The Johnson Landslide (Universal Newsreel, Nov 1964)

Description

The original release sheet reads: THE JOHNSON LANDSLIDE President Lyndon Baines Johnson swamps Senator Barry Morris Goldwater to be elected 36th President of the United States. The voice of the people was heard in the land, sixt-eight million people going to the polls to choose the man who will lead them during the next four crucial years. Mr. Johnson receives more than 61% of the popular vote and 486 electoral votes to Senator Goldwater's 52. It was an election that has political scientists wondering. Party lines wer crossed, some local candidates ran ahead of the national tickets and split tickets were obviously common. Robert F. Kennedy, who came to New York to run, is elected Senator. His brother, Edward, is re-elected senator from Massachusetts. Pierre Salinger, former White House Press Secretary, goes down to defeat at the hands of GOP candidate George Murphy in California. Thus it went, from coast-to-coast. Now, as usual, a naiton split by campaign will reunite itself behind its president.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library