1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina

1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Turnout	74%
Johnson 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%	Goldwater 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Lyndon B. Johnson; Democratic	Elected President ; Lyndon B. Johnson; Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1964, and was part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Campaign

Polling initially showed Goldwater leading in North Carolina, but his farm policies, particularly his opposition to federal tobacco price support, hurt his campaign.^[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last election when the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Wayne, Moore, and Lenoir.^[2] This remains the most recent election that an incumbent democrat won north Carolina.

Results

1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent)	800,139	56.15%	13
	Republican	Barry Goldwater	624,844	43.85%	0
Totals			1,424,983	100.0%	13
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County^[4]	Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic		Barry Goldwater Republican^[5]		Margin		Total
County^[4]	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total
Alamance	15,397	50.36%	15,177	49.64%	220	0.72%	30,574
Alexander	3,722	49.75%	3,760	50.25%	−38	−0.50%	7,482
Alleghany	2,368	60.09%	1,573	39.91%	795	20.18%	3,941
Anson	4,144	70.66%	1,721	29.34%	2,423	41.32%	5,865
Ashe	4,965	54.23%	4,191	45.77%	774	8.45%	9,156
Avery	1,523	36.44%	2,656	63.56%	−1,133	−27.12%	4,179
Beaufort	6,090	62.88%	3,595	37.12%	2,495	25.76%	9,685
Bertie	3,332	78.16%	931	21.84%	2,401	56.32%	4,263
Bladen	4,516	67.55%	2,169	32.45%	2,347	35.10%	6,685
Brunswick	4,240	53.26%	3,721	46.74%	519	6.52%	7,961
Buncombe	31,623	62.01%	19,372	37.99%	12,251	24.02%	50,995
Burke	12,815	55.97%	10,081	44.03%	2,734	11.94%	22,896
Cabarrus	11,921	47.50%	13,178	52.50%	−1,257	−5.00%	25,099
Caldwell	10,846	55.40%	8,733	44.60%	2,113	10.80%	19,579
Camden	870	61.97%	534	38.03%	336	23.94%	1,404
Carteret	6,231	59.23%	4,289	40.77%	1,942	18.46%	10,520
Caswell	2,513	58.36%	1,793	41.64%	720	16.72%	4,306
Catawba	15,814	48.02%	17,116	51.98%	−1,302	−3.96%	32,930
Chatham	5,295	56.29%	4,111	43.71%	1,184	12.58%	9,406
Cherokee	3,823	55.17%	3,106	44.83%	717	10.35%	6,929
Chowan	1,696	68.30%	787	31.70%	909	36.60%	2,483
Clay	1,457	53.12%	1,286	46.88%	171	6.24%	2,743
Cleveland	10,836	57.92%	7,874	42.08%	2,962	15.84%	18,710
Columbus	9,004	66.82%	4,471	33.18%	4,533	33.64%	13,475
Craven	7,422	61.27%	4,691	38.73%	2,731	22.54%	12,113
Cumberland	13,864	60.39%	9,093	39.61%	4,771	20.78%	22,957
Currituck	1,455	66.26%	741	33.74%	714	32.52%	2,196
Dare	1,476	63.00%	867	37.00%	609	26.00%	2,343
Davidson	13,735	44.27%	17,292	55.73%	−3,557	−11.46%	31,027
Davie	3,086	40.90%	4,460	59.10%	−1,374	−18.20%	7,546
Duplin	7,169	65.23%	3,821	34.77%	3,348	30.46%	10,990
Durham	22,874	59.98%	15,264	40.02%	7,610	19.96%	38,138
Edgecombe	7,834	66.58%	3,932	33.42%	3,902	33.16%	11,766
Forsyth	31,615	51.08%	30,276	48.92%	1,339	2.16%	61,891
Franklin	4,554	68.47%	2,097	31.53%	2,457	36.94%	6,651
Gaston	20,197	54.11%	17,129	45.89%	3,068	8.22%	37,326
Gates	1,702	75.38%	556	24.62%	1,146	50.76%	2,258
Graham	1,737	55.41%	1,398	44.59%	339	10.82%	3,135
Granville	4,596	63.66%	2,624	36.34%	1,972	27.32%	7,220
Greene	2,712	75.06%	901	24.94%	1,811	50.12%	3,613
Guilford	39,969	52.87%	35,635	47.13%	4,334	5.74%	75,604
Halifax	8,952	65.30%	4,757	34.70%	4,195	30.60%	13,709
Harnett	7,477	55.97%	5,883	44.03%	1,594	11.94%	13,360
Haywood	10,664	65.67%	5,575	34.33%	5,089	31.34%	16,239
Henderson	6,066	40.86%	8,780	59.14%	−2,714	−18.28%	14,846
Hertford	3,953	79.91%	994	20.09%	2,959	59.82%	4,947
Hoke	2,254	74.32%	779	25.68%	1,475	48.64%	3,033
Hyde	1,127	68.68%	514	31.32%	613	37.36%	1,641
Iredell	11,231	46.56%	12,892	53.44%	−1,661	−6.88%	24,123
Jackson	4,905	60.65%	3,183	39.35%	1,722	21.30%	8,088
Johnston	10,326	57.85%	7,523	42.15%	2,803	15.70%	17,849
Jones	2,129	73.29%	776	26.71%	1,353	46.58%	2,905
Lee	4,730	63.21%	2,753	36.79%	1,977	26.42%	7,483
Lenoir	7,617	57.56%	5,617	42.44%	2,000	15.12%	13,234
Lincoln	7,304	55.45%	5,869	44.55%	1,435	10.90%	13,173
Macon	3,774	56.55%	2,900	43.45%	874	13.10%	6,674
Madison	3,829	53.44%	3,336	46.56%	493	6.88%	7,165
Martin	4,821	76.14%	1,511	23.86%	3,310	52.28%	6,332
McDowell	6,314	60.20%	4,174	39.80%	2,140	20.40%	10,488
Mecklenburg	49,582	51.56%	46,589	48.44%	2,993	3.12%	96,171
Mitchell	1,736	34.73%	3,263	65.27%	−1,527	−30.54%	4,999
Montgomery	3,933	53.74%	3,385	46.26%	548	7.48%	7,318
Moore	6,384	55.29%	5,162	44.71%	1,222	10.58%	11,546
Nash	9,163	58.89%	6,396	41.11%	2,767	17.78%	15,559
New Hanover	12,584	50.90%	12,140	49.10%	444	1.80%	24,724
Northampton	5,046	80.96%	1,187	19.04%	3,859	61.92%	6,233
Onslow	5,955	61.23%	3,771	38.77%	2,184	22.46%	9,726
Orange	9,206	61.41%	5,785	38.59%	3,421	22.82%	14,991
Pamlico	1,864	64.28%	1,036	35.72%	828	28.55%	2,900
Pasquotank	4,269	64.21%	2,380	35.79%	1,889	28.42%	6,649
Pender	3,205	62.04%	1,961	37.96%	1,244	24.08%	5,166
Perquimans	1,458	60.78%	941	39.22%	517	21.56%	2,399
Person	4,740	68.68%	2,162	31.32%	2,578	37.36%	6,902
Pitt	11,317	68.73%	5,149	31.27%	6,168	37.46%	16,466
Polk	3,017	52.18%	2,765	47.82%	252	4.36%	5,782
Randolph	10,638	43.64%	13,739	56.36%	−3,101	−12.72%	24,377
Richmond	8,516	73.17%	3,123	26.83%	5,393	46.34%	11,639
Robeson	13,796	79.35%	3,591	20.65%	10,205	58.70%	17,387
Rockingham	11,432	55.78%	9,063	44.22%	2,369	11.56%	20,495
Rowan	14,934	50.22%	14,804	49.78%	130	0.44%	29,738
Rutherford	9,541	57.28%	7,115	42.72%	2,426	14.56%	16,656
Sampson	8,067	51.38%	7,634	48.62%	433	2.76%	15,701
Scotland	3,844	75.77%	1,229	24.23%	2,615	51.54%	5,073
Stanly	7,931	47.05%	8,924	52.95%	−993	−5.90%	16,855
Stokes	4,898	51.22%	4,664	48.78%	234	2.44%	9,562
Surry	9,810	55.17%	7,970	44.83%	1,840	10.34%	17,780
Swain	2,294	59.93%	1,534	40.07%	760	19.86%	3,828
Transylvania	4,483	55.83%	3,547	44.17%	936	11.66%	8,030
Tyrrell	996	72.70%	374	27.30%	622	45.40%	1,370
Union	7,208	63.02%	4,229	36.98%	2,979	26.04%	11,437
Vance	5,186	60.04%	3,452	39.96%	1,734	20.08%	8,638
Wake	31,653	58.41%	22,542	41.59%	9,111	16.82%	54,195
Warren	2,849	59.88%	1,909	40.12%	940	19.76%	4,758
Washington	2,505	68.65%	1,144	31.35%	1,361	37.30%	3,649
Watauga	4,031	50.62%	3,932	49.38%	99	1.24%	7,963
Wayne	9,791	56.45%	7,555	43.55%	2,236	12.90%	17,346
Wilkes	9,176	45.45%	11,014	54.55%	−1,838	−9.10%	20,190
Wilson	7,238	59.13%	5,002	40.87%	2,236	18.26%	12,240
Yadkin	3,638	38.30%	5,860	61.70%	−2,222	−23.40%	9,498
Yancey	3,714	64.95%	2,004	35.05%	1,710	29.90%	5,718
Totals	800,139	56.15%	624,844	43.85%	175,295	12.30%	1,424,983

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ Black & Black 1992, p. 206.
^ Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century". The National Catholic Review (America Magazine ed.).
^ Leip, Dave (2005). "1964 Presidential General Election Results — North Carolina". US Election Atlas. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "NC US President Race, November 03, 1964". Our Campaigns.
^ "North Carolina Manual 1969". North Carolina Digital Collections. 1969. pp. 268–270. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

Works cited

Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992206-1] Black & Black 1992, p. 206.

[2] Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century". The National Catholic Review (America Magazine ed.).

[3] Leip, Dave (2005). "1964 Presidential General Election Results — North Carolina". US Election Atlas. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[4] "NC US President Race, November 03, 1964". Our Campaigns.

[5] "North Carolina Manual 1969". North Carolina Digital Collections. 1969. pp. 268–270. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

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