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Graph of Johnson's Gallup approval ratings President Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election. President Johnson was elected to a full term in one of the largest landslide election victories in American history , winning 61% of the popular vote, receiving 43,129,040 votes to Goldwater's 27,175,754 votes.
Johnson carried New Jersey in a landslide with 65.61% of the vote to Goldwater’s 33.86%, a margin of 31.75%. [1] Johnson also swept all twenty-one of New Jersey’s counties, the only time a Democratic presidential nominee has ever done so. [2] Johnson was the first Democrat to ever carry Ocean County since it was created in 1850. [3]
Johnson used his victory in the 1964 election to launch the Great Society program at home, sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and start the War on Poverty. He also escalated the Vietnam War, which eroded his popularity. By 1968, Johnson's popularity had declined, and the Democrats became so split over his candidacy that he withdrew as a candidate.
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Though Johnson's polling numbers dropped in early July, he still had a decisive 2-1 margin over Goldwater. Johnson appointed Oliver Quayle as his campaign pollster, whom he had worked with in the 1960 campaign. A poll coming to Johnson just a few days before the election showed him with a 64 percent to 36 percent lead.
In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana ...
January 3 – President Johnson attends church services and visits the grave of the late President John F. Kennedy. [3] January 4 – President Johnson delivers the 1965 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress, launching the Great Society program and saying additional ideas will be sent to Congress within six weeks. [4]
Even if Johnson does not succeed in derailing the election’s certification should Kamala Harris win, any futile efforts he might undertake could still prove dangerous. The scars of Jan. 6, 2021 ...