1964 United States presidential election in Maryland explained

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Election Name:1964 United States presidential election in Maryland
Country:Maryland
Flag Year:1904
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1960 United States presidential election in Maryland
Previous Year:1960
Next Election:1968 United States presidential election in Maryland
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 Vote1:10
Popular Vote1:730,912
Percentage1:65.47%
Nominee2:Barry Goldwater
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Arizona
Running Mate2:William E. Miller
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:385,495
Percentage2:34.53%
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)

The 1964 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Primary

Democratic primary

Election Name:1964 Maryland Democratic presidential primary
Country:Maryland
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1960 United States presidential election in Maryland
Previous Year:1960
Next Election:1968 United States presidential election in Maryland
Next Year:1968
Candidate1:Daniel Brewster
Home State1:Maryland
Color1:668c63
Popular Vote1:267,106
Percentage1:53.14%
Candidate2:George Wallace
Home State2:Alabama
Color2:c13649
Popular Vote2:214,849
Percentage2:42.75%
Map Size:300px
1964 Maryland Democratic presidential primary[2] ! style="text-align:left;"
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Brewster267,10653.14
George Wallace (write-in)214,84942.75
Unpledged12,3772.46
Andrew J. Easter8,2751.65
Total502,607100.0

Campaign

George Wallace ran in the Democratic primary, but was defeated by U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster, who served as a surrogate for Johnson. Wallace won a majority of the white vote.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Harford County, Carroll County, Washington County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Queen Anne's County and Caroline County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[3]

Anne Arundel County would not vote Democratic again until 2016, while Frederick and Talbot counties would not do so until 2020, with Donald Trump being the first Republican to lose all three of these counties, as well as the statewide white vote, since this election.[4] However, Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore flipped against the trend from Kennedy to Goldwater, reflecting the racial tension in the area at this time and the declaration of martial law in the county by Governor J. Millard Tawes in response; similarly, it would be the only county in the state where George Wallace (who had given a speech there during the 1964 primary campaign) finished in second place four years later, ahead of Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey.[5]

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Maryland[6]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticLyndon B. JohnsonHubert Humphrey730,91265.47%10
RepublicanBarry GoldwaterWilliam E. Miller385,49534.53%0

Results by county

CountyLyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
Barry Goldwater
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast[7]
%%%
Allegany20,42562.25%12,38437.75%8,04124.50%32,809
Anne Arundel37,98158.70%26,72541.30%11,25617.40%64,706
Baltimore117,15360.07%77,87039.93%39,28320.14%195,073
Baltimore City240,71675.98%76,08924.02%164,62751.96%316,805
Calvert3,33565.39%1,76534.61%1,57030.78%5,100
Caroline3,71057.91%2,69642.09%1,01415.82%6,406
Carroll8,45150.35%8,33249.65%1190.70%16,783
Cecil7,85459.57%5,33040.43%2,52419.14%13,184
Charles6,54665.45%3,45534.55%3,09130.90%10,001
Dorchester4,56446.14%5,32753.86%-763-7.72%9,891
Frederick14,54861.10%9,26438.90%5,28422.20%23,812
Garrett3,51549.24%3,62450.76%-109-1.52%7,139
Harford13,55057.62%9,96842.38%3,58215.24%23,518
Howard8,18554.50%6,83345.50%1,3529.00%15,018
Kent4,11367.19%2,00832.81%2,10534.38%6,121
Montgomery103,11366.24%52,55433.76%50,55932.48%155,667
Prince George's81,80663.80%46,41336.20%35,39327.60%128,219
Queen Anne's4,05267.45%1,95532.55%2,09734.90%6,007
Somerset4,52758.93%3,15541.07%1,37217.86%7,682
St. Mary's5,83166.95%2,87833.05%2,95333.90%8,709
Talbot4,67155.85%3,69344.15%97811.70%8,364
Washington19,85860.89%12,75639.11%7,10221.78%32,614
Wicomico8,69553.86%7,44846.14%1,2477.72%16,143
Worcester3,71355.53%2,97344.47%74011.06%6,686
Totals730,91265.47%385,49534.53%345,41730.94%1,116,457

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69). May 30, 2017.
  2. Web site: OurCampaigns. June 26, 2024.
  3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  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. Book: School Desegregation in Dorchester County, Maryland . September 1977 . United States Commission on Civil Rights.
  6. Book: Maryland Manual 1965–1966 . 477 . The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland . May 12, 2019.
  7. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 211
  8. Web site: 1960 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland. 2024-01-10. Dave Leip's election atlas.
  9. Web site: 1964 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland. 2024-01-10. Dave Leip's election atlas.