The 1964 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Primary Democratic primary

1964 Maryland Democratic presidential primary Candidate Votes % Daniel Brewster 267,106 53.14 George Wallace (write-in) 214,849 42.75 Unpledged 12,377 2.46 Andrew J. Easter 8,275 1.65 Total 502,607 100.0

Campaign George Wallace ran in the Democratic primary, but was defeated by U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster, who served as a surrogate for Johnson. Wallace won a majority of the white vote.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Harford County, Carroll County, Washington County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Queen Anne's County and Caroline County voted for a Democratic presidential 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

Anne Arundel County would not vote Democratic again until 2016, while Frederick and Talbot counties would not do so until 2020, with Donald Trump being the first Republican to lose all three of these counties, as well as the statewide white vote, since this election. However, Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore flipped against the trend from Kennedy to Goldwater, reflecting the racial tension in the area at this time and the declaration of martial law in the county by Governor J. Millard Tawes in response; similarly, it would be the only county in the state where George Wallace (who had given a speech there during the 1964 primary campaign) finished in second place four years later, ahead of Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

Results 1964 United States presidential election in MarylandPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert Humphrey 730,912 65.47% 10 Republican Barry Goldwater William E. Miller 385,495 34.53% 0

Results by county County Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic Barry GoldwaterRepublican Margin Total votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 211 # % # % # %Allegany20,42562.25%12,38437.75%8,04124.50%32,809Anne Arundel37,98158.70%26,72541.30%11,25617.40%64,706Baltimore117,15360.07%77,87039.93%39,28320.14%195,073Baltimore City240,71675.98%76,08924.02%164,62751.96%316,805Calvert3,33565.39%1,76534.61%1,57030.78%5,100Caroline3,71057.91%2,69642.09%1,01415.82%6,406Carroll8,45150.35%8,33249.65%1190.70%16,783Cecil7,85459.57%5,33040.43%2,52419.14%13,184Charles6,54665.45%3,45534.55%3,09130.90%10,001Dorchester4,56446.14%5,32753.86%-763-7.72%9,891Frederick14,54861.10%9,26438.90%5,28422.20%23,812Garrett3,51549.24%3,62450.76%-109-1.52%7,139Harford13,55057.62%9,96842.38%3,58215.24%23,518Howard8,18554.50%6,83345.50%1,3529.00%15,018Kent4,11367.19%2,00832.81%2,10534.38%6,121Montgomery103,11366.24%52,55433.76%50,55932.48%155,667Prince George's81,80663.80%46,41336.20%35,39327.60%128,219Queen Anne's4,05267.45%1,95532.55%2,09734.90%6,007Somerset4,52758.93%3,15541.07%1,37217.86%7,682St. Mary's5,83166.95%2,87833.05%2,95333.90%8,709Talbot4,67155.85%3,69344.15%97811.70%8,364Washington19,85860.89%12,75639.11%7,10221.78%32,614Wicomico8,69553.86%7,44846.14%1,2477.72%16,143Worcester3,71355.53%2,97344.47%74011.06%6,686Totals730,91265.47%385,49534.53%345,41730.94%1,116,457

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Dorchester

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Alleghany Anne Arundel Baltimore Caroline Carroll Cecil Frederick Harford Howard Kent Somerset Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester

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