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OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1964 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 03, 1964 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 03, 1964 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1965 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1969 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedCharlotte Rose June 30, 2019 08:13am
Data SourcesCongressional Quarterly's Guide to U. S. Elections, second edition
Description
President Kennedy’s inauguration day was the first of many challenges which awaited him. The day before the inauguration, Washington DC witnessed a moderate snowfall of eight inches which was enough to stop all traffic. Many cars were abandoned in the roads, and there was some uncertainty how the inauguration would proceed. City plows worked overtime to remove the snow; by daybreak the weather was improving, but the confusion caused by the snow delayed the ceremonies a half an hour. A blinding sun hampered the reading of the speeches once things were underway. VP Johnson tried to help Robert Frost read his poem by holding his hat to block the sun, but it was not enough shade, and Frost repeated the poem from memory. President Kennedy’s speech quoted from an unpopular former President (without citing him) when he concluded with the words “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

One of the earliest troubles facing President Kennedy was the situation with Cuba. The CIA had been planning an attack on the Castro regime using well-trained guerilla refugees, and Kennedy gave his approval for the invasion. The resulting Bay of Pigs disaster was a tough lesson for the new president; he accepted responsibility for the defeat and turned his attention elsewhere.

President Kennedy’s foreign policy overshadowed his domestic agenda. East Germany built the Berlin Wall in 1961 after the Soviet leader Krushchev faile

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/08/1960
NameJohn F. Kennedy Votes34,226,731 (49.72%)
Term01/20/1961 - 01/20/1965 Margin118,574 (+0.17%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/1968
NameRichard M. Nixon Votes31,785,480 (43.42%)
Term01/20/1969 - 01/20/1973 Margin510,314 (+0.70%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jul 01, 1964 US President - D Primaries
Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.
D 6,213,962
Jul 01, 1964 US President - R Primaries
Barry M. Goldwater
R 5,921,667
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

03/01/1964 10/01/1964

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) President Lyndon B. Johnson Sen. Barry M. Goldwater Unpledged Democratic Electors Eric Hass Clifton DeBerry Party Leader Earle Harold Munn Others
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Democrat Socialist Labor Socialist Workers Prohibition Independent
Campaign Logo
Uncertified Votes 43,129,566 (61.05%) 27,178,188 (38.47%) 210,732 (0.30%) 45,187 (0.06%) 32,701 (0.05%) 23,266 (0.03%) 12,706 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -15,951,378 (-22.58%) -42,918,834 (-60.75%) -43,084,379 (-60.99%) -43,096,865 (-61.01%) -43,106,300 (-61.02%) -43,116,860 (-61.03%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
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Entry Date -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (4 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg67.65%-- 26.12%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Gallup 
10/01/64-10/01/64
65.00% 5.0 29.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Louis-Harris 
08/00/64-08/00/64
59.00% 7.0 32.00% 6.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
07/23/64-07/28/64
60.00% -- 30.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Louis-Harris 
03/01/64-03/01/64
66.00% -- 26.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name John Kasper Joseph B. Lightburn (W) George Lincoln Rockwell Kirby J. Hensley (W) Walter Cronkite  
PartyNational States' Rights Constitution American Nazi Universal Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Uncertified Votes 6,953 (0.01%) 5,060 (0.01%) 212 (0.00%) 19 (0.00%) 2 (0.00%)  
Margin-43,122,613 (-61.04%) -43,124,506 (-61.04%) -43,129,354 (-61.05%) -43,129,547 (-61.05%) -43,129,564 (-61.05%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website  
Entry Date -- -- -- -- 06/01/1964  
MATCHUP POLLS (4 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Gallup 
10/01/64-10/01/64
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Louis-Harris 
08/00/64-08/00/64
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
07/23/64-07/28/64
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Louis-Harris 
03/01/64-03/01/64
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


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09/07/1964 Lyndon B. Johnson TVAd Attack eng Daisy  00:01:00 Homegrown Democrat 
00/00/1964 Lyndon B. Johnson TVAd Attack eng KKK for Goldwater  00:00:00 Jason 
00/00/1964 Lyndon B. Johnson TVAd Attack eng Republican Convention  00:01:00 Jason 
00/00/1964 Lyndon B. Johnson vs Barry M. Goldwater TVAd Mixed eng Lyndon Johnson 1964 Smoking "Collegiate" Republican  00:00:30 CincinnatiReds1990 

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Jun 16, 2008 04:25pm Obituary Tony Schwartz, who helped create 1964 ``Daisy Ad,'' dies  Article Homegrown Democrat 

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