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.

Aliases (1)

1964 United States presidential election ×6

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election → political event →
campaignIssue	Civil Rights Act of 1964 → Great Society domestic program → Vietnam War escalation → nuclear weapons policy →
carriedMostSouthernStatesBy	Barry Goldwater →
challengerParty	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, New Jersey →
DemocraticNominee	Lyndon B. Johnson →
electoralVoteLoser	Barry Goldwater →
electoralVotesLoser	52 →
electoralVotesWinner	486 →
electoralVoteWinner	Lyndon B. Johnson →
incumbentParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
incumbentPresident	Lyndon B. Johnson →
loser	Barry Goldwater →
loserParty	Republican Party (United States) →
loserRunningMate	William E. Miller NERFINISHED →
markedTrend	shift of many white Southern voters toward the Republican Party →
nextElection	United States presidential election, 1968 →
notableAdvertisement	Daisy ad →
officeContested	President of the United States → Vice President of the United States →
partOf	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 →
RepublicanNominationContenders	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 (United States) →
winnerRunningMate	Hubert Humphrey →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barry Goldwater ("1964 United States presidential election") →	candidateIn
Johnson administration ("1964 United States presidential election") →	election
1964 Indiana Democratic presidential primary ("1964 United States presidential election") →	electoralCollegeCycle
1960 United States presidential election ("1964 United States presidential election") →	followedBy
1968 United States presidential election ("1964 United States presidential election") →	follows
Fifth Party System in United States politics →	notableElection
George Wallace ("1964 United States presidential election") →	ranForOffice