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Was landslide Lyndon the nick name for Lyndon Johnson after the 1964 election?
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∙ 13y ago
It was in use before the 1964 election. When he first got elected to the US Senate, he won by 87 votes, and later 202 votes have been confirmed to be fraudulent (meaning he shouldn't have got in), so earned the ironic nickname of Landslide Lyndon, which came true for real in the 1964 election.
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Who was elected by a record landslide in 1964?
Lyndon Johnson
Who won the election of 1964 Lyndon Johnson or barry goldwater?
Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election Lyndon B. Johnson received 486 electoral votes and Barry Goldwater received 52 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188.
Lyndon Johnson won an overwhelming landslide victory in the 1964 election partly because?
Republican candidate Senator Barry Goldwater was seen by many Americans as a "trigger-happy" extremist.
Did Lyndon Johnson have the popular vote?
Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election the popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188. The largest percentage of popular votes in a presidential election were won by Lyndon Johnson 61.05% in 1964, Franklin Roosevelt 60.80% in 1936, Richard Nixon 60.67% in 1972, and Warren Harding 60.32% in 1920.
Who won the 1964 US Presidential election and by what popular percentage?
Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 presidential election defeating Barry Goldwater. In the 1964 presidential election Lyndon B. Johnson received 486 electoral votes and Barry Goldwater received 52 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Johnson 43,129,566 and Goldwater 27,178,188.
How was Lyndon B Johnson elected?
After taking over as president from John F. Kennedy and serving as president for a year, Lyndon Johnson was elected as the US President in the next election. Johnson declined to run for a full second term.
Lost the 1964 presidential election in a landslide because his views were seen as too extreme?
Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, lost the 1964 presidential election in a landslide to Lyndon B. Johnson, the Democratic candidate. Goldwater's conservative views, particularly on issues such as civil rights and nuclear weapons, were seen as too extreme by many voters, contributing to his overwhelming defeat.
Is Idaho a Republican or democratic state?
Idaho has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1952 except the 1964 landslide Democratic victory of Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater.
What was the election year for Lyndon B. Johnson?
Though he became president in 1963 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected to presidency in 1964
Who ran for president after Lyndon Johnson?
In the election of 1964 Barry Goldwater was the Republican who ran against Lyndon Johnson.
Who ran in the 1964 us election?
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) against Barry Goldwater (Republican)
How many electoral votes did lbj get in 1964?
Election As PresidentNovember 3, 1964; POPULAR VOTE: Lyndon B. Johnson / Hubert Humphrey (vp) (Democrat) 43,126,506 (61%) Barry Goldwater (Rpublican) 27,176,799 (39%)ELECTORIAL VOTE: Johnson 486 Goldwater 52INAUGURAL ADDRESS: January 20, 1965. (S.Menzel)
