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The 1960 presidential election was the closest election since 1916, and this closeness can be explained by a number of factors. [2] Kennedy benefited from the economic recession of 1957–1958, which hurt the standing of the incumbent Republican Party, and he had the advantage of 17 million more registered Democrats than Republicans. [3]
This meant that the 1958 midterm election would serve to gauge the prospect of Democrats winning the state in the 1960 presidential election. [3] In February 1958, Ted Sorensen spent $1,500 in order to commission a survey in California that would be conducted that March, coinciding with a two-day visit by Kennedy to the state. [3]
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (pictured in 2007) was the site of the 1960 Democratic National Convention. Although Kennedy had only competed in ten presidential primaries, [6] Kennedy's rivals, Johnson and Symington, failed to campaign in any primaries.
The 1960 United States elections were held on November 8, and elected the members of the 87th United States Congress. Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon in the presidential election, and although Republicans made gains in both chambers of Congress, the Democratic Party easily maintained control of Congress.
Included below are all of the major party (Democratic-Republican, Federalist, Democratic, National Republican, Whig, and Republican) presidential tickets in U.S. history, [1] along with the nonpartisan candidacy of George Washington. Also included are independent and third party tickets that won at least ten percent of the popular or electoral ...
1960 United States vice-presidential candidates (10 P) Pages in category "1960 United States presidential election" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
October 14 – U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps. October 21 – Quincy Howe hosts the final debate of the 1960 election. October 26 – Robert F. Kennedy calls Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and secures her husband's release from jail on a traffic violation in Atlanta ...
The 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, then junior United States senator from Massachusetts, was formally launched on January 2, 1960, as Senator Kennedy announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 1960 presidential election.