United States presidential election in Maryland, 1964

United States presidential election in Maryland, 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 10 0
Popular vote 730,912 385,495
Percentage 65.5% 34.5%
County Results
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

 Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

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

Maryland was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 65.47% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 34.53% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Harford County, Frederick County, Carroll County, Washington County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, and Caroline County voted for the Democratic candidate. Anne Arundel County would not vote Democratic again until 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1964 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1964". Retrieved May 30, 2017.
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