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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 abstract "The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. The Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice-President Richard Nixon, while the Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts. The incumbent President, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible for re-election after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Kennedy was elected with a lead of 112,827 votes, or 0.17% of the popular vote, giving him a victory of 303 to 219 in the Electoral College, the closest since 1916. This was the first election in which all fifty of the current United States participated after Hawaii and Alaska became states in 1959.A number of factors explain why the election was so close. Kennedy gained since there was an economic recession which hurt the incumbent Republican, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans. Furthermore, the new votes that Kennedy gained among Catholics almost neutralized the new votes Nixon gained among Protestants. Kennedy's campaigning skills decisively outmatched Nixon's. In the end, Nixon's emphasis on his experience carried little weight, and he wasted energy by campaigning in all 50 states instead of concentrating on the swing states. Kennedy used his large, well-funded campaign organization to win the nomination, secure endorsements, and, with the aid of the last of the big-city bosses, get out the vote in the big cities.[citation needed] He relied on running mate Lyndon B. Johnson to hold the South, and used television effectively.This election is notable as being the first time in U.S. history that two sitting U.S. Senators (Kennedy and Johnson) were elected as president and vice-president, a phenomenon that was repeated by Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 2008. Both tickets were Democratic, and the president-elect was the younger, more junior senator.".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 startDate "1960-11-08".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 thumbnail John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg?width=300.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 title "United States presidential election, 1960".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 afterElection John_F._Kennedy.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 afterParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 asOf "2005-08-02".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 beforeElection Dwight_D._Eisenhower.
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 electionDate "1960-11-08".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 electoralVote "219".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 footnote "As per the faithless elector from Oklahoma.".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 footnote "As per the unpledged electors from Alabama and Mississippi.".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 homeState California.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 homeState Massachusetts.
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 mapCaption "Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Kennedy/Johnson, Red denotes those won by Nixon/Lodge. Orange denotes the electoral votes for Harry F. Byrd by Alabama and Mississippi unpledged electors, and an Oklahoma "faithless elector". Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name Charles_L._Sullivan.
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name Harry_F._Byrd.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name J._Bracken_Lee.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name John_F._Kennedy.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name Orval_Faubus.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name Richard_Nixon.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 name Rutherford_Decker.
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party Conservatism.
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party National_States'_Rights_Party.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party Prohibition_Party.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party Socialist_Labor_Party_of_America.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States).
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 party "Democratic Party".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 runningMate Henry_Cabot_Lodge,_Jr..
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 runningMate "Lyndon B. Johnson".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1960 state Arkansas.
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