1964 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1964 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana 1917 presidential no 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana 1960 1968 United States presidential election in Indiana 1968 November 3, 1964 71.7%Madison 1986 330 5.2 pp 200x200px File:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Texas Hubert Humphrey 13 1,170,848 55.98% Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) Arizona William E. Miller 0 911,118 43.56% File:1964 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Johnson #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Goldwater #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and the senior U.S. senator from Minnesota Hubert Humphrey defeated the Republican ticket of the junior U.S. senator from Arizona Barry Goldwater and the U.S. representative from New York's 40th congressional district William E. Miller. Johnson defeated Goldwater in the national election with 486 electoral votes.Congressional Quarterly 1985 361 Primary elections Democratic Party 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries The governor of Alabama George Wallace challenged Johnson for the Democratic nomination in the 1964 presidential primaries. Many observers assumed that Wallace, a segregationist, would do well in Indiana, based on the state's history of Ku Klux Klan activity, anti-Black racism, and conservative politics.Madison 1986 245 Coming on the heels of a stronger-than-expected performance in Wisconsin, the Indiana primary was seen as a crucial "test" of Wallace's candidacy.Welsh 1994 392–93 Johnson did not appear on the Indiana ballot; instead, Wallace faced the Democratic governor of Indiana Matthew E. Welsh, who ran as a stalking horse for the incumbent. Welsh's slogan was "Clear the Way for LBJ; Vote for Welsh the 5th of May." Welsh took seriously the possibility that Wallace could carry Indiana and ran a "vigorous" campaign.Welsh 1994 393 With no presidential ambitions of his own, his sole objective was to prevent a strong showing for Wallace that could embarrass the state and undermine the national civil rights movement.Madison 1986 245–46 The race received national press attention, with prominent journalists including Walter Cronkite traveling to Indiana to cover the primary. Welsh defeated Wallace by a wide margin; while Wallace received significant support from Lake and Porter counties, his statewide percentage fell below that which he had polled in Wisconsin one month prior.Madison 1986 246 Indiana Democratic primary, May 5, 1964McGillivray Scammon 1994 910 Matthew E. Welsh Democratic Party (United States) 376,023 64.94 George Wallace Democratic Party (United States) 172,646 29.82 Lar Daly Democratic Party (United States) 15,160 2.62 John H. Latham Democratic Party (United States) 8,067 1.39 Fay T. Carpenter Swain Democratic Party (United States) 7,140 1.23 579,036 100.00 Republican Party 1964 Republican Party presidential primaries Indiana Republican primary, May 5, 1964McGillivray Scammon 1994 910 Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) 267,935 67.04 Harold Stassen Republican Party (United States) 107,157 26.81 Frank R. Beckwith Republican Party (United States) 17,884 4.47 Joseph G. Ettl Republican Party (United States) 6,704 1.68 399,680 100.00 General election Statistics Johnson became the first Democrat to carry Indiana in a presidential election since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 and the only Democratic presidential candidate to carry Randolph and Wabash counties.Madison 1986 304 Menendez 2009 192 2024 11 As of 2024, this is the most recent election in which 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 counties voted for the Democratic ticket.Sullivan 2016 Results 1964 United States presidential election in IndianaBottorf 1964 5 Lyndon B. JohnsonHubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 1,170,848 55.98 11.38 Barry GoldwaterWilliam E. Miller Republican Party (United States) 911,118 43.56 11.47 E. Harold MunnMark R. Shaw Prohibition Party 8,266 0.40 0.08 Eric HassHenning A. Blomen Socialist Labor Party of America 1,374 0.07 0.02 2,091,606 100.00 Results by county + 1964 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyBottorf 1964 5 County Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic Barry GoldwaterRepublican Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % 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 TOTAL 1,170,848 55.98% 911,118 43.56% 9,640 0.46% 259,730 12.42% 2,091,606 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 10em Delaware Madison Spencer Starke Tippecanoe Vanderburgh Crawford Gibson Jefferson Knox Pike Posey Scott Sullivan Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Brown Blackford Carroll Cass Clay Clinton Daviess Decatur Dearborn DeKalb Elkhart Fayette Fountain Franklin Grant Greene Hancock Harrison Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jay Jennings LaGrange LaPorte Lawrence Marshall Martin Marion Miami Montgomery Monroe Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Shelby Tipton Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wells White Whitley See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography Bottorf John D. General Election Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana: 1964 General Election Statistics 1964 Indiana Secretary of State Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c061414560&seq=305 Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 2nd 1985 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi McGillivray Alice V. Scammon Richard M. America at the Polls, 1960–1992: Kennedy to Clinton; A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics 1994 Congressional Quarterly Washington, D.C. https://archive.org/details/americaatpollsha1960unse Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004 2009 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC https://archive.org/details/geographyofpresi0000mene Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved over the Past Century https://www.americamagazine.org/unconventional-wisdom/2016/06/29/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century/ America June 29, 2016 Welsh Matthew E. Gray Ralph D. Indiana History: A Book of Readings The 1964 Primary Election 1994 Indiana University Press Bloomington 392–402 https://archive.org/details/indianahistorybo0000unse Indiana 1964 Category:1964 Indiana elections