1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee
November 3, 1964
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The 1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. This was the first time Tennessee had voted Democrat since 1948.
Campaign
Goldwater was an opponent of the Tennessee Valley Authority and stated that it "was a big fat sacred New Deal cow". He received significant criticism for this statement and later wrote that "You would have thought I had just shot Santa Claus" about the response. Peter O'Donnell, a financial backer of Goldwater's campaign, wrote a memo criticizing Goldwater for "shooting from the hip" and "kicking a sleeping dog".[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 634,947 | 55.50% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 508,965 | 44.49% | |
| Write-in | 34 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 1,143,946 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic |
Barry Goldwater Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 12,146 | 57.82% | 8,860 | 42.17% | 2 | 0.01% | 3,286 | 15.65% | 21,008 |
| Bedford | 5,610 | 71.17% | 2,272 | 28.83% | 3,338 | 42.34% | 7,882 | ||
| Benton | 2,611 | 65.70% | 1,363 | 34.30% | 1,248 | 31.40% | 3,974 | ||
| Bledsoe | 1,412 | 49.67% | 1,431 | 50.33% | −19 | −0.67% | 2,843 | ||
| Blount | 8,459 | 41.58% | 11,876 | 58.38% | 8 | 0.04% | −3,417 | −16.80% | 20,343 |
| Bradley | 5,693 | 45.87% | 6,717 | 54.13% | −1,024 | −8.26% | 12,410 | ||
| Campbell | 4,412 | 51.04% | 4,232 | 48.96% | 180 | 2.08% | 8,644 | ||
| Cannon | 2,190 | 74.59% | 746 | 25.41% | 1,444 | 49.18% | 2,936 | ||
| Carroll | 4,056 | 52.07% | 3,734 | 47.93% | 322 | 4.14% | 7,790 | ||
| Carter | 5,326 | 38.60% | 8,472 | 61.40% | −3,146 | −22.80% | 13,798 | ||
| Cheatham | 2,750 | 77.38% | 803 | 22.59% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,947 | 54.79% | 3,554 |
| Chester | 1,763 | 49.94% | 1,767 | 50.06% | −4 | −0.12% | 3,530 | ||
| Claiborne | 2,581 | 47.51% | 2,852 | 52.49% | −271 | −4.98% | 5,433 | ||
| Clay | 1,196 | 65.79% | 622 | 34.21% | 574 | 31.58% | 1,818 | ||
| Cocke | 2,109 | 29.32% | 5,084 | 70.68% | −2,975 | −41.36% | 7,193 | ||
| Coffee | 6,837 | 69.42% | 3,012 | 30.58% | 3,825 | 38.84% | 9,849 | ||
| Crockett | 1,817 | 49.24% | 1,873 | 50.76% | −56 | −1.52% | 3,690 | ||
| Cumberland | 3,073 | 50.81% | 2,975 | 49.19% | 98 | 1.62% | 6,048 | ||
| Davidson | 79,387 | 63.65% | 45,335 | 36.35% | 34,052 | 27.30% | 124,722 | ||
| Decatur | 1,813 | 55.92% | 1,429 | 44.08% | 384 | 11.84% | 3,242 | ||
| DeKalb | 2,291 | 62.04% | 1,402 | 37.96% | 889 | 24.08% | 3,693 | ||
| Dickson | 4,724 | 78.67% | 1,281 | 21.33% | 3,443 | 57.34% | 6,005 | ||
| Dyer | 4,717 | 51.08% | 4,517 | 48.91% | 1 | 0.01% | 200 | 2.17% | 9,235 |
| Fayette | 2,636 | 47.43% | 2,922 | 52.57% | −286 | −5.14% | 5,558 | ||
| Fentress | 1,550 | 44.05% | 1,969 | 55.95% | −419 | −11.90% | 3,519 | ||
| Franklin | 6,029 | 72.72% | 2,262 | 27.28% | 3,767 | 45.44% | 8,291 | ||
| Gibson | 8,119 | 63.76% | 4,614 | 36.24% | 3,505 | 27.52% | 12,733 | ||
| Giles | 4,940 | 78.19% | 1,378 | 21.81% | 3,562 | 56.38% | 6,318 | ||
| Grainger | 1,309 | 33.20% | 2,634 | 66.80% | −1,325 | −33.60% | 3,943 | ||
| Greene | 5,916 | 46.11% | 6,913 | 53.89% | −997 | −7.78% | 12,829 | ||
| Grundy | 2,775 | 80.18% | 686 | 19.82% | 2,089 | 60.36% | 3,461 | ||
| Hamblen | 4,607 | 47.00% | 5,196 | 53.00% | −589 | −6.00% | 9,803 | ||
| Hamilton | 38,546 | 48.95% | 40,200 | 51.05% | −1,654 | −2.10% | 78,746 | ||
| Hancock | 687 | 31.17% | 1,517 | 68.83% | −830 | −37.66% | 2,204 | ||
| Hardeman | 2,675 | 52.20% | 2,450 | 47.80% | 225 | 4.40% | 5,125 | ||
| Hardin | 2,620 | 46.41% | 3,025 | 53.59% | −405 | −7.18% | 5,645 | ||
| Hawkins | 4,191 | 42.32% | 5,712 | 57.68% | -1,521 | -15.36% | 9,903 | ||
| Haywood | 2,290 | 48.75% | 2,407 | 51.25% | −117 | −2.50% | 4,697 | ||
| Henderson | 1,955 | 38.42% | 3,133 | 61.58% | −1,178 | −23.16% | 5,088 | ||
| Henry | 5,874 | 72.21% | 2,261 | 27.79% | 3,613 | 44.42% | 8,135 | ||
| Hickman | 2,877 | 73.84% | 1,019 | 26.16% | 1,858 | 47.68% | 3,896 | ||
| Houston | 1,572 | 84.56% | 287 | 15.44% | 1,285 | 69.12% | 1,859 | ||
| Humphreys | 3,230 | 77.91% | 916 | 22.09% | 2,314 | 55.82% | 4,146 | ||
| Jackson | 2,291 | 80.61% | 551 | 19.39% | 1,740 | 61.22% | 2,842 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,600 | 34.56% | 4,923 | 65.44% | −2,323 | −30.88% | 7,523 | ||
| Johnson | 927 | 24.29% | 2,889 | 75.71% | −1,962 | −51.42% | 3,816 | ||
| Knox | 42,463 | 49.80% | 42,797 | 50.20% | −334 | −0.40% | 85,260 | ||
| Lake | 1,667 | 69.34% | 736 | 30.62% | 1 | 0.04% | 931 | 38.72% | 2,404 |
| Lauderdale | 3,847 | 67.17% | 1,880 | 32.83% | 1,967 | 34.34% | 5,727 | ||
| Lawrence | 5,449 | 54.28% | 4,590 | 45.72% | 859 | 8.56% | 10,039 | ||
| Lewis | 2,061 | 84.16% | 388 | 15.84% | 1,673 | 68.32% | 2,449 | ||
| Lincoln | 4,861 | 73.76% | 1,728 | 26.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,133 | 47.54% | 6,590 |
| Loudon | 3,365 | 44.72% | 4,148 | 55.13% | 11 | 0.15% | −783 | −10.41% | 7,524 |
| Macon | 1,446 | 43.92% | 1,846 | 56.08% | −400 | −12.16% | 3,292 | ||
| Madison | 10,573 | 49.17% | 10,932 | 50.83% | −359 | −1.66% | 21,505 | ||
| Marion | 3,775 | 58.05% | 2,728 | 41.95% | 1,047 | 16.10% | 6,503 | ||
| Marshall | 3,989 | 74.85% | 1,340 | 25.15% | 2,649 | 49.70% | 5,329 | ||
| Maury | 7,716 | 62.62% | 4,605 | 37.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,111 | 25.25% | 12,322 |
| McMinn | 5,207 | 48.07% | 5,624 | 51.93% | −417 | −3.86% | 10,831 | ||
| McNairy | 2,994 | 49.06% | 3,109 | 50.94% | −115 | −1.88% | 6,103 | ||
| Meigs | 816 | 49.76% | 824 | 50.24% | −8 | −0.48% | 1,640 | ||
| Monroe | 4,100 | 48.53% | 4,349 | 51.47% | −249 | −2.94% | 8,449 | ||
| Montgomery | 10,178 | 78.34% | 2,814 | 21.66% | 7,364 | 56.68% | 12,992 | ||
| Moore | 1,034 | 79.66% | 264 | 20.34% | 770 | 59.32% | 1,298 | ||
| Morgan | 1,957 | 51.51% | 1,842 | 48.49% | 115 | 3.02% | 3,799 | ||
| Obion | 5,672 | 66.93% | 2,802 | 33.07% | 2,870 | 33.86% | 8,474 | ||
| Overton | 3,258 | 73.83% | 1,155 | 26.17% | 2,103 | 47.66% | 4,413 | ||
| Perry | 1,440 | 73.69% | 514 | 26.31% | 926 | 47.38% | 1,954 | ||
| Pickett | 728 | 43.78% | 935 | 56.22% | −207 | −12.44% | 1,663 | ||
| Polk | 2,113 | 55.63% | 1,685 | 44.37% | 428 | 11.26% | 3,798 | ||
| Putnam | 6,309 | 67.81% | 2,993 | 32.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,316 | 35.64% | 9,304 |
| Rhea | 2,637 | 49.13% | 2,730 | 50.87% | −93 | −1.74% | 5,367 | ||
| Roane | 6,108 | 51.57% | 5,735 | 48.43% | 373 | 3.14% | 11,843 | ||
| Robertson | 5,784 | 76.30% | 1,797 | 23.70% | 3,987 | 52.60% | 7,581 | ||
| Rutherford | 9,580 | 70.09% | 4,088 | 29.91% | 5,492 | 40.18% | 13,668 | ||
| Scott | 2,007 | 45.48% | 2,406 | 54.52% | −399 | −9.04% | 4,413 | ||
| Sequatchie | 1,162 | 59.10% | 804 | 40.90% | 358 | 18.20% | 1,966 | ||
| Sevier | 2,995 | 30.51% | 6,821 | 69.49% | −3,826 | −38.98% | 9,816 | ||
| Shelby | 111,496 | 52.59% | 100,527 | 47.41% | 3 | 0.00% | 10,969 | 5.18% | 212,026 |
| Smith | 2,934 | 73.02% | 1,084 | 26.98% | 1,850 | 46.04% | 4,018 | ||
| Stewart | 2,444 | 84.71% | 441 | 15.29% | 2,003 | 69.42% | 2,885 | ||
| Sullivan | 19,496 | 52.41% | 17,703 | 47.59% | 1,793 | 4.82% | 37,199 | ||
| Sumner | 9,102 | 72.59% | 3,437 | 27.41% | 5,665 | 45.18% | 12,539 | ||
| Tipton | 3,821 | 55.43% | 3,073 | 44.57% | 748 | 10.86% | 6,894 | ||
| Trousdale | 1,270 | 86.10% | 205 | 13.90% | 1,065 | 72.20% | 1,475 | ||
| Unicoi | 2,000 | 42.27% | 2,731 | 57.73% | −731 | −15.46% | 4,731 | ||
| Union | 1,091 | 38.13% | 1,770 | 61.87% | −679 | −23.74% | 2,861 | ||
| Van Buren | 865 | 74.70% | 293 | 25.30% | 572 | 49.40% | 1,158 | ||
| Warren | 5,027 | 74.12% | 1,754 | 25.86% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,273 | 48.26% | 6,782 |
| Washington | 10,253 | 49.14% | 10,612 | 50.86% | −359 | −1.72% | 20,865 | ||
| Wayne | 1,178 | 31.94% | 2,510 | 68.06% | −1,332 | −36.12% | 3,688 | ||
| Weakley | 5,161 | 65.79% | 2,684 | 34.21% | 2,477 | 31.58% | 7,845 | ||
| White | 2,987 | 71.36% | 1,199 | 28.64% | 1,788 | 42.72% | 4,186 | ||
| Williamson | 5,075 | 65.21% | 2,707 | 34.78% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,368 | 30.43% | 7,783 |
| Wilson | 6,267 | 69.84% | 2,707 | 30.16% | 3,560 | 39.68% | 8,974 | ||
| Totals | 634,947 | 55.50% | 508,965 | 44.49% | 34 | 0.00% | 125,982 | 11.01% | 1,143,946 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
- ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 205.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 423–424, ISBN 0405077114.
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.