1964 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1964 United States presidential election in South Carolina
| country = South Carolina
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1960 United States presidential election in South Carolina
| previous_year = 1960
| next_election = 1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina
| next_year = 1968
| election_date = November 3, 1964{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1964|title=United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=May 27, 2017}}
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = File:Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp
| nominee1 = Barry Goldwater
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = Arizona
| running_mate1 = William E. Miller
| electoral_vote1 = 8
| popular_vote1 = 309,048
| percentage1 = 58.89%
| image2 = 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Lyndon B. Johnson
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = Texas
| running_mate2 = Hubert Humphrey
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 215,700
| percentage2 = 41.10%
| title = President
| before_election = Lyndon B. Johnson
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Lyndon B. Johnson
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
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Johnson
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{{Elections in South Carolina sidebar}}
The 1964 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1965_1969.html#1964|title=1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)|access-date=May 27, 2017}} representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Background
Between 1900 and 1948, no Republican presidential candidate ever obtained more than seven percent of the total presidential vote{{Cite book |last=Mickey |first=Robert |title=Paths Out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972 |year=2015 |isbn=978-0691149639 |page=440}} – a vote which in 1924 reached as low as 6.6 percent of the total voting-age population.Mickey; Paths Out of Dixie, p. 27. South Carolina was a one-party state dominated by the Democrats due to the disfranchisement of black voters.{{Cite book |last=Phillips |first=Kevin P. |title=The Emerging Republican Majority |isbn=9780691163246 |pages=208, 210}}
Following Harry S. Truman's To Secure These Rights in 1947, the following year South Carolina's Governor Strom Thurmond, led almost all of the state Democratic machinery into the States' Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats). As the Dixiecrat presidential candidate, Thurmond won 71 percent of the state's limited electorate and every county except poor white industrial Anderson and Spartanburg.{{Cite book |last=Frederikson |first=Kari |title=The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 |isbn=9780807875445 |page=185}} During the 1950s, the state's wealthier and more urbanized whites became extremely disenchanted with the national Democratic Party and to a lesser extent with the federal administration of Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower.{{Cite book |last1=Graham |first1=Cole Blease |title=South Carolina Politics and Government |last2=Moore |first2=William V. |isbn=9780803270435 |pages=79, 81}}
Campaign
Roger Milliken invited Barry Goldwater to speak in South Carolina in 1959, and it was televised in the entire state. Milliken later financially supported Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign.{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2015 |title=The Man Who Launched the GOP's Civil War |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/roger-milliken-republican-party-history-213212/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919201326/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/roger-milliken-republican-party-history-213212/ |archive-date=September 19, 2023}} During the 1950s, wealthy textile mill owners in the upcountry developed a grassroots state Republican Party dedicated to the tenets of the John Birch Society. This group nominated the most conservative delegation at the party's 1960 convention.Mickey. Paths out of Dixie, p. 234. These wealthy businessmen would merge with hardline segregationists to draft Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination in 1960 and join forces therein by the time of the next presidential election.
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party in September, to join the Republicans. Goldwater gave a televised speech in Columbia, South Carolina, that featured segregationist politicians on-stage with him, including Thurmond, Iris Faircloth Blitch, James F. Byrnes, James H. Gray Sr., Albert Watson, and John Bell Williams, in which he criticized the Civil Rights Act.{{sfn|Black|Black|1992|pp=152–153}}
The Democratic Party, for its part, had struggled bitterly over whether to select electors pledged to incumbent President Lyndon Johnson due to his support for civil rights and desegregation; however, like Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, South Carolina chose Democratic electors pledged to LBJ.Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated; CQ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, vol. 25 (1967), p. 1121. President Johnson did not campaign in the state, being hopeful that a black registration increased by more than Kennedy's 1960 margin{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Robert David |title=All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election |isbn=0521737524 |page=168}} and support from economically liberal Senator Olin Johnston would help him win without campaigning.Johnson. All the Way with LBJ, p. 224.
Early polls in South Carolina gave a substantial lead to Goldwater, but by the end of October, the state was viewed as similarly close to the 1952 and 1960 races where the Democrats won by under ten thousand votes.{{Cite news |date=October 31, 1964 |title=State by State Rundown Shows Johnson Way Out in Front |page=11 |work=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania}}Johnson. All the Way with LBJ, p. 275. Goldwater received 70% of the white vote.{{sfn|Black|Black|1992|p=155}}
Results
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Barry Goldwater
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 309,048
| percentage = 58.89%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 215,700
| percentage = 41.10%
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| candidate = —
| party = Write-in
| votes = 8
| percentage = 0.00%
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 524,756
| percentage= 100%
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=Results by county=
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! rowspan="2" |County ! colspan="2" |Barry Goldwater ! colspan="2" |Lyndon B. Johnson ! colspan="2" |Margin ! rowspan="2" |Total votes cast |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Abbeville | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,448 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 35.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,689 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 65.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −1,241 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −30.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,137 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Aiken | {{party shading/Republican}}| 17,467 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 69.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,622 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,845 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.24% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25,089 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Allendale | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,740 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 69.27% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 772 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.73% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 968 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 38.54% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,512 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Anderson | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,398 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 41.85% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11,670 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 58.15% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −3,272 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −16.30% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20,068 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Bamberg | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,366 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 62.51% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,419 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 37.49% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 947 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25.02% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,785 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Barnwell | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,670 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 72.64% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,382 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,288 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.28% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,052 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Beaufort | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,432 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.54% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,747 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 44.46% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 685 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11.08% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,179 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Berkeley | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,100 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.30% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,537 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.70% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,563 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.60% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,637 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Calhoun | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,591 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 72.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 612 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27.78% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 979 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.44% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,203 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Charleston | {{party shading/Republican}}| 32,509 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 69.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14,564 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.94% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 17,945 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 38.12% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47,073 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Cherokee | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,627 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 46.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,258 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 54.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −631 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −8.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,885 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Chester | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,915 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.89% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,882 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 57.11% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −967 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −14.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,797 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Chesterfield | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,449 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 34.58% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,634 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 65.42% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −2,185 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −30.84% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,083 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Clarendon | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,960 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 78.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 832 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21.94% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,128 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.12% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,792 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Colleton | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,637 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 69.33% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,051 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.67% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,586 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 38.66% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,688 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Darlington | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,717 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57.28% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,010 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.72% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,707 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14.56% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,727 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Dillon | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,742 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.72% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,773 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 50.28% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −31 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −0.56% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,515 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Dorchester | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,109 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 76.11% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,604 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 23.89% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,505 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 52.22% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,713 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Edgefield | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,489 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 75.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 824 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 24.87% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,665 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 50.26% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,313 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Fairfield | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,997 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 43.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,628 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.82% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −631 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −13.64% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,625 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Florence | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,346 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 59.11% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,157 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 40.89% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,189 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 18.22% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 17,503 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Georgetown | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,705 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57.89% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,423 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.11% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,282 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 15.78% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,128 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Greenville | {{party shading/Republican}}| 29,358 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 62.96% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17,275 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 37.04% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12,083 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25.92% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 46,633 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Greenwood | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,653 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 50.78% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,479 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.22% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 174 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1.56% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,132 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Hampton | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,259 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 61.09% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,439 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.91% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 820 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 22.18% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,698 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Horry | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,293 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.37% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,444 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 39.63% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,849 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 20.74% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,737 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Jasper | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,593 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 61.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,002 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.61% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 591 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 22.78% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,595 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Kershaw | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,617 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.94% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,168 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.06% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,449 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.88% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,785 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Lancaster | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,742 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.83% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,970 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 51.17% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −228 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −2.34% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,712 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Laurens | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,081 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.79% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,365 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.21% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 716 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7.58% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,446 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lee | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,489 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 68.29% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,156 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 31.71% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,333 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36.58% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,645 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lexington | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12,041 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 71.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,807 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.53% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,234 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.94% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 16,848 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Marion | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,197 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,046 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 39.02% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,151 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 21.96% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,243 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Marlboro | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,864 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 43.49% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,422 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.51% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −558 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −13.02% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,286 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| McCormick | {{party shading/Republican}}| 939 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 65.34% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 498 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 34.66% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 441 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 30.68% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,437 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Newberry | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,571 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.35% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,222 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.64% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,349 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.71% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,794{{efn|One write-in vote was recorded from this county.}} |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Oconee | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,712 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 32.79% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,560 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 67.21% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −2,848 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −34.42% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,272 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Orangeburg | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,456 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 65.09% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,607 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 34.91% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,849 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 30.18% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 16,063 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Pickens | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,882 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 62.63% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,506 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 37.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,376 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25.30% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,391{{efn|3 write-in votes were recorded from this county.}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Richland | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27,306 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.35% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17,939 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 39.65% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,367 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 20.70% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45,245 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Saluda | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,524 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 64.17% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,409 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35.83% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,115 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 28.34% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,933 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Spartanburg | {{party shading/Republican}}| 18,411 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.89% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20,034 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.11% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −1,623 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −4.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38,445 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Sumter | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,729 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 67.19% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,775 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 32.81% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,954 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 34.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,504 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Union | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,815 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.50% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,892 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 50.50% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −77 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −1.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,707 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Williamsburg | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,810 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 68.15% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,248 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 31.85% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,562 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36.30% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,058 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| York | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,292 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 46.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,346 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 53.36% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −1,054 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| −6.74% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 15,642{{efn|4 write-in votes were recorded from this county.}} |
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!Totals!!309,048!!58.89%!!215,700!!41.10%!!93,348!!17.79%!!524,756 |
= Results by congressional district =
Goldwater carried 5 of the 6 congressional districts, which all elected Democrats.
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!Goldwater !Johnson |
| {{party shading/Republican}}|1st
| {{party shading/Republican}}|67.9% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|32.1% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}|2nd
| {{party shading/Republican}}|65.7% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|34.3% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}|3rd
| {{party shading/Republican}}|50.5% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|49.5% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}|4th
| {{party shading/Republican}}|55.9% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|44.1% |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}|5th
| {{party shading/Republican}}|47.6% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|52.4% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}|6th
| {{party shading/Republican}}|58.8% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|41.2% |
Analysis
The swing away from Johnson was general except in a few areas of substantial black voter registration increases, and Goldwater's lowcountry dominance easily offset Johnson's narrow edge amongst the poor whites of the upcountry who, despite their hostility to Johnson's civil rights measures, saw Goldwater as a Dixiecrat-style conservative committed to privatization of services poor whites viewed essential.Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 263–265. South Carolina was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. After narrow losses in 1952 and 1960, Goldwater became the first Republican presidential candidate to carry South Carolina since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.
Notes
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Works cited
- {{cite book|last1=Black |first1=Earl |author-link1=Earl Black (political scientist) |last2=Black |first2=Merle |author-link2=Merle Black |title=The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1992 |url=https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac |isbn=0674941306}}
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