The 1964 and 1984 presidential elections stand out as quick, overwhelming wins. President John F. Kennedy’s November 1963 assassination helped set the scene for the ...

On Election Day, Nov. 3, 1964, Goldwater carried only his home state — by 1 percentage point — and the Southern states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina.

He was the 1964 Goldwater campaign’s top communications aide and is the author of the 1995 biography "Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution." "The press came to me and had this wonderful line.

They agreed to pool their resources in the 1964 election to compile the vote count for key races, an arrangement that would last in some form for more than 50 years and eventually expand to ...