European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              November 1964 the political scene the stars and stripes 7 lbs rolled up greatest vote margin in history was All inc Way As americans wont to the polls o Chouse a Lyndon Bainer won by a smashing margin of More than million and he got More than 61 per cent of the total ballots the last time there had been anything comparable was in when Democrat Franklin Roosevelt carried All the states except Maine and ver Republican Barry wiring congratulations to the president on i will help you in any Way i can toward achieving a crowing and belter America and a secure and dignified Goldwater said he had no no bitterness at thanking his Defeated oppo Johnson sent a Mes Sage expressing the Hope that All americans will Lay aside partisan passions and Petty differences to unite in building a better and growing country and securing an honorable peace in Freedom for All with More than 68 million votes there were More than 42 million for Johnson and about million for Gold the president had won 44 states and the District of Columbia for a total of 486 elec toral Goldwater had six states Ala South Carolina and Arizona for a total of 52 electoral Johnson won his first elective White House term by battering Down Republican strongholds across the Maine and Vermont voted for and usually Republican Kansas was on his Only in the where he Tost five and in did the presidents surge falter in the sweep toward the great est presidential Victory of mod Ern it was inc biggest Triumph in history in terms of votes rolled up and margin Over an Johnson appeared to have been vindicated in his National Unity course of appealing to voters of every eco nomic and ethnic it was a great Day for the the Public Opin Ion which Goldwater had contended throughout the Campaign were correctly predicted the presidents land the conservative who uttered voters a not an listed the Trig Ger Happy originally Hung on him by his opponents for the Republican As greatest charges and counter charges within the Republican party after the election showed the extent of gop former vice president Richard Nix on accused new York Nel son Rockefeller of sitting out the Campaign and of being the party principal on vacation in replied that Nixon comments were he said Goldwater mistake had been in looking and we must rebuild the former president Dwight Eisenhower blamed the parlays poor showing on a false image of in Republican National committeeman John mar tin was among several who urged Dean Buirch to resign As National chairman of the after Hie near disaster we have just been in Johnsons election was hailed with Al most unanimous sighs of soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev said it showed Molt americans Are tired of the cold and statesmen and newspapers in Western capitals also praised demos gained seats in House the Johnson landslide cur ried with it Many other democrats some to Victory in the Senate some in House contests and others to triumphs in gubernatorial elec the heavily democratic con with a greatly increased margin in the could trigger a drive for action on postponed Johnson such As health care for the More economic Aid to depressed areas and Legisla Tion to help solve City prob in the the democratic margin was 67 to with a Nevada seat still in democrats won 2m seats in the House the gop won 140 alaskan Lone seat was not yet the Senate race that attracted the greatest National Atten Tion was the one in which for Mer Robert Ken Nedy Defeated Kenneth but in Pierre Salinger fulled to become a part of the democratic the former while House press Secretary lost to George Mur onetime Hollywood song an dance Democrat Joseph Tydings overturned Republican Glenn Beall in but Delaware reelected Republican John who parked the senates Bobby Baker Williams Defeated democratic Elbert in democratic Ralph Yarborough Defeated Republican oilman George Veteran Harry won Over Republican Richard state Fred Harris beat former University of Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkin son for the last two years of the unexpired term of the late Robert Thomas d easily won reelection Over the Republican Challenge former John Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire Defeated Wilbur rank to be the first member of his state party to win consecutive six year terms in the sen Republican Hugh Scott scored a personal Triumph in the midst of the Pennsylvania landslide by win Ning Senate defeat ing Genevieve among other senatorial races of National interest Symington won a third term in Missouri demo Arctic and minnesotans returned Democrat Eugene Mccarthy to Pastore swamped his Republican opponent in Rhode and majority Leader Mike Mansfield led the Montana democratic ticket to Edmund muscle was reelected in the democratic and a two Erm dem Albert was re elected in in a Sec Ond Tennessee Senate demo cratic Ross running to fill the last two of the late Estes Keefau Casper won Almaden Billy Casper Defeated Pete Brown in the Almaden open Golf tournament it san last linking a six Pinoin foot Birdie putt world on the third extra Hole of an or 18hole playoff the sports came after the two finished even on the 18hole playoff with 4undcr Par third Man in the play Jerry shot a 73 and dropped out after the regulation 18 in other sports developments Las Sandra Haynie shot an eight underpay 208 to win the first annual Las Cruces ladles open Golf edging out Betsy who finished with a 210 new York baseballs most lucrative fran officially passed into the hands of the Columbia Broad casting lbs took Over 80 per cent of the Stock for million under inc terms of an agreement in Yankees announced that Yogi Berra has signed a two year contract to serve As special Field but re mors persisted that to May still wind up us a coach with the new York mels in dump replaced Ohio state As 1 College football team in the nation in polls by both the associated press and United press the outcome of the Johnson had built his Campaign on the twin issues of peace and he announced that he intended to be president of All the people and accused Goldwater of being the president made deep in roads into higher income groups which usually vote re the 56yearold president said in i ask All those who supported me and All those that opposed me to forget our because there Are Many More things in America that unite us than Divide Afler it was All Over and the Victory statements had been president Johnson and vice president elect Hubert Humphrey unwound from the Campaign Pace of the past two months at a Texas Barbe Cue and party at the lbs ranch near Johnson vers was Hartke Defeated his Republican opponent in and Democrat Harrison Wil Liams was returned to office by new Jersey Kennedy of Massachusetts duplicated his brother Roberts Success in new York with a wide margin of democratic House races which attracted widespread interest included these John Mccoy and the democratic House Carl Al Bert of were re House Mem Bers ousted in the democratic landslide were republicans James Weaver of Pennsyl Earl Wilson of Bruce Alger and de Foreman of Texas and Edgar Chenoweth of the houses Economy was the Only Iowa Republican Congress Man to be returned to Republican Leader Charles la Allee was re elected by gop gained in voting for governors the governorships brought the gop one of us few moments of the party made a net gain of one among the 25 governors the new lineup gives the republicans the democrats Michigan George rom Ney survived the democratic emerging As a prime Prospect for the gop presidential but president j o h n s o is sweep in Illinois carried along democratic Otto Erncr Defeated Charles a political protege of former president do Ghl in other races of National interest Orval Faubus won a sixth term in defeating millionaire Winthrop and Tex As democratic John Connally left a Dallas oilman fur in the Wisconsin Cliffhanger gubernatorial Republican Warren Knowles won Over incumbent John winners relax 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