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The Democratic platform in 1960 was the longest yet. [8] They called for a loosening of tight economic policy: "We Democrats believe that the economy can and must grow at an average rate of 5 percent annually, almost twice as fast as our annual rate since 1953...As the first step in speeding economic growth, a Democratic president will put an end to the present high-interest-rate, tight-money ...
USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under Golden Gate Bridge, 16 November 1960. November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected president.
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From March 8 to June 7, 1960, voters and members of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention through a series of caucuses, conventions, and primaries, partly for the purpose of nominating a candidate for President of the United States in the 1960 election.
1968 – A New York Senator and a leading 1968 Democratic presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, is assassinated in Los Angeles after winning the California primary for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, by Sirhan Sirhan. 1968 – Police clashes with anti-war protesters in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Committee approved a new calendar with a primary in South Carolina, which has a large Black population, on Feb. 3, 2024, followed three days later by Nevada.
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With President Joe Biden soon leaving the White House, Democratic National Committee members are already readying for a fight to reorder the primary contests in the next presidential election.