randolph 9,19961.32%5,80338.68%3,39622.64%15,002
Richland 4,23952.08%3,90147.92%3384.16%8,140
Rock Island 41,75963.78%23,71436.22%18,04527.56%65,473
Saline 8,33759.43%5,69140.57%2,64618.86%14,028
Sangamon 43,07356.55%33,07743.43%160.02%9,99613.12%76,166
Schuyler 2,50450.88%2,41749.12%871.76%4,921
Scott 1,95254.54%1,62745.46%3259.08%3,579
Shelby 7,08862.34%4,28137.66%2,80724.68%11,369
St. Clair 74,00572.39%28,22627.61%45,77944.78%102,231
Stark 1,77645.62%2,11754.38%-341-8.76%3,893
Stephenson 10,85453.98%9,25246.02%1,6027.96%20,106
Tazewell 28,56162.45%17,17037.55%11,39124.90%45,731
Union 5,20862.37%3,14237.63%2,06624.74%8,350
Vermilion 24,76555.94%19,50644.06%5,25911.88%44,271
Wabash 3,72156.16%2,90543.84%81612.32%6,626
Warren 4,67047.02%5,25852.95%30.03%-588-5.93%9,931
Washington 3,67048.87%3,84051.13%-170-2.26%7,510
Wayne 5,19852.28%4,74547.72%4534.56%9,943
White 5,96359.85%4,00040.15%1,96319.70%9,963
Whiteside 12,53649.21%12,94050.79%-404-1.58%25,476
Will 49,66356.25%38,61943.75%11,04412.50%88,282
Williamson 14,61361.55%9,13038.45%5,48323.10%23,743
Winnebago 48,83455.02%39,92044.98%8,91410.04%88,754
Woodford 5,91448.63%6,24851.37%-334-2.74%12,162
Totals2,796,83359.47%1,905,94640.53%620.00%890,88718.94%4,702,841

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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