United States presidential election, 1964

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United States presidential election political event

The United States presidential election of 1964 was a landslide victory in which incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater, marking a pivotal moment in the realignment of American party politics during the Fifth Party System.

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Label	Occurrences
1964 United States presidential election	10
1964 Barry Goldwater presidential campaign	1
United States presidential election, 1964 canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election ⓘ political event ⓘ
campaignIssue	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ Great Society ⓘ surface form: Great Society domestic program Vietnam War escalation ⓘ nuclear weapons policy ⓘ
carriedMostSouthernStatesBy	Barry Goldwater ⓘ
challengerParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
context	held after assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
date	1964-11-03 ⓘ
DemocraticNationalConventionLocation	Atlantic City ⓘ surface form: Atlantic City, New Jersey
DemocraticNominee	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
electoralVoteLoser	Barry Goldwater ⓘ
electoralVotesLoser	52 ⓘ
electoralVotesWinner	486 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
incumbentParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
incumbentPresident	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
loser	Barry Goldwater ⓘ
loserParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
loserRunningMate	William E. Miller ⓘ
markedTrend	shift of many white Southern voters toward the Republican Party ⓘ
nextElection	1968 United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential election, 1968
notableAdvertisement	Daisy ad ⓘ
officeContested	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	Fifth Party System in United States politics ⓘ surface form: Fifth Party System
popularVoteLoser	Barry Goldwater ⓘ
popularVoteMargin	about 15.9 percentage points ⓘ
popularVoteShareLoser	about 38.5 percent ⓘ
popularVoteShareWinner	about 61.1 percent ⓘ
popularVoteWinner	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
previousElection	United States presidential election, 1960 ⓘ
primaryOpponentOfLyndonBJohnson	none (effectively unopposed for Democratic nomination) ⓘ
RepublicanNationalConventionLocation	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
RepublicanNominationContenders	George W. Romney ⓘ surface form: George Romney Nelson Rockefeller ⓘ William Scranton ⓘ
RepublicanNominee	Barry Goldwater ⓘ
resultedIn	continuation of Democratic control of the presidency ⓘ strengthening of liberal Democratic majority in Congress ⓘ
significance	landslide victory for Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ major defeat for conservative wing of Republican Party at the national level ⓘ pivotal moment in realignment of American party politics during the Fifth Party System ⓘ
voterTurnout	about 61.9 percent ⓘ
winner	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
winnerParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
winnerRunningMate	Hubert H. Humphrey ⓘ surface form: Hubert Humphrey

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Fifth Party System in United States politics → notableElection → United States presidential election, 1964 ⓘ

George Wallace → ranForOffice → United States presidential election, 1964 ⓘ