United States presidential election in Indiana, 1964

United States presidential election in Indiana, 1964
November 3, 1964[1]

 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 1,170,848 911,118
Percentage 55.9% 43.6%
Results by county
Goldwater           Johnson
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

 Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose thirteen[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 55.98% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 43.56% of the popular vote.[3][4]

This would be the last time until 2008 that Indiana would vote for a Democrat in a presidential election.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Allen County, Elkhart County, Howard County, Bartholomew County, Adams County, Brown County, Benton County, Carroll County, Cass County, Clay County, Clinton County, Daviess County, Decatur County, DeKalb County, Fayette County, Fountain County, Franklin County, Grant County, Hancock County, Henry County, Huntington County, Jackson County, Jay County, Jennings County, LaGrange County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Miami County, Montgomery County, Noble County, Orange County, Parke County, Pulaski County, Putnam County, Randolph County, Ripley County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Union County, Wabash County, Warren County, Wells County, White County, and Whitley County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in Indiana, 1964
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 1,170,848 55.98%
Republican Barry Goldwater 911,118 43.56%
Prohibition E. Harold Munn 8,266 0.40%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,374 0.07%
Total votes 2,091,606 100%

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1964 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
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