1964 United States presidential election

The **1964 United States presidential election** happened on November 3, 1964. It was between Democrat Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States, and his running mate Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, against Republican Barry Goldwater, a Senator from Arizona, and his running mate, Congressman William Miller of New York.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and 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 "A Time For 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, and this was the last presidential election where Democrats carried any of 8 particular states.

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Lyndon B. Johnson|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Hubert Humphrey|
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|colspan="29" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1964 Democratic Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|36th President of the United States <small>(1963–1969)</small>|U.S. Senator from Minnesota <small>(1949-1964)</small>|||
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- Democratic candidates:
    - **Lyndon B. Johnson**, President of the United States from Texas
    - **George Wallace**, governor of Alabama (campaign)
    - **Pat Brown**, governor of California

### Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|Barry Goldwater|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|William E. Miller|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1964 Republican Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|U.S. Senator from Arizona <small>(1953–1965, 1969–1987)</small>|U.S. Representative from New York <small>(1951-1965)</small>|||
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- 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
    - **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

## Other websites

- 1964 Presidential General Election Results

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1964 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1960 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1960
- **next election**: 1968 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1968
- **election date**: November 3, 1964
- **image size**: x200px
- **image1**: 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg
- **nominee1**: **Lyndon B. Johnson**
- **party1**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state1**: Texas
- **running mate1**: **Hubert Humphrey**
- **electoral vote1**: **486**
- **states carried1**: **44 + Washington, D.C., DC**
- **popular vote1**: **43,127,041**
- **percentage1**: **61.1%**
- **image2**: Barry-Goldwater 1968.webp
- **nominee2**: Barry Goldwater
- **party2**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state2**: Arizona
- **running mate2**: William E. Miller
- **electoral vote2**: 52
- **states carried2**: 6
- **popular vote2**: 27,175,754
- **percentage2**: 38.5%
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1964.svg
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:#CC2200;">Red</span> denotes states won by Goldwater/Miller, <span style="color:darkblue;">Blue</span> denotes those won by Johnson/Humphrey. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Lyndon B. Johnson
- **before party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **after election**: Lyndon B. Johnson
- **after party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **votes for election**: 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 270 electoral