United States presidential election, 1964 Facts for Kids

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United States presidential election, 1964

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November 3, 1964

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Nominee	Lyndon B. Johnson	Barry Goldwater
Party	Democrat	Republican
Home state	Texas	Arizona
Running mate	Hubert Humphrey	William E. Miller
Electoral vote	486	52
States carried	44 + DC	6
Popular vote	43,127,041	27,175,754
Percentage	61.1%	38.5%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Goldwater/Miller, Blue denotes those won by Johnson/Humphrey. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat

This 1964 election was between Democrat Lyndon Johnson (President of the United States) and Republican Barry Goldwater (Senator of Arizona).

During 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon Johnson (his vice president) became president of the United States.

Lyndon Johnson campaigned to continue many of Kennedy's policies and ideas such as civil rights. He supported a series of programs called the "Great Society" to improve the quality of living for poor people which included programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and environmental programs.

Barry Goldwater had the opposite belief that the government should be smaller and he was against government programs. During his campaign, actor Ronald Reagan made a famous speech called "Time For A Choosing" in support of Goldwater. Goldwater during the campaign was portrayed as an extremist who condoned the actions of the KKK and would cause nuclear war. His beliefs were radical at the time, but they would later influence many libertarian and conservative politicians.

Lyndon Johnson won the election by a landslide (meaning he received a lot more votes than his opponent).

Candidates
- Democratic Party
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- Republican Party
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Candidates

Democratic Party

Democratic candidates:
- Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States from Texas
- George Wallace, governor of Alabama
- Pat Brown, governor of California

Candidates gallery

President Lyndon B. Johnson
Governor George Wallace of Alabama

Republican Party

Republican candidates:
- John W. Byrnes, U.S. representative from Wisconsin
- Hiram Fong, U.S. senator from Hawaii
- Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator from Arizona
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former U.S. senator and 1960 vice-presidential nominee from Massachusetts
- Richard Nixon, former Vice President and 1960 presidential nominee
- Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor and candidate for the 1960 nomination from New York
- Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. senator from Maine
- William Scranton, governor of Pennsylvania
- Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota Governor and candidate for the 1944, 1948 and 1952 nominations, running from Pennsylvania