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County results
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The1964 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 3, 1964.Alabama voters chose ten representatives, or electors, tothe Electoral College, who voted forPresident andVice-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.[1] As of the2024 presidential election, this is the last time thatSumter County,Greene County,Wilcox County,Lowndes County andBullock County voted for a Republican candidate, as well as the last time thatMacon County did not vote for the national Democratic candidate.[2] Alabama was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Alabama was central to theCivil rights movement in the 1960s.[3] GovernorGeorge Wallace condemned and refused to comply with theCivil Rights Act of 1964.[4]
Theprimary chose a set of unpledged Democratic electors.[5] by a margin of five-to-one,[6] Under Wallace's guidance, the AlabamaDemocratic Party placed this slate of unpledged Democratic electors on the ballot,[7][8] against the advice of some legal scholars,[9] but after planning to run for president himself (as he would do in1968), decided against this in July. Johnson was the third winning president-elect to not appear on the ballot in Alabama, afterAbraham Lincoln in1860 andHarry S. Truman in1948.
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.[10] Once campaigning began, Wallace supported Republican nominee Barry Goldwater over the unpledged slate,[11] although he did campaign for Democratic candidates for state and local offices.[12]
| Source | Rating | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Boston Globe[13] | Safe R (Flip) | August 2, 1964 |
| The Wall Street Journal[14] | Certain R (Flip) | September 29, 1964 |
| The Christian Science Monitor[15] | Likely R (Flip) | October 27, 1964 |
| The Chicago Tribune[16] | Safe R (Flip) | October 29, 1964 |
| Los Angeles Times[17] | Safe R (Flip) | November 1, 1964 |
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Tom Abernethy | 479,085 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Tammy Thomas | 479,071 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Alfred Staples | 478,925 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Tandy Little Jr. | 478,540 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Wiley Deal | 478,398 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Herbert Stockham | 477,969 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Gordon Lawless | 477,582 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Smith Lanier, II | 477,339 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | John E. Grenier | 477,272 | |
| Republican Party | Barry Goldwater | Basil Horsfield | 476,994 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | James B. Allen | 210,732 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | MacDonald Gallion | 209,848 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Edmund Blair | 209,062 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Albert P. Brewer | 208,059 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Pete Mathews | 207,730 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Art Hanes | 207,594 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Albert H. Evans Jr. | 207,577 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Frank Mizell | 207,357 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | Jack Giles | 207,144 | |
| Democratic Party | Unpledged | I. J. "Jud" Scott | 206,618 | |
| Total votes | 689,817 | |||
| County | Barry Goldwater Republican | Unpledged electors Democratic | 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% | 4,829 |
| Totals | 479,085 | 69.45% | 210,732 | 30.55% | 268,353 | 38.90% | 689,817 |