The 1964 US presidential election on November 3 was one of the most unambiguous elections in US history, held with the undeniable advantage of President Lyndon Johnson . Johnson replaced the murdered John F. Kennedy as president just a year before, but was able to successfully transfer the enormous popularity Kennedy possessed. Moreover, Johnson was also able to successfully introduce Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater as the right-wing legislator who wants to destroy the social insurance programs created by Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. Johnson claimed that Goldwater would plunge the United States into a nuclear war with the Soviet Union (the Democrat team defeated this thesis in a Daisy commercial). Having such trump cards in his hands, Lyndon Johnson received 61.1% of the vote and won in 44 states out of 50. This was one of the brightest victories unprecedented since the victory of James Monroe in the 1820 election .
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| US Presidential Election (1964) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| the 3rd of November | |||
| Voter turnout | 61.9% [1] | ||
 |  | ||
| Candidate | Lyndon Johnson | Barry Goldwater | |
| The consignment | Democratic Party | Republican Party | |
| From | Texas | Arizona | |
| Vice President | Hubert Humphrey | William Miller | |
| Votes | 486 (61.1%) | 52 (38.5%) | |
 Map of the results of the presidential election. The states that supported the Republicans are marked in red, the Democrats in blue. | |||
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Elections
Campaign
Barry Goldwater was actively supported by G. Hunt .
Results
| Candidate | The consignment | Voters | Electors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| amount | % | |||
| Lyndon Baines Johnson | Democratic Party | 43,127,041 | 61.1% | 486 |
| Barry Morris Goldwater | Republican Party | 27 175 754 | 38.5% | 52 |
| John Casper | National Rights Party | 6 953 | 0,0% | 0 |
| Joseph Lightburn | Constitutional party | 5,061 | 0,0% | 0 |
| (unrelated electors) (a) | Democratic Party | 210 732 | 0.3% | 0 |
| other | - | 125 757 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Total | 70 651 298 | 100 % | 538 | |
- (a) electors who, unlike ordinary ones, are not bound by a promise to vote in accordance with election results. This situation arose several times in the mid-20th century, usually among democrats due to disagreements on issues of segregation and civil rights for the purpose of subsequent bargaining.
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Notes
- ↑ Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections . uselectionatlas.org. Date of treatment October 21, 2012.
Links
- CONELRAD's definitive history of the Daisy ad
- 1964 election results: State-by-state Popular vote
- 1964 popular vote by states (with bar graphs)
- 1964 popular vote by counties
- Michael Sheppard How close was the 1964 election? (English) (inaccessible link) . Michigan State University. Date of treatment November 28, 2018. Archived on April 16, 2016.