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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.
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 2024 presidential election, this is the last election when the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Wayne, Moore, and Lenoir.[2]
Until 2008, this was the last time North Carolina voted differently from South Carolina. The two states have voted for the same presidential candidate in every election since 1968 except for 2008.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
Results by congressional district
Johnson carried 8 of the 9 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.
| District[6] | Goldwater | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 30.9% | 69.1% |
| 2nd | 35.7% | 64.3% |
| 3rd | 41.1% | 58.9% |
| 4th | 47% | 53% |
| 5th | 46.9% | 53.1% |
| 6th | 45.1% | 54.9% |
| 7th | 36.7% | 63.3% |
| 8th | 44.2% | 55.8% |
| 9th | 51.1% | 48.9% |
| 10th | 47.4% | 52.6% |
| 11th | 41.8% | 58.2% |
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.
- ^ “1964 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District”. Western Washington University. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
