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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 ...
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.
The Democratic Party also has considerable support in the small yet growing Asian American population. The Asian American population had been a stronghold of the Republican Party until the United States presidential election of 1992 in which George H. W. Bush won 55% of the Asian American vote, compared to Bill Clinton winning 31% and Ross Perot winning 15%.
The 1960 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 19 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 census. This was the first census in which all states recorded a population of over 200,000.
The 1960 United States redistricting cycle took place following the completion of the 1960 United States census. In all fifty states, various bodies re-drew state legislative and congressional districts. States that are apportioned more than one seat in the United States House of Representatives also drew new districts for that legislative body.
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A new group of House Democrats is pressing their party and President Joe Biden to focus on border security in the 2024 elections.
The 1960 presidential vote by demographic subgroup Demographic subgroup Kennedy Nixon Total vote 50.1 49.9 Gender Men 52 48 Women 49 51 Age 18–29 years old 54 46 30–49 years old 54 46 50 and older 46 54 Race White: 49 51 Black: 68 32 Religion Protestants 38 62 Catholics 78 22 Party Democrats: 84 16 Republicans: 5 95 Independents: 43 57 ...