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1964 United States presidential election in Alabama

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election_name1964 United States presidential election in Alabama
countryAlabama
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previous_election1960 United States presidential election in Alabama
previous_year1960
next_election1968 United States presidential election in Alabama
next_year1968
election_date
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image1File:Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp
nominee1**Barry Goldwater**
party1Republican Party (United States)
home_state1Arizona
running_mate1**William E. Miller**
electoral_vote1**10**
popular_vote1**479,085**
percentage1**69.45%**
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nominee2*Unpledged electors*
party2Democratic
home_state2Alabama
running_mate2—
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popular_vote2210,732
percentage230.55%
map_imageAlabama Presidential Election Results 1964.svg
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map_captionCounty results
titlePresident
before_electionLyndon B. Johnson
after_electionLyndon B. Johnson
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1964 United States presidential election

Goldwater Unpledged The 1964 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 3, 1964. Alabama voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.

Goldwater received 77% of the white vote. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that Sumter County, Greene County, Wilcox County, Lowndes County and Bullock County voted for a Republican candidate, as well as the last time that Macon County did not vote for the national Democratic candidate. Alabama was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Democratic elector primary

Main article: 1964 Alabama Democratic presidential elector primary

Campaign

Alabama was central to the Civil rights movement in the 1960s. Governor George Wallace condemned and refused to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The primary chose a set of unpledged Democratic electors. by a margin of five-to-one, Under Wallace's guidance, the Alabama Democratic Party placed this slate of unpledged Democratic electors on the ballot, against the advice of some legal scholars, but after planning to run for president himself (as he would do in 1968), decided against this in July. Johnson was the third winning president-elect to not appear on the ballot in Alabama, after Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and Harry S. Truman in 1948.

Initially, it was expected that this slate – the only option for mainstream Democrats in Alabama – would be pledged to Wallace himself, but he released them from pledges to vote for him if elected. Once campaigning began, Wallace supported Republican nominee Barry Goldwater over the unpledged slate, although he did campaign for Democratic candidates for state and local offices.

Predictions

SourceRatingAs of
*The Boston Globe*(Flip)August 2, 1964
*The Wall Street Journal*(Flip)September 29, 1964
*The Christian Science Monitor*(Flip)October 27, 1964
*The Chicago Tribune*(Flip)October 29, 1964
*Los Angeles Times*(Flip)November 1, 1964

Results

PartyPledged toElectorVotesTotal votes689,817
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterTom Abernethy479,085
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterTammy Thomas479,071
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterAlfred Staples478,925
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterTandy Little Jr.478,540
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterWiley Deal478,398
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterHerbert Stockham477,969
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterGordon Lawless477,582
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterSmith Lanier, II477,339
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterJohn E. Grenier477,272
Republican Party (United States)}}Republican PartyBarry GoldwaterBasil Horsfield476,994
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*James B. Allen210,732
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*MacDonald Gallion209,848
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Edmund Blair209,062
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Albert P. Brewer208,059
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Pete Mathews207,730
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Art Hanes207,594
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Albert H. Evans Jr.207,577
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Frank Mizell207,357
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*Jack Giles207,144
Dixiecrat}}Democratic Party*Unpledged*I. J. "Jud" Scott206,618

Results by county

CountyBarry Goldwater
RepublicanUnpledged electors
DemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%Totals479,08569.45%210,73230.55%268,35338.90%689,817
Autauga2,96985.83%49014.17%2,47971.66%3,459
Baldwin10,87081.12%2,53018.88%8,34062.24%13,400
Barbour3,85379.76%97820.24%2,87559.52%4,831
Bibb2,62383.94%50216.06%2,12167.88%3,125
Blount4,44264.67%2,42735.33%2,01529.34%6,869
Bullock1,51657.64%1,11442.36%40215.28%2,630
Butler4,00280.44%97319.56%3,02960.88%4,975
Calhoun10,63563.13%6,21036.87%4,42526.26%16,845
Chambers4,63064.42%2,55735.58%2,07328.84%7,187
Cherokee1,89349.70%1,91650.30%-23-0.60%3,809
Chilton5,20275.97%1,64524.03%3,55751.94%6,847
Choctaw2,49785.81%41314.19%2,08471.62%2,910
Clarke4,46082.84%92417.16%3,53665.68%5,384
Clay2,81570.13%1,19929.87%1,61640.26%4,014
Cleburne2,15676.24%67223.76%1,48452.48%2,828
Coffee4,91080.19%1,21319.81%3,69760.38%6,123
Colbert5,26748.59%5,57351.41%-306-2.82%10,840
Conecuh2,78281.32%63918.68%2,14362.64%3,421
Coosa1,97872.77%74027.23%1,23845.54%2,718
Covington7,55482.33%1,62117.67%5,93364.66%9,175
Crenshaw3,00878.66%81621.34%2,19257.32%3,824
Cullman7,15258.33%5,11041.67%2,04216.66%12,262
Dale4,97083.77%96316.23%4,00767.54%5,933
Dallas5,88889.12%71910.88%5,16978.24%6,607
DeKalb6,74657.69%4,94842.31%1,79815.38%11,694
Elmore6,36383.77%1,23316.23%5,13067.54%7,596
Escambia5,62374.47%1,92825.53%3,69548.94%7,551
Etowah12,89459.06%8,93940.94%3,95518.12%21,833
Fayette3,20371.34%1,28728.66%1,91642.68%4,490
Franklin4,02556.41%3,11043.59%91512.82%7,135
Geneva4,50280.74%1,07419.26%3,42861.48%5,576
Greene1,12465.69%58734.31%53731.38%1,711
Hale1,89877.60%54822.40%1,35055.20%2,446
Henry2,89683.10%58916.90%2,30766.20%3,485
Houston10,35387.93%1,42112.07%8,93275.86%11,774
Jackson2,73046.47%3,14553.53%-415-7.06%5,875
Jefferson100,75672.57%38,08227.43%62,67445.14%138,838
Lamar2,73472.42%1,04127.58%1,69344.84%3,775
Lauderdale5,97847.55%6,59352.45%-615-4.90%12,571
Lawrence1,80950.00%1,80849.97%10.03%3,617
Lee5,91478.69%1,60221.31%4,31257.38%7,516
Limestone2,37743.99%3,02756.01%-650-12.02%5,404
Lowndes1,54883.32%31016.68%1,23866.64%1,858
Macon1,85838.46%2,97361.54%-1,115-23.08%4,831
Madison14,27951.93%13,21748.07%1,0623.86%27,496
Marengo3,67782.33%78917.67%2,88864.66%4,466
Marion3,96669.42%1,74730.58%2,21938.84%5,713
Marshall5,71256.33%4,42843.67%1,28412.66%10,140
Mobile49,49370.72%20,48829.28%29,00541.44%69,981
Monroe3,87081.37%88618.63%2,98462.74%4,756
Montgomery23,01575.47%7,48224.53%15,53350.94%30,497
Morgan7,01356.64%5,36843.36%1,64513.28%12,381
Perry2,04679.73%52020.27%1,52659.46%2,566
Pickens3,41682.08%74617.92%2,67064.16%4,162
Pike4,37384.49%80315.51%3,57068.98%5,176
Randolph3,12762.65%1,86437.35%1,26325.30%4,991
Russell4,87776.04%1,53723.96%3,34052.08%6,414
St. Clair4,81370.76%1,98929.24%2,82441.52%6,802
Shelby6,03775.65%1,94324.35%4,09451.30%7,980
Sumter1,65380.32%40519.68%1,24860.64%2,058
Talladega8,94670.67%3,71229.33%5,23441.34%12,658
Tallapoosa5,53076.14%1,73323.86%3,79752.28%7,263
Tuscaloosa13,22768.67%6,03631.33%7,19137.34%19,263
Walker8,58258.41%6,11041.59%2,47216.82%14,692
Washington2,80370.18%1,19129.82%1,61240.36%3,994
Wilcox1,78991.93%1578.07%1,63283.86%1,946
Winston3,43871.19%1,39128.81%2,04742.38%4,829

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Autauga
  • Baldwin
  • Barbour
  • Bibb
  • Blount
  • Butler
  • Calhoun
  • Chambers
  • Choctaw
  • Clay
  • Cleburne
  • Coffee
  • Conecuh
  • Coosa
  • Covington
  • Crenshaw
  • Cullman
  • Dale
  • DeKalb
  • Elmore
  • Escambia
  • Etowah
  • Fayette
  • Geneva
  • Hale
  • Henry
  • Lee
  • Lawrence
  • Madison
  • Marengo
  • Marion
  • Marshall
  • Monroe
  • Morgan
  • Mobile
  • Shelby
  • Perry
  • Pickens
  • Pike
  • Randolph
  • Russell
  • St. Clair
  • Talladega
  • Tallapoosa
  • Tuscaloosa
  • Walker
  • Washington
  • Bullock
  • Lowndes
  • Wilcox
  • Greene
  • Sumter

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Unpledged

  • Cherokee
  • Colbert
  • Jackson
  • Lauderdale
  • Limestone
  • Macon

References

Works cited

References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
  2. "The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South".
  3. Frederick, Jeff. "Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George Wallace".
  4. (1967). "CQ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report". Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated.
  5. McDannald, Alexander Hopkins. (1965). "Yearbook of the Encyclopedia Americana".
  6. (1964-05-03). "Alabama Expected To Choose Electors Backed by Wallace". The New York Times.
  7. Denton, Herbert H.. (October 21, 1964). "Flowers Attacks Wallace Democrats".
  8. (1964-06-14). "Unpledged Votes Are Held Illegal". The New York Times.
  9. Carlson, Jody. "George C. Wallace and the Politics of Powerlessness: The Wallace Campaigns for the Presidency, 1964-76".
  10. Grimes, Roy. (October 11, 1964). "Look Away, Look Away...". [[The Victoria Advocate]].
  11. Cleghorn, Reece. (December 3, 1964). "Aftermath in Alabama". [[The Reporter (magazine).
  12. Roberts, Chalmers. (August 2, 1964). "Goldwater Splits The South: Civil Rights Act Already Has Cost LBJ at Least Four States". [[The Boston Globe]].
  13. Sullivan, Joseph W.. (September 19, 1964). "The GOP in Dixie: Civil Rights Stand Gives Goldwater a Wide Lead In Most of the South Survey Finds Senator Ahead Everywhere but in Texas; Other Republicans Benefit But Margin Has Narrowed". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
  14. Eubanks, Bicknell. (October 27, 1964). "Republicans Battle in Dixie: Likely Breakthrough". [[The Christian Science Monitor]].
  15. Manly, Chely. (October 29, 1964). "Johnson Gains in South but Dixie Is Still Strong for Barry: Goldwater Keeps Loyal Army of Backers". [[The Chicago Tribune]].
  16. Kraslow, David. (November 1, 1964). "How South Will Vote Remains Big Question: Goldwater "Fairly Safe" in Three States, Johnson in One, Rest Considered Toss-ups". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  17. (1967). "Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967". Skinner Printing Company.
  18. "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present". [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  19. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Election Results".
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