1964 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1964 United States presidential election in Indiana
Flag of Indiana.svg
  1960 November 3, 1964 1968  
  37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote130
Popular vote1,170,848911,118
Percentage55.98%43.56%

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County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

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. George Wallace ran in the Democratic primary, but was defeated by Governor Matthew E. Welsh, who served as a surrogate for Johnson. [2]

Contents

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 2024 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

1964 United States presidential election in Indiana [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 1,170,848 55.98%
Republican Barry Goldwater 911,11843.56%
Prohibition E. Harold Munn 8,2660.40%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,3740.07%
Total votes2,091,606 100%

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [7]
# %# %# %# %
Adams 6,63760.48%4,23038.55%1060.97%2,40721.93%10,973
Allen 50,70650.53%49,28449.11%3630.36%1,4221.42%100,353
Bartholomew 12,94053.72%11,02645.77%1240.51%1,9147.95%24,090
Benton 2,94050.42%2,88649.49%50.09%540.93%5,831
Blackford 4,21061.65%2,55237.37%670.98%1,65824.28%6,829
Boone 6,71647.36%7,41952.32%460.32%-703-4.96%14,181
Brown 2,13560.24%1,39039.22%190.54%74521.02%3,544
Carroll 4,78954.96%3,89644.71%290.33%89310.25%8,714
Cass 11,14858.74%7,73540.76%950.50%3,41317.98%18,978
Clark 17,33068.89%7,70130.61%1250.50%9,62938.28%25,156
Clay 6,52854.28%5,41245.00%860.72%1,1169.28%12,026
Clinton 8,35353.61%7,15745.93%720.46%1,1967.68%15,582
Crawford 2,51457.40%1,82841.74%380.87%68615.66%4,380
Daviess 6,52850.62%6,31949.00%480.37%2091.62%12,895
Dearborn 7,69958.33%5,47341.47%260.20%2,22616.86%13,198
Decatur 5,56453.94%4,70245.58%490.48%8628.36%10,315
DeKalb 7,55954.42%6,21044.71%1200.86%1,3499.71%13,889
Delaware 28,46958.48%20,02241.13%1870.38%8,44717.35%48,678
Dubois 10,11472.56%3,80027.26%250.18%6,31445.30%13,939
Elkhart 21,67951.72%19,87047.41%3650.87%1,8094.31%41,914
Fayette 6,71358.92%4,63740.70%430.38%2,07618.22%11,393
Floyd 15,65666.23%7,83433.14%1480.63%7,82233.09%23,638
Fountain 5,57454.23%4,66645.40%380.37%9088.83%10,278
Franklin 4,02157.48%2,95642.26%180.26%1,06515.22%6,995
Fulton 4,37449.60%4,41050.01%340.39%-36-0.41%8,818
Gibson 10,50763.84%5,86535.64%860.52%4,64228.20%16,458
Grant 17,57454.08%14,68845.20%2320.71%2,8868.88%32,494
Greene 8,57458.85%5,91940.62%770.53%2,65518.23%14,570
Hamilton 7,55338.38%12,06061.28%680.35%-4,507-22.90%19,681
Hancock 6,57350.59%6,37049.03%500.38%2031.56%12,993
Harrison 5,94961.28%3,67137.81%880.91%2,27823.47%9,708
Hendricks 8,85743.41%11,49756.34%510.25%-2,640-12.93%20,405
Henry 12,37454.52%10,18444.87%1390.61%2,1909.65%22,697
Howard 17,80957.56%12,89741.68%2350.76%4,91215.88%30,941
Huntington 9,30855.26%7,43844.16%980.58%1,87011.10%16,844
Jackson 8,57257.26%6,28541.98%1140.76%2,28715.28%14,971
Jasper 3,99546.91%4,49752.81%240.28%-502-5.90%8,516
Jay 6,78159.91%4,43939.22%980.87%2,34220.69%11,318
Jefferson 6,69457.78%4,80841.50%840.73%1,88616.28%11,586
Jennings 4,30755.14%3,46944.41%350.45%83810.73%7,811
Johnson 10,09948.87%10,47250.68%920.45%-373-1.81%20,663
Knox 12,67862.11%7,61237.29%1210.59%5,06624.82%20,411
Kosciusko 8,75945.18%10,48854.10%1410.73%-1,729-8.92%19,388
LaGrange 2,81849.96%2,78549.38%370.66%330.58%5,640
Lake 134,97864.42%73,72235.19%8230.39%61,25629.23%209,523
LaPorte 22,22057.57%16,27042.16%1040.27%5,95015.41%38,594
Lawrence 8,67751.17%8,18648.28%930.55%4912.89%16,956
Madison 33,32557.73%24,17141.87%2330.40%9,15415.86%57,729
Marion 152,41851.43%143,01548.25%9480.32%9,4033.18%296,381
Marshall 8,39751.15%7,89548.10%1230.75%5023.05%16,415
Martin 3,13760.96%2,00038.87%90.17%1,13722.09%5,146
Miami 7,66754.53%6,27044.59%1230.87%1,3979.94%14,060
Monroe 11,91853.27%10,30946.08%1450.65%1,6097.19%22,372
Montgomery 8,04250.48%7,82349.11%650.41%2191.37%15,930
Morgan 7,01145.44%8,34754.10%700.45%-1,336-8.66%15,428
Newton 2,54747.70%2,78052.06%130.24%-233-4.36%5,340
Noble 7,62157.03%5,68242.52%600.45%1,93914.51%13,363
Ohio 1,39760.53%90539.21%60.26%49221.32%2,308
Orange 4,49051.55%4,18748.07%330.38%3033.48%8,710
Owen 3,33954.20%2,78845.26%330.54%5518.94%6,160
Parke 4,03452.93%3,57046.84%170.22%4646.09%7,621
Perry 6,22666.65%3,09033.08%250.27%3,13633.57%9,341
Pike 4,51962.14%2,70337.17%500.69%1,81624.97%7,272
Porter 12,97547.00%14,48052.45%1520.55%-1,505-5.45%27,607
Posey 6,16463.09%3,57336.57%330.34%2,59126.52%9,770
Pulaski 3,40851.37%3,20248.27%240.36%2063.10%6,634
Putnam 6,27553.96%5,33145.84%240.21%9448.12%11,630
Randolph 6,80450.38%6,55148.50%1511.12%2531.88%13,506
Ripley 5,93356.23%4,58743.47%320.30%1,34612.76%10,552
Rush 4,45049.31%4,50749.94%680.75%-57-0.63%9,025
St. Joseph 65,84461.91%39,87237.49%6300.59%25,97224.42%106,346
Scott 4,20567.79%1,99232.11%60.10%2,21335.68%6,203
Shelby 9,07855.17%7,31044.42%670.41%1,76810.75%16,455
Spencer 4,83454.72%3,98045.05%200.23%8549.67%8,834
Starke 4,83858.14%3,46641.65%170.20%1,37216.49%8,321
Steuben 3,99949.34%4,07550.28%310.38%-76-0.94%8,105
Sullivan 7,35165.28%3,86734.34%420.37%3,48430.94%11,260
Switzerland 2,23161.29%1,39038.19%190.52%84123.10%3,640
Tippecanoe 20,25751.45%19,03648.35%790.20%1,2213.10%39,372
Tipton 4,41053.03%3,86346.45%430.52%5476.58%8,316
Union 1,46348.69%1,53150.95%110.37%-68-2.26%3,005
Vanderburgh 45,79662.39%27,23137.10%3800.52%18,56525.29%73,407
Vermillion 5,95763.49%3,39736.21%280.30%2,56027.28%9,382
Vigo 27,60659.05%19,00140.64%1440.31%8,60518.41%46,751
Wabash 7,48551.50%6,90547.51%1451.00%5803.99%14,535
Warren 2,26151.10%2,15448.68%100.23%1072.42%4,425
Warrick 7,22262.04%4,37637.59%420.36%2,84624.45%11,640
Washington 4,94357.66%3,59841.97%320.37%1,34515.69%8,573
Wayne 15,26949.70%15,34249.93%1130.37%-73-0.23%30,724
Wells 5,94559.12%4,01839.96%920.91%1,92719.16%10,055
White 5,40751.72%5,01547.97%330.32%3923.75%10,455
Whitley 5,79853.95%4,89645.56%530.49%9028.39%10,747
Totals1,170,84855.98%911,11843.56%9,6400.46%259,73012.42%2,091,606

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)" . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  2. Black & Black 1992, p. 160.
  3. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 187-192 ISBN   0786422173
  4. "Indiana Presidential Election Voting History". 270toWin. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana" . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 147-148 ISBN   0405077114

Works cited