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What were some of the factors that helped JFK win the presidential election of 1960?
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∙ 9y ago
The 1960 election remains a source of debate among some historians as to whether vote theft in selected states aided Kennedy's victory.
In Texas, Kennedy defeated Nixon by a narrow 51% to 49% margin, or 46,000 votes. Some Republicans argued that Johnson's formidable political machine had stolen enough votes in counties along the Mexican border to give Kennedy the victory. Kennedy's defenders, such as his speechwriter and special assistant Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., have argued that Kennedy's margin in Texas (46,000 votes) was simply too large for vote fraud to have been a decisive factor, although cases of voter fraud were discovered there. For example, Fannin County had only 4,895 registered voters, yet 6,138 votes were cast in that county, three-quarters for Kennedy.
In an Angelina County precinct, Kennedy received a higher number of votes than the total number of registered voters in the precinct.[1] When Republicans demanded a statewide recount, they learned that the state Board of Elections, whose members were all Democrats, had already certified Kennedy as the official winner in Texas.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y ago- Television debate
- civil rights issue
- well-organized campaign
- backing of his wealthy family
- handsome and charismatic.
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∙ 11y agoa weak opponent
his experience as vice president
televised debates
religious intervention
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∙ 10y agoThe Answer is reading to find the answer so stop asking us.
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∙ 12y agoGood looks, and money!
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