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1964 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

1964 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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The 1964 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 3, 1964 as part of 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Background

In the 1958 election, Gaylord A. Nelson was elected as Wisconsin's second Democratic governor since 1895, and the state also elected Democrats to the position of treasurer and U.S. Senator, besides that party gaining a majority in the State Assembly for only the second time since the middle 1890s. They maintained a close balance in the early 1960s, signaling the state's transition to a swing state.[1] The Republican would campaign in Wisconsin late in September, but met with severe hostility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[2]

Campaign

George Wallace ran in the Democratic primary, but was defeated by Governor John W. Reynolds Jr., who served as a surrogate for Johnson.[3]

Results

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Analysis

Early polls nevertheless showed incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson leading Goldwater comfortably,[6] despite predictions of a severe backlash to the Civil Rights Act from Wisconsin's anti-black German-American and Polish-American populations.[7] Extreme fears of financial loss for farmers accounted for a 66–28 lead for Johnson in September,[8] while fear of Goldwater's policy of strategic use of nuclear weapons,[9] rather than enthusiasm for the domestic and foreign policies of President Johnson, was cited as the cause of the President's continuing strong lead one month later.[10]

Johnson won Wisconsin by a margin of 24.35 percent. Goldwater held up slightly better in the German areas where conservative Republicanism had been established by anti-World War II sentiment, whilst he lost heavily in the Yankee counties of the south.[9] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Green Lake County, Ozaukee County, Vilas County, Washington County, and Waukesha County (and by that extension, any of the WOW counties) voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[11]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kelley, Stanley junior; 'The Goldwater Strategy'; The Princeton Review; pp. 8-11
  2. [2]
    Yerxa, Fendall W.; 'Goldwater Takes Campaign North: Senator Meets Opposition on Leaving the South'; Special to The New York Times, September 25, 1964, p. 61
  3. [3]
    Black & Black 1992, p. 160.
  4. [4]
    "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "WI US President Race, November 03, 1964". Our Campaigns.
  6. [6]
    'President Scans Favorable Polls: Surveys in 7 States Show Him Leading Goldwater'; Special to The New York Times, August 22, 1964, p. 9
  7. [7]
    Pomfrets, John D.; 'Milwaukee Poles in Johnson Camp: While Openly Anti-Negro, They Oppose Goldwater'; Special to The New York Times, August 22, 1964, p. 22
  8. [8]
    Janson, Donald; 'Johnson Gaining Corn Belt Vote: Farmers Voice Wariness of Goldwater's Philosophy'; Special to The New York Times, September 13, 1964, p. 72
  9. [9]
    Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 396
  10. [10]
    'Goldwater Lacks in Wisconsin Poll: Fear of His Nuclear Policy Is Cited in Survey'; Special to The New York Times, October 11, 1964, p. 61
  11. [11]
    Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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