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1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1900 presidential no 1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1960 1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1968 74% November 3, 1964 x200px File:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Texas Hubert Humphrey 13 800,139 56.15% File:Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) Arizona William E. Miller 0 624,844 43.85% 400px County results 400px Congressional district results
Johnson
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#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
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Goldwater
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#cc2f4a 60–70% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States)
1964 United States presidential election
The 1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1964, and was part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Polling initially showed Goldwater leading in North Carolina, but his farm policies, particularly his opposition to federal tobacco price support, hurt his campaign.Black Black 1992 206 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election when Wayne, Moore, and Lenoir counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, while Wake and Watauga counties would not vote Democratic again until Bill Clinton won them in 1992.Sullivan Robert David http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine The National Catholic Review June 29, 2016
Results
1964 United States presidential election in North Carolinahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1964&fips=37&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1964 Presidential General Election Results — North Carolina Dave Leip 2005 US Election Atlas 22 July 2011PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 800,139 56.15% 13 Republican Barry Goldwater 624,844 43.85% 0 Totals 1,424,983 100.0% 13 Voter turnout —
Results by county
CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2501 NC US President Race, November 03, 1964Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticBarry GoldwaterRepublicanhttps://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/north-carolina-manual-1969-1970/4384384?item=4442068 North Carolina Manual 1969 1969 North Carolina Digital Collections 268–270 August 29, 2024MarginTotal # % # % # % Alamance 15,397 50.36% 15,177 49.64% 220 0.72% 30,574 Alexander 3,722 49.75% 3,760 50.25% −38 −0.50% 7,482 Alleghany 2,368 60.09% 1,573 39.91% 795 20.18% 3,941 Anson 4,144 70.66% 1,721 29.34% 2,423 41.32% 5,865 Ashe 4,965 54.23% 4,191 45.77% 774 8.45% 9,156 Avery 1,523 36.44% 2,656 63.56% −1,133 −27.12% 4,179 Beaufort 6,090 62.88% 3,595 37.12% 2,495 25.76% 9,685 Bertie 3,332 78.16% 931 21.84% 2,401 56.32% 4,263 Bladen 4,516 67.55% 2,169 32.45% 2,347 35.10% 6,685 Brunswick 4,240 53.26% 3,721 46.74% 519 6.52% 7,961 Buncombe 31,623 62.01% 19,372 37.99% 12,251 24.02% 50,995 Burke 12,815 55.97% 10,081 44.03% 2,734 11.94% 22,896 Cabarrus 11,921 47.50% 13,178 52.50% −1,257 −5.00% 25,099 Caldwell 10,846 55.40% 8,733 44.60% 2,113 10.80% 19,579 Camden 870 61.97% 534 38.03% 336 23.94% 1,404 Carteret 6,231 59.23% 4,289 40.77% 1,942 18.46% 10,520 Caswell 2,513 58.36% 1,793 41.64% 720 16.72% 4,306 Catawba 15,814 48.02% 17,116 51.98% −1,302 −3.96% 32,930 Chatham 5,295 56.29% 4,111 43.71% 1,184 12.58% 9,406 Cherokee 3,823 55.17% 3,106 44.83% 717 10.35% 6,929 Chowan 1,696 68.30% 787 31.70% 909 36.60% 2,483 Clay 1,457 53.12% 1,286 46.88% 171 6.24% 2,743 Cleveland 10,836 57.92% 7,874 42.08% 2,962 15.84% 18,710 Columbus 9,004 66.82% 4,471 33.18% 4,533 33.64% 13,475 Craven 7,422 61.27% 4,691 38.73% 2,731 22.54% 12,113 Cumberland 13,864 60.39% 9,093 39.61% 4,771 20.78% 22,957 Currituck 1,455 66.26% 741 33.74% 714 32.52% 2,196 Dare 1,476 63.00% 867 37.00% 609 26.00% 2,343 Davidson 13,735 44.27% 17,292 55.73% −3,557 −11.46% 31,027 Davie 3,086 40.90% 4,460 59.10% −1,374 −18.20% 7,546 Duplin 7,169 65.23% 3,821 34.77% 3,348 30.46% 10,990 Durham 22,874 59.98% 15,264 40.02% 7,610 19.96% 38,138 Edgecombe 7,834 66.58% 3,932 33.42% 3,902 33.16% 11,766 Forsyth 31,615 51.08% 30,276 48.92% 1,339 2.16% 61,891 Franklin 4,554 68.47% 2,097 31.53% 2,457 36.94% 6,651 Gaston 20,197 54.11% 17,129 45.89% 3,068 8.22% 37,326 Gates 1,702 75.38% 556 24.62% 1,146 50.76% 2,258 Graham 1,737 55.41% 1,398 44.59% 339 10.82% 3,135 Granville 4,596 63.66% 2,624 36.34% 1,972 27.32% 7,220 Greene 2,712 75.06% 901 24.94% 1,811 50.12% 3,613 Guilford 39,969 52.87% 35,635 47.13% 4,334 5.74% 75,604 Halifax 8,952 65.30% 4,757 34.70% 4,195 30.60% 13,709 Harnett 7,477 55.97% 5,883 44.03% 1,594 11.94% 13,360 Haywood 10,664 65.67% 5,575 34.33% 5,089 31.34% 16,239 Henderson 6,066 40.86% 8,780 59.14% −2,714 −18.28% 14,846 Hertford 3,953 79.91% 994 20.09% 2,959 59.82% 4,947 Hoke 2,254 74.32% 779 25.68% 1,475 48.64% 3,033 Hyde 1,127 68.68% 514 31.32% 613 37.36% 1,641 Iredell 11,231 46.56% 12,892 53.44% −1,661 −6.88% 24,123 Jackson 4,905 60.65% 3,183 39.35% 1,722 21.30% 8,088 Johnston 10,326 57.85% 7,523 42.15% 2,803 15.70% 17,849 Jones 2,129 73.29% 776 26.71% 1,353 46.58% 2,905 Lee 4,730 63.21% 2,753 36.79% 1,977 26.42% 7,483 Lenoir 7,617 57.56% 5,617 42.44% 2,000 15.12% 13,234 Lincoln 7,304 55.45% 5,869 44.55% 1,435 10.90% 13,173 Macon 3,774 56.55% 2,900 43.45% 874 13.10% 6,674 Madison 3,829 53.44% 3,336 46.56% 493 6.88% 7,165 Martin 4,821 76.14% 1,511 23.86% 3,310 52.28% 6,332 McDowell 6,314 60.20% 4,174 39.80% 2,140 20.40% 10,488 Mecklenburg 49,582 51.56% 46,589 48.44% 2,993 3.12% 96,171 Mitchell 1,736 34.73% 3,263 65.27% −1,527 −30.54% 4,999 Montgomery 3,933 53.74% 3,385 46.26% 548 7.48% 7,318 Moore 6,384 55.29% 5,162 44.71% 1,222 10.58% 11,546 Nash 9,163 58.89% 6,396 41.11% 2,767 17.78% 15,559 New Hanover 12,584 50.90% 12,140 49.10% 444 1.80% 24,724 Northampton 5,046 80.96% 1,187 19.04% 3,859 61.92% 6,233 Onslow 5,955 61.23% 3,771 38.77% 2,184 22.46% 9,726 Orange 9,206 61.41% 5,785 38.59% 3,421 22.82% 14,991 Pamlico 1,864 64.28% 1,036 35.72% 828 28.55% 2,900 Pasquotank 4,269 64.21% 2,380 35.79% 1,889 28.42% 6,649 Pender 3,205 62.04% 1,961 37.96% 1,244 24.08% 5,166 Perquimans 1,458 60.78% 941 39.22% 517 21.56% 2,399 Person 4,740 68.68% 2,162 31.32% 2,578 37.36% 6,902 Pitt 11,317 68.73% 5,149 31.27% 6,168 37.46% 16,466 Polk 3,017 52.18% 2,765 47.82% 252 4.36% 5,782 Randolph 10,638 43.64% 13,739 56.36% −3,101 −12.72% 24,377 Richmond 8,516 73.17% 3,123 26.83% 5,393 46.34% 11,639 Robeson 13,796 79.35% 3,591 20.65% 10,205 58.70% 17,387 Rockingham 11,432 55.78% 9,063 44.22% 2,369 11.56% 20,495 Rowan 14,934 50.22% 14,804 49.78% 130 0.44% 29,738 Rutherford 9,541 57.28% 7,115 42.72% 2,426 14.56% 16,656 Sampson 8,067 51.38% 7,634 48.62% 433 2.76% 15,701 Scotland 3,844 75.77% 1,229 24.23% 2,615 51.54% 5,073 Stanly 7,931 47.05% 8,924 52.95% −993 −5.90% 16,855 Stokes 4,898 51.22% 4,664 48.78% 234 2.44% 9,562 Surry 9,810 55.17% 7,970 44.83% 1,840 10.34% 17,780 Swain 2,294 59.93% 1,534 40.07% 760 19.86% 3,828 Transylvania 4,483 55.83% 3,547 44.17% 936 11.66% 8,030 Tyrrell 996 72.70% 374 27.30% 622 45.40% 1,370 Union 7,208 63.02% 4,229 36.98% 2,979 26.04% 11,437 Vance 5,186 60.04% 3,452 39.96% 1,734 20.08% 8,638 Wake 31,653 58.41% 22,542 41.59% 9,111 16.82% 54,195 Warren 2,849 59.88% 1,909 40.12% 940 19.76% 4,758 Washington 2,505 68.65% 1,144 31.35% 1,361 37.30% 3,649 Watauga 4,031 50.62% 3,932 49.38% 99 1.24% 7,963 Wayne 9,791 56.45% 7,555 43.55% 2,236 12.90% 17,346 Wilkes 9,176 45.45% 11,014 54.55% −1,838 −9.10% 20,190 Wilson 7,238 59.13% 5,002 40.87% 2,236 18.26% 12,240 Yadkin 3,638 38.30% 5,860 61.70% −2,222 −23.40% 9,498 Yancey 3,714 64.95% 2,004 35.05% 1,710 29.90% 5,718Totals800,13956.15%624,84443.85%175,29512.30%1,424,983
Results by congressional district
Johnson carried 8 of the 9 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.
District1964 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=c50a65162a924020a2404711cef83587 July 24, 2024 Western Washington UniversityGoldwaterJohnson1st30.9%69.1%2nd35.7%64.3%3rd41.1%58.9%4th47%53%5th46.9%53.1%6th45.1%54.9%7th36.7%63.3%8th44.2%55.8%9th51.1%48.9%10th47.4%52.6%11th41.8%58.2%
References
Works cited
Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306
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