1960

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October 3rd, 1960

Nixon at a rally in Ohio:

A Nixon administration shall stand with our closest ally, South Africa. I fear Kennedy would fail to stand shoulder to shoulder with South Africa and let it become over run by communists, or even god forbid, native Africans. I am the only candidate with the courage to stand up to those abolitionist Canadians. I shall start by re-enforcing The Cotton Curtain, doubling our border patrol!

Gallup poll:
Who do you plan on voting for President?
Nixon (D) - 44%
Kennedy (R) - 39%
undecided - 17%

Do you support the institution of slavery?
Yes - 28%
No - 42%
Not sure - 30%

A few things:

First, a Republican Party exists in the Confederacy?

Second, an Irish Catholic Republican Presidential nominee?  In 1960?

Man, the CSA Democratic Party must suck a hummer.

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They still exist, but since the War of Northern Aggression there has been no GOP presidents or Yankee presidents but with support for slavery slipping to all time lows, and Nixon sucking as a candidate, this election became somewhat competitive.

Well I imagine without northern blacks voting it'd be a little easier than IRL.  However, considering that the Republicans nominated an Irish Catholic for President that must mean that the Democratic Party might have more trouble winning states like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island that shifted Democratic IRL due to immigration (and other factors).  Do they counterbalance this by appealing to the American West and the High Plains where the rural folks live?
I'm guessing, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but based off of what I've read so far the average electoral map (assuming the Republicans never won an election since Lincoln) looks like this:

Where green represents swing states.
I assume, given the unpopularity of slavery, the map would probably be a lot more blue and green in certain areas of the country.