Politics of Change: Kennedy Election in 1960

1958 was the first major shift toward liberalism in the U.S. since the administration of FDR. Democrats held 64 of the 98 Senate seats and 283 of the 426 House seats running under issues like the economy, civil rights, urban problems, and education.

After making the decision to run Kennedy knew his New England / Harvard persona, Catholicism, and undistinguished Senate record were liabilities so choose Lyndon Johnson hardball Texas and Senate Majority Leader.


They don't make campaign ads like they used to: Kennedy Campaign Song

In 1960 Kennedy becomes the youngest President elected, he will also the youngest to die. The election results were so close Nixon did not concede his defeat till the next afternoon.
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