With 61.1% of the popular vote, Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote of any candidate since the largely uncontested 1820 election. Johnson took office on November 22, 1963, following the assassination of his predecessor, John F.
Johnson beat Goldwater in the general election, winning over 61% of the popular vote, the highest percentage since the popular vote first became widespread in 1824.
Goldwater won his home state and swept the states of the Deep South, most of which had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the end of Reconstruction in 1877.
This was the first election since 1912 where the Democrats carried Maine, and the first ever and only election before 1992 where the Democrats carried Vermont.
Conversely, Johnson was the first Democrat ever to carry the state of Vermont in a Presidential election, and only the second Democrat, after Woodrow Wilson in 1912 when the Republican Party was divided, to carry Maine in the twentieth century.
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Roosevelt had won 97% of the popular vote in 1936, Goldwater won 87% of the vote.
Since 1940, the Eastern moderates had defeated conservative presidential candidates at the GOP's national conventions.
This would be the only Republican ticket between 1948 and 1976 that did not include Nixon. In accepting his nomination, Goldwater uttered his most famous phrase (a quote from Cicero suggested by speechwriter Harry Jaffa): "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
The conservatives had historically been based in the American Midwest, but beginning in the 1950s they had been gaining in power in the South and West, and the core of Goldwater's support came from suburban conservative Republicans.
Although he supported previous attempts to pass civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 as well as the 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax, Goldwater reluctantly opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as he felt that Title II violated individual liberty and states' rights.
Goldwater had previously voted in favor of the 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights acts, but only after proposing "restrictive amendments" to them.
Although he supported previous attempts to pass civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 as well as the 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax, Goldwater reluctantly opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as he felt that Title II violated individual liberty and states' rights.
The Johnson–Kennedy hostility was rendered mutual in the 1960 primaries and the 1960 Democratic National Convention, when Robert Kennedy had tried to prevent Johnson from becoming his brother's running mate, a move that deeply embittered both men. In early 1964, despite his personal animosity for the president, Kennedy had tried to force Johnson to accept him as his running mate.
Former Vice-President Richard Nixon, who had been beaten by Kennedy in the extremely close 1960 presidential election, decided not to run.
Nixon, a moderate with ties to both wings of the GOP, had been able to unite the factions in 1960; in his absence the way was clear for the two factions to engage in an all-out political civil war for the nomination.
ambassador to South Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Nixon's running mate in 1960 and a former Massachusetts senator.
Goldwater had previously voted in favor of the 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights acts, but only after proposing "restrictive amendments" to them.
With 61.1% of the popular vote, Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote of any candidate since the largely uncontested 1820 election. Johnson took office on November 22, 1963, following the assassination of his predecessor, John F.
Kennedy == While on the first stop of his 1964 reelection campaign, President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
However, in 1963, two years after Rockefeller's divorce from his first wife, he married Margaretta "Happy" Murphy, who was nearly 18 years younger than he and had just divorced her husband and surrendered her four children to his custody.
The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election.
It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964.
At the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Johnson also won the nomination of his preferred running mate, United States Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota.
United States Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, a leader of his party's conservative faction, defeated moderate Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York and Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Johnson championed his passage of the Civil Rights Act, also advocating a series of anti-poverty programs collectively known as the Great Society.
Although he supported previous attempts to pass civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 as well as the 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax, Goldwater reluctantly opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as he felt that Title II violated individual liberty and states' rights.
The 1964 election marked the beginning of a major, long-term realignment in American politics, as Goldwater's unsuccessful bid significantly influenced the modern conservative movement.
Kennedy == While on the first stop of his 1964 reelection campaign, President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
As such, little politicking was done by the candidates of either major party until January 1964, when the primary season officially began.
The Johnson–Kennedy hostility was rendered mutual in the 1960 primaries and the 1960 Democratic National Convention, when Robert Kennedy had tried to prevent Johnson from becoming his brother's running mate, a move that deeply embittered both men. In early 1964, despite his personal animosity for the president, Kennedy had tried to force Johnson to accept him as his running mate.
Johnson also became concerned that Kennedy might use his scheduled speech at the 1964 Democratic Convention to create a groundswell of emotion among the delegates to make him Johnson's running mate; he prevented this by deliberately scheduling Kennedy's speech on the last day of the convention, after his running mate had already been chosen.
Shortly after the 1964 Democratic Convention, Kennedy decided to leave Johnson's cabinet and run for the U.S.
Johnson chose United States Senator Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota, a liberal and civil rights activist, as his running mate. === Republican Party === ====Candidates==== ==== Primaries ==== The Republican Party (GOP) was badly divided in 1964 between its conservative and moderate-liberal factions.
Scranton – 245,401 (4.15%) Margaret Chase Smith – 227,007 (3.84%) Richard Nixon – 197,212 (3.33%) Unpledged – 173,652 (2.94%) Harold Stassen – 114,083 (1.93%) Other – 58,933 (0.99%) Lyndon Johnson (write-in) – 23,406 (0.40%) George Romney – 1,955 (0.03%) ==== Convention ==== The 1964 Republican National Convention at Daly City, California's Cow Palace arena was one of the most bitter on record, as the party's moderates and conservatives openly expressed their contempt for each other.
Shortly before the Republican Convention, he had alienated moderate Republicans by his vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Johnson championed and signed into law.
Goldwater said that he considered desegregation a states' rights issue, rather than a national policy, and believed the 1964 act to be unconstitutional.
Eisenhower, in July 1964, Goldwater replied, "One Eisenhower in a generation is enough." However, Eisenhower did not openly repudiate Goldwater and made one television commercial for Goldwater's campaign.
The stakes are too high for you to stay home." The Democratic campaign used two other slogans, "All the way with LBJ" and "LBJ for the USA". The election campaign was disrupted for a week by the death of former president Herbert Hoover on October 20, 1964, because it was considered disrespectful to be campaigning during a time of mourning.
Both major candidates attended his funeral. Johnson led in all opinion polls by huge margins throughout the entire campaign. == Results == The election was held on November 3, 1964.
Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina had not voted Republican in any presidential election since Reconstruction, whilst Georgia had never voted Republican even during Reconstruction (thus making Goldwater the first Republican to ever carry Georgia). The 1964 election was a major transition point for the South, and an important step in the process by which the Democrats' former "Solid South" became a Republican bastion.
Since the 1964 election, Democratic presidential candidates have almost consistently won at least 80–90% of the black vote in each presidential election. == See also == Conservatism in the United States History of the United States (1964–1980) History of the United States Democratic Party History of the United States Republican Party Second inauguration of Lyndon B.
"Evicted from the Party: Black Republicans and the 1964 Election".
"'The Media Were Not Completely Fair to You': Foreign Policy, the Press and the 1964 Goldwater Campaign".
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The subsequent 89th Congress would pass major legislation such as the Social Security Amendments of 1965 and the Voting Rights Act.
In 1966, Reagan would be elected Governor of California in a landslide. ===Ads and slogans=== Johnson positioned himself as a moderate and succeeded in portraying Goldwater as an extremist.
By 1968, Johnson's popularity had declined and the Democrats became so split over his candidacy that he withdrew as a candidate.
This would be the only Republican ticket between 1948 and 1976 that did not include Nixon. In accepting his nomination, Goldwater uttered his most famous phrase (a quote from Cicero suggested by speechwriter Harry Jaffa): "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
The movement of conservatives to the Republican Party continued, culminating in the 1980 presidential victory of Ronald Reagan. == Assassination of President John F.
This first-time electoral count was exceeded when Ronald Reagan won 489 votes in 1980.
This was the last time that the Democratic Party won the white vote, although they came close in 1992.
This was the first election since 1912 where the Democrats carried Maine, and the first ever and only election before 1992 where the Democrats carried Vermont.
California, Illinois, and New Jersey would not vote Democratic again until 1992, while Indiana and Virginia would not vote Democratic again until 2008. Johnson's landslide victory coincided with the defeat of many conservative Republican Congressmen.
California, Illinois, and New Jersey would not vote Democratic again until 1992, while Indiana and Virginia would not vote Democratic again until 2008. Johnson's landslide victory coincided with the defeat of many conservative Republican Congressmen.
Of the 14 presidential elections that followed up to 2020, Democrats would win only six times, although in 8 of those elections, a majority, the Democratic candidate received the highest number of popular votes. The election also furthered the shift of the black voting electorate away from the Republican Party, a phenomenon which had begun with the New Deal.
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