1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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  1960 November 3, 1964 1968  
Turnout74% Decrease2.svg
  37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Goldwater and Miller (cropped).jpg
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote130
Popular vote800,139624,844
Percentage56.15%43.85%

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1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina results map by congressional district.svg

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1964, and was part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Campaign

Polling initially showed Goldwater leading in North Carolina, but his farm policies, particularly his opposition to federal tobacco price support, hurt his campaign. [1]

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election when the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Wayne, Moore, and Lenoir. [2]

Results

1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)800,13956.15%13
Republican Barry Goldwater 624,84443.85%0
Totals1,424,983100.0%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county [4]
County Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
Margin
 %# %# %#
Northampton 80.96%5,04619.04%1,18761.91%3,859
Hertford 79.91%3,95320.09%99459.81%2,959
Robeson 79.35%13,79620.65%3,59158.69%10,205
Bertie 78.16%3,33221.84%93156.32%2,401
Martin 76.14%4,82123.86%1,51152.27%3,310
Scotland 75.77%3,84424.23%1,22951.55%2,615
Gates 75.38%1,70224.62%55650.75%1,146
Greene 75.06%2,71224.94%90150.12%1,811
Hoke 74.32%2,25425.68%77948.63%1,475
Jones 73.29%2,12926.71%77646.57%1,353
Richmond 73.17%8,51626.83%3,12346.34%5,393
Tyrrell 72.70%99627.30%37445.40%622
Anson 70.66%4,14429.34%1,72141.31%2,423
Pitt 68.73%11,31731.27%5,14937.46%6,168
Hyde 68.68%1,12731.32%51437.36%613
Person 68.68%4,74031.32%2,16237.35%2,578
Washington 68.65%2,50531.35%1,14437.30%1,361
Franklin 68.47%4,55431.53%2,09736.94%2,457
Chowan 68.30%1,69631.70%78736.61%909
Bladen 67.55%4,51632.45%2,16935.11%2,347
Columbus 66.82%9,00433.18%4,47133.64%4,533
Edgecombe 66.58%7,83433.42%3,93233.16%3,902
Currituck 66.26%1,45533.74%74132.51%714
Haywood 65.67%10,66434.33%5,57531.34%5,089
Halifax 65.30%8,95234.70%4,75730.60%4,195
Duplin 65.23%7,16934.77%3,82130.46%3,348
Yancey 64.95%3,71435.05%2,00429.91%1,710
Pamlico 64.30%1,86435.70%1,03528.60%829
Pasquotank 64.21%4,26935.79%2,38028.41%1,889
Granville 63.66%4,59636.34%2,62427.31%1,972
Lee 63.21%4,73036.79%2,75326.42%1,977
Union 63.02%7,20836.98%4,22926.05%2,979
Dare 63.00%1,47637.00%86725.99%609
Beaufort 62.88%6,09037.12%3,59525.76%2,495
Pender 62.04%3,20537.96%1,96124.08%1,244
Buncombe 62.01%31,62337.99%19,37224.02%12,251
Camden 61.97%87038.03%53423.93%336
Orange 61.41%9,20638.59%5,78522.82%3,421
Craven 61.27%7,42238.73%4,69122.55%2,731
Onslow 61.23%5,95538.77%3,77122.46%2,184
Perquimans 60.78%1,45839.22%94121.55%517
Jackson 60.65%4,90539.35%3,18321.29%1,722
Cumberland 60.39%13,86439.61%9,09320.78%4,771
McDowell 60.20%6,31439.80%4,17420.40%2,140
Alleghany 60.09%2,36839.91%1,57320.17%795
Vance 60.04%5,18639.96%3,45220.07%1,734
Durham 59.98%22,87440.02%15,26419.95%7,610
Swain 59.93%2,29440.07%1,53419.85%760
Warren 59.88%2,84940.12%1,90919.76%940
Carteret 59.23%6,23140.77%4,28918.46%1,942
Wilson 59.13%7,23840.87%5,00218.27%2,236
Nash 58.89%9,16341.11%6,39617.78%2,767
Wake 58.41%31,65341.59%22,54216.81%9,111
Caswell 58.36%2,51341.64%1,79316.72%720
Cleveland 57.92%10,83642.08%7,87415.83%2,962
Johnston 57.85%10,32642.15%7,52315.70%2,803
Lenoir 57.56%7,61742.44%5,61715.11%2,000
Rutherford 57.28%9,54142.72%7,11514.57%2,426
Macon 56.55%3,77443.45%2,90013.10%874
Wayne 56.45%9,79143.55%7,55512.89%2,236
Chatham 56.29%5,29543.71%4,11112.59%1,184
Burke 55.97%12,81544.03%10,08111.94%2,734
Harnett 55.97%7,47744.03%5,88311.93%1,594
Cherokee 55.90%3,82344.10%3,01611.80%807
Transylvania 55.83%4,48344.17%3,54711.66%936
Rockingham 55.78%11,43244.22%9,06311.56%2,369
Lincoln 55.45%7,30444.55%5,86910.89%1,435
Graham 55.41%1,73744.59%1,39810.81%339
Caldwell 55.40%10,84644.60%8,73310.79%2,113
Moore 55.29%6,38444.71%5,16210.58%1,222
Surry 55.17%9,81044.83%7,97010.35%1,840
Ashe 54.64%4,96545.36%4,1219.29%844
Gaston 54.11%20,19745.89%17,1298.22%3,068
Montgomery 53.74%3,93346.26%3,3857.49%548
Madison 53.44%3,82946.56%3,3366.88%493
Brunswick 53.26%4,24046.74%3,7216.52%519
Clay 53.12%1,45746.88%1,2866.23%171
Guilford 52.87%39,96947.13%35,6355.73%4,334
Polk 52.18%3,01747.82%2,7654.36%252
Mecklenburg 51.56%49,58248.44%46,5893.11%2,993
Sampson 51.38%8,06748.62%7,6342.76%433
Stokes 51.22%4,89848.78%4,6642.45%234
Forsyth 51.08%31,61548.92%30,2762.16%1,339
New Hanover 50.90%12,58449.10%12,1401.80%444
Watauga 50.62%4,03149.38%3,9321.24%99
Alamance 50.36%15,39749.64%15,1770.72%220
Rowan 50.22%14,93449.78%14,8040.44%130
Alexander 49.75%3,72250.25%3,760-0.51%-38
Catawba 48.02%15,81451.98%17,116-3.95%-1,302
Cabarrus 47.50%11,92152.50%13,178-5.01%-1,257
Stanly 47.05%7,93152.95%8,924-5.89%-993
Iredell 46.56%11,23153.44%12,892-6.89%-1,661
Wilkes 45.45%9,17654.55%11,014-9.10%-1,838
Davidson 44.27%13,73555.73%17,292-11.46%-3,557
Randolph 43.64%10,63856.36%13,739-12.72%-3,101
Davie 40.90%3,08659.10%4,460-18.21%-1,374
Henderson 40.86%6,06659.14%8,780-18.28%-2,714
Yadkin 38.30%3,63861.70%5,860-23.39%-2,222
Avery 36.44%1,52363.56%2,656-27.11%-1,133
Mitchell 34.73%1,73665.27%3,263-30.55%-1,527

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