The 1964 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the

1964 United States presidential election The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic United States President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nomi ...

. State voters chose 26 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for

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and

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was won by

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President

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( D–

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), with 59.47% of the popular vote, against Senator Barry Goldwater ( R–

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), with 40.53% of the popular vote. , this is the last election in which Adams County, DeWitt County, Effingham County,

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, Menard County, Morgan County, Scott County, Wabash County, and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David
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in a presidential election.

Primaries

Turnout

Turnout in the preference vote of the

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was 17.77%, with a total of 917,314 votes cast. Turnout in the general election was 84.97%, with a total of 4,702,841 votes cast. Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 14.

Democratic

The 1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of

as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election. In this election, all candidates were

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. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. Incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson overwhelmingly won the primary. While he received 3.23% of the vote,

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was not an active candidate for the nomination.

Republican

The 1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of

as one of the Republican 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.

Results

Results by county

References

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1964 Illinois elections