most opinion polls in California, and he appeared headed for victory when his new wife gave birth to a son, Nelson Rockefeller Jr., three days before the primary. His son's birth brought the issue of adultery front and center, and Rockefeller suddenly lost ground in the polls. Combined with Goldwater conservatives' expanded dedicated efforts and superior organizing, Goldwater won the primary by a narrow 51–48% margin, thus eliminating Rockefeller as a serious contender and all but clinching the nomination. With Rockefeller's elimination, the party's moderates and liberals turned to William Scranton, the Governor of Pennsylvania, in the hopes that he could stop Goldwater. However, as the Republican Convention began, Goldwater was seen as the heavy favorite to win the nomination. This was notable, as it signified a shift to a more conservative-leaning Republican Party. Total popular vote Barry Goldwater – 2,267,079 (38.33%) Nelson Rockefeller – 1,304,204 (22.05%) Jim Rhodes – 615,754 (10.41%) Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. – 386,661 (6.54%) John W. Byrnes – 299,612 (5.07%) William Scranton – 245,401 (4.15%) Margaret Chase Smith – 227,007 (3.84%) Richard Nixon – 197,212 (3.33%) Unpledged – 173,652 (2.94%) Harold Stassen – 114,083 (1.93%) Other – 58,933 (0.99%) Lyndon B. Johnson (write-in) – 23,406 (0.40%) George W. Romney – 1,955 (0.03%) Convention The 1964 Republican National Convention, July 13–16 at Daly City, California's Cow Palace arena, was one of the most bitter on record. The party's moderates and conservatives openly expressed their contempt for each other. Rockefeller was loudly booed when he came to the podium for his speech; in his speech, he roundly criticized the party's conservatives, which led many conservatives in the galleries to yell and scream at him. A group of moderates tried to rally behind Scranton to stop Goldwater, but Goldwater's forces easily brushed his challenge aside, and Goldwater was nominated on the first ballot. The presidential tally was as follows: Barry Goldwater 883 William Scranton 214 Nelson Rockefeller 114 George W. Romney 41 Margaret Chase Smith 27 Walter Judd 22 Hiram Fong 5 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 2 The vice-presidential nomination went to little-known Republican Party Chairman William E. Miller, a Representative from western New York. Goldwater stated that he chose Miller simply because "he drives [President] Johnson nuts". This would be the only Republican ticket between 1952 and 1976 that did not include Nixon. In accepting his nomination, Goldwater uttered his most famous phrase (a quote from Cicero