1964 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 January 2025 1964 New Jersey Democratic presidential primaries New Jersey 1960 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary 1960 1968 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary 1968 April 21, 1964 yes Presidential delegate primary primary Yes 80 Democratic National Convention delegatesNO PRESIDENCY RACE FOR JERSEY PRIMARY https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/13/archives/no-presidency-race-for-jersey-primary.html March 13, 1964 19 The New York Times June 4, 2025 250px File:NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg Uncommitted 000000 80 yes primary Presidential preference primary (non-binding) Yes No Democratic National Convention delegates File:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg Lyndon B. Johnson(write-in) 668c63 Texas 4,863 82.3% File:George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace(write-in) c13649 Alabama 491 8.3% File:Portrait of Robert Kennedy (cropped2).jpg Robert F. Kennedy(write-in) 80b3ff New York 431 7.3% File:New Jersey Democratic presidential primary election results by county 1964.svg County results#668c63 Johnson #c13649 Wallace #6d7878 Johnson/Kennedy tie #b3b3b3 None 1964 Democratic Party presidential primaries The 1964 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on April 21, 1964, in New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1964 United States presidential election. In the binding delegate primary, competing slates of uncommitted delegates contested the election on a ballot The New York Times called "one of the most confusing in the state's recent history." In most districts, however, the "Regular Democratic Organization" slate assembled by state and local party leaders ultimately ran unopposed. In the preference primary held at the same time, no candidate filed to run, but President Johnson easily received a large majority of write-in votes, though fewer than six thousand were cast.https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1964-primary-election.pdf Results of the Primary Election Held April 21st, 1964 New Jersey Department of State In some counties, a write-in vote was difficult or impossible to cast due to the nature of the voting machines used, and no vote was recorded in Cape May or Essex counties. Background Procedure Thirty-five delegates were elected at-large on a statewide ticket, and another three were elected from each of the state's 15 congressional districts. On March 9, the legislature passed an act authorizing voters to vote for delegates as a bloc, if they chose to be grouped together, if a county clerk found that the capacity of voting machines made it impossible to vote for individual delegates. Nine counties (Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset) opted for this system, but on April 2, Superior Court judge Nelson K. Mintz ruled that adapters for voting machines used in the state were available and that the county clerks could not "substitute their standard for the standard of 'impossibility' prescribed by the Legislature".1964-04-03 BLOC VOTE BARRED IN JERSEY PRIMARY https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/03/archives/bloc-vote-barred-in-jersey-primary.html 2025-06-04 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Results Preference primary results 1964 New Jersey presidential preference primary Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.; write-in) Democratic Party (US) 4,863 82.30% George Wallace (write-in) Democratic Party (US) 491 8.31% Robert F. Kennedy (write-in) Democratic Party (US) 431 7.29% Henry Cabot Lodge (write-in) Republican Party (US) 69 1.17% Barry Goldwater (write-in) Republican Party (US) 30 0.51% Richard Nixon (write-in) Republican Party (US) 19 0.32% Nelson Rockefeller (write-in) Republican Party (US) 3 0.05% William Scranton (write-in) Republican Party (US) 3 0.05% 5,909 100.00% Delegate primary results +1964 New Jersey Democratic primaryDelegate slateCandidateDelegate candidatesDelegatesAggregate votesStateDistrictTotalOf total (%)TotalOf total (%)Regular Democratic OrganizationUncommitted 35 45 80 100.00 4,920,735 93.50%Regular Democrats Real DemocracyUncommitted 14 0 0 0.00 337,648 6.41%No SloganUncommitted0200.002,9630.06%Regular Conference DemocratUncommitted0200.001,1570.02%Tax Cut Equal Opportunity NowUncommitted0100.004770.01%Total495080100.0 5,262,980100.00Registered voters, and turnout Delegate primary results by contest +1964 New Jersey Democratic primaryContestDelegatesand popular voteTotal RegularDemocratic Organization OtherDelegates at-large354,428,453 (92.92%)337,648 (7.08%)All votes cast for the "Regular Democrats Real Democracy" slate led by James J. Mack.4,766,101NJ 1 C345,862 (100.00%)45,862NJ 2 C313,907 (89.49%)1,634 (10.51%)477 votes (3.07%) cast for Herod E. McLeod, running with the slogan "Tax Cut Equal Opportunity Now" and 1,157 votes (7.44%) cast for the "Regular Conference Democrat" ticket.15,541NJ 3 C327,622 (100.00%)27,622NJ 4 C326,884 (90.07%)2,963 (9.93%)All votes cast for Joseph E. Lavenberg and Chester McCullough of Delanco, running with no slogan.29,847NJ 5 C312,459 (100.00%)12,459NJ 6 C355,715 (100.00%)55,715NJ 7 C329,098 (100.00%)29,098NJ 8 C314,544 (100.00%)14,544NJ 9 C330,836 (100.00%)30,836NJ 10 C332,238 (100.00%)32,238NJ 11 C321,176 (100.00%)21,176NJ 12 C323,033 (100.00%)23,033NJ 13 C354,633 (100.00%)54,633NJ 14 C356,055 (100.00%)56,055NJ 15 C348,220 (100.00%)48,220District subtotal45492,282 (99.07%)4,597 (0.93%)496,879 Aftermath At the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, the New Jersey delegates joined a voice vote nominating Lyndon B. Johnson for election to a full term. 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