1964 United States presidential election in Alabama explained

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Election Name:	1964 United States presidential election in Alabama
Country:	Alabama
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1960 United States presidential election in Alabama
Previous Year:	1960
Next Election:	1968 United States presidential election in Alabama
Next Year:	1968
Image1:	Goldwater for President (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Barry Goldwater
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Arizona
Running Mate1:	William E. Miller
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	479,085
Percentage1:	69.45%
Color2:	FF7F00
Nominee2:	Unpledged electors
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	-
Running Mate2:	-
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	210,732
Percentage2:	30.55%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
After Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1964 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 3, 1964. Alabama voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.

Background

Alabama was central to the Civil rights movement in the 1960s.^[1] Governor George Wallace condemned and refused to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.^[2]

Campaign

The primary chose a set of unpledged Democratic electors.^[3] by a margin of five-to-one,^[4] Under Wallace's guidance, the Alabama Democratic Party placed this slate of unpledged Democratic electors on the ballot,^{[5] [6]} against the advice of some legal scholars,^[7] but after planning to run for president himself (as he would do in 1968), decided against this in July. Johnson was the third winning president-elect to not appear on the ballot in Alabama, after Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and Harry S. Truman in 1948.

Initially, it was expected that this slate – the only option for mainstream Democrats in Alabama – would be pledged to Wallace himself, but he released them from pledges to vote for him if elected.^[8] Once campaigning began, Wallace supported Republican nominee Barry Goldwater over the unpledged slate,^[9] although he did campaign for Democratic candidates for state and local offices.^[10]

Goldwater received 77% of the white vote.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Sumter County, Greene County, Wilcox County, Lowndes County and Bullock County voted for a Republican candidate, as well as the last time that Macon County did not vote for the national Democratic candidate.^[11]

Predictions

Source	Rating	As of
The Boston Globe^[12]	(Flip)	August 2, 1964
The Wall Street Journal^[13]	(Flip)	September 29, 1964
The Christian Science Monitor^[14]	(Flip)	October 27, 1964
The Chicago Tribune^[15]	(Flip)	October 29, 1964
Los Angeles Times^[16]	(Flip)	November 1, 1964

Results

Party! Pledged to! Elector! Votes

bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Tom Abernethy	479,085
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Tammy Thomas	479,071
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Alfred Staples	478,925
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Tandy Little Jr.	478,540
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Wiley Deal	478,398
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Herbert Stockham	477,969
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Gordon Lawless	477,582
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Smith Lanier, II	477,339
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	John E. Grenier	477,272
bgcolor=		Republican Party	Barry Goldwater	Basil Horsfield	476,994
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	James B. Allen	210,732
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	MacDonald Gallion	209,848
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Edmund Blair	209,062
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Albert P. Brewer	208,059
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Pete Mathews	207,730
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Art Hanes	207,594
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Albert H. Evans Jr.	207,577
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Frank Mizell	207,357
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	Jack Giles	207,144
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Unpledged	I. J. "Jud" Scott	206,618
Total votes				689,817

Results by county

County	Barry Goldwater Republican		Unpledged electors Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%
	Autauga		2,969		85.83%		490		14.17%		2,479		71.66%		3,459
	Baldwin		10,870		81.12%		2,530		18.88%		8,340		62.24%		13,400
	Barbour		3,853		79.76%		978		20.24%		2,875		59.52%		4,831
	Bibb		2,623		83.94%		502		16.06%		2,121		67.88%		3,125
	Blount		4,442		64.67%		2,427		35.33%		2,015		29.34%		6,869
	Bullock		1,516		57.64%		1,114		42.36%		402		15.28%		2,630
	Butler		4,002		80.44%		973		19.56%		3,029		60.88%		4,975
	Calhoun		10,635		63.13%		6,210		36.87%		4,425		26.26%		16,845
	Chambers		4,630		64.42%		2,557		35.58%		2,073		28.84%		7,187
	Cherokee		1,893		49.70%		1,916		50.30%		-23		-0.60%		3,809
	Chilton		5,202		75.97%		1,645		24.03%		3,557		51.94%		6,847
	Choctaw		2,497		85.81%		413		14.19%		2,084		71.62%		2,910
	Clarke		4,460		82.84%		924		17.16%		3,536		65.68%		5,384
	Clay		2,815		70.13%		1,199		29.87%		1,616		40.26%		4,014
	Cleburne		2,156		76.24%		672		23.76%		1,484		52.48%		2,828
	Coffee		4,910		80.19%		1,213		19.81%		3,697		60.38%		6,123
	Colbert		5,267		48.59%		5,573		51.41%		-306		-2.82%		10,840
	Conecuh		2,782		81.32%		639		18.68%		2,143		62.64%		3,421
	Coosa		1,978		72.77%		740		27.23%		1,238		45.54%		2,718
	Covington		7,554		82.33%		1,621		17.67%		5,933		64.66%		9,175
	Crenshaw		3,008		78.66%		816		21.34%		2,192		57.32%		3,824
	Cullman		7,152		58.33%		5,110		41.67%		2,042		16.66%		12,262
	Dale		4,970		83.77%		963		16.23%		4,007		67.54%		5,933
	Dallas		5,888		89.12%		719		10.88%		5,169		78.24%		6,607
	DeKalb		6,746		57.69%		4,948		42.31%		1,798		15.38%		11,694
	Elmore		6,363		83.77%		1,233		16.23%		5,130		67.54%		7,596
	Escambia		5,623		74.47%		1,928		25.53%		3,695		48.94%		7,551
	Etowah		12,894		59.06%		8,939		40.94%		3,955		18.12%		21,833
	Fayette		3,203		71.34%		1,287		28.66%		1,916		42.68%		4,490
	Franklin		4,025		56.41%		3,110		43.59%		915		12.82%		7,135
	Geneva		4,502		80.74%		1,074		19.26%		3,428		61.48%		5,576
	Greene		1,124		65.69%		587		34.31%		537		31.38%		1,711
	Hale		1,898		77.60%		548		22.40%		1,350		55.20%		2,446
	Henry		2,896		83.10%		589		16.90%		2,307		66.20%		3,485
	Houston		10,353		87.93%		1,421		12.07%		8,932		75.86%		11,774
	Jackson		2,730		46.47%		3,145		53.53%		-415		-7.06%		5,875
	Jefferson		100,756		72.57%		38,082		27.43%		62,674		45.14%		138,838
	Lamar		2,734		72.42%		1,041		27.58%		1,693		44.84%		3,775
	Lauderdale		5,978		47.55%		6,593		52.45%		-615		-4.90%		12,571
	Lawrence		1,809		50.00%		1,808		49.97%		1		0.03%		3,617
	Lee		5,914		78.69%		1,602		21.31%		4,312		57.38%		7,516
	Limestone		2,377		43.99%		3,027		56.01%		-650		-12.02%		5,404
	Lowndes		1,548		83.32%		310		16.68%		1,238		66.64%		1,858
	Macon		1,858		38.46%		2,973		61.54%		-1,115		-23.08%		4,831
	Madison		14,279		51.93%		13,217		48.07%		1,062		3.86%		27,496
	Marengo		3,677		82.33%		789		17.67%		2,888		64.66%		4,466
	Marion		3,966		69.42%		1,747		30.58%		2,219		38.84%		5,713
	Marshall		5,712		56.33%		4,428		43.67%		1,284		12.66%		10,140
	Mobile		49,493		70.72%		20,488		29.28%		29,005		41.44%		69,981
	Monroe		3,870		81.37%		886		18.63%		2,984		62.74%		4,756
	Montgomery		23,015		75.47%		7,482		24.53%		15,533		50.94%		30,497
	Morgan		7,013		56.64%		5,368		43.36%		1,645		13.28%		12,381
	Perry		2,046		79.73%		520		20.27%		1,526		59.46%		2,566
	Pickens		3,416		82.08%		746		17.92%		2,670		64.16%		4,162
	Pike		4,373		84.49%		803		15.51%		3,570		68.98%		5,176
	Randolph		3,127		62.65%		1,864		37.35%		1,263		25.30%		4,991
	Russell		4,877		76.04%		1,537		23.96%		3,340		52.08%		6,414
	St. Clair		4,813		70.76%		1,989		29.24%		2,824		41.52%		6,802
	Shelby		6,037		75.65%		1,943		24.35%		4,094		51.30%		7,980
	Sumter		1,653		80.32%		405		19.68%		1,248		60.64%		2,058
	Talladega		8,946		70.67%		3,712		29.33%		5,234		41.34%		12,658
	Tallapoosa		5,530		76.14%		1,733		23.86%		3,797		52.28%		7,263
	Tuscaloosa		13,227		68.67%		6,036		31.33%		7,191		37.34%		19,263
	Walker		8,582		58.41%		6,110		41.59%		2,472		16.82%		14,692
	Washington		2,803		70.18%		1,191		29.82%		1,612		40.36%		3,994
	Wilcox		1,789		91.93%		157		8.07%		1,632		83.86%		1,946
	Winston		3,438		71.19%		1,391		28.81%		2,047		42.38%		4,829
Totals	479,085	69.45%	210,732	30.55%	268,353	38.90%	689,817

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alabama

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. Book: Bullock. Charles S.. Gaddie. Ronald Keith. The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South. 41–42. 0806185309.
2. Book: Frederick, Jeff. Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George Wallace. 96–99. 0817315748.
3. Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated. CQ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report. 25. 1967. 1121.
4. McDannald. Alexander Hopkins. Yearbook of the Encyclopedia Americana. 1965. 63.
5. News: Alabama Expected To Choose Electors Backed by Wallace. 1964-05-03. The New York Times. 2017-12-09. en-US. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: Flowers Attacks Wallace Democrats. Denton. Herbert H.. October 21, 1964. The Harvard Crimson. en. 2017-12-09.
7. News: Unpledged Votes Are Held Illegal. 1964-06-14. The New York Times. 2017-12-09. en-US. 0362-4331.
8. Book: Carlson, Jody. George C. Wallace and the Politics of Powerlessness: The Wallace Campaigns for the Presidency, 1964-76. 41. 1412824494. .
9. News: Grimes. Roy. Look Away, Look Away.... The Victoria Advocate. October 11, 1964. 4A.
10. Cleghorn. Reece. Aftermath in Alabama. The Reporter. Olympia, Washington. December 3, 1964. 34.
11. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
12. News: Roberts. Chalmers. Goldwater Splits The South: Civil Rights Act Already Has Cost LBJ at Least Four States. The Boston Globe. August 2, 1964. A-3.
13. News: Sullivan. Joseph W.. September 19, 1964. The GOP in Dixie: Civil Rights Stand Gives Goldwater a Wide Lead In Most of the South Survey Finds Senator Ahead Everywhere but in Texas; Other Republicans Benefit But Margin Has Narrowed. 1. The Wall Street Journal.
14. News: Eubanks. Bicknell. Republicans Battle in Dixie: Likely Breakthrough. The Christian Science Monitor. October 27, 1964. 4.
15. News: Manly. Chely. October 29, 1964. Johnson Gains in South but Dixie Is Still Strong for Barry: Goldwater Keeps Loyal Army of Backers. 5. The Chicago Tribune.
16. News: Kraslow. David. How South Will Vote Remains Big Question: Goldwater "Fairly Safe" in Three States, Johnson in One, Rest Considered Toss-ups. Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1964. Los Angeles, California. (17.