John F. Kennedy Elected 1960-11-10
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The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of Dwight D. Eisenhower's two terms as President. Eisenhower's Vice-President, Richard M. Nixon, who had transformed his office into a national political base, was the Republican (GOP) candidate.
The Democrats nominated Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy (JFK). He was only the second Roman Catholic to become a major-party presidential candidate (the other was Democrat Al Smith in 1928). During the campaign, Kennedy charged that under Eisenhower and the Republicans America was falling behind the Soviet Union in the Cold War, both militarily and economically, and that as President he would "get America moving again". Nixon responded that, if elected, he would continue the "peace and prosperity" Eisenhower had brought the nation, and that with the nation engaged in the Cold War, Kennedy was too young and inexperienced to be trusted with the Presidency. The vote was the closest in any presidential election dating to 1916, and Kennedy's margin of victory in the popular vote is among the closest ever in American history. The 1960 election also remains a source of debate among some historians as to whether vote theft in selected states aided Kennedy's victory.
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I was born on that day
ANDREADAMSKI 3 weeks ago
Best president ever.
Asskillshot182 1 month ago
if nixon ever got elected he woulda started World War 3 durring vietnam
Rufuzz2 1 month ago
3 years later....
Kennedy has been shot..... I reapeat Kennedy has been shot!
artixvonkrigor 1 year ago
This drivel pretty much shows how much the press truly was behind Kennedy by referring to his "pretty wife." What was Pat Nixon, chopped liver? When Nixon wrote in Six Crises of the media bias against him, he wasn't wrong. Sheesh, what editorializing garbage...did this pass for news in 1960?
titans0002 1 year ago
I love how he refers to Jackie Kennedy as the "pretty wife" whereas they say nothing about Eisenhower and Nixon's wives.
GusF 1 year ago
I was barely six weeks old. The world was soooo new and exciting!
kandkschleifer 2 years ago
nice one.
TheGrove9191 2 years ago
I was commenting on MYRIADTV's comment that the World is Waiting to see how much America has "Grown Up-"
I thought that was a typically arrogant comment to characterize how much America has had to "grow-up" meaning, if we elect a woman or a black man--
His comment is stupid.
"THAT" is "where the hell that came from" MTF 10-
Au Revoir-
poitrenaud 3 years ago
Where the hell did that come from?
mtf10 3 years ago