| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | GenghisTheHun (168)
02/15/2007 | Not really a big surprise as the old Democratic coalition still had some heft in those days. Eisenhower was an intrusion into the mix of the New Deal Coalition because he was a war hero who promised to end the hated Korean War.
Kennedy and Johnson were the last gasp of the New Deal era. It was close, but no surprise.
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 | Victor83 (35)
02/15/2007 | I would think this one would rank highly. Nixon was Ike's veep. Kennedy was a Catholic and pro civil rights. "Time machine" back to 1960, and I would have to think a lot of people were very surprised.
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 | FranksWildYears (48)
02/06/2007 | A nail biter for sure, the national popular vote was a 0.2% margin. The Republicans alleged voting irregularities in Texas and Illinois, which if found to have swung those states would have resulted in sufficient electoral college votes to change the outcome. In the end, legal rangling and recounts that carried on well into the following year had no effect on who moved into the White House and may have even been the root of some of the rancour behind the 2000 Presidential election.
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 | irishgit (138)
02/06/2007 | The first campaign in which television played a major role. Nixon's staff was slow to grasp its power, whereas Kennedy's people embraced it. That, and a little help from the Boss of Cook County, sealed this deal.
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 | abichara (60)
09/06/2004 | 1960 was an extraordinarily tight race all the way to the end. Here you had two of the most preeminent politicians of the generation running against each other. What swung the election Kennedy's way was his embrace of television as a medium. Ironically Nixon was the first to realize it's power in his Checkers speech, but Kennedy used it to project a certain image that Nixon couldn't match. He did run a hard-hitting campaign, but Kennedy did as well. The results of the election are definitely questionable, especially in close states like Illinois and Texas where the Democratic machines no doubt inflated vote totals. There is a possibility that Nixon may have had the election stolen from him. Ultimately the closeness of the race and the momentous issues being debated made 1960 an interesting year.
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 | Redoedo (39)
09/06/2004 | The race was going to be close either way. Given Eisenhower's popularity, I probably would have predicted a Nixon victory at the time. Initially, during the first two debates, Nixon was highly outmatched. However, he pulled back ahead in the last two and overwhelmed Kennedy by hitting him with foreign policy and questioning his experience and competence. Considering the razor-thin popular margin, it's surprising that the electoral victory was so large. In the end, I guess Americans were ready for a change. A few stuffed ballot boxes didn't help Nixon too much either.
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 | louiethe20th (74)
09/05/2004 | If America loves good images then America should not have the image of that goon Kerry in front of the camera.The arousal gap should give Bush quite a few votes!That goes for you too Michale Moore!!!
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 | EschewObfuscation (61)
09/02/2004 | Losing to the young, charismatic Kennedy transformed Nixon into a jealous, paranoid, bitter man. Politically he recovered and won the election in 1968, and re-election in 1972. But he never got over it personally and it was that same paranoia that clouded his judgement in the early days of the Watergate scandal. After this election, he said, you in the press, won't have Nixon to kick around anymore.
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