1964 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Goldwater, blue denotes states won by Johnson. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
The Democratic Party picked up 37 seats in the House and two seats in the Senate, thereby capturing veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers. In the gubernatorial elections, the Republican Party won a net gain of one seat. This was the first time since 1948 that a Democratic presidential candidate had coattails in both houses of Congress, which would not occur again until 2008.
As of 2022, this is the most recent presidential election year in which the Democratic Party successfully defended a federal government trifecta and is the only presidential election year where the party did so since 1944. The only time this feat has been replicated in a presidential election year by either party since was when the Republican Party successfully defended a trifecta at the federal level in 2004. It was the last election cycle until 2008 in which a Democratic victory in the presidency had triggered a coattail effect down the ballot.
^The Class 1 Senate seat in New Mexico held concurrent regular and special elections. That special election is not counted as part of the "seats contested."
^"Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
^"1964 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
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1964, united, states, elections, were, held, united, states, november, 1964, elect, president, united, states, members, 89th, united, states, congress, elections, were, held, during, civil, rights, movement, escalation, vietnam, president, lyndon, johnson, def. The 1964 United States elections were held in the United States on November 3 1964 to elect the President of the United States and members of the 89th United States Congress The elections were held during the Civil Rights Movement and the escalation of the Vietnam War President Lyndon B Johnson defeated Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona in the presidential election and Johnson s Democratic Party added to their majorities in both chambers of Congress This was the first presidential election after the ratification of the 23rd Amendment which granted electoral votes to Washington D C 2 1964 United States elections 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Presidential election yearElection dayNovember 3Incumbent presidentLyndon B Johnson Democratic Next Congress89thPresidential electionPartisan controlDemocratic holdPopular vote marginDemocratic 22 6 Electoral voteLyndon B Johnson D 486Barry Goldwater R 521964 presidential election results Red denotes states won by Goldwater blue denotes states won by Johnson Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate Senate electionsOverall controlDemocratic holdSeats contested35 of 100 seats 33 Class 2 seats 3 special elections 1 Net seat changeDemocratic 21964 Senate results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican holdHouse electionsOverall controlDemocratic holdSeats contestedAll 435 voting membersPopular vote marginDemocratic 14 7 Net seat changeDemocratic 371964 House of Representatives results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican holdGubernatorial electionsSeats contested25Net seat changeRepublican 11964 gubernatorial election results Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican gain Republican hold Democratic incumbent President Lyndon B Johnson who took office on November 22 1963 upon the death of his predecessor John F Kennedy won a full term defeating Republican Senator Barry Goldwater from Arizona 3 Johnson won every state except for Arizona and the Deep South Johnson won 61 of the popular vote the largest share of the popular vote since 1820 This share of the popular vote has not been exceeded since as of 2023 Goldwater won the Republican nomination on the first ballot defeating Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania and Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York The Democratic Party picked up 37 seats in the House and two seats in the Senate thereby capturing veto proof supermajorities in both chambers In the gubernatorial elections the Republican Party won a net gain of one seat This was the first time since 1948 that a Democratic presidential candidate had coattails in both houses of Congress which would not occur again until 2008 As of 2022 this is the most recent presidential election year in which the Democratic Party successfully defended a federal government trifecta and is the only presidential election year where the party did so since 1944 The only time this feat has been replicated in a presidential election year by either party since was when the Republican Party successfully defended a trifecta at the federal level in 2004 It was the last election cycle until 2008 in which a Democratic victory in the presidency had triggered a coattail effect down the ballot See also edit1964 United States presidential election 1964 United States House of Representatives elections 1964 United States Senate elections 1964 United States gubernatorial electionsReferences edit The Class 1 Senate seat in New Mexico held concurrent regular and special elections That special election is not counted as part of the seats contested Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3 1964 PDF U S House of Reps Office of the Clerk Retrieved 10 April 2017 1964 Presidential Election The American Presidency Project Retrieved 26 December 2011 nbsp nbsp This American elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 United States elections amp oldid 1174652074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,