1964 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1964 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1960 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1968 November 3, 1964 x200px 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Texas Hubert Humphrey 6 314,197 56.06% File:Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) Arizona William E. Miller 0 243,264 43.41% 1964 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 250px County results Johnson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Goldwater #e27f90 50–60% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 1964 United States presidential election The 1964 presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson won the state of Arkansas with 56.06% of the popular vote,http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=5&year=1964 1964 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas January 8, 2017 which was a substantial increase upon John F. Kennedy's 50.19% from the preceding election, although the Republican vote remained virtually unchanged at 43.41%. Johnson won all but ten of Arkansas' seventy-five counties, and all four congressional districts. With Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina voting for Goldwater, Arkansas became the last Southern state to have never voted for a Republican candidate since the end of Reconstruction. Results 1964 United States presidential election in ArkansasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Lyndon Johnson (inc.) 314,197 56.06% 6 Republican Barry Goldwater 243,264 43.41% 0 National States' Rights John Kasper 2,965 0.53% 0 Totals 560,426 100.00% 6 Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered Voters) 50.6%/78.3% Results by county CountyLyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticBarry GoldwaterRepublicanJohn KasperNational States’ RightsMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Arkansas 3,200 45.78% 3,769 53.92% 21 0.30% -569 -8.14% 6,990 Ashley 2,901 43.23% 3,742 55.77% 67 1.00% -841 -12.54% 6,710 Baxter 2,900 59.29% 1,986 40.61% 5 0.10% 914 18.68% 4,891 Benton 5,655 48.49% 5,977 51.25% 30 0.26% -322 -2.76% 11,662 Boone 3,770 56.73% 2,857 42.99% 19 0.29% 913 13.74% 6,646 Bradley 2,229 54.34% 1,852 45.15% 21 0.51% 377 9.19% 4,102 Calhoun 1,409 60.68% 889 38.29% 24 1.03% 520 22.39% 2,322 Carroll 2,005 48.78% 2,105 51.22% 0 0.00% -100 -2.44% 4,110 Chicot 2,916 59.47% 1,972 40.22% 15 0.31% 944 19.25% 4,903 Clark 4,127 68.36% 1,884 31.21% 26 0.43% 2,243 37.15% 6,037 Clay 3,280 61.64% 1,999 37.57% 42 0.79% 1,281 24.07% 5,321 Cleburne 2,645 68.26% 1,221 31.51% 9 0.23% 1,424 36.75% 3,875 Cleveland 1,121 51.78% 1,026 47.39% 18 0.83% 95 4.39% 2,165 Columbia 3,485 46.26% 4,009 53.22% 39 0.52% -524 -6.96% 7,533 Conway 4,205 63.69% 2,378 36.02% 19 0.29% 1,827 27.67% 6,602 Craighead 8,334 61.55% 5,163 38.13% 44 0.32% 3,171 23.42% 13,541 Crawford 3,537 51.62% 3,294 48.07% 21 0.31% 243 3.55% 6,852 Crittenden 4,168 50.20% 4,065 48.96% 69 0.83% 103 1.24% 8,302 Cross 2,421 52.86% 2,147 46.88% 12 0.26% 274 5.98% 4,580 Dallas 1,779 51.61% 1,625 47.14% 43 1.25% 154 4.47% 3,447 Desha 3,294 62.91% 1,930 36.86% 12 0.23% 1,364 26.05% 5,236 Drew 1,980 48.05% 2,109 51.18% 32 0.78% -129 -3.13% 4,121 Faulkner 6,116 64.95% 3,259 34.61% 42 0.45% 2,857 30.34% 9,417 Franklin 2,685 62.47% 1,580 36.76% 33 0.77% 1,105 25.71% 4,298 Fulton 1,704 66.64% 846 33.09% 7 0.27% 858 33.55% 2,557 Garland 11,591 53.59% 9,952 46.01% 86 0.40% 1,639 7.58% 21,629 Grant 1,678 55.07% 1,308 42.93% 61 2.00% 370 12.14% 3,047 Greene 4,742 67.39% 2,271 32.27% 24 0.34% 2,471 35.12% 7,037 Hempstead 3,355 56.95% 2,493 42.32% 43 0.73% 862 14.63% 5,891 Hot Spring 4,543 60.40% 2,911 38.70% 68 0.90% 1,632 21.70% 7,522 Howard 1,320 43.10% 1,649 53.84% 94 3.07% -329 -10.74% 3,063 Independence 4,455 64.01% 2,470 35.49% 35 0.50% 1,985 28.52% 6,960 Izard 1,736 69.83% 726 29.20% 24 0.97% 1,010 40.63% 2,486 Jackson 4,651 68.12% 2,141 31.36% 36 0.53% 2,510 36.76% 6,828 Jefferson 12,872 56.04% 9,968 43.40% 129 0.56% 2,904 12.64% 22,969 Johnson 3,127 66.77% 1,535 32.78% 21 0.45% 1,592 33.99% 4,683 Lafayette 1,484 50.02% 1,476 49.75% 7 0.24% 8 0.27% 2,967 Lawrence 3,498 63.16% 2,013 36.35% 27 0.49% 1,485 26.81% 5,538 Lee 2,335 58.21% 1,668 41.59% 8 0.20% 667 16.62% 4,011 Lincoln 2,468 63.58% 1,410 36.32% 4 0.10% 1,058 27.26% 3,882 Little River 2,040 63.87% 1,141 35.72% 13 0.41% 899 28.15% 3,194 Logan 3,604 61.13% 2,265 38.42% 27 0.46% 1,339 22.71% 5,896 Lonoke 3,818 51.06% 3,636 48.63% 23 0.31% 182 2.43% 7,477 Madison 2,715 57.45% 1,997 42.26% 14 0.30% 718 15.19% 4,726 Marion 1,661 60.20% 1,088 39.43% 10 0.36% 573 20.77% 2,759 Miller 5,190 54.68% 4,253 44.81% 49 0.52% 937 9.87% 9,492 Mississippi 8,678 58.20% 6,213 41.67% 20 0.13% 2,465 16.53% 14,911 Monroe 2,258 53.29% 1,968 46.45% 11 0.26% 290 6.84% 4,237 Montgomery 1,358 61.67% 832 37.78% 12 0.54% 526 23.89% 2,202 Nevada 2,190 60.41% 1,406 38.79% 29 0.80% 784 21.62% 3,625 Newton 1,374 49.62% 1,357 49.01% 38 1.37% 17 0.61% 2,769 Ouachita 7,056 65.96% 3,572 33.39% 70 0.65% 3,484 32.57% 10,698 Perry 1,320 55.30% 1,048 43.90% 19 0.80% 272 11.40% 2,387 Phillips 5,818 59.43% 3,963 40.48% 9 0.09% 1,855 18.95% 9,790 Pike 1,531 54.93% 1,241 44.53% 15 0.54% 290 10.40% 2,787 Poinsett 5,635 64.93% 3,031 34.92% 13 0.15% 2,604 30.01% 8,679 Polk 2,575 55.88% 2,022 43.88% 11 0.24% 553 12.00% 4,608 Pope 4,972 63.91% 2,651 34.07% 157 2.02% 2,321 29.84% 7,780 Prairie 1,812 54.74% 1,476 44.59% 22 0.66% 336 10.15% 3,310 Pulaski 40,535 51.12% 38,312 48.32% 442 0.56% 2,223 2.80% 79,289 Randolph 2,680 66.85% 1,312 32.73% 17 0.42% 1,368 34.12% 4,009 St. Francis 3,651 51.88% 3,377 47.98% 10 0.14% 274 3.90% 7,038 Saline 5,605 60.18% 3,628 38.96% 80 0.86% 1,977 21.22% 9,313 Scott 1,838 62.01% 1,121 37.82% 5 0.17% 717 24.19% 2,964 Searcy 1,508 47.68% 1,649 52.13% 6 0.19% -141 -4.45% 3,163 Sebastian 10,299 43.84% 13,110 55.80% 84 0.36% -2,811 -11.96% 23,493 Sevier 2,123 62.75% 1,249 36.92% 11 0.33% 874 25.83% 3,383 Sharp 1,810 59.40% 1,215 39.88% 22 0.72% 595 19.52% 3,047 Stone 1,374 58.72% 942 40.26% 24 1.03% 432 18.46% 2,340 Union 6,948 44.60% 8,472 54.38% 160 1.03% -1,524 -9.78% 15,580 Van Buren 2,054 61.28% 1,270 37.89% 28 0.84% 784 23.39% 3,352 Washington 10,166 59.55% 6,856 40.16% 48 0.28% 3,310 19.39% 17,070 White 6,566 56.20% 5,023 42.99% 95 0.81% 1,543 13.21% 11,684 Woodruff 2,307 62.47% 1,366 36.99% 20 0.54% 941 25.48% 3,693Yell 3,407 68.86% 1,527 30.86% 14 0.28% 1,880 38.00% 4,948Totals314,19756.06%243,26443.41%2,9650.53%70,93312.65%560,426 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Baxter Boone Clay Craighead Crawford Fulton Garland Independence Madison Marion Montgomery Newton Polk Pike Randolph Scott Sharp Stone Washington Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Arkansas Ashley Columbia Drew Howard Union Analysis Given the segregationism of its long-serving governor Orval Faubus, who had gained almost seven percent of the vote in the preceding presidential election, Arkansas would have seemedJuly 2017 potentially likely to succumb to Goldwater due to his opposition to the recent Civil Rights Act. However, the GOP's nomination of the moderate Winthrop Rockefeller in the party's first serious run for governor in the state since Reconstruction took the steam out of a Goldwater challenge.Johnson, Robert David; All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election, p. 225 0521737524 Faubus refused to endorse Goldwater,Bass, Jack and De Vries, Walter; The Transformation of Southern Politics Social Change and Political Consequence Since 1945, p. 93 0820317284 despite hesitating over this during the summer. In addition, many white Southerners commented to the effect that Goldwater is right on the black man, and that is very important. But he is so wrong on everything else I can't bring myself to vote for him.Converse, Philip E., Clausen, Åge R. and Miller, Warren E.; 'Electoral Myth and Reality: The 1964 Election'; The American Political Science Review, Vol. 59, No. 2 (June 1965), pp. 321–336 In mid-July, Texas Governor John Connally had made private polls suggesting that Johnson would lose Arkansas, in addition to the Deep South states of Mississippi and Alabama which were leaning heavily towards Goldwater.Johnson; All the Way with LBJ, p. 168 Nonetheless, that the increase in black registration in Arkansas had exceeded Kennedy's margin in 1960 suggested that Johnson's civil rights legislation did have some potential to help him, and in early August polls suddenly became confident Johnson would carry the state due to Goldwater's policies of privatizing Social Security and expanding the war in Southeast Asia – a policy that did not play well in this isolationist state.Roberts, Chalmers M.; 'Goldwater Riding High in South, Survey Finds: Has Firm Hold on Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida; Texas Rates Tossup'; Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1964, p. I2 By October, a New York Times poll saw Arkansas as "safe" for JohnsonWicker, Tom; 'Big Johnson Lead Found in Survey'; The New York Times, October 6, 1964, pp. 1, 28 and his leads in polls increased as election day came closer.Johnson; All the Way with LBJ, p. 275 Ultimately, Johnson comfortably carried Arkansas, becoming the twenty-third and last consecutive Democratic presidential nominee to win the state; however, anti-civil rights sentiment did cause Arkansas to vote 9.92 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large – this being the first time in 96 years when it voted less Democratic than the nation. Johnson doubled Kennedy's margin, and reclaimed the counties of Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Marion, Randolph and Sharp, which in 1960 had defected to the GOP for the first time ever or since Reconstruction as a result of powerful anti-Catholicism.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 87 0786422173 Johnson also claimed thirteen other Ozark counties which had supported Nixon in 1960. However, in the Delta and south of the state sufficient backlash against black civil rights occurred for Goldwater to claim six counties in those regions from the Democrats.Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 91 Of these, only state namesake Arkansas County had ever been carried by a Republican since the McKinley era.Arkansas County had voted for Warren G. Harding in 1920 and for Dwight D. Eisenhower in both 1952 and 1956. Ashley County and Drew County voted Republican for the first time since James G. Blaine in 1884,Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 149–153 Union County for the first time since 1872, and Columbia and Howard Counties for the first time ever. See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas Notes References 2 1964 Arkansas Category:1964 Arkansas elections