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United States of America
Election of 1964

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.
- The District of Columbia participates in the presidential elections for the first time in 1964, as though it were a 51st state.

1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson ascends to the presidency November 22nd, 1963 the same day as President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1964

1
2
3
4

Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
(un-pledged electors)
Other

Democratic^V1
Republican^V2---
(nominal parties)

486
52
0
0

43,129,484
27,178,188
210,732
125,757

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4

Hubert H. Humphrey
William E. Miller
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Democratic
Republican---
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486
52---
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^V1	Johnson had positioned a moderate stance while demonizing Barry Goldwater as an extremist, a tactic still used today by the democrat party.
^V2	Goldwater alienated many Republicans by his vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and his cheap critique of the Eisenhower administration. Ronald Reagan's speech on Goldwater's behalf began a surge of grassroots activism leading to the "Reagan Revolution" with many of today's conservative leaders having began their political activities by working for Goldwater.
*	It is pretty much a consensus that the political outlook for either party, after Kennedy's assassination, remained unclear until well into the campaign season.
*	The District of Columbia participates in the presidential elections for the first time. The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution grants D.C. the franchise as though it were the "51st State."
*	The Southern States were split between the two parties with the deep south; Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina; going for Goldwater and the other southern states; Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; going to Johnson. Such a southern split had never occurred before and not since.
*	1964 is the last time a majority of white votes went to a Democrat.

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Election of 1964

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