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Kennedy's vote was overcounted in 38% of Chicago's precincts while Nixon's vote was overcounted in 40%. Nixon's total was increased by 926 votes. [18] Republicans accused the election commission of manipulating the recount and Adamowski successfully sued for another recount in 1961, although only his election was recounted.
Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the state of Illinois by a narrow margin of 2.93%. [14] The winning of Illinois was the moment that sealed a close and turbulent election for Nixon, [15] [16] who in the last counting did much better in massively populated Cook County than Goldwater or Nixon himself in 1960. [15]
[104] When the Republican Chicago Tribune went to press, 79% of Cook County precincts had reported, compared with just 62% of Illinois's precincts overall. 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]
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election. From 1896 to 1996, Illinois was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of the presidential election 24 of 26 times, the exceptions being 1916 and 1976.
The common denominator is both the Nixon White House and Trump White House viewed themselves as victims of a conspiracy by disloyal Americans employing dirty tricks to win an election ...
From March 8 to June 7, 1960, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1960 United States presidential election.Incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1960 Republican National Convention held from July 25 to July 28, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois.
But Illinois might tell the tale of the election: Trump did about the same as he did four years ago, getting 2.4 million votes. Harris, however, got 2.8 million votes, far fewer than the 3.5 ...
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