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Moreover, Nixon never led in Illinois, and Kennedy's lead merely shrank as election night went on. [15] Earl Mazo, a reporter for the pro-Nixon New York Herald Tribune and his biographer, investigated the voting in Chicago and "claimed to have discovered sufficient evidence of vote fraud to prove that the state was stolen for Kennedy." [12]
Moreover, Nixon never led in Illinois, and Kennedy's lead merely shrank as election night went on. [103] In Texas, Kennedy defeated Nixon by a 51 to 49% margin, or 46,000 votes. [93] Some Republicans argued that Johnson's formidable political machine had stolen enough votes in counties along the Mexican border to give Kennedy the victory.
State results where a major-party candidate received above 1% of the state popular vote from a third party cross-endorsement (1896–present) It is rare for candidates, other than those of the six parties which have succeeded as major parties ( Federalist Party , Democratic-Republican Party , National Republican Party , Democratic Party , Whig ...
The CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, narrowly won by Kennedy, that featured the first televised presidential debates. “The 1960 presidential ...
The last third-party candidate to win a state and get Electoral Votes was George Wallace, who won Southern states in 1968. The only third-party candidate to outperform a major party candidate was ...
In the 28 years since then, a couple of third-party candidates (Ralph Nader in 2000, Gary Johnson in 2016) reached the mid to high single digits in polling — enough to stir some controversy but ...
Elections with notable third party electoral performances (1900–present) [9] State Gubernatorial elections Senate elections Total elections Threshold reached
By the time the Republican convention opened, Nixon had no opponents for the nomination. The highlight of the convention was the speech by U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona removing himself from the race, in which he called on conservatives to "take back" the party. Nixon won easily, earning 1,321 votes to 10 for Goldwater. [1]