1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Incumbent Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson won Tennessee with 55.50% of the vote to Republican nominee Barry Goldwater's 44.49%. This was the first time Tennessee had voted Democratic for president since 1948.

Campaign Goldwater supported privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority, which he considered "a big fat sacred New Deal cow". He received significant criticism for this statement, of which he later wrote that "You would have thought I had just shot Santa Claus". Republican Party of Texas chair Peter O'Donnell, who had chaired the Draft Goldwater Committee and provided financial support to Goldwater's campaign, wrote a memo criticizing Goldwater for "shooting from the hip" and "kicking a sleeping dog".

Results

Results by county CountyLyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticBarry GoldwaterRepublicanVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 423–424, .#%#%#%#%Anderson12,14657.82%8,86042.17%20.01%3,28615.65%21,008Bedford5,61071.17%2,27228.83%3,33842.34%7,882Benton2,61165.70%1,36334.30%1,24831.40%3,974Bledsoe1,41249.67%1,43150.33% −19 −0.67%2,843Blount8,45941.58%11,87658.38%80.04%−3,417−16.80%20,343Bradley5,69345.87%6,71754.13%−1,024−8.26%12,410Campbell4,41251.04%4,23248.96%1802.08%8,644Cannon2,19074.59%74625.41%1,44449.18%2,936Carroll4,05652.07%3,73447.93%3224.14%7,790Carter5,32638.60%8,47261.40%−3,146−22.80%13,798Cheatham2,75077.38%80322.59%10.03%1,94754.79%3,554Chester1,76349.94%1,76750.06%−4−0.12%3,530Claiborne2,58147.51%2,85252.49%−271−4.98%5,433Clay1,19665.79%62234.21%57431.58%1,818Cocke2,10929.32%5,08470.68%−2,975−41.36%7,193Coffee6,83769.42%3,01230.58%3,82538.84%9,849Crockett1,81749.24%1,87350.76%−56−1.52%3,690Cumberland3,07350.81%2,97549.19%981.62%6,048Davidson79,38763.65%45,33536.35%34,05227.30%124,722Decatur1,81355.92%1,42944.08%38411.84%3,242DeKalb2,29162.04%1,40237.96%88924.08%3,693Dickson4,72478.67%1,28121.33%3,44357.34%6,005Dyer4,71751.08%4,51748.91%10.01%2002.17%9,235Fayette2,63647.43%2,92252.57%−286−5.14%5,558Fentress1,55044.05%1,96955.95%−419−11.90%3,519Franklin6,02972.72%2,26227.28%3,76745.44%8,291Gibson8,11963.76%4,61436.24%3,50527.52%12,733Giles4,94078.19%1,37821.81%3,56256.38%6,318Grainger1,30933.20%2,63466.80%−1,325−33.60%3,943Greene5,91646.11%6,91353.89%−997−7.78%12,829Grundy2,77580.18%68619.82%2,08960.36%3,461Hamblen4,60747.00%5,19653.00%−589−6.00%9,803Hamilton38,54648.95%40,20051.05%−1,654−2.10%78,746Hancock68731.17%1,51768.83%−830−37.66%2,204Hardeman2,67552.20%2,45047.80%2254.40%5,125Hardin2,62046.41%3,02553.59%−405−7.18%5,645Hawkins4,19142.32%5,71257.68%-1,521-15.36%9,903Haywood2,29048.75%2,40751.25%−117−2.50%4,697Henderson1,95538.42%3,13361.58%−1,178−23.16%5,088Henry5,87472.21%2,26127.79%3,61344.42%8,135Hickman2,87773.84%1,01926.16%1,85847.68%3,896Houston1,57284.56%28715.44%1,28569.12%1,859Humphreys3,23077.91%91622.09%2,31455.82%4,146Jackson2,29180.61%55119.39%1,74061.22%2,842Jefferson2,60034.56%4,92365.44%−2,323−30.88%7,523Johnson92724.29%2,88975.71%−1,962−51.42%3,816Knox42,46349.80%42,79750.20%−334−0.40%85,260Lake1,66769.34%73630.62%10.04%93138.72%2,404Lauderdale3,84767.17%1,88032.83%1,96734.34%5,727Lawrence5,44954.28%4,59045.72%8598.56%10,039Lewis2,06184.16%38815.84%1,67368.32%2,449Lincoln4,86173.76%1,72826.22%10.02%3,13347.54%6,590Loudon3,36544.72%4,14855.13%110.15%−783−10.41%7,524Macon1,44643.92%1,84656.08%−400−12.16%3,292Madison10,57349.17%10,93250.83%−359−1.66%21,505Marion3,77558.05%2,72841.95%1,04716.10%6,503Marshall3,98974.85%1,34025.15%2,64949.70%5,329Maury7,71662.62%4,60537.37%10.01%3,11125.25%12,322McMinn5,20748.07%5,62451.93%−417−3.86%10,831McNairy2,99449.06%3,10950.94%−115−1.88%6,103Meigs81649.76%82450.24%−8−0.48%1,640Monroe4,10048.53%4,34951.47%−249−2.94%8,449Montgomery10,17878.34%2,81421.66%7,36456.68%12,992Moore1,03479.66%26420.34%77059.32%1,298Morgan1,95751.51%1,84248.49%1153.02%3,799Obion5,67266.93%2,80233.07%2,87033.86%8,474Overton3,25873.83%1,15526.17%2,10347.66%4,413Perry1,44073.69%51426.31%92647.38%1,954Pickett72843.78%93556.22%−207−12.44%1,663Polk2,11355.63%1,68544.37%42811.26%3,798Putnam6,30967.81%2,99332.17%20.02%3,31635.64%9,304Rhea2,63749.13%2,73050.87%−93−1.74%5,367Roane6,10851.57%5,73548.43%3733.14%11,843Robertson5,78476.30%1,79723.70%3,98752.60%7,581Rutherford9,58070.09%4,08829.91%5,49240.18%13,668Scott2,00745.48%2,40654.52%−399−9.04%4,413Sequatchie1,16259.10%80440.90%35818.20%1,966Sevier2,99530.51%6,82169.49%−3,826−38.98%9,816Shelby111,49652.59%100,52747.41%30.00%10,9695.18%212,026Smith2,93473.02%1,08426.98%1,85046.04%4,018Stewart2,44484.71%44115.29%2,00369.42%2,885Sullivan19,49652.41%17,70347.59%1,7934.82%37,199Sumner9,10272.59%3,43727.41%5,66545.18%12,539Tipton3,82155.43%3,07344.57%74810.86%6,894Trousdale1,27086.10%20513.90%1,06572.20%1,475Unicoi2,00042.27%2,73157.73%−731−15.46%4,731Union1,09138.13%1,77061.87%−679−23.74%2,861Van Buren86574.70%29325.30%57249.40%1,158Warren5,02774.12%1,75425.86%10.01%3,27348.26%6,782Washington10,25349.14%10,61250.86%−359−1.72%20,865Wayne1,17831.94%2,51068.06%−1,332−36.12%3,688Weakley5,16165.79%2,68434.21%2,47731.58%7,845White2,98771.36%1,19928.64%1,78842.72%4,186Williamson5,07565.21%2,70734.78%10.01%2,36830.43%7,783Wilson6,26769.84%2,70730.16%3,56039.68%8,974Totals634,94755.50%508,96544.49%340.00%125,98211.01%1,143,946

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Anderson Campbell Carroll Clay Cumberland Decatur Dyer Lawrence Morgan Polk Roane Sullivan Shelby Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Haywood

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