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Question: Could Lyndon Johnson have won against Richard Nixon in 1960?
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« on: March 15, 2013, 09:11:58 PM »

Johnson would likely have gained Mississippi and all of Alabama, but he would probably have lost Hawaii, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, and New Mexico. That would mean a Nixon victory unless Daley did even more electoral fraud in this election than in he did in the real one.  If Daley, did, it's possible LBJ wins Illinois and the nation.

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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2013, 10:42:13 PM »

The LBJ of 1960 is not that good a fit for Northern Democrats.  They would still be recalling his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and know nothing of his future support of civil rights.   If anything, I was conservative, as it would have been quite possible for LBJ to lose Minnesota as well.  Maybe Johnson could have also picked up Florida, but its 10 EV would not have affected the election.
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