Lyndon Johnson was elected as the youngest minority leader in Senate. Soon after election the democrats had won majority leader in the senate. This gained Johnson huge skill which he later obtained passage of a number of key Eisenhower measures. Later in the 1960 campaign, Kennedy was Johnson running mate, Kennedy ended up winning and Johnson made the Vice President. After Kennedy died Johnson was sworn in as president. In 1964 Johnson won presidency with over 15,000,000 votes. The republican party was a ruling group of the time in the nation and though Kennedy wanted to stop civil rights, he never got time to. So the republicans in the nation all swarmed to Johnson to a new civil rights bill and tax cuts.
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After US President Lyndon Johnson's easy victory in the 1964 US presidential election over Barry Goldwater, LBJ had received America's endorsement. As for Vietnam, the way to improve anti-Communist prospects in South Vietnam,was to use the lever of air strikes against North Vietnam. This would pressure Saigon leaders to achieve political stability, improve its army and suppress the Buddhist monks and get rid of incompetent officials.
One aspect of the presidential election that Andrew Jackson tried but ultimately failed to achieve was the elimination of the Electoral College system. He believed that the Electoral College undermined the principle of "one person, one vote" and favored the interests of the wealthy elite. Despite his efforts, Jackson was unable to gather enough support to abolish the Electoral College during his presidency.
No, Andrew Jackson's loss in the presidential election was not an example of sour grapes. Sour grapes typically refers to someone who belittles or devalues something they are unable to obtain or achieve. In Jackson's case, he accepted the outcome of the election and even ran again and won the presidency in a subsequent election.
Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman to run on a major Presidential election ticket. She ran with Walter Mondale as the Vice Presidential candidate in 1984.
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Hilary Clinton dropped out of the 2008 election because Obama got more electoral votes than her and there could only be 1 republican and 1 democrat(John McCain[BOO] and Barack Obama [we ARE ready for change])
Using your connection with someone successful (the president) to achieve success yourself.
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menzies achieve was that he was able to make people so scared of communist and win the vote in the election of 1951
In short, they want to maintain a terrorist campaign to achieve a united Ireland.
Al Gore was Vice President under President Bill Clinton and was the Democratic candidate in the 2000 presidential election. He is also well known for being an environmentalist.
To put someone else in charge during the next election.