Nixon 1960 Campaign Ad

Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge campaign ad. This was one of our more interesting elections in history. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson won with four fewer states and only carried 0.2% more of the popular vote. Had Harry Byrd and Strom Thurmond not run on an independent ticket, Nixon may have carried the popular vote, would have had six more states than Kennedy, and still would have lost by 77 electoral votes.

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[drunk3director]

A great historical clip like this is on youtube with not even 300 views.

[SunsetGroove]

No apologies , no regrets hey dicky? 14 years later, did u feel the same?

[Ben Lydon]

@nixoncollege twitter

[demon515]

Aroo

[Austin Bond]

Don Draper disapproves. Therefore I disapprove.

[Shawn Flynn]

What I liked about this ad, is that it is of Nixon telling people why they should vote for him, and not him telling people what a monster Kennedy is. If today's politicians can take a page from Nixon's book here then I can get through a commercial break without wanting to throw something.

[Pundit2k]

Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy KEN-NE-DY... for me.

[PoliticallyCorrect19]

Nixon was a statesman. Kennedy a boy. Still love you RMN!

[TheBrandond20]

haha just admit that Nixon was a likable bastard 

[fattoler]

Even though I don't approve of Nixon its kind of sad to think that people can be so easily led in their voting habits by a flashy campaign which does not really give them information on the candidate: "Old enough to know, and young enough to do" do what exactly?

[calimar28]

Yeah this ran opposite the "Kenn-e-dy Kenn-e-dy Kenn-e-dy Kenn-e-dy" commercial.

No wonder Kennedy won.

[IEatManure]

Don Draper was right.....crap advert