1964 United States presidential election in Indiana

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Turnout	71.7%[1] 5.2pp
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater Party Democratic Republican Home state Texas Arizona Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,170,848 911,118 Percentage 56.0% 43.6%
County Results Johnson   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Goldwater   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic

Apresidential election was held inIndiana on November 3, 1964, as part of the1964 United States presidential election. TheDemocratic ticket of the incumbentpresident of the United StatesLyndon B. Johnson and the seniorU.S. senator fromMinnesotaHubert Humphrey defeated theRepublican ticket of the junior U.S. senator fromArizonaBarry Goldwater and theU.S. representative fromNew York's 40th congressional districtWilliam E. Miller. Johnson defeated Goldwater in the national election with 486electoral votes.^[2]

Thegovernor of AlabamaGeorge Wallace challenged Johnson for the Democratic nomination in the 1964 presidential primaries. Many observers assumed that Wallace, asegregationist, would do well in Indiana, based on the state's history ofKu Klux Klan activity,anti-Black racism, andconservative politics.^[3] Coming on the heels of a stronger-than-expected performance inWisconsin, the Indiana primary was seen as a crucial "test" of Wallace's candidacy.^[4]

Johnson did not appear on the Indiana ballot; instead, Wallace faced the Democraticgovernor of IndianaMatthew E. Welsh, who ran as astalking horse for the incumbent. Welsh's slogan was "Clear the Way for LBJ; Vote for Welsh the 5th of May." Welsh took seriously the possibility that Wallace could carry Indiana and ran a "vigorous" campaign.^[5] With no presidential ambitions of his own, his sole objective was to prevent a strong showing for Wallace that could embarrass the state and undermine the nationalcivil rights movement.^[6]

The race received national press attention, with prominentjournalists includingWalter Cronkite traveling to Indiana to cover the primary. Welsh defeated Wallace by a wide margin; while Wallace received significant support fromLake andPorter counties, his statewide percentage fell below that which he had polled in Wisconsin one month prior.^[7]

Johnson became the first Democrat to carry Indiana in a presidential election sinceFranklin D. Roosevelt in1936 and the only Democratic presidential candidate to carryRandolph andWabash counties.^[9] As of2024^[update], this is the most recent election in whichAllen,Adams,Bartholomew,Brown,Benton,Carroll,Cass,Clay,Clinton,Daviess,Decatur,DeKalb,Elkhart,Fayette,Fountain,Franklin,Grant,Hancock,Henry,Howard,Huntington,Jackson,Jay,Jennings,LaGrange,Lawrence,Marshall,Miami,Montgomery,Noble,Orange,Parke,Pulaski,Putnam,Ripley,Shelby,Tipton,Warren,Wells,White, andWhitley counties voted for the Democratic ticket.^[10]

1964 United States presidential election in Indiana^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert Humphrey	1,170,848	55.98	11.38
	Republican	Barry Goldwater William E. Miller	911,118	43.56	11.47
	Prohibition	E. Harold Munn Mark R. Shaw	8,266	0.40	0.08
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass Henning A. Blomen	1,374	0.07	0.02
Total votes			2,091,606	100.00

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

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• Congressional Quarterly (1985).Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.
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