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"The influence of newspaper endorsements in presidential elections: The case of 1964." American Journal of Political Science (1976): 207–233. online; Evans, Rowland, and Novak, Robert (1966). Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power [permanent dead link ]. Farrington, Joshua D. (2020). "Evicted from the Party: Black Republicans and the ...
This was the first presidential election after the ratification of the 23rd Amendment, which granted electoral votes to Washington, D.C. [2] Democratic incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (who took office on November 22, 1963, upon the death of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy ) won a full term, defeating Republican Senator Barry Goldwater ...
The 1964 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine [ 2 ] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
This was the first presidential election in which the District of Columbia had the right to vote. The District of Columbia has voted Democratic by overwhelming margins every time since this election. This was one of only two elections where Washington, D.C. wasn't the largest margin for either candidate along with 1972 , this time being second ...
The election of 1964 remains the only one in which a Democratic presidential nominee has broken 70% of the vote in Massachusetts. [2] Johnson's 76.19% remains the highest vote share any presidential candidate of either party has ever received in the state, and his 52.74% margin of victory is the widest margin by which any presidential candidate ...
It is based partly on Jon Margolis' book The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964. [2] The documentary depicts the year 1964 as significant and epic in that following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in late 1963, 1964, as a presidential election year, becomes a departure point for American history, with lasting effects today.
The Best Man is a 1964 American political drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with a screenplay by Gore Vidal based on his 1960 play of the same title.Starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson and Lee Tracy, the film details the seamy political maneuverings behind the nomination of a presidential candidate at their party's national convention.
The 1964 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. [6]