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Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice president to succeed the presidency following the death of his predecessor and win a full term in his own right. Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote for the Democratic Party in history at 61.1%. As of 2024, this remains the highest popular vote percentage of any candidate since the ...
In 1964, Johnson did not look optimistically upon the prospect of being elected president in his own right. In late March, pollster George Gallup told a White House aide that “the President is doing a fantastic job in polls". [16] Except in the South, where Johnson had a 13 percent disapproval rating, he was leading throughout the country.
1964 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Goldwater, blue denotes states won by Johnson. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 35 of 100 seats (33 Class 2 seats + 3 special elections) [1] Net seat change: Democratic +2: 1964 Senate results
Johnson was able to win the support of enough conservative Democrats to pass the bill, which he signed on August 20, 1964. [101] Under the leadership of Sargent Shriver , the OEO developed programs like Neighborhood Legal Services, [ 102 ] a program that provided free legal assistance to the poor in such matters as contracts and disputes with ...
Johnson became president of the United States upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, and the goodwill generated by the incident gave him tremendous popularity. . In the 1964 presidential primaries for the Democratic Party, Johnson faced no real opposition, yet he insisted until near the time of the Democratic National Convention that he remained undecided about seeking a full te
The home state of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Texas was easily his best state in the former Confederacy, although he did better still in four of the five border states. Overall Texas was Johnson's nineteenth best state in the election and weighed in at 4.25% points more Democratic than the national average.
In September 1964, Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, which established the National Wilderness Preservation System (preserving 9.1 million acres of forestland from industrial development), [226] [227] and signed a law establishing the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which aids the purchase of land used for federal and state parks. [228] [229]
The 1964 Democratic National Convention of the Democratic Party, took place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from August 24 [citation needed] to 27, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a full term. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota was nominated for vice president.