1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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November 3, 1964
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The 1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
Incumbent Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson won Tennessee with 55.50% of the vote to Republican nominee Barry Goldwater's 44.49%. This was the first time Tennessee had voted Democratic for president since 1948.
Campaign
[edit]Goldwater supported privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority, which he considered "a big fat sacred New Deal cow". He received significant criticism for this statement, of which he later wrote that "You would have thought I had just shot Santa Claus". Republican Party of Texas chair Peter O'Donnell, who had chaired the Draft Goldwater Committee and provided financial support to Goldwater's campaign, wrote a memo criticizing Goldwater for "shooting from the hip" and "kicking a sleeping dog".[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 634,947 | 55.50% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 508,965 | 44.49% | |
| Write-in | 34 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 1,143,946 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic |
Barry Goldwater Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 12,146 | 57.82% | 8,860 | 42.17% | 2 | 0.01% | 3,286 | 15.65% | 21,008 |
| Bedford | 5,610 | 71.17% | 2,272 | 28.83% | 3,338 | 42.34% | 7,882 | ||
| Benton | 2,611 | 65.70% | 1,363 | 34.30% | 1,248 | 31.40% | 3,974 | ||
| Bledsoe | 1,412 | 49.67% | 1,431 | 50.33% | −19 | −0.67% | 2,843 | ||
| Blount | 8,459 | 41.58% | 11,876 | 58.38% | 8 | 0.04% | −3,417 | −16.80% | 20,343 |
| Bradley | 5,693 | 45.87% | 6,717 | 54.13% | −1,024 | −8.26% | 12,410 | ||
| Campbell | 4,412 | 51.04% | 4,232 | 48.96% | 180 | 2.08% | 8,644 | ||
| Cannon | 2,190 | 74.59% | 746 | 25.41% | 1,444 | 49.18% | 2,936 | ||
| Carroll | 4,056 | 52.07% | 3,734 | 47.93% | 322 | 4.14% | 7,790 | ||
| Carter | 5,326 | 38.60% | 8,472 | 61.40% | −3,146 | −22.80% | 13,798 | ||
| Cheatham | 2,750 | 77.38% | 803 | 22.59% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,947 | 54.79% | 3,554 |
| Chester | 1,763 | 49.94% | 1,767 | 50.06% | −4 | −0.12% | 3,530 | ||
| Claiborne | 2,581 | 47.51% | 2,852 | 52.49% | −271 | −4.98% | 5,433 | ||
| Clay | 1,196 | 65.79% | 622 | 34.21% | 574 | 31.58% | 1,818 | ||
| Cocke | 2,109 | 29.32% | 5,084 | 70.68% | −2,975 | −41.36% | 7,193 | ||
| Coffee | 6,837 | 69.42% | 3,012 | 30.58% | 3,825 | 38.84% | 9,849 | ||
| Crockett | 1,817 | 49.24% | 1,873 | 50.76% | −56 | −1.52% | 3,690 | ||
| Cumberland | 3,073 | 50.81% | 2,975 | 49.19% | 98 | 1.62% | 6,048 | ||
| Davidson | 79,387 | 63.65% | 45,335 | 36.35% | 34,052 | 27.30% | 124,722 | ||
| Decatur | 1,813 | 55.92% | 1,429 | 44.08% | 384 | 11.84% | 3,242 | ||
| DeKalb | 2,291 | 62.04% | 1,402 | 37.96% | 889 | 24.08% | 3,693 | ||
| Dickson | 4,724 | 78.67% | 1,281 | 21.33% | 3,443 | 57.34% | 6,005 | ||
| Dyer | 4,717 | 51.08% | 4,517 | 48.91% | 1 | 0.01% | 200 | 2.17% | 9,235 |
| Fayette | 2,636 | 47.43% | 2,922 | 52.57% | −286 | −5.14% | 5,558 | ||
| Fentress | 1,550 | 44.05% | 1,969 | 55.95% | −419 | −11.90% | 3,519 | ||
| Franklin | 6,029 | 72.72% | 2,262 | 27.28% | 3,767 | 45.44% | 8,291 | ||
| Gibson | 8,119 | 63.76% | 4,614 | 36.24% | 3,505 | 27.52% | 12,733 | ||
| Giles | 4,940 | 78.19% | 1,378 | 21.81% | 3,562 | 56.38% | 6,318 | ||
| Grainger | 1,309 | 33.20% | 2,634 | 66.80% | −1,325 | −33.60% | 3,943 | ||
| Greene | 5,916 | 46.11% | 6,913 | 53.89% | −997 | −7.78% | 12,829 | ||
| Grundy | 2,775 | 80.18% | 686 | 19.82% | 2,089 | 60.36% | 3,461 | ||
| Hamblen | 4,607 | 47.00% | 5,196 | 53.00% | −589 | −6.00% | 9,803 | ||
| Hamilton | 38,546 | 48.95% | 40,200 | 51.05% | −1,654 | −2.10% | 78,746 | ||
| Hancock | 687 | 31.17% | 1,517 | 68.83% | −830 | −37.66% | 2,204 | ||
| Hardeman | 2,675 | 52.20% | 2,450 | 47.80% | 225 | 4.40% | 5,125 | ||
| Hardin | 2,620 | 46.41% | 3,025 | 53.59% | −405 | −7.18% | 5,645 | ||
| Hawkins | 4,191 | 42.32% | 5,712 | 57.68% | -1,521 | -15.36% | 9,903 | ||
| Haywood | 2,290 | 48.75% | 2,407 | 51.25% | −117 | −2.50% | 4,697 | ||
| Henderson | 1,955 | 38.42% | 3,133 | 61.58% | −1,178 | −23.16% | 5,088 | ||
| Henry | 5,874 | 72.21% | 2,261 | 27.79% | 3,613 | 44.42% | 8,135 | ||
| Hickman | 2,877 | 73.84% | 1,019 | 26.16% | 1,858 | 47.68% | 3,896 | ||
| Houston | 1,572 | 84.56% | 287 | 15.44% | 1,285 | 69.12% | 1,859 | ||
| Humphreys | 3,230 | 77.91% | 916 | 22.09% | 2,314 | 55.82% | 4,146 | ||
| Jackson | 2,291 | 80.61% | 551 | 19.39% | 1,740 | 61.22% | 2,842 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,600 | 34.56% | 4,923 | 65.44% | −2,323 | −30.88% | 7,523 | ||
| Johnson | 927 | 24.29% | 2,889 | 75.71% | −1,962 | −51.42% | 3,816 | ||
| Knox | 42,463 | 49.80% | 42,797 | 50.20% | −334 | −0.40% | 85,260 | ||
| Lake | 1,667 | 69.34% | 736 | 30.62% | 1 | 0.04% | 931 | 38.72% | 2,404 |
| Lauderdale | 3,847 | 67.17% | 1,880 | 32.83% | 1,967 | 34.34% | 5,727 | ||
| Lawrence | 5,449 | 54.28% | 4,590 | 45.72% | 859 | 8.56% | 10,039 | ||
| Lewis | 2,061 | 84.16% | 388 | 15.84% | 1,673 | 68.32% | 2,449 | ||
| Lincoln | 4,861 | 73.76% | 1,728 | 26.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,133 | 47.54% | 6,590 |
| Loudon | 3,365 | 44.72% | 4,148 | 55.13% | 11 | 0.15% | −783 | −10.41% | 7,524 |
| Macon | 1,446 | 43.92% | 1,846 | 56.08% | −400 | −12.16% | 3,292 | ||
| Madison | 10,573 | 49.17% | 10,932 | 50.83% | −359 | −1.66% | 21,505 | ||
| Marion | 3,775 | 58.05% | 2,728 | 41.95% | 1,047 | 16.10% | 6,503 | ||
| Marshall | 3,989 | 74.85% | 1,340 | 25.15% | 2,649 | 49.70% | 5,329 | ||
| Maury | 7,716 | 62.62% | 4,605 | 37.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,111 | 25.25% | 12,322 |
| McMinn | 5,207 | 48.07% | 5,624 | 51.93% | −417 | −3.86% | 10,831 | ||
| McNairy | 2,994 | 49.06% | 3,109 | 50.94% | −115 | −1.88% | 6,103 | ||
| Meigs | 816 | 49.76% | 824 | 50.24% | −8 | −0.48% | 1,640 | ||
| Monroe | 4,100 | 48.53% | 4,349 | 51.47% | −249 | −2.94% | 8,449 | ||
| Montgomery | 10,178 | 78.34% | 2,814 | 21.66% | 7,364 | 56.68% | 12,992 | ||
| Moore | 1,034 | 79.66% | 264 | 20.34% | 770 | 59.32% | 1,298 | ||
| Morgan | 1,957 | 51.51% | 1,842 | 48.49% | 115 | 3.02% | 3,799 | ||
| Obion | 5,672 | 66.93% | 2,802 | 33.07% | 2,870 | 33.86% | 8,474 | ||
| Overton | 3,258 | 73.83% | 1,155 | 26.17% | 2,103 | 47.66% | 4,413 | ||
| Perry | 1,440 | 73.69% | 514 | 26.31% | 926 | 47.38% | 1,954 | ||
| Pickett | 728 | 43.78% | 935 | 56.22% | −207 | −12.44% | 1,663 | ||
| Polk | 2,113 | 55.63% | 1,685 | 44.37% | 428 | 11.26% | 3,798 | ||
| Putnam | 6,309 | 67.81% | 2,993 | 32.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,316 | 35.64% | 9,304 |
| Rhea | 2,637 | 49.13% | 2,730 | 50.87% | −93 | −1.74% | 5,367 | ||
| Roane | 6,108 | 51.57% | 5,735 | 48.43% | 373 | 3.14% | 11,843 | ||
| Robertson | 5,784 | 76.30% | 1,797 | 23.70% | 3,987 | 52.60% | 7,581 | ||
| Rutherford | 9,580 | 70.09% | 4,088 | 29.91% | 5,492 | 40.18% | 13,668 | ||
| Scott | 2,007 | 45.48% | 2,406 | 54.52% | −399 | −9.04% | 4,413 | ||
| Sequatchie | 1,162 | 59.10% | 804 | 40.90% | 358 | 18.20% | 1,966 | ||
| Sevier | 2,995 | 30.51% | 6,821 | 69.49% | −3,826 | −38.98% | 9,816 | ||
| Shelby | 111,496 | 52.59% | 100,527 | 47.41% | 3 | 0.00% | 10,969 | 5.18% | 212,026 |
| Smith | 2,934 | 73.02% | 1,084 | 26.98% | 1,850 | 46.04% | 4,018 | ||
| Stewart | 2,444 | 84.71% | 441 | 15.29% | 2,003 | 69.42% | 2,885 | ||
| Sullivan | 19,496 | 52.41% | 17,703 | 47.59% | 1,793 | 4.82% | 37,199 | ||
| Sumner | 9,102 | 72.59% | 3,437 | 27.41% | 5,665 | 45.18% | 12,539 | ||
| Tipton | 3,821 | 55.43% | 3,073 | 44.57% | 748 | 10.86% | 6,894 | ||
| Trousdale | 1,270 | 86.10% | 205 | 13.90% | 1,065 | 72.20% | 1,475 | ||
| Unicoi | 2,000 | 42.27% | 2,731 | 57.73% | −731 | −15.46% | 4,731 | ||
| Union | 1,091 | 38.13% | 1,770 | 61.87% | −679 | −23.74% | 2,861 | ||
| Van Buren | 865 | 74.70% | 293 | 25.30% | 572 | 49.40% | 1,158 | ||
| Warren | 5,027 | 74.12% | 1,754 | 25.86% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,273 | 48.26% | 6,782 |
| Washington | 10,253 | 49.14% | 10,612 | 50.86% | −359 | −1.72% | 20,865 | ||
| Wayne | 1,178 | 31.94% | 2,510 | 68.06% | −1,332 | −36.12% | 3,688 | ||
| Weakley | 5,161 | 65.79% | 2,684 | 34.21% | 2,477 | 31.58% | 7,845 | ||
| White | 2,987 | 71.36% | 1,199 | 28.64% | 1,788 | 42.72% | 4,186 | ||
| Williamson | 5,075 | 65.21% | 2,707 | 34.78% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,368 | 30.43% | 7,783 |
| Wilson | 6,267 | 69.84% | 2,707 | 30.16% | 3,560 | 39.68% | 8,974 | ||
| Totals | 634,947 | 55.50% | 508,965 | 44.49% | 34 | 0.00% | 125,982 | 11.01% | 1,143,946 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 205.
- ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 423–424, ISBN 0405077114.
Works cited
[edit]- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
