1964 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1964 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Flag Year:	1917
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1960 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1960
Next Election:	1968 United States presidential election in Indiana
Next Year:	1968
Election Date:	November 3, 1964
Image1:	File:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Hubert Humphrey
Electoral Vote1:	13
Popular Vote1:	1,170,848
Percentage1:	55.98%
Nominee2:	Barry Goldwater
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Arizona
Running Mate2:	William E. Miller
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	911,118
Percentage2:	43.56%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

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.

Campaign

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

This is the only time that Randolph County and Wabash County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[2] This was also the first time Indiana voted Democratic since 1936.^[3], 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.^[4]

Results

Results by county

County	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[5]
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		6,637		60.48%		4,230		38.55%		106		0.97%		2,407		21.93%		10,973
	Allen		50,706		50.53%		49,284		49.11%		363		0.36%		1,422		1.42%		100,353
	Bartholomew		12,940		53.72%		11,026		45.77%		124		0.51%		1,914		7.95%		24,090
	Benton		2,940		50.42%		2,886		49.49%		5		0.09%		54		0.93%		5,831
	Blackford		4,210		61.65%		2,552		37.37%		67		0.98%		1,658		24.28%		6,829
	Boone		6,716		47.36%		7,419		52.32%		46		0.32%		-703		-4.96%		14,181
	Brown		2,135		60.24%		1,390		39.22%		19		0.54%		745		21.02%		3,544
	Carroll		4,789		54.96%		3,896		44.71%		29		0.33%		893		10.25%		8,714
	Cass		11,148		58.74%		7,735		40.76%		95		0.50%		3,413		17.98%		18,978
	Clark		17,330		68.89%		7,701		30.61%		125		0.50%		9,629		38.28%		25,156
	Clay		6,528		54.28%		5,412		45.00%		86		0.72%		1,116		9.28%		12,026
	Clinton		8,353		53.61%		7,157		45.93%		72		0.46%		1,196		7.68%		15,582
	Crawford		2,514		57.40%		1,828		41.74%		38		0.87%		686		15.66%		4,380
	Daviess		6,528		50.62%		6,319		49.00%		48		0.37%		209		1.62%		12,895
	Dearborn		7,699		58.33%		5,473		41.47%		26		0.20%		2,226		16.86%		13,198
	Decatur		5,564		53.94%		4,702		45.58%		49		0.48%		862		8.36%		10,315
	DeKalb		7,559		54.42%		6,210		44.71%		120		0.86%		1,349		9.71%		13,889
	Delaware		28,469		58.48%		20,022		41.13%		187		0.38%		8,447		17.35%		48,678
	Dubois		10,114		72.56%		3,800		27.26%		25		0.18%		6,314		45.30%		13,939
	Elkhart		21,679		51.72%		19,870		47.41%		365		0.87%		1,809		4.31%		41,914
	Fayette		6,713		58.92%		4,637		40.70%		43		0.38%		2,076		18.22%		11,393
	Floyd		15,656		66.23%		7,834		33.14%		148		0.63%		7,822		33.09%		23,638
	Fountain		5,574		54.23%		4,666		45.40%		38		0.37%		908		8.83%		10,278
	Franklin		4,021		57.48%		2,956		42.26%		18		0.26%		1,065		15.22%		6,995
	Fulton		4,374		49.60%		4,410		50.01%		34		0.39%		-36		-0.41%		8,818
	Gibson		10,507		63.84%		5,865		35.64%		86		0.52%		4,642		28.20%		16,458
	Grant		17,574		54.08%		14,688		45.20%		232		0.71%		2,886		8.88%		32,494
	Greene		8,574		58.85%		5,919		40.62%		77		0.53%		2,655		18.23%		14,570
	Hamilton		7,553		38.38%		12,060		61.28%		68		0.35%		-4,507		-22.90%		19,681
	Hancock		6,573		50.59%		6,370		49.03%		50		0.38%		203		1.56%		12,993
	Harrison		5,949		61.28%		3,671		37.81%		88		0.91%		2,278		23.47%		9,708
	Hendricks		8,857		43.41%		11,497		56.34%		51		0.25%		-2,640		-12.93%		20,405
	Henry		12,374		54.52%		10,184		44.87%		139		0.61%		2,190		9.65%		22,697
	Howard		17,809		57.56%		12,897		41.68%		235		0.76%		4,912		15.88%		30,941
	Huntington		9,308		55.26%		7,438		44.16%		98		0.58%		1,870		11.10%		16,844
	Jackson		8,572		57.26%		6,285		41.98%		114		0.76%		2,287		15.28%		14,971
	Jasper		3,995		46.91%		4,497		52.81%		24		0.28%		-502		-5.90%		8,516
	Jay		6,781		59.91%		4,439		39.22%		98		0.87%		2,342		20.69%		11,318
	Jefferson		6,694		57.78%		4,808		41.50%		84		0.73%		1,886		16.28%		11,586
	Jennings		4,307		55.14%		3,469		44.41%		35		0.45%		838		10.73%		7,811
	Johnson		10,099		48.87%		10,472		50.68%		92		0.45%		-373		-1.81%		20,663
	Knox		12,678		62.11%		7,612		37.29%		121		0.59%		5,066		24.82%		20,411
	Kosciusko		8,759		45.18%		10,488		54.10%		141		0.73%		-1,729		-8.92%		19,388
	LaGrange		2,818		49.96%		2,785		49.38%		37		0.66%		33		0.58%		5,640
	Lake		134,978		64.42%		73,722		35.19%		823		0.39%		61,256		29.23%		209,523
	LaPorte		22,220		57.57%		16,270		42.16%		104		0.27%		5,950		15.41%		38,594
	Lawrence		8,677		51.17%		8,186		48.28%		93		0.55%		491		2.89%		16,956
	Madison		33,325		57.73%		24,171		41.87%		233		0.40%		9,154		15.86%		57,729
	Marion		152,418		51.43%		143,015		48.25%		948		0.32%		9,403		3.18%		296,381
	Marshall		8,397		51.15%		7,895		48.10%		123		0.75%		502		3.05%		16,415
	Martin		3,137		60.96%		2,000		38.87%		9		0.17%		1,137		22.09%		5,146
	Miami		7,667		54.53%		6,270		44.59%		123		0.87%		1,397		9.94%		14,060
	Monroe		11,918		53.27%		10,309		46.08%		145		0.65%		1,609		7.19%		22,372
	Montgomery		8,042		50.48%		7,823		49.11%		65		0.41%		219		1.37%		15,930
	Morgan		7,011		45.44%		8,347		54.10%		70		0.45%		-1,336		-8.66%		15,428
	Newton		2,547		47.70%		2,780		52.06%		13		0.24%		-233		-4.36%		5,340
	Noble		7,621		57.03%		5,682		42.52%		60		0.45%		1,939		14.51%		13,363
	Ohio		1,397		60.53%		905		39.21%		6		0.26%		492		21.32%		2,308
	Orange		4,490		51.55%		4,187		48.07%		33		0.38%		303		3.48%		8,710
	Owen		3,339		54.20%		2,788		45.26%		33		0.54%		551		8.94%		6,160
	Parke		4,034		52.93%		3,570		46.84%		17		0.22%		464		6.09%		7,621
	Perry		6,226		66.65%		3,090		33.08%		25		0.27%		3,136		33.57%		9,341
	Pike		4,519		62.14%		2,703		37.17%		50		0.69%		1,816		24.97%		7,272
	Porter		12,975		47.00%		14,480		52.45%		152		0.55%		-1,505		-5.45%		27,607
	Posey		6,164		63.09%		3,573		36.57%		33		0.34%		2,591		26.52%		9,770
	Pulaski		3,408		51.37%		3,202		48.27%		24		0.36%		206		3.10%		6,634
	Putnam		6,275		53.96%		5,331		45.84%		24		0.21%		944		8.12%		11,630
	Randolph		6,804		50.38%		6,551		48.50%		151		1.12%		253		1.88%		13,506
	Ripley		5,933		56.23%		4,587		43.47%		32		0.30%		1,346		12.76%		10,552
	Rush		4,450		49.31%		4,507		49.94%		68		0.75%		-57		-0.63%		9,025
	St. Joseph		65,844		61.91%		39,872		37.49%		630		0.59%		25,972		24.42%		106,346
	Scott		4,205		67.79%		1,992		32.11%		6		0.10%		2,213		35.68%		6,203
	Shelby		9,078		55.17%		7,310		44.42%		67		0.41%		1,768		10.75%		16,455
	Spencer		4,834		54.72%		3,980		45.05%		20		0.23%		854		9.67%		8,834
	Starke		4,838		58.14%		3,466		41.65%		17		0.20%		1,372		16.49%		8,321
	Steuben		3,999		49.34%		4,075		50.28%		31		0.38%		-76		-0.94%		8,105
	Sullivan		7,351		65.28%		3,867		34.34%		42		0.37%		3,484		30.94%		11,260
	Switzerland		2,231		61.29%		1,390		38.19%		19		0.52%		841		23.10%		3,640
	Tippecanoe		20,257		51.45%		19,036		48.35%		79		0.20%		1,221		3.10%		39,372
	Tipton		4,410		53.03%		3,863		46.45%		43		0.52%		547		6.58%		8,316
	Union		1,463		48.69%		1,531		50.95%		11		0.37%		-68		-2.26%		3,005
	Vanderburgh		45,796		62.39%		27,231		37.10%		380		0.52%		18,565		25.29%		73,407
	Vermillion		5,957		63.49%		3,397		36.21%		28		0.30%		2,560		27.28%		9,382
	Vigo		27,606		59.05%		19,001		40.64%		144		0.31%		8,605		18.41%		46,751
	Wabash		7,485		51.50%		6,905		47.51%		145		1.00%		580		3.99%		14,535
	Warren		2,261		51.10%		2,154		48.68%		10		0.23%		107		2.42%		4,425
	Warrick		7,222		62.04%		4,376		37.59%		42		0.36%		2,846		24.45%		11,640
	Washington		4,943		57.66%		3,598		41.97%		32		0.37%		1,345		15.69%		8,573
	Wayne		15,269		49.70%		15,342		49.93%		113		0.37%		-73		-0.23%		30,724
	Wells		5,945		59.12%		4,018		39.96%		92		0.91%		1,927		19.16%		10,055
	White		5,407		51.72%		5,015		47.97%		33		0.32%		392		3.75%		10,455
	Whitley		5,798		53.95%		4,896		45.56%		53		0.49%		902		8.39%		10,747
Totals	1,170,848	55.98%	911,118	43.56%	9,640	0.46%	259,730	12.42%	2,091,606

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Works cited

• Book: Black . Earl . Earl Black (political scientist) . Black . Merle . Merle Black . The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected . . 1992 . 0674941306.

Notes and References

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