Who won South Carolina in the 1964 presidential election?

Goldwater (Republican) carried South Carolina in 1964, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 1964?

South Carolina cast 8 electoral votes in the 1964 presidential election.

Did South Carolina vote for the national winner in 1964?

No. South Carolina backed Goldwater, while Lyndon B. Johnson won the presidency nationally.

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1964

South Carolina: Goldwater carries 8 EV.

South Carolina cast its 8 electoral votes for Goldwater (Republican). National winner: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) — South Carolina voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1964 result in South Carolina

South Carolina backed Goldwater (Republican) in the 1964 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving South Carolina among the states he did not carry.

Goldwater's win closed out South Carolina's 3-election run of voting Democratic. The region divided — Georgia joined South Carolina for the Republican ticket, while North Carolina did not. Across the 59 presidential elections South Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Lyndon B. Johnson took 486 of the 538 electoral votes, against Barry Goldwater's 52. Lyndon B. Johnson led the national popular vote with 61.05% of the ballots cast.

The 1964 national map

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