1964 United States presidential election in Alabama

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.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Alabama was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina.

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

Results + General election resultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Barry Goldwater Tom Abernethy479,085 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Tammy Thomas479,071 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Alfred Staples478,925 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Tandy Little Jr.478,540 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Wiley Deal478,398 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Herbert Stockham477,969 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Gordon Lawless477,582 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Smith Lanier, II477,339 Republican Party Barry Goldwater John E. Grenier477,272 Republican Party Barry Goldwater Basil Horsfield476,994 Democratic Party Unpledged James B. Allen210,732 Democratic Party Unpledged MacDonald Gallion209,848 Democratic Party Unpledged Edmund Blair209,062 Democratic Party Unpledged Albert P. Brewer208,059 Democratic Party Unpledged Pete Mathews207,730 Democratic Party Unpledged Art Hanes207,594 Democratic Party Unpledged Albert H. Evans Jr.207,577 Democratic Party Unpledged Frank Mizell207,357 Democratic Party Unpledged Jack Giles207,144 Democratic Party Unpledged I. J. "Jud" Scott206,618Total votes 689,817

Results by county County Barry GoldwaterRepublican Unpledged electorsDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Autauga 2,969 85.83% 490 14.17% 2,479 71.66% 3,459 Baldwin 10,870 81.12% 2,530 18.88% 8,340 62.24% 13,400 Barbour 3,853 79.76% 978 20.24% 2,875 59.52% 4,831 Bibb 2,623 83.94% 502 16.06% 2,121 67.88% 3,125 Blount 4,442 64.67% 2,427 35.33% 2,015 29.34% 6,869 Bullock 1,516 57.64% 1,114 42.36% 402 15.28% 2,630 Butler 4,002 80.44% 973 19.56% 3,029 60.88% 4,975 Calhoun 10,635 63.13% 6,210 36.87% 4,425 26.26% 16,845 Chambers 4,630 64.42% 2,557 35.58% 2,073 28.84% 7,187 Cherokee 1,893 49.70% 1,916 50.30% -23 -0.60% 3,809 Chilton 5,202 75.97% 1,645 24.03% 3,557 51.94% 6,847 Choctaw 2,497 85.81% 413 14.19% 2,084 71.62% 2,910 Clarke 4,460 82.84% 924 17.16% 3,536 65.68% 5,384 Clay 2,815 70.13% 1,199 29.87% 1,616 40.26% 4,014 Cleburne 2,156 76.24% 672 23.76% 1,484 52.48% 2,828 Coffee 4,910 80.19% 1,213 19.81% 3,697 60.38% 6,123 Colbert 5,267 48.59% 5,573 51.41% -306 -2.82% 10,840 Conecuh 2,782 81.32% 639 18.68% 2,143 62.64% 3,421 Coosa 1,978 72.77% 740 27.23% 1,238 45.54% 2,718 Covington 7,554 82.33% 1,621 17.67% 5,933 64.66% 9,175 Crenshaw 3,008 78.66% 816 21.34% 2,192 57.32% 3,824 Cullman 7,152 58.33% 5,110 41.67% 2,042 16.66% 12,262 Dale 4,970 83.77% 963 16.23% 4,007 67.54% 5,933 Dallas 5,888 89.12% 719 10.88% 5,169 78.24% 6,607 DeKalb 6,746 57.69% 4,948 42.31% 1,798 15.38% 11,694 Elmore 6,363 83.77% 1,233 16.23% 5,130 67.54% 7,596 Escambia 5,623 74.47% 1,928 25.53% 3,695 48.94% 7,551 Etowah 12,894 59.06% 8,939 40.94% 3,955 18.12% 21,833 Fayette 3,203 71.34% 1,287 28.66% 1,916 42.68% 4,490 Franklin 4,025 56.41% 3,110 43.59% 915 12.82% 7,135 Geneva 4,502 80.74% 1,074 19.26% 3,428 61.48% 5,576 Greene 1,124 65.69% 587 34.31% 537 31.38% 1,711 Hale 1,898 77.60% 548 22.40% 1,350 55.20% 2,446 Henry 2,896 83.10% 589 16.90% 2,307 66.20% 3,485 Houston 10,353 87.93% 1,421 12.07% 8,932 75.86% 11,774 Jackson 2,730 46.47% 3,145 53.53% -415 -7.06% 5,875 Jefferson 100,756 72.57% 38,082 27.43% 62,674 45.14% 138,838 Lamar 2,734 72.42% 1,041 27.58% 1,693 44.84% 3,775 Lauderdale 5,978 47.55% 6,593 52.45% -615 -4.90% 12,571 Lawrence 1,809 50.00% 1,808 49.97% 1 0.03% 3,617 Lee 5,914 78.69% 1,602 21.31% 4,312 57.38% 7,516 Limestone 2,377 43.99% 3,027 56.01% -650 -12.02% 5,404 Lowndes 1,548 83.32% 310 16.68% 1,238 66.64% 1,858 Macon 1,858 38.46% 2,973 61.54% -1,115 -23.08% 4,831 Madison 14,279 51.93% 13,217 48.07% 1,062 3.86% 27,496 Marengo 3,677 82.33% 789 17.67% 2,888 64.66% 4,466 Marion 3,966 69.42% 1,747 30.58% 2,219 38.84% 5,713 Marshall 5,712 56.33% 4,428 43.67% 1,284 12.66% 10,140 Mobile 49,493 70.72% 20,488 29.28% 29,005 41.44% 69,981 Monroe 3,870 81.37% 886 18.63% 2,984 62.74% 4,756 Montgomery 23,015 75.47% 7,482 24.53% 15,533 50.94% 30,497 Morgan 7,013 56.64% 5,368 43.36% 1,645 13.28% 12,381 Perry 2,046 79.73% 520 20.27% 1,526 59.46% 2,566 Pickens 3,416 82.08% 746 17.92% 2,670 64.16% 4,162 Pike 4,373 84.49% 803 15.51% 3,570 68.98% 5,176 Randolph 3,127 62.65% 1,864 37.35% 1,263 25.30% 4,991 Russell 4,877 76.04% 1,537 23.96% 3,340 52.08% 6,414 St. Clair 4,813 70.76% 1,989 29.24% 2,824 41.52% 6,802 Shelby 6,037 75.65% 1,943 24.35% 4,094 51.30% 7,980 Sumter 1,653 80.32% 405 19.68% 1,248 60.64% 2,058 Talladega 8,946 70.67% 3,712 29.33% 5,234 41.34% 12,658 Tallapoosa 5,530 76.14% 1,733 23.86% 3,797 52.28% 7,263 Tuscaloosa 13,227 68.67% 6,036 31.33% 7,191 37.34% 19,263 Walker 8,582 58.41% 6,110 41.59% 2,472 16.82% 14,692 Washington 2,803 70.18% 1,191 29.82% 1,612 40.36% 3,994 Wilcox 1,789 91.93% 157 8.07% 1,632 83.86% 1,946 Winston 3,438 71.19% 1,391 28.81% 2,047 42.38% 4,829Totals479,08569.45%210,73230.55%268,35338.90%689,817

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

See also United States presidential elections in Alabama

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