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  2. 1964 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory. Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice president to succeed the presidency following the ...

  3. Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A poll of likely presidential election voters released on March 14, 2007, by Zogby International reported that 83 percent of those surveyed believed in media bias, with 64 percent of respondents of the opinion the bias to favor liberals and 28 percent of respondents believing the bias to be conservative.

  4. The American Voter - Wikipedia

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    The American Voter. The American Voter, published in 1960, is a seminal study of voting behavior in the United States, authored by Angus Campbell, Philip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald E. Stokes, colleagues at the University of Michigan. Among its controversial conclusions, based on one of the first comprehensive studies of election survey ...

  5. Daisy (advertisement) - Wikipedia

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    United States. " Daisy ", sometimes referred to as " Daisy Girl " or " Peace, Little Girl ", is an American political advertisement that aired on television as part of Lyndon B. Johnson 's 1964 presidential campaign. Though aired only once, it is considered one of the most important factors in Johnson's landslide victory over the Republican ...

  6. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Voting in the 1972 Presidential Primary Election in Birmingham, Alabama. 1970. Alaska ends the use of literacy tests. Native Americans who live on reservations in Colorado are first allowed to vote in the state. 1971. Adults aged 18 through 21 are granted the right to vote by the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  7. Voter turnout in United States presidential elections - Wikipedia

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    The lack of systematic data tracking voter turnout in presidential elections before 1964 makes speculation on the voting gender gap before 1964 challenging. The data from 1964 indicates that the gender gap waned from 1964 until 1976. From 1976 onward, women have consistently turned out in higher numbers than men for presidential elections.

  8. Campaign advertising - Wikipedia

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    Campaign advertising. One of the most controversial campaign adverts of the time, "Daisy", helped to swing the 1964 United States presidential election, in favor of Lyndon B. Johnson. In politics, campaign advertising is propaganda through the media to influence a political debate and, ultimately, Voting. Political consultants and political ...

  9. Media bias - Wikipedia

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    Media bias occurs when journalists and news producers show bias in how they report and cover news. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening of the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. [1] The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely ...