Was JFK the only Democrat who could beat Nixon in 1960? (user search)
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« on: May 04, 2019, 04:54:23 AM »
Was JFK the only Democrat who could beat Nixon in 1960 since the election was so close? I'm not sure LBJ or Hubert Humphrey would have won. But LBJ for his political skills is the only Democrat I'd give a remote chance. The rest of the field (Stevenson, Symington etc.) would have lost for sure.
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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2019, 01:41:35 PM »
Quote from: connally68 on May 04, 2019, 09:43:44 AM
LBJ could have pulled it off. Then Rocky or Nixon could have come back and whooped him in 64. I have no doubt Nixon would have been a much better president in the early sixties than he was later on.

I agree. At the time without hindsight, I would most likely have voted for Nixon in 1960 over Kennedy.
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