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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 ...
"Voodoo Economics", a term used by George H. W. Bush in reference to President Ronald Reagan's economic policies, which came to be known as "Reaganomics", during the 1980 Republican Party presidential primaries. Before President Bush became Reagan's vice president, he viewed his eventual running mate's economic policies with great skepticism.
President Johnson disliked Wilson and ignored any "special" relationship. [65] However, when Johnson needed and asked for help to maintain American prestige, Wilson offered only lukewarm verbal support for the Vietnam War. [66] Wilson and Johnson also differed sharply on British economic weakness and its declining status as a world power.
Johnson's announcement to drop out of the race came after McCarthy nearly won the New Hampshire primary and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, another critic of the war and the brother of the late President John F. Kennedy, entered the race. Johnson's decision and the assassination of Kennedy opened the door for Vice President Hubert Humphrey to become ...
President Johnson answers questions from reporters on Vietnam, the Attorney General appointment, the inter-American meeting in Buenos Aires, intent to visit other Latin America countries, the economy, views of Secretaries Rusk and McNamara, prospects for peace, Vietnam tactics, and political criticisms.
On the occasion of President Lyndon Johnson’s birthday, the National Constitution Center looks at 10 interesting facts about one of the most colorful and controversial figures in American history.
CNN’s John Avlon writes that new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s words that “we don’t live in a democracy” show there’s a trend among right-wing leaders to dismiss a majoritarian democracy.
As president, Johnson retained senior Kennedy cabinet appointees including Kennedy's younger brother Robert F. Kennedy as Attorney General. [13] Succeeding to the presidency just about a year before the 1964 presidential election, Johnson launched the War on Poverty and signed the Clean Air Act as early parts of his own agenda. [14]