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The Election of 1960

The Election of 1960. The Candidate: Nixon. Republican Current Vice President under Eisenhower Eisenhower was a very popular president House of Representatives, Senator Self Made man – financially couldn’t afford Harvard and Yale even with scholarships Very good debater and orator.

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The Election of 1960

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  1. The Election of 1960

  2. The Candidate: Nixon • Republican • Current Vice President under Eisenhower • Eisenhower was a very popular president • House of Representatives, Senator • Self Made man – financially couldn’t afford Harvard and Yale even with scholarships • Very good debater and orator

  3. The Candidate: Kennedy • Well organized campaign • Backing of large and wealthy family • Handsome and Charismatic • Only 43 years old • Inexperienced • Catholic

  4. The Results • Closest election since 1888 • Kennedy won by 119,000 of 68 million votes cast • Had a few thousand more people voted Republican in TX and IL  Nixon would have won • 2 issues won Kennedy the election: TV and Civil Rights

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