Kennedy Won The Democratic Convention

Kennedy was elected as President of the United States of America. Kennedy became the youngest and first Catholic to ever hold office for presidency. The controversy of this election was about appearances and who had the most experience and lastly the best candidate for the well-being of the United States. Appearances took on added significance because the election focused on the candidates, and not issues. Kennedy only won because he was vibrant and had the American dream as his goal. The election of 1960 was closest in history because of the 49.7% popular vote to Nixon’s 49.5% vote. Nixon actually won the most states in votes but Kennedy won the Electoral

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George Wallace’s 1968 candidacy, when he won 46 electoral college votes from 5 southern states, could have deadlocked the Electoral College

For most of the ‘60s, America had liberal Democratic administrations. In 1961, Democrat John F. Kennedy became president. As part of his election campaign, Kennedy announced his New Frontier domestic program. During his presidency, he was not able to implement his promises successfully. “Without a clear Democratic majority in Congress he was unable to increase federal aid to education, provide health insurance for the aged, create a cabinet-level department of urban affairs, or expand civil rights” (Tindall and Shi 1050). His successor Johnson, committed to New Deal Democratic Liberalism, launched a War on Poverty and the so-called Great Society, a large array of social reform programs. However, since the US expanded its involvement in the Vietnam War, federal funds that were initially planned to be used for the War on Poverty, were instead used to cover the high war expenses (Tindall and Shi 1045). Many Americans lost their confidence in the liberal Democratic government and highly criticized the policies of the Kennedy and Johnson. Even though several legislative accomplishments can be ascribed to these two presidents, the criticism usually outweighed.

The 1960 Presidential Election was historic in its new approaches to media and television's ability to capture the future leader of America live for the first time. Previous presidents had been listened to via radio, and seen in retrospect in movie theaters, particularly during World War II, but 1960 was the first time the majority of Americans were able to watch their future President debate his opponent and feel the immediate reactions of the American people afterward. Most Americans received their news by newspaper and word of mouth, so to be able to see the presidential candidate debate live was a luxury of the modern age. It is said now that John F Kennedy potentially won the 1960 election because of his excellent debate performances and how he appeared on television. Richard Nixon, the Vice-President, looked awful as he had foregone make-up, and he was nervous in his responses. The feelings of the time are encapsulated in the newspapers of the time. Comparing and contrasting six different articles from two different points of view will show how newspapers at the time treated this very important election, and how they each react in the immediate aftermath of Kennedy's victory will show what the country was thinking as they voted on that November day.

In the election of 1960, many Democratic leaders entered the race for their party, because of increased majorities in the Senate (64 Democratic seats to 32 Republican seats) and House (283 Democratic seats to 153 Republican seats). However, "John F. Kennedy's impressive performance and reelection as Senator of Massachusetts in 1958, made him the Democratic front-runner." 5 Other Democratic candidates were Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Senator Stewart Symington of Missouri, Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, and Senate majority leader, Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy had faced obstacles in challenging his opponents, all of who were more powerful than he, and had "longer, more distinguished political careers."6 Another factor against Kennedy was his Roman Catholic background, but his "primary victory in overwhelmingly Protestant West Virginia helped to rebut the claim that a Catholic could not win." 7 Only once had a Catholic ever been nominated, Governor Al Smith of New York, in 1928, but Smith was easily defeated.

On November 8th, 1960, Americans will be given the choice of who will be running the country. The American people should supporting Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy for the place of the presidency because he carries himself presidentially, will help the United State’s financial crisis, and will help the American people fight for Civil rights, and against communism.

The election of 1952 against Dwight D Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson were running for president. Dwight D eisenhower had won the vote for president of the United states.Eisenhower had won the electoral with an 83.24% electoral vote count. Which, won with an electoral vote of 442 votes. Eisenhower had also won the popular vote with a percent of 55.18% vote count. With the vote of 33,778, 963 votes.Opposed to Stevenson losing the electoral vote with an 16.76% electoral vote count. With 89 votes. And Stevenson ended up with a 44.33% count. Or 27,314,992 votes.

In the 1960 election Lyndon Baines Johnson(LBJ) ran for president against John F Kennedy. When JFK won the democratic nomination he asked LBJ if he wanted to be the vice president, despite his loss Johnson accepted the offer. He campaigned with Kennedy and helped him beat his opponent Richard Nixon.After John F. Kennedy died in 1963, LBJ served as president from 1963-1969. A key factor of his victory during the 1964 election was his agenda to pass the civil rights act. While his opponent Barry Goldwater voted against the act.

As President Lyndon B. Johnson now he had to have a vice president, who was Hubert Humphrey. Hubert Humphrey prior to becoming the vice president, served in the United States, representing Minnesota. Only 5 days after taking presidential office, Lyndon appeared before a joint session of Congress with the words,“we shall continue”. He led the first civil rights bill in 82 years through the Senate and many tax cuts were passed. He then took on the vision of the “Great Society” and created new programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, poverty, and transportation.

Democrats versus Republicans face off once again in the year of 1960. The election of 1960 was a nasty election that broke the bond between two friends. John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Richard Milhous Nixon were the main two candidates in the election. With both candidates having political experience, anyone of them could become the 35th President of the United States.

Johnson could never have envisaged what he had started. By the time of the 1968 presidential election, America had become involved in a war that was to take on far greater dimensions than anyone could have

Because of these flaws, he only beat Nixon by less than one percent of the popular vote. He took the office with his new vice president Lyndon B. Johnson. This was a surprise at first, because he opposed Kennedy as the Democratic Party's candidate. Kennedy was able to persuade Johnson to run with him and they later proved to be a good team.

On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated before his first term came to an end. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson had been appointed as President of The United States due to Kennedy’s untimely death. The presidential campaign for the 36th presidential election had begun and in January, 1964 the Republican Senator of Arizona, Barry Goldwater, announced his candidacy for President while Goldwater announced his running to be reelected. People believed that the presidential election was of crucial importance between Johnson and Goldwater and would be one of the best elections in history. With the United States still suffering from the death of John F. Kennedy, the segregation among Blacks and Whites and the discrimination against Blacks still created a massive uproar. The social injustice for African-Americans continued to grow as presidential campaigns were being established. African Americans believed the false promises while the government still conspired against Blacks by depriving them of the opportunities that are given to the White community every day. In Cleveland, Ohio, in 1964, a public speaker delivered his speech on the ignorance of white politicians and the actions that need to be taken for African-Americans not to fall through the cracks and believe the lies they are being told and registered that equality for all races can occur.

Kennedy was said to have won because his image on television during the debates was “crisp”. The televised debates between Gore and Bush most likely won the election for Bush. In both cases, a candidate with no national experience overcame a vice-president.