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Barry Goldwater vs Lyndon B. Johnson: head-to-head

Barry Goldwater
VS
Lyndon B. Johnson

Tale of the tape

Career records: Barry Goldwater vs Lyndon B. Johnson
GoldwaterStatisticJohnson
5–1Career record8–1
28,499,784Career popular votes80,184,265
6Elections in our record9

Shared races

Shared races between Barry Goldwater and Lyndon B. Johnson
YearGoldwaterJohnsonWinner
196427,175,754 (38.5%)43,129,040 (61.1%)Lyndon B. Johnson