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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.
During Bill Clinton's presidency, the Democratic Party moved ideologically toward the center. In the 1990s, the Democratic Party revived itself, in part by moving to the right on economic policy. [128] In 1992, for the first time in 12 years the United States had a Democrat in the White House.
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "1960s political events" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The 1960 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president on November 8, 1960. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. A special election was also held on June 28, 1960, for a mid-term vacancy in North Dakota where Democrats flipped a seat to expand their majority to 66–34.
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 event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later, the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter. February 9 Adolph Coors III , the chairman of the board of the Coors Brewing Company , is kidnapped in the United States, and his captors demand a ransom of $500,000.
Died March 9, 1960 Hall S. Lusk (D) March 16, 1960 North Dakota (1) Norman Brunsdale (R) Successor elected June 28, 1960. Successor qualified August 8, 1960. Quentin Burdick (D) August 8, 1960 Missouri (3) Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D) Died September 13, 1960 Edward V. Long (D) September 23, 1960 Oregon (2) Hall S. Lusk (D) Successor elected ...