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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.
Contemporary woodcut of Johnson being sworn in by Chief Justice Chase as Cabinet members look on, April 15, 1865. President Abraham Lincoln had won the 1860 presidential election as a member of the Republican Party, but, in hopes of winning the support of War Democrats, he ran under the banner of the National Union Party in the 1864 presidential election. [1]
Johnson's popularity plummeted as a massive white political backlash took shape, reinforcing the sense Johnson had lost control of the streets of major cities and his own party. [244] The president created the Kerner Commission to study the causes behind the recurring outbreaks of urban civil disorder, headed by Illinois Governor Otto Kerner ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964. The Great Society was a series of domestic programs enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the United States from 1964 to 1968, with the stated goals of totally eliminating poverty and racial injustice in the country.
Johnson’s claim comes after another CBS News program, “60 Minutes,” was accused of editing an interview with Harris that aired Oct. 8 to cast her in a more favorable light.
He expresses alarm at Goldwater's contradictory, confrontational political views and support from the Ku Klux Klan (the result of his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964) and says that he is afraid of Goldwater's instability and aggressive approach, and fears that it might lead to a nuclear war with the U.S.S.R.
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]
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says he was approached by political parties to see if he would be interested in running for president in an upcoming election. During an appearance on former late-night ...