1964 without voter suppression

[darklordoftech]

How would the Southern states vote?

[morgankingsley]

I am not too sure about all of them, but surely Goldwater still wins Mississipi and Alabama

[MIKESOWELL]

I'm certain that LBJ would have carried Georgia without a suppressed AA vote, and I'm reasonably sure that Louisiana and South Carolina would have at least been competitive.

[One Term Floridian]

AL - Safe R
GA - Likely D
LA - Lean D
MS - Likely R
SC - Lean D

[SingingAnalyst]

I have long wondered that myself. Per Article XIV, Section 2 of the US Constitution, states which suppressed Black voters should have had their representation in Congress reduced, and fewer EVs. Apparently for 100 years no one had the political will to enforce that.

AL is Goldwater's best state (low 60s) followed by MS (high 50s), with LA and SC voting low 50s for Goldwater and GA narrowly for Johnson.

[President Johnson]

✓ President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN): 516 EV. (62.21%)
Senator Barry M. Goldwater (R-AZ)/Representative William E. Miller (R-NY): 22 EV. (35.95%)

[Fuzzy Bear]

It would have been about the same.

The "suppressed" vote included the votes of many poor, less educated white voters who were conservative on racial issues and would likely have gone for Goldwater.