1964 United States presidential election in Georgia

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Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 1964 United States presidential election The 1964 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election, which was held on that day throughout all 50 states and The District of Columbia. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Republican nominee and U.S. Senator from Arizona Barry Goldwater carried the state by 8.3 percentage points over incumbent Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson. With his victory, Goldwater became the first Republican to ever carry the state in a presidential election. This was an impressive feat, especially given that Goldwater lost to Lyndon B. Johnson nationally in a landslide. Georgia joined the other Deep South states of Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana in supporting the Arizona senator as a protest against the Civil Rights Act,Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 90-92 0786422173 although it did so by a smaller margin – 8.25% – than any other Deep South state Goldwater carried.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1964 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia This election was the first time since 1836 that a Democrat would win the presidency without carrying Georgia. Georgia was also one of three states that voted with a certain party for the first time in this election, the other two being Alaska and Vermont, both of which voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time. Georgia was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina.1964 Presidential General Election Results - National https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1964&datatype=national&def=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Dave Leip's election atlas1960 Presidential General Election Results - National https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1960 Dave Leip's election atlas Pro-Union and almost entirely white Appalachia, which previously supported Republican candidates, gave Towns County to the Democrats for the first time since 1952, and nearly switched Gilmer and Pickens Counties.Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote, 1896-1932, p. 172 080471696X Campaign James H. Gray Sr., the chair of the Georgia Democratic Party, supported Goldwater.'Georgia Demos Will Support National Ticket'; Rome News-Tribune, November 10, 1967, p. 1 Calvin F. Craig, the head of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia, supported Goldwater as he saw the election as a battle between Goldwater's "Americanism" and Johnson's "socialism".'Georgia KKK Endorses Barry For Presidency', Chicago Daily Defender, July 28, 196, p. 3 A "Democrats for Goldwater" group was also organized by the "Citizens' Council".McMillen, Neil R.; The Citizens' Council: Organized Resistance to the Second Reconstruction, 1954-64, p. 351 0252064410 The majority of opinion polls between July and early OctoberGrimes, Roy; 'Look Away, Look Away...'; The Victoria Advocate, October 11, 1964, p. 4A suggested that, despite this widespread opposition to Johnson's programs, Goldwater would not win Georgia. In fact, in early August, Georgia was viewed as alongside Arkansas and North Carolina as the most secure southern state for Johnson.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. 12 Nevertheless, those Democratic Party delegates who refused to support Goldwater because of his policies on rural electrification and subsidies to tobacco farmers were concerned that Goldwater could carry Georgia – and the entire South – as early as late August.'South Ponders: "If Georgia Goes to Goldwater ...": Organization Noted'; The Christian Science Monitor, August 25, 1964, p. 1 Moreover, in Valdosta in the far south, the region where resistance to black civil rights was most extreme, white union workers in September had been polled as supporting Goldwater 315 to 19, with 1 vote for George Wallace who would carry the state in 1968.'Goldwater Tops Johnson In a Georgia Union Poll' (Special to The New York Times); The New York Times, September 13, 1964; p. 57 By the end of September, it was clear that the state was bitterly divided, with the previously rock-solid Democratic south rooting for Goldwater but defections from Republican support during the previous election in the northern counties appearing to be almost as widespread,Baird, Joseph H.; 'Georgia Vote Doubts Build: Opportunism Charged', Christian Science Monitor, September 16, 1964; p. 11 because there was some hope Johnson could reverse large population declines and win support through his War on Poverty program.Hunter, Marjorie; 'Poverty Is Issue in Georgia Hills: Democrats Hope to Reverse Their G.O.P. Tradition' (Special to The New York Times); The New York Times, October 19, 1964, p. 26 By the end of October, amidst much campaigning in the state by both Johnson and Goldwater, it was generally thought Georgia was leaning towards the Republicans.Selover, William C.; 'Nationwide Poll of Polls Shows Wide Agreement on Outcome of Election: Georgia to Goldwater', The Christian Science Monitor, October 30, 1964, p. 6 Compared to the previous election, Georgia swung to the Republicans by over 34%, though this masked enormous regional differences. Among the rural areas of the "black belt" and the south of the state, there were enormous swings to Goldwater as the whites – the only people who voted – totally deserted Johnson.Coleman, Kenneth (editor); A History of Georgia, p. 399 082031269X For instance, Miller County went from 94% for Kennedy to only 14% for Johnson, and Lee County from 69% for Kennedy to only 19 percent for Johnson. In contrast, only 55% of those Georgian voters who supported Nixon in 1960 remained with Goldwater.Gimpel, James G. and Schuknecht, Jason E.; Patchwork Nation: Sectionalism and Political Change in American Politics, p. 204 0472022911 Deserting of the Republicans in pro-Union and almost entirely white Appalachia gave Towns County to the Democrats for the first time since 1952, and nearly switched Gilmer and Pickens Counties. Illustrating the "bifurcated" political change in the stateMickey, Robert; Paths out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America, p. 77 1400838789 was that while FDR carried the state by 83.83 percentage points in 1932, Herbert Hoover had won Towns County by 48 votes. One of the best examples of anti-Catholic voters going to Democrats was Long County, which had only given Kennedy 23 percent of the vote in 1960, but gave Johnson 84% in 1964. Goldwater received 65% of the white vote.Black Black 1992 155 During the concurrent House elections of 1964 in Georgia, Republicans picked up a seat from the Democrats, that being the Third District House seat won by Howard Callaway who became the first Republican to be elected to the House of Representatives from Georgia since Reconstruction. Results + General election resultsGeorgia's Official Register, 1963-1964 Department of Archives and History Atlanta, Georgia 1500–1507, 1532–1533 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1963.pdf#page=1501 Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Barry Goldwater Moye616,600 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Dougherty616,584 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Kaliher616,425 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Howard616,380 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Scholoth616,330 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Kent616,292 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Pickett616,289 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Levison616,284 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Wasden616,244 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Hartness616,197 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Stokes616,017 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Smith615,851 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Sanders522,557 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Fuqua522,457 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Rutland522,425 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Smith522,423 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Richardson522,408 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Peters522,392 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Gillis522,391 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Fickling522,387 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Lewis522,373 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Carmichael522,196 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Ellard522,189 Democratic Party Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) Barnes522,163 Write-in George Wallace39 Write-in Richard Russell24 Write-in Richard B. Russell24 Write-in Herman Talmadge19 Write-in William Scranton10 Write-in Adlai Stevenson10 Write-in Geo. Wallace10 Write-in Richard Nixon9 Write-in Geo. W. Wallace7 Write-in Henry Cabot Lodge6 Write-in Lester Maddox5 Write-in Robert F. Kennedy4 Write-in Robert Kennedy3 Write-in Nelson Rockefeller3 Write-in Walter Cronkite2 Write-in Lang Gammon2 Write-in Dick Russell2 Write-in George C. Wallace2 Write-in Thomas B. Chapman1 Write-in Clifton Dewberry1 Write-in Marvin Griffin1 Write-in Joseph B. Lightburn1 Write-in George Romney1 Write-in Governor Romney1 Write-in Dean Rusk1 Write-in Wm. Scranton1 Write-in Margaret Chase Smith1 Write-in Adelaide Stevenson1 Write-in Harry S. Truman1 Write-in George A. Wallace1 Write-in Gov. Wallace1 Write-in Robert Welch1Total votes 1,139,352 Results by county CountyFortson Ben W. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/ggpd/pdfs/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bs4-b1964-bfolio.pdf Official state of Georgia tabulation by counties for Presidential Electors, U.S. Representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, General Election November 3, 1964 Georgia Secretary of State 1964Barry GoldwaterRepublicanLyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # %Appling2,59762.44%1,56237.56%1,03524.88%4,159Atkinson1,15758.76%81141.19%10.05%34617.57%1,969Bacon2,13664.43%1,17935.57%95728.86%3,315Baker91460.33%60039.60%10.07%31420.73%1,515Baldwin3,43055.59%2,74044.41%69011.18%6,170Banks54830.34%1,25869.66%-710-39.32%1,806Barrow2,31650.42%2,27749.58%390.84%4,593Bartow2,81337.77%4,63562.23%-1,822-24.46%7,448Ben Hill2,08957.82%1,52342.15%10.03%56615.67%3,613Berrien4,07360.51%2,65839.49%1,41521.02%6,731Bibb25,64158.98%17,83141.02%7,81017.96%43,472Bleckley2,57872.50%97827.50%1,60045.00%3,556Brantley1,23157.52%90942.48%32215.04%2,140Brooks2,34269.50%1,02730.47%10.03%1,31539.03%3,370Bryan1,43362.58%85737.42%57625.16%2,290Bulloch4,82363.94%2,72036.06%2,10327.88%7,543Burke3,03471.52%1,20828.48%1,82643.04%4,242Butts1,26145.12%1,53454.88%-273-9.76%2,795Calhoun1,06678.67%28921.33%77757.34%1,355Camden1,80251.56%1,69348.44%1093.12%3,495Candler1,71068.26%79531.74%91536.52%2,505Carroll4,98450.96%4,79449.02%20.02%1901.94%9,780Catoosa4,14358.59%2,92241.32%60.08%1,22117.27%7,071Charlton1,17967.26%57432.74%60534.52%1,753Chatham33,14158.85%23,17641.15%10.00%9,96517.70%56,318Chattahoochee24656.29%19143.71%5512.58%437Chattooga1,47627.01%3,98672.94%30.05%-2,510-45.93%5,465Cherokee3,39851.59%3,18948.41%2093.18%6,587Clarke4,87539.33%7,51960.67%-2,644-21.34%12,394Clay54460.04%36039.74%20.22%18420.30%906Clayton10,48864.08%5,86935.86%100.06%4,61928.22%16,367Clinch1,08460.56%70639.44%37821.12%1,790Cobb20,86355.62%16,64744.38%10.00%4,21611.24%37,511Coffee4,39261.76%2,71938.24%1,67323.52%7,111Colquitt6,49371.67%2,56328.29%40.04%3,93043.38%9,060Columbia2,57564.33%1,42835.67%1,14728.66%4,003Cook2,05860.62%1,33739.38%72121.24%3,395Coweta3,65649.62%3,71250.38%-56-0.76%7,368Crawford95756.96%72343.04%23413.92%1,680Crisp3,33765.52%1,75634.48%1,58131.04%5,093Dade1,37852.84%1,22747.05%30.12%1515.79%2,608Dawson63940.67%93259.33%-293-18.66%1,571Decatur5,06071.55%2,01128.44%10.01%3,04943.11%7,072DeKalb49,44857.10%37,15442.90%12,29414.20%86,602Dodge3,28558.03%2,37641.97%90916.06%5,661Dooly1,66253.05%1,47146.95%1916.10%3,133Dougherty12,77670.88%5,24829.12%7,52841.76%18,024Douglas3,31557.00%2,50143.00%81414.00%5,816Early2,39875.67%77124.33%1,62751.34%3,169Echols39968.44%18431.56%21536.88%583Effingham2,67679.74%68020.26%1,99659.48%3,356Elbert1,88737.30%3,17262.70%-1,285-25.40%5,059Emanuel3,31159.23%2,27940.77%1,03218.46%5,590Evans1,57266.30%79933.70%77332.60%2,371Fannin3,43354.77%2,83445.21%10.02%5999.56%6,268Fayette1,34959.98%89639.84%40.18%45320.14%2,249Floyd9,84952.85%8,75046.95%370.20%1,0995.90%18,636Forsyth1,47146.64%1,68253.33%10.03%-211-6.69%3,154Franklin86423.84%2,75876.10%20.06%-1,894-52.26%3,624Fulton73,20543.90%93,54056.09%110.01%-20,335-12.19%166,756Gilmer2,16750.09%2,15949.91%80.18%4,326Glascock83686.19%13413.81%70272.38%970Glynn7,34156.22%5,71243.75%40.03%1,62912.47%13,057Gordon2,31741.55%3,26058.45%-943-16.90%5,577Grady2,98361.25%1,88738.75%1,09622.50%4,870Greene1,09328.83%2,69871.17%-1,605-42.34%3,791Gwinnett6,82350.42%6,70549.55%30.02%1180.87%13,531Habersham1,59531.84%3,41268.12%20.04%-1,817-36.28%5,009Hall4,29634.90%8,00365.01%110.09%-3,707-30.11%12,310Hancock92546.27%1,07453.73%-149-7.46%1,999Haralson3,12958.85%2,18641.11%20.04%94317.74%5,317Harris2,16669.74%94030.26%1,22639.48%3,106Hart1,16627.00%3,14272.77%100.23%-1,976-45.77%4,318Heard80743.18%1,06156.77%10.05%-254-13.59%1,869Henry3,12546.58%3,58353.41%10.01%-458-6.83%6,709Houston6,53260.53%4,25839.46%10.01%2,27421.07%10,791Irwin2,01773.16%74026.84%1,27746.32%2,757Jackson1,66429.62%3,95370.38%-2,289-40.76%5,617Jasper1,07555.90%84844.10%22711.80%1,923Jeff Davis1,87571.56%74528.44%1,13043.12%2,620Jefferson2,95070.15%1,25329.80%20.05%1,69740.35%4,205Jenkins1,50962.43%90837.57%60124.86%2,417Johnson1,94073.99%68226.01%1,25847.98%2,622Jones1,80556.67%1,38043.33%42513.34%3,185Lamar1,57050.30%1,54849.60%30.10%220.70%3,121Lanier71952.10%66147.90%584.20%1,380Laurens5,45758.76%3,82841.22%20.02%1,62917.54%9,287Lee1,04181.01%24418.99%79762.02%1,285Liberty1,45839.73%2,21260.27%-754-20.54%3,670Lincoln94372.76%35327.24%59045.52%1,296Long24615.55%1,33684.45%-1,090-68.90%1,582Lowndes6,81160.95%4,36339.04%10.01%2,44821.91%11,175Lumpkin85541.81%1,18958.14%10.05%-334-16.33%2,045Macon1,72361.56%1,07638.44%64723.12%2,799Madison1,19033.70%2,34166.30%-1,151-32.60%3,531Marion71966.27%36533.64%10.09%35432.63%1,085McDuffie2,65770.27%1,12429.73%1,53340.54%3,781McIntosh79539.99%1,19360.01%-398-20.02%1,988Meriwether2,25048.14%2,42351.84%10.02%-173-3.70%4,674Miller1,65885.82%27414.18%1,38471.64%1,932Mitchell3,26573.17%1,19726.83%2,06846.34%4,462Monroe1,66551.33%1,57848.64%10.03%872.69%3,244Montgomery1,40961.61%87838.39%53123.22%2,287Morgan1,48547.31%1,65452.69%-169-5.38%3,139Murray1,06430.44%2,42669.41%50.14%-1,362-38.97%3,495Muscogee21,02562.81%12,44637.18%30.01%8,57925.63%33,474Newton2,67842.52%3,62057.48%-942-14.96%6,298Oconee1,24153.63%1,07346.37%1687.26%2,314Oglethorpe1,12656.58%86443.42%26213.16%1,990Paulding1,91443.23%2,51356.77%-599-13.54%4,427Peach1,97055.40%1,58544.57%10.03%38510.83%3,556Pickens1,95550.32%1,93049.68%250.64%3,885Pierce1,98166.86%98233.14%99933.72%2,963Pike1,06452.94%94647.06%1185.88%2,010Polk3,28241.86%4,55558.10%30.04%-1,273-16.24%7,840Pulaski1,76864.86%95334.96%50.18%81529.90%2,726Putnam1,19654.02%1,01845.98%1788.04%2,214Quitman37762.11%23037.89%14724.22%607Rabun55123.48%1,79676.52%-1,245-53.04%2,347Randolph1,65663.18%96236.70%30.11%69426.48%2,621Richmond21,48161.32%13,54538.67%30.01%7,93622.65%35,029Rockdale1,50343.25%1,97256.75%-469-13.50%3,475Schley57760.48%37739.52%20020.96%954Screven2,26060.98%1,44639.02%81421.96%3,706Seminole1,29475.19%42724.81%86750.38%1,721Spalding4,76346.56%5,46653.44%-703-6.88%10,229Stephens1,37128.24%3,48371.76%-2,112-43.52%4,854Stewart1,03773.39%37326.40%30.21%66446.99%1,413Sumter3,77468.61%1,72731.39%2,04737.22%5,501Talbot67951.99%62748.01%523.98%1,306Taliaferro33734.92%62865.08%-291-30.16%965Tattnall3,26466.45%1,64833.55%1,61632.90%4,912Taylor1,37255.55%1,09744.41%10.04%27511.14%2,470Telfair1,91450.55%1,87249.45%421.10%3,786Terrell1,92177.15%56922.85%1,35254.30%2,490Thomas6,30665.94%3,25734.06%3,04931.88%9,563Tift4,65067.04%2,28632.96%2,36434.08%6,936Toombs3,54367.77%1,68532.23%1,85835.54%5,228Towns1,14046.88%1,28953.00%30.12%-149-6.12%2,432Treutlen72235.15%1,33164.80%10.05%-609-29.65%2,054Troup5,27746.66%6,03253.34%-755-6.68%11,309Turner1,67269.93%71930.07%95339.86%2,391Twiggs1,17859.98%78640.02%39219.96%1,964Union1,47340.83%2,13559.17%-662-18.34%3,608Upson3,10348.61%3,27551.30%60.09%-172-2.69%6,384Walker5,93952.09%5,45447.84%80.07%4854.25%11,401Walton2,87454.99%2,35044.97%20.04%52410.02%5,226Ware4,94848.81%5,18951.19%-241-2.38%10,137Warren1,07073.59%38426.41%68647.18%1,454Washington2,29655.63%1,83044.34%10.02%46611.29%4,127Wayne3,61962.39%2,18237.61%1,43724.78%5,801Webster45776.04%14423.96%31352.08%601Wheeler84946.42%98053.58%-131-7.16%1,829White84035.55%1,52064.33%30.13%-680-28.78%2,363Whitfield4,54638.27%7,33061.70%40.03%-2,784-23.43%11,880Wilcox1,79466.59%90033.41%89433.18%2,694Wilkes1,65253.48%1,43746.52%2156.96%3,089Wilkinson2,17269.28%96330.72%1,20938.56%3,135Worth3,15778.55%86221.45%2,29557.10%4,019Totals616,58454.12%522,55745.87%1950.02%94,0278.25%1,139,336 Results by congressional district Goldwater carried 7 of the 10 congressional districts, including six that elected Democrats. 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 UniversityGoldwaterJohnson1st59.7%40.3%2nd70.1%29.9%3rd62.7%37.3%4th51.7%48.3%5th44.6%55.4%6th54%46%7th49.1%50.9%8th59.7%40.3%9th40.5%59.5%10th55.3%44.7% 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 Category:1964 Georgia (U.S. state) elections Georgia 1964