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The1964 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Illinois was won byincumbent PresidentLyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 59.47% of the popular vote, againstSenatorBarry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 40.53% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichAdams County,DeWitt County,Effingham County,Logan County,Menard County,Morgan County,Scott County,Wabash County, andWayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
This was the last time until1992 that Illinois votedDemocratic in a presidential race, after which the state has always gone Democratic.McLean County would not vote Democratic again until 2008.
Turnout in the preference vote of theprimaries was 17.77%, with a total of 917,314 votes cast.[6][7]
Turnout in the general election was 84.97%, with a total of 4,702,841 votes cast.[6][7] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 14.[6][8]
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The1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election.
In this election, all candidates werewrite-ins.[6]
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[6]
Incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson overwhelmingly won the primary.
While he received 3.23% of the vote,Robert F. Kennedy was not an active candidate for the nomination.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Lyndon B. Johnson(incumbent)(write-in) | 82,027 | 91.63 |
| George Wallace (write-in) | 3,761 | 4.20 |
| Robert F. Kennedy (write-in) | 2,894 | 3.23 |
| Other write-ins | 841 | 0.94 |
| Total | 89,523 | 100 |
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The1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[6]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Barry M. Goldwater | 512,840 | 61.95 |
| Margaret Chase Smith | 209,521 | 25.31 |
| Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (write-in) | 68,122 | 8.23 |
| Richard M. Nixon (write-in) | 30,313 | 3.66 |
| George Wallace (write-in) | 2,203 | 0.27 |
| Nelson A. Rockefeller (write-in) | 2,048 | 0.25 |
| William Scranton (write-in) | 1,842 | 0.22 |
| George Romney (write-in) | 465 | 0.06 |
| Other write-ins | 437 | 0.05 |
| Total | 827,791 | 100 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 2,796,833 | 59.47% | |
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 1,905,946 | 40.53% | |
| Write-in | Others | 62 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,702,841 | 100% | ||
| County | Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic | Barry Goldwater Republican | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin | Total votes cast[10] | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 18,321 | 56.70% | 13,993 | 43.30% | 4,328 | 13.40% | 32,314 | ||
| Alexander | 4,763 | 62.20% | 2,895 | 37.80% | 1,868 | 24.40% | 7,658 | ||
| Bond | 3,815 | 55.51% | 3,058 | 44.49% | 757 | 11.02% | 6,873 | ||
| Boone | 3,694 | 42.23% | 5,053 | 57.77% | -1,359 | -15.54% | 8,747 | ||
| Brown | 2,083 | 60.59% | 1,355 | 39.41% | 728 | 21.18% | 3,438 | ||
| Bureau | 9,086 | 48.75% | 9,552 | 51.25% | -466 | -2.50% | 18,638 | ||
| Calhoun | 1,805 | 58.36% | 1,288 | 41.64% | 517 | 16.72% | 3,093 | ||
| Carroll | 4,062 | 47.51% | 4,487 | 52.49% | -425 | -4.98% | 8,549 | ||
| Cass | 4,424 | 60.94% | 2,836 | 39.06% | 1,588 | 21.88% | 7,260 | ||
| Champaign | 25,792 | 53.96% | 22,010 | 46.04% | 3,782 | 7.92% | 47,802 | ||
| Christian | 11,898 | 65.91% | 6,153 | 34.09% | 5,745 | 31.82% | 18,051 | ||
| Clark | 4,464 | 50.34% | 4,403 | 49.66% | 61 | 0.68% | 8,867 | ||
| Clay | 4,551 | 55.39% | 3,665 | 44.61% | 886 | 10.78% | 8,216 | ||
| Clinton | 7,339 | 61.00% | 4,692 | 39.00% | 2,647 | 22.00% | 12,031 | ||
| Coles | 11,377 | 56.17% | 8,878 | 43.83% | 2,499 | 12.34% | 20,255 | ||
| Cook | 1,537,181 | 63.18% | 895,718 | 36.82% | 641,463 | 26.36% | 2,432,899 | ||
| Crawford | 5,624 | 53.78% | 4,834 | 46.22% | 790 | 7.56% | 10,458 | ||
| Cumberland | 3,056 | 57.58% | 2,251 | 42.42% | 805 | 15.16% | 5,307 | ||
| DeKalb | 10,257 | 46.52% | 11,791 | 53.48% | 1 | 0.00% | -1,534 | -6.96% | 22,049 |
| DeWitt | 4,371 | 54.80% | 3,605 | 45.20% | 766 | 9.60% | 7,976 | ||
| Douglas | 4,695 | 52.65% | 4,223 | 47.35% | 472 | 5.30% | 8,918 | ||
| DuPage | 66,229 | 40.11% | 98,871 | 59.89% | -32,642 | -19.78% | 165,100 | ||
| Edgar | 5,966 | 50.59% | 5,827 | 49.41% | 139 | 1.18% | 11,793 | ||
| Edwards | 1,991 | 46.81% | 2,262 | 53.19% | -271 | -6.38% | 4,253 | ||
| Effingham | 6,782 | 57.35% | 5,044 | 42.65% | 1,738 | 14.70% | 11,826 | ||
| Fayette | 6,295 | 58.36% | 4,492 | 41.64% | 1,803 | 16.72% | 10,787 | ||
| Ford | 3,427 | 42.43% | 4,650 | 57.57% | -1,223 | -15.14% | 8,077 | ||
| Franklin | 13,581 | 64.06% | 7,620 | 35.94% | 5,961 | 28.12% | 21,201 | ||
| Fulton | 13,030 | 62.60% | 7,785 | 37.40% | 5,245 | 25.20% | 20,815 | ||
| Gallatin | 2,845 | 67.11% | 1,394 | 32.89% | 1,451 | 34.22% | 4,239 | ||
| Greene | 4,781 | 60.45% | 3,128 | 39.55% | 1,653 | 20.90% | 7,909 | ||
| Grundy | 5,246 | 48.72% | 5,522 | 51.28% | -276 | -2.56% | 10,768 | ||
| Hamilton | 3,133 | 55.02% | 2,561 | 44.98% | 572 | 10.04% | 5,694 | ||
| Hancock | 6,199 | 52.73% | 5,557 | 47.27% | 642 | 5.46% | 11,756 | ||
| Hardin | 1,639 | 55.32% | 1,324 | 44.68% | 315 | 10.64% | 2,963 | ||
| Henderson | 2,271 | 54.93% | 1,863 | 45.07% | 408 | 9.86% | 4,134 | ||
| Henry | 12,085 | 53.17% | 10,644 | 46.83% | 1,441 | 6.34% | 22,729 | ||
| Iroquois | 7,029 | 42.72% | 9,423 | 57.28% | -2,394 | -14.56% | 16,452 | ||
| Jackson | 12,165 | 63.43% | 7,013 | 36.57% | 5,152 | 26.86% | 19,178 | ||
| Jasper | 3,406 | 56.58% | 2,614 | 43.42% | 792 | 13.16% | 6,020 | ||
| Jefferson | 9,653 | 60.71% | 6,248 | 39.29% | 3,405 | 21.42% | 15,901 | ||
| Jersey | 3,936 | 56.41% | 3,041 | 43.59% | 895 | 12.82% | 6,977 | ||
| Jo Daviess | 4,818 | 51.12% | 4,607 | 48.88% | 211 | 2.24% | 9,425 | ||
| Johnson | 1,770 | 44.39% | 2,217 | 55.61% | -447 | -11.22% | 3,987 | ||
| Kane | 40,703 | 46.73% | 46,391 | 53.27% | -5,688 | -6.54% | 87,094 | ||
| Kankakee | 20,792 | 56.39% | 16,082 | 43.61% | 4,710 | 12.78% | 36,874 | ||
| Kendall | 3,430 | 37.53% | 5,710 | 62.47% | -2,280 | -24.94% | 9,140 | ||
| Knox | 15,000 | 53.86% | 12,850 | 46.14% | 2,150 | 7.72% | 27,850 | ||
| Lake | 62,785 | 51.60% | 58,840 | 48.36% | 42 | 0.03% | 3,945 | 3.24% | 121,667 |
| LaSalle | 30,923 | 59.31% | 21,216 | 40.69% | 9,707 | 18.62% | 52,139 | ||
| Lawrence | 5,136 | 55.15% | 4,176 | 44.85% | 960 | 10.30% | 9,312 | ||
| Lee | 7,315 | 46.41% | 8,445 | 53.59% | -1,130 | -7.18% | 15,760 | ||
| Livingston | 8,476 | 45.29% | 10,239 | 54.71% | -1,763 | -9.42% | 18,715 | ||
| Logan | 7,712 | 53.12% | 6,805 | 46.88% | 907 | 6.24% | 14,517 | ||
| Macon | 35,045 | 66.12% | 17,957 | 33.88% | 17,088 | 32.24% | 53,002 | ||
| Macoupin | 15,227 | 64.37% | 8,430 | 35.63% | 6,797 | 28.74% | 23,657 | ||
| Madison | 65,115 | 68.45% | 30,009 | 31.55% | 35,106 | 36.90% | 95,124 | ||
| Marion | 12,363 | 63.65% | 7,060 | 36.35% | 5,303 | 27.30% | 19,423 | ||
| Marshall | 3,561 | 52.60% | 3,209 | 47.40% | 352 | 5.20% | 6,770 | ||
| Mason | 4,857 | 63.16% | 2,833 | 36.84% | 2,024 | 26.32% | 7,690 | ||
| Massac | 3,396 | 52.46% | 3,078 | 47.54% | 318 | 4.92% | 6,474 | ||
| McDonough | 6,144 | 47.08% | 6,907 | 52.92% | -763 | -5.84% | 13,051 | ||
| McHenry | 18,014 | 44.46% | 22,503 | 55.54% | -4,489 | -11.08% | 40,517 | ||
| McLean | 19,550 | 50.56% | 19,120 | 49.44% | 430 | 1.12% | 38,670 | ||
| Menard | 2,491 | 51.76% | 2,322 | 48.24% | 169 | 3.52% | 4,813 | ||
| Mercer | 4,410 | 51.10% | 4,220 | 48.90% | 190 | 2.20% | 8,630 | ||
| Monroe | 4,605 | 53.92% | 3,936 | 46.08% | 669 | 7.84% | 8,541 | ||
| Montgomery | 10,581 | 62.22% | 6,425 | 37.78% | 4,156 | 24.44% | 17,006 | ||
| Morgan | 9,235 | 56.05% | 7,240 | 43.95% | 1,995 | 12.10% | 16,475 | ||
| Moultrie | 3,733 | 59.96% | 2,493 | 40.04% | 1,240 | 19.92% | 6,226 | ||
| Ogle | 6,917 | 39.87% | 10,430 | 60.13% | -3,513 | -20.26% | 17,347 | ||
| Peoria | 47,360 | 58.70% | 33,327 | 41.30% | 14,033 | 17.40% | 80,687 | ||
| Perry | 6,639 | 60.76% | 4,287 | 39.24% | 2,352 | 21.52% | 10,926 | ||
| Piatt | 3,897 | 55.37% | 3,141 | 44.63% | 756 | 10.74% | 7,038 | ||
| Pike | 6,576 | 61.52% | 4,113 | 38.48% | 2,463 | 23.04% | 10,689 | ||
| Pope | 1,117 | 45.67% | 1,329 | 54.33% | -212 | -8.66% | 2,446 | ||
| Pulaski | 3,332 | 66.01% | 1,716 | 33.99% | 1,616 | 32.02% | 5,048 | ||
| Putnam | 1,359 | 54.58% | 1,131 | 45.42% | 228 | 9.16% | 2,490 | ||
| Randolph | 9,199 | 61.32% | 5,803 | 38.68% | 3,396 | 22.64% | 15,002 | ||
| Richland | 4,239 | 52.08% | 3,901 | 47.92% | 338 | 4.16% | 8,140 | ||
| Rock Island | 41,759 | 63.78% | 23,714 | 36.22% | 18,045 | 27.56% | 65,473 | ||
| Saline | 8,337 | 59.43% | 5,691 | 40.57% | 2,646 | 18.86% | 14,028 | ||
| Sangamon | 43,073 | 56.55% | 33,077 | 43.43% | 16 | 0.02% | 9,996 | 13.12% | 76,166 |
| Schuyler | 2,504 | 50.88% | 2,417 | 49.12% | 87 | 1.76% | 4,921 | ||
| Scott | 1,952 | 54.54% | 1,627 | 45.46% | 325 | 9.08% | 3,579 | ||
| Shelby | 7,088 | 62.34% | 4,281 | 37.66% | 2,807 | 24.68% | 11,369 | ||
| St. Clair | 74,005 | 72.39% | 28,226 | 27.61% | 45,779 | 44.78% | 102,231 | ||
| Stark | 1,776 | 45.62% | 2,117 | 54.38% | -341 | -8.76% | 3,893 | ||
| Stephenson | 10,854 | 53.98% | 9,252 | 46.02% | 1,602 | 7.96% | 20,106 | ||
| Tazewell | 28,561 | 62.45% | 17,170 | 37.55% | 11,391 | 24.90% | 45,731 | ||
| Union | 5,208 | 62.37% | 3,142 | 37.63% | 2,066 | 24.74% | 8,350 | ||
| Vermilion | 24,765 | 55.94% | 19,506 | 44.06% | 5,259 | 11.88% | 44,271 | ||
| Wabash | 3,721 | 56.16% | 2,905 | 43.84% | 816 | 12.32% | 6,626 | ||
| Warren | 4,670 | 47.02% | 5,258 | 52.95% | 3 | 0.03% | -588 | -5.93% | 9,931 |
| Washington | 3,670 | 48.87% | 3,840 | 51.13% | -170 | -2.26% | 7,510 | ||
| Wayne | 5,198 | 52.28% | 4,745 | 47.72% | 453 | 4.56% | 9,943 | ||
| White | 5,963 | 59.85% | 4,000 | 40.15% | 1,963 | 19.70% | 9,963 | ||
| Whiteside | 12,536 | 49.21% | 12,940 | 50.79% | -404 | -1.58% | 25,476 | ||
| Will | 49,663 | 56.25% | 38,619 | 43.75% | 11,044 | 12.50% | 88,282 | ||
| Williamson | 14,613 | 61.55% | 9,130 | 38.45% | 5,483 | 23.10% | 23,743 | ||
| Winnebago | 48,834 | 55.02% | 39,920 | 44.98% | 8,914 | 10.04% | 88,754 | ||
| Woodford | 5,914 | 48.63% | 6,248 | 51.37% | -334 | -2.74% | 12,162 | ||
| Totals | 2,796,833 | 59.47% | 1,905,946 | 40.53% | 62 | 0.00% | 890,887 | 18.94% | 4,702,841 |
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