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.
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Illinois was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 59.47% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 40.53% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], 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
editTurnout
editTurnout 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
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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.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) (write-in) | 82,027 | 91.63 |
| George Wallace (write-in) | 3,761 | 4.20 |
| Robert F. Kennedy (write-in) | 2,894 | 3.23 |
| Other write-ins | 841 | 0.94 |
| Total | 89,523 | 100 |
Republican
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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]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Barry M. Goldwater | 512,840 | 61.95 |
| Margaret Chase Smith | 209,521 | 25.31 |
| Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (write-in) | 68,122 | 8.23 |
| Richard M. Nixon (write-in) | 30,313 | 3.66 |
| George Wallace (write-in) | 2,203 | 0.27 |
| Nelson A. Rockefeller (write-in) | 2,048 | 0.25 |
| William Scranton (write-in) | 1,842 | 0.22 |
| George Romney (write-in) | 465 | 0.06 |
| Other write-ins | 437 | 0.05 |
| Total | 827,791 | 100 |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 2,796,833 | 59.47% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 1,905,946 | 40.53% | |
| Write-in | Others | 62 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,702,841 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic |
Barry Goldwater Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[9] | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 18,321 | 56.70% | 13,993 | 43.30% | 4,328 | 13.40% | 32,314 | ||
| Alexander | 4,763 | 62.20% | 2,895 | 37.80% | 1,868 | 24.40% | 7,658 | ||
| Bond | 3,815 | 55.51% | 3,058 | 44.49% | 757 | 11.02% | 6,873 | ||
| Boone | 3,694 | 42.23% | 5,053 | 57.77% | -1,359 | -15.54% | 8,747 | ||
| Brown | 2,083 | 60.59% | 1,355 | 39.41% | 728 | 21.18% | 3,438 | ||
| Bureau | 9,086 | 48.75% | 9,552 | 51.25% | -466 | -2.50% | 18,638 | ||
| Calhoun | 1,805 | 58.36% | 1,288 | 41.64% | 517 | 16.72% | 3,093 | ||
| Carroll | 4,062 | 47.51% | 4,487 | 52.49% | -425 | -4.98% | 8,549 | ||
| Cass | 4,424 | 60.94% | 2,836 | 39.06% | 1,588 | 21.88% | 7,260 | ||
| Champaign | 25,792 | 53.96% | 22,010 | 46.04% | 3,782 | 7.92% | 47,802 | ||
| Christian | 11,898 | 65.91% | 6,153 | 34.09% | 5,745 | 31.82% | 18,051 | ||
| Clark | 4,464 | 50.34% | 4,403 | 49.66% | 61 | 0.68% | 8,867 | ||
| Clay | 4,551 | 55.39% | 3,665 | 44.61% | 886 | 10.78% | 8,216 | ||
| Clinton | 7,339 | 61.00% | 4,692 | 39.00% | 2,647 | 22.00% | 12,031 | ||
| Coles | 11,377 | 56.17% | 8,878 | 43.83% | 2,499 | 12.34% | 20,255 | ||
| Cook | 1,537,181 | 63.18% | 895,718 | 36.82% | 641,463 | 26.36% | 2,432,899 | ||
| Crawford | 5,624 | 53.78% | 4,834 | 46.22% | 790 | 7.56% | 10,458 | ||
| Cumberland | 3,056 | 57.58% | 2,251 | 42.42% | 805 | 15.16% | 5,307 | ||
| DeKalb | 10,257 | 46.52% | 11,791 | 53.48% | 1 | 0.00% | -1,534 | -6.96% | 22,049 |
| DeWitt | 4,371 | 54.80% | 3,605 | 45.20% | 766 | 9.60% | 7,976 | ||
| Douglas | 4,695 | 52.65% | 4,223 | 47.35% | 472 | 5.30% | 8,918 | ||
| DuPage | 66,229 | 40.11% | 98,871 | 59.89% | -32,642 | -19.78% | 165,100 | ||
| Edgar | 5,966 | 50.59% | 5,827 | 49.41% | 139 | 1.18% | 11,793 | ||
| Edwards | 1,991 | 46.81% | 2,262 | 53.19% | -271 | -6.38% | 4,253 | ||
| Effingham | 6,782 | 57.35% | 5,044 | 42.65% | 1,738 | 14.70% | 11,826 | ||
| Fayette | 6,295 | 58.36% | 4,492 | 41.64% | 1,803 | 16.72% | 10,787 | ||
| Ford | 3,427 | 42.43% | 4,650 | 57.57% | -1,223 | -15.14% | 8,077 | ||
| Franklin | 13,581 | 64.06% | 7,620 | 35.94% | 5,961 | 28.12% | 21,201 | ||
| Fulton | 13,030 | 62.60% | 7,785 | 37.40% | 5,245 | 25.20% | 20,815 | ||
| Gallatin | 2,845 | 67.11% | 1,394 | 32.89% | 1,451 | 34.22% | 4,239 | ||
| Greene | 4,781 | 60.45% | 3,128 | 39.55% | 1,653 | 20.90% | 7,909 | ||
| Grundy | 5,246 | 48.72% | 5,522 | 51.28% | -276 | -2.56% | 10,768 | ||
| Hamilton | 3,133 | 55.02% | 2,561 | 44.98% | 572 | 10.04% | 5,694 | ||
| Hancock | 6,199 | 52.73% | 5,557 | 47.27% | 642 | 5.46% | 11,756 | ||
| Hardin | 1,639 | 55.32% | 1,324 | 44.68% | 315 | 10.64% | 2,963 | ||
| Henderson | 2,271 | 54.93% | 1,863 | 45.07% | 408 | 9.86% | 4,134 | ||
| Henry | 12,085 | 53.17% | 10,644 | 46.83% | 1,441 | 6.34% | 22,729 | ||
| Iroquois | 7,029 | 42.72% | 9,423 | 57.28% | -2,394 | -14.56% | 16,452 | ||
| Jackson | 12,165 | 63.43% | 7,013 | 36.57% | 5,152 | 26.86% | 19,178 | ||
| Jasper | 3,406 | 56.58% | 2,614 | 43.42% | 792 | 13.16% | 6,020 | ||
| Jefferson | 9,653 | 60.71% | 6,248 | 39.29% | 3,405 | 21.42% | 15,901 | ||
| Jersey | 3,936 | 56.41% | 3,041 | 43.59% | 895 | 12.82% | 6,977 | ||
| Jo Daviess | 4,818 | 51.12% | 4,607 | 48.88% | 211 | 2.24% | 9,425 | ||
| Johnson | 1,770 | 44.39% | 2,217 | 55.61% | -447 | -11.22% | 3,987 | ||
| Kane | 40,703 | 46.73% | 46,391 | 53.27% | -5,688 | -6.54% | 87,094 | ||
| Kankakee | 20,792 | 56.39% | 16,082 | 43.61% | 4,710 | 12.78% | 36,874 | ||
| Kendall | 3,430 | 37.53% | 5,710 | 62.47% | -2,280 | -24.94% | 9,140 | ||
| Knox | 15,000 | 53.86% | 12,850 | 46.14% | 2,150 | 7.72% | 27,850 | ||
| Lake | 62,785 | 51.60% | 58,840 | 48.36% | 42 | 0.03% | 3,945 | 3.24% | 121,667 |
| LaSalle | 30,923 | 59.31% | 21,216 | 40.69% | 9,707 | 18.62% | 52,139 | ||
| Lawrence | 5,136 | 55.15% | 4,176 | 44.85% | 960 | 10.30% | 9,312 | ||
| Lee | 7,315 | 46.41% | 8,445 | 53.59% | -1,130 | -7.18% | 15,760 | ||
| Livingston | 8,476 | 45.29% | 10,239 | 54.71% | -1,763 | -9.42% | 18,715 | ||
| Logan | 7,712 | 53.12% | 6,805 | 46.88% | 907 | 6.24% | 14,517 | ||
| Macon | 35,045 | 66.12% | 17,957 | 33.88% | 17,088 | 32.24% | 53,002 | ||
| Macoupin | 15,227 | 64.37% | 8,430 | 35.63% | 6,797 | 28.74% | 23,657 | ||
| Madison | 65,115 | 68.45% | 30,009 | 31.55% | 35,106 | 36.90% | 95,124 | ||
| Marion | 12,363 | 63.65% | 7,060 | 36.35% | 5,303 | 27.30% | 19,423 | ||
| Marshall | 3,561 | 52.60% | 3,209 | 47.40% | 352 | 5.20% | 6,770 | ||
| Mason | 4,857 | 63.16% | 2,833 | 36.84% | 2,024 | 26.32% | 7,690 | ||
| Massac | 3,396 | 52.46% | 3,078 | 47.54% | 318 | 4.92% | 6,474 | ||
| McDonough | 6,144 | 47.08% | 6,907 | 52.92% | -763 | -5.84% | 13,051 | ||
| McHenry | 18,014 | 44.46% | 22,503 | 55.54% | -4,489 | -11.08% | 40,517 | ||
| McLean | 19,550 | 50.56% | 19,120 | 49.44% | 430 | 1.12% | 38,670 | ||
| Menard | 2,491 | 51.76% | 2,322 | 48.24% | 169 | 3.52% | 4,813 | ||
| Mercer | 4,410 | 51.10% | 4,220 | 48.90% | 190 | 2.20% | 8,630 | ||
| Monroe | 4,605 | 53.92% | 3,936 | 46.08% | 669 | 7.84% | 8,541 | ||
| Montgomery | 10,581 | 62.22% | 6,425 | 37.78% | 4,156 | 24.44% | 17,006 | ||
| Morgan | 9,235 | 56.05% | 7,240 | 43.95% | 1,995 | 12.10% | 16,475 | ||
| Moultrie | 3,733 | 59.96% | 2,493 | 40.04% | 1,240 | 19.92% | 6,226 | ||
| Ogle | 6,917 | 39.87% | 10,430 | 60.13% | -3,513 | -20.26% | 17,347 | ||
| Peoria | 47,360 | 58.70% | 33,327 | 41.30% | 14,033 | 17.40% | 80,687 | ||
| Perry | 6,639 | 60.76% | 4,287 | 39.24% | 2,352 | 21.52% | 10,926 | ||
| Piatt | 3,897 | 55.37% | 3,141 | 44.63% | 756 | 10.74% | 7,038 | ||
| Pike | 6,576 | 61.52% | 4,113 | 38.48% | 2,463 | 23.04% | 10,689 | ||
| Pope | 1,117 | 45.67% | 1,329 | 54.33% | -212 | -8.66% | 2,446 | ||
| Pulaski | 3,332 | 66.01% | 1,716 | 33.99% | 1,616 | 32.02% | 5,048 | ||
| Putnam | 1,359 | 54.58% | 1,131 | 45.42% | 228 | 9.16% | 2,490 | ||
| Randolph | 9,199 | 61.32% | 5,803 | 38.68% | 3,396 | 22.64% | 15,002 | ||
| Richland | 4,239 | 52.08% | 3,901 | 47.92% | 338 | 4.16% | 8,140 | ||
| Rock Island | 41,759 | 63.78% | 23,714 | 36.22% | 18,045 | 27.56% | 65,473 | ||
| Saline | 8,337 | 59.43% | 5,691 | 40.57% | 2,646 | 18.86% | 14,028 | ||
| Sangamon | 43,073 | 56.55% | 33,077 | 43.43% | 16 | 0.02% | 9,996 | 13.12% | 76,166 |
| Schuyler | 2,504 | 50.88% | 2,417 | 49.12% | 87 | 1.76% | 4,921 | ||
| Scott | 1,952 | 54.54% | 1,627 | 45.46% | 325 | 9.08% | 3,579 | ||
| Shelby | 7,088 | 62.34% | 4,281 | 37.66% | 2,807 | 24.68% | 11,369 | ||
| St. Clair | 74,005 | 72.39% | 28,226 | 27.61% | 45,779 | 44.78% | 102,231 | ||
| Stark | 1,776 | 45.62% | 2,117 | 54.38% | -341 | -8.76% | 3,893 | ||
| Stephenson | 10,854 | 53.98% | 9,252 | 46.02% | 1,602 | 7.96% | 20,106 | ||
| Tazewell | 28,561 | 62.45% | 17,170 | 37.55% | 11,391 | 24.90% | 45,731 | ||
| Union | 5,208 | 62.37% | 3,142 | 37.63% | 2,066 | 24.74% | 8,350 | ||
| Vermilion | 24,765 | 55.94% | 19,506 | 44.06% | 5,259 | 11.88% | 44,271 | ||
| Wabash | 3,721 | 56.16% | 2,905 | 43.84% | 816 | 12.32% | 6,626 | ||
| Warren | 4,670 | 47.02% | 5,258 | 52.95% | 3 | 0.03% | -588 | -5.93% | 9,931 |
| Washington | 3,670 | 48.87% | 3,840 | 51.13% | -170 | -2.26% | 7,510 | ||
| Wayne | 5,198 | 52.28% | 4,745 | 47.72% | 453 | 4.56% | 9,943 | ||
| White | 5,963 | 59.85% | 4,000 | 40.15% | 1,963 | 19.70% | 9,963 | ||
| Whiteside | 12,536 | 49.21% | 12,940 | 50.79% | -404 | -1.58% | 25,476 | ||
| Will | 49,663 | 56.25% | 38,619 | 43.75% | 11,044 | 12.50% | 88,282 | ||
| Williamson | 14,613 | 61.55% | 9,130 | 38.45% | 5,483 | 23.10% | 23,743 | ||
| Winnebago | 48,834 | 55.02% | 39,920 | 44.98% | 8,914 | 10.04% | 88,754 | ||
| Woodford | 5,914 | 48.63% | 6,248 | 51.37% | -334 | -2.74% | 12,162 | ||
| Totals | 2,796,833 | 59.47% | 1,905,946 | 40.53% | 62 | 0.00% | 890,887 | 18.94% | 4,702,841 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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- Cass
- Coles
- Fayette
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Greene
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Jefferson
- Jersey
- Jo Daviess
- Kankakee
- Marion
- Marshall
- Mason
- Macon
- Moultrie
- Piatt
- Pike
- Pulaski
- Randolph
- Saline
- Schuyler
- Shelby
- Union
- Vermilion
- Will
- Williamson
- Winnebago
- Henry
- LaSalle
- Montgomery
- Perry
- Stephenson
- Adams
- Brown
- Cumberland
- Crawford
- DeWitt
- Douglas
- Edgar
- Logan
- Menard
- Mercer
- Monroe
- Morgan
- Peoria
- Putnam
- Sangamon
- Scott
- Tazewell
- Calhoun
- Henderson
- Knox
- Champaign
- Clark
- Clay
- Effingham
- Lake
- Lawrence
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Massac
- McLean
- Richland
- Wabash
- Wayne
- White
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ a b c d e f g h "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1964 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1963–1964 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL, 14, 1964" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 1, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 10, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 884. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Our Campaigns; IL US President 1964