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The notion that a single television ad, aired once, won the election for LBJ is a sad excuse for a rational analysis of the 1964 election.

Goldwater was not a very charismatic candidate, he was completely unrelatable, and the emotional wave America was still riding in the wake of JFK's assassination militated greatly in LBJ's favor.

Goldwater lost by 23 points, and the main reason why he lost by such a wide margin is because he alienated Northeast and Midwest Republicans with his opposition to the Civil Rights Act.

102 posted on 02/05/2008 12:57:58 PM PST by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)

106 posted on 02/05/2008 1:04:12 PM PST by Reagan Man (Say no to McCain, say no to Romney, say no to Huckabee. Write in Fred Thompson.)