1964 U.S. Presidential Election



The 1964 U.S. Presidential Election was between the incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson (Democrat/Texas) and Barry Goldwater (Republican/Arizona). Johnson easily won the election, based on issues such as civil rights and new policies tacked on by himself and JFK.

John F. Kennedy won the 1960 Election, with Lyndon B. Johnson as his vice-president. Two and-a-half years into his presidency, he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Based on the Constitution, his vice president (Lyndon B. Johnson) took over.

Geography
The South was split, with Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina voting for Goldwater. The rest of the states, except for Arizona (Goldwater's home-state), voted for Lyndon B. Johnson.

Trivia

 * This was the first election with a total of 538 electoral votes, and has remained at that amount to this day (Link).
 * This was also the first election where Washington D.C. was represented with electoral votes.
 * This election marks the final time (as of 2018) where Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska-Statewide, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming voted Democrat.