1964 United States presidential election in Illinois

none June 2025 September 2023 1964 United States presidential election in Illinois Illinois 1915 presidential no 1960 United States presidential election in Illinois 1960 1968 United States presidential election in Illinois 1968 November 3, 1964https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1964 United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica May 30, 2017 x200px 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Texas Hubert Humphrey 26 2,796,833 59.47% File:Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) Arizona William E. Miller 0 1,905,946 40.53% 1964 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 180px County results Johnson #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Goldwater #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 84.97% The 1964 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1965_1969.html#1964 1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69) May 30, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 59.47% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 40.53% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=17&year=1964 1964 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois May 30, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1964 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964 May 30, 2017 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Adams County, DeWitt County, Effingham County, Logan County, Menard County, Morgan County, Scott County, Wabash County, and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This was the last time until 1992 that Illinois voted Democratic in a presidential race, after which the state has always gone Democratic. McLean County would not vote Democratic again until 2008. Primaries Turnout Turnout in the preference vote of the primaries was 17.77%, with a total of 917,314 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1964 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1963–1964 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL, 14, 1964 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1964/1964%20GE%20and%20PE.pdf Illinois State Board of Elections 1 July 2020 April 17, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260417004147/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads%2FElectionOperations%2FVoteTotals%2FArchived%2F1964%2F1964%20GE%20and%20PE.pdf dead OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220602085116/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF dead June 2, 2022 www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 10 April 2020 Turnout in the general election was 84.97%, with a total of 4,702,841 votes cast. Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 14. Democratic 1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary no 1960 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1960 1968 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1968 presidential Illinois 1964 04 14 File:Lyndon B. Johnson, photo portrait, color (3x4 cropped)(2).jpg 150x150px Lyndon B. Johnson 668c63 Texas 82,027 91.63% File: George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace (write-in) Alabama c13649 3,761 4.20% File: Bobby Kennedy - restored.jpg Robert F. Kennedy (write-in) 73638c MassachusettsOfficial Congressional Directory – 88th Congress 1964 489 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDIR-1964-01-01/pdf/CDIR-1964-01-01.pdf Robert F. Kennedy; Attorney General of the United States; legal residence, Massachusetts. 2,894 3.23% 280px The 1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election. In this election, all candidates were write-ins. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. Incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson overwhelmingly won the primary. While he received 3.23% of the vote, Robert F. Kennedy was not an active candidate for the nomination. 1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes% Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) (write-in) 82,027 91.63 George Wallace (write-in) 3,761 4.20Robert F. Kennedy (write-in) 2,894 3.23 Other write-ins 841 0.94 Total 89,523 100 Republican 1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary Illinois presidential no 1960 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1960 1968 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1968 1964 04 14 File:Senator Goldwater 1960.jpg Barry Goldwater a59400 Arizona 512,840 61.95% File:MargaretChaseSmith (1).jpg 150x150px Margaret Chase Smith cc97cc Maine 209,521 25.31% File:Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (R-MA) (cropped).jpg Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 73638c Massachusetts 68,122 8.23% 160px County map legend: #ECDEAC Goldwater—40-50%#E2CD7F Goldwater—50-60%#D7BD5D Goldwater—60-70%#D7B32F Goldwater—70-80%#C29D16 Goldwater—80-90% The 1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. 1964 Illinois Republican presidential primaryIllinois Blue Book 1967-1968 Illinois Secretary of State 884 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/209341 30 March 2020CandidateVotes%Barry M. Goldwater 512,840 61.95Margaret Chase Smith 209,521 25.31Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (write-in) 68,122 8.23Richard M. Nixon (write-in) 30,313 3.66George Wallace (write-in) 2,203 0.27Nelson A. Rockefeller (write-in) 2,048 0.25William Scranton (write-in) 1,842 0.22George Romney (write-in) 465 0.06 Other write-ins 437 0.05 Total 827,791 100 Results 1964 United States presidential election in Illinois Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 2,796,833 59.47% Barry Goldwater Republican Party (United States) 1,905,946 40.53% Others Write-in 62 0.00% 4,702,841 100% Results by county CountyLyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticBarry GoldwaterRepublicanVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes castOur Campaigns; IL US President 1964 # % # % # % # % Adams 18,321 56.70% 13,993 43.30% 4,328 13.40% 32,314 Alexander 4,763 62.20% 2,895 37.80% 1,868 24.40% 7,658 Bond 3,815 55.51% 3,058 44.49% 757 11.02% 6,873 Boone 3,694 42.23% 5,053 57.77% -1,359 -15.54% 8,747 Brown 2,083 60.59% 1,355 39.41% 728 21.18% 3,438 Bureau 9,086 48.75% 9,552 51.25% -466 -2.50% 18,638 Calhoun 1,805 58.36% 1,288 41.64% 517 16.72% 3,093 Carroll 4,062 47.51% 4,487 52.49% -425 -4.98% 8,549 Cass 4,424 60.94% 2,836 39.06% 1,588 21.88% 7,260 Champaign 25,792 53.96% 22,010 46.04% 3,782 7.92% 47,802 Christian 11,898 65.91% 6,153 34.09% 5,745 31.82% 18,051Clark 4,464 50.34% 4,403 49.66% 61 0.68% 8,867 Clay 4,551 55.39% 3,665 44.61% 886 10.78% 8,216 Clinton 7,339 61.00% 4,692 39.00% 2,647 22.00% 12,031 Coles 11,377 56.17% 8,878 43.83% 2,499 12.34% 20,255 Cook 1,537,181 63.18% 895,718 36.82% 641,463 26.36% 2,432,899 Crawford 5,624 53.78% 4,834 46.22% 790 7.56% 10,458 Cumberland 3,056 57.58% 2,251 42.42% 805 15.16% 5,307 DeKalb 10,257 46.52% 11,791 53.48% 1 0.00% -1,534 -6.96% 22,049 DeWitt 4,371 54.80% 3,605 45.20% 766 9.60% 7,976 Douglas 4,695 52.65% 4,223 47.35% 472 5.30% 8,918 DuPage 66,229 40.11% 98,871 59.89% -32,642 -19.78% 165,100 Edgar 5,966 50.59% 5,827 49.41% 139 1.18% 11,793 Edwards 1,991 46.81% 2,262 53.19% -271 -6.38% 4,253 Effingham 6,782 57.35% 5,044 42.65% 1,738 14.70% 11,826 Fayette 6,295 58.36% 4,492 41.64% 1,803 16.72% 10,787 Ford 3,427 42.43% 4,650 57.57% -1,223 -15.14% 8,077 Franklin 13,581 64.06% 7,620 35.94% 5,961 28.12% 21,201 Fulton 13,030 62.60% 7,785 37.40% 5,245 25.20% 20,815 Gallatin 2,845 67.11% 1,394 32.89% 1,451 34.22% 4,239 Greene 4,781 60.45% 3,128 39.55% 1,653 20.90% 7,909 Grundy 5,246 48.72% 5,522 51.28% -276 -2.56% 10,768 Hamilton 3,133 55.02% 2,561 44.98% 572 10.04% 5,694 Hancock 6,199 52.73% 5,557 47.27% 642 5.46% 11,756 Hardin 1,639 55.32% 1,324 44.68% 315 10.64% 2,963 Henderson 2,271 54.93% 1,863 45.07% 408 9.86% 4,134 Henry 12,085 53.17% 10,644 46.83% 1,441 6.34% 22,729 Iroquois 7,029 42.72% 9,423 57.28% -2,394 -14.56% 16,452 Jackson 12,165 63.43% 7,013 36.57% 5,152 26.86% 19,178 Jasper 3,406 56.58% 2,614 43.42% 792 13.16% 6,020 Jefferson 9,653 60.71% 6,248 39.29% 3,405 21.42% 15,901 Jersey 3,936 56.41% 3,041 43.59% 895 12.82% 6,977 Jo Daviess 4,818 51.12% 4,607 48.88% 211 2.24% 9,425 Johnson 1,770 44.39% 2,217 55.61% -447 -11.22% 3,987 Kane 40,703 46.73% 46,391 53.27% -5,688 -6.54% 87,094 Kankakee 20,792 56.39% 16,082 43.61% 4,710 12.78% 36,874 Kendall 3,430 37.53% 5,710 62.47% -2,280 -24.94% 9,140 Knox 15,000 53.86% 12,850 46.14% 2,150 7.72% 27,850 Lake 62,785 51.60% 58,840 48.36% 42 0.03% 3,945 3.24% 121,667 LaSalle 30,923 59.31% 21,216 40.69% 9,707 18.62% 52,139 Lawrence 5,136 55.15% 4,176 44.85% 960 10.30% 9,312 Lee 7,315 46.41% 8,445 53.59% -1,130 -7.18% 15,760 Livingston 8,476 45.29% 10,239 54.71% -1,763 -9.42% 18,715 Logan 7,712 53.12% 6,805 46.88% 907 6.24% 14,517 Macon 35,045 66.12% 17,957 33.88% 17,088 32.24% 53,002 Macoupin 15,227 64.37% 8,430 35.63% 6,797 28.74% 23,657 Madison 65,115 68.45% 30,009 31.55% 35,106 36.90% 95,124 Marion 12,363 63.65% 7,060 36.35% 5,303 27.30% 19,423 Marshall 3,561 52.60% 3,209 47.40% 352 5.20% 6,770 Mason 4,857 63.16% 2,833 36.84% 2,024 26.32% 7,690 Massac 3,396 52.46% 3,078 47.54% 318 4.92% 6,474 McDonough 6,144 47.08% 6,907 52.92% -763 -5.84% 13,051 McHenry 18,014 44.46% 22,503 55.54% -4,489 -11.08% 40,517 McLean 19,550 50.56% 19,120 49.44% 430 1.12% 38,670 Menard 2,491 51.76% 2,322 48.24% 169 3.52% 4,813 Mercer 4,410 51.10% 4,220 48.90% 190 2.20% 8,630 Monroe 4,605 53.92% 3,936 46.08% 669 7.84% 8,541 Montgomery 10,581 62.22% 6,425 37.78% 4,156 24.44% 17,006 Morgan 9,235 56.05% 7,240 43.95% 1,995 12.10% 16,475 Moultrie 3,733 59.96% 2,493 40.04% 1,240 19.92% 6,226 Ogle 6,917 39.87% 10,430 60.13% -3,513 -20.26% 17,347 Peoria 47,360 58.70% 33,327 41.30% 14,033 17.40% 80,687 Perry 6,639 60.76% 4,287 39.24% 2,352 21.52% 10,926 Piatt 3,897 55.37% 3,141 44.63% 756 10.74% 7,038 Pike 6,576 61.52% 4,113 38.48% 2,463 23.04% 10,689 Pope 1,117 45.67% 1,329 54.33% -212 -8.66% 2,446 Pulaski 3,332 66.01% 1,716 33.99% 1,616 32.02% 5,048 Putnam 1,359 54.58% 1,131 45.42% 228 9.16% 2,490 Randolph 9,199 61.32% 5,803 38.68% 3,396 22.64% 15,002 Richland 4,239 52.08% 3,901 47.92% 338 4.16% 8,140 Rock Island 41,759 63.78% 23,714 36.22% 18,045 27.56% 65,473 Saline 8,337 59.43% 5,691 40.57% 2,646 18.86% 14,028 Sangamon 43,073 56.55% 33,077 43.43% 16 0.02% 9,996 13.12% 76,166 Schuyler 2,504 50.88% 2,417 49.12% 87 1.76% 4,921 Scott 1,952 54.54% 1,627 45.46% 325 9.08% 3,579 Shelby 7,088 62.34% 4,281 37.66% 2,807 24.68% 11,369 St. Clair 74,005 72.39% 28,226 27.61% 45,779 44.78% 102,231 Stark 1,776 45.62% 2,117 54.38% -341 -8.76% 3,893 Stephenson 10,854 53.98% 9,252 46.02% 1,602 7.96% 20,106 Tazewell 28,561 62.45% 17,170 37.55% 11,391 24.90% 45,731 Union 5,208 62.37% 3,142 37.63% 2,066 24.74% 8,350 Vermilion 24,765 55.94% 19,506 44.06% 5,259 11.88% 44,271 Wabash 3,721 56.16% 2,905 43.84% 816 12.32% 6,626 Warren 4,670 47.02% 5,258 52.95% 3 0.03% -588 -5.93% 9,931 Washington 3,670 48.87% 3,840 51.13% -170 -2.26% 7,510 Wayne 5,198 52.28% 4,745 47.72% 453 4.56% 9,943 White 5,963 59.85% 4,000 40.15% 1,963 19.70% 9,963 Whiteside 12,536 49.21% 12,940 50.79% -404 -1.58% 25,476 Will 49,663 56.25% 38,619 43.75% 11,044 12.50% 88,282 Williamson 14,613 61.55% 9,130 38.45% 5,483 23.10% 23,743 Winnebago 48,834 55.02% 39,920 44.98% 8,914 10.04% 88,754Woodford 5,914 48.63% 6,248 51.37% -334 -2.74% 12,162Totals2,796,83359.47%1,905,94640.53%620.00%890,88718.94%4,702,841 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Bond Cass Coles Fayette Franklin Fulton Greene Hamilton Hancock Hardin Jefferson Jersey Jo Daviess Kankakee Marion Marshall Mason Macon Moultrie Piatt Pike Pulaski Randolph Saline Schuyler Shelby Union Vermilion Will Williamson Winnebago Henry LaSalle Montgomery Perry Stephenson Adams Brown Cumberland Crawford DeWitt Douglas Edgar Logan Menard Mercer Monroe Morgan Peoria Putnam Sangamon Scott Tazewell Calhoun Henderson Knox Champaign Clark Clay Effingham Lake Lawrence Jackson Jasper Massac McLean Richland Wabash Wayne White See also United States presidential elections in Illinois References Illinois 1964 Category:1964 Illinois elections