Total popular vote The 1964 Republican National Convention at Daly City , California 's Cow Palace arena was one of the most bitter on record , as 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 : The vice-presidential nomination went to little-known Republican Party Chairman William E. Miller , a Representative from upstate New York . Goldwater stated that he chose Miller simply because " he drives President Johnson nuts " . This would be the only Republican ticket between 1948 and 1976 that did not include Nixon
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 United States presidential election