Kennedy / Johnson vs. Goldwater / Rockefeller 64

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Probably JFK but I would've voted for a Goldwater/Rockefeller ticket in a heartbeat!  Awesome idea!!!

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Yes, Nelson Rockefeller on a ticket with Barry Goldwater, whom he denounced as an extremist at the actual 1964 convention. Seems legit.

He meant Winthrop Rockefeller, but I think Nelson Rockefeller would have been a better choice.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Here's my map: Kennedy picks up a few states he lost to Nixon in 1960 (Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington), but Goldwater's choice of Winthrop Rockefeller prevents a Kennedy landslide and helps him hold on to many of the Nixon states from 1960.

Kennedy/Johnson (D)- 390
Goldwater/Rockefeller (R)- 148

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Kennedy really wasn't much of a civil rights supporter.  Both he and Johnson voted against the 1957 Civil Rights Act and only proposed civil rights legislation when civil rights demonstrations began to cause a drop in his job approval.  Johnson did the same thing.  In fact, during the March on Washington, Kennedy expressed concerns that the marchers would "sh*t" on the Washington Monument. (Wrong on Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past)