1964 United States presidential election in Illinois explained

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Election Name:	1964 United States presidential election in Illinois
Country:	Illinois
Flag Year:	1915
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1960 United States presidential election in Illinois
Previous Year:	1960
Next Election:	1968 United States presidential election in Illinois
Next Year:	1968
Election Date:	November 3, 1964^[1]
Image1:	37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Hubert Humphrey
Electoral Vote1:	26
Popular Vote1:	2,796,833
Percentage1:	59.47%
Nominee2:	Barry Goldwater
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Arizona
Running Mate2:	William E. Miller
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	1,905,946
Percentage2:	40.53%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Turnout:	84.97%

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.

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]}, 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]

Democratic

Election Name:	1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1960 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:	1960
Next Election:	1968 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:	1968
Type:	presidential
Country:	Illinois
Candidate1:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Color1:	668c63
Home State1:	Texas
Popular Vote1:	82,027
Percentage1:	91.63%
Map Size:	280px

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! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
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

Election Name:	1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Country:	Illinois
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1960 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Previous Year:	1960
Next Election:	1968 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Next Year:	1968
Candidate1:	Barry Goldwater
Color1:	a59400
Home State1:	Arizona
Popular Vote1:	512,840
Percentage1:	61.95%
Candidate2:	Margaret Chase Smith
Color2:	cc97cc
Home State2:	Maine
Popular Vote2:	209,521
Percentage2:	25.31%
Candidate3:	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Color3:	73638c
Home State3:	Massachusetts
Popular Vote3:	68,122
Percentage3:	8.23%

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^[8] ! style="text-align:left;"

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

Results by county

County	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		Various candidates Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast^[9]
		%		%		%		%
	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

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica. May 30, 2017.
2. Web site: 1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69). May 30, 2017.
3. Web site: 1964 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois. May 30, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964. May 30, 2017.
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. Web site: 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 . Illinois State Board of Elections . 1 July 2020 .
7. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 . www.elections.il.gov . Illinois State Board of Elections . 10 April 2020 .
8. Book: Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968. Illinois Secretary of State . 884 . 30 March 2020.
9. Our Campaigns; IL US President 1964