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From March 10 to June 2, 1964, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1964 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1964 Democratic National Convention held from August 24 to August 27, 1964, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The 1964 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on March 10, 1964, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1964 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, who faced no opposition other than write-ins, [2] easily won the primary. [3]
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1964, less than a year following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who won the previous presidential election. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory .
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate Fanny Hamer speaks out for the meeting of her delegates at a credential meeting prior to the formal meeting of the Democratic National Convention in 1964.
The 1972 primaries set the record for the highest number of candidates in a major party's presidential primaries in American history, with 16. After the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, Ted Kennedy fell from front runner to non-candidate.
The 1964 Democratic National Convention convened at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey from August 24 to 27. [35] At the convention, the integrated Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) claimed the seats for delegates for Mississippi, because the official Mississippi delegation had been elected in violation of the party's rules ...
At the national convention the integrated Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) claimed the seats for delegates for Mississippi, on the grounds that the official Mississippi delegation had been elected in violation of the party's rules because blacks had been systematically excluded from voting in the primaries, and participating in the precinct and county caucuses and the state ...
The 1964 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 14, 1964, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1964 presidential election. In this election, all candidates were write-ins. [6] The preference vote was a "beauty contest".