1964: Nixon Tries Again

[Mr. Smith]

Not sure if this was done, but what if Richard Nixon decides again to go for President instead of "retire".

How would that go? And this could be a 1960 rematch assuming Kennedy lives, or against LBJ.

Discuss with maps

[Del Tachi]

In a rematch against Kennedy, Nixon wins.  If its the same as OTL and he's running against Johnson, Johnson still wins but in a much less amazing fashion. 

[President Johnson]

In a rematch against Kennedy, Nixon wins.  If its the same as OTL and he's running against Johnson, Johnson still wins but in a much less amazing fashion. 

Nixon looses again against Kennedy by a larger margin than in 1960. And no chance against LBJ, although Nixon would have done better than Goldwater. Especially in the Monatain states.

[MATTROSE94]

President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)/Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-MN): 411 Electoral Votes (57.5%)
Former Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor William Scranton (R-PA): 102 Electoral Votes (38.9%)
John Kasper (National States Rights-NY)/J. B. Stoner (National States Rights-GA): (3.4%)
Others (Communist, Socialist Workers, Prohibition, Etc.): 0 Electoral Votes (0.2%)

Richard Nixon does slightly better than Barry Goldwater by picking up Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (due to his running-mate William Scranton), Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, Vermont and Indiana. Lyndon Johnson, on the other hand, picks up Arizona, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina, whereas Alabama and Mississippi go for the National States Rights ticket of John Kasper and J.B. Stoner, which would have gained support in the South due to the fact that Johnson and Nixon were both supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

JFK/LBJ                       50.5%  310
R. Nixon/T. Morton       48.3%  211
Unpledged                       .9%   17

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/ Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN): 453 EV
Fmr. Vice President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/ Congressman William E. Miller (R-NY): 60 EV
Unpledged Electors: 25 EV

Like others have said, there's no way Nixon's beating LBJ in '64. After Kennedy's assassination, public sentiment was just too much in Johnson's favor for him to loose, barring some unthinkable misstep. Moving beyond 1964, it seems probable that a second defeat just four years after loosing to Kennedy would kill Nixon's presidential prospects once and for all. What that means for the GOP (and the rest of the country) in 1968 and beyond is quite interesting to speculate about.

[Sir Mohamed]

President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/ Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN): 453 EV
Fmr. Vice President Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/ Congressman William E. Miller (R-NY): 60 EV
Unpledged Electors: 25 EV

Like others have said, there's no way Nixon's beating LBJ in '64. After Kennedy's assassination, public sentiment was just too much in Johnson's favor for him to loose, barring some unthinkable misstep. Moving beyond 1964, it seems probable that a second defeat just four years after loosing to Kennedy would kill Nixon's presidential prospects once and for all. What that means for the GOP (and the rest of the country) in 1968 and beyond is quite interesting to speculate about.

I would witch VT, NM and IN to Johnson as well.

[Sumner 1868]

Nixon was simply not going to run after the Kennedy assassination.