1960 election

For this scenario, let's say that in order to win over the South in 1960, John F. Kennedy gets a Southern running mate. However, instead of choosing Lyndon B. Johnson, he chooses J. William Fulbright due to his experience and expertise in foreign policy. Kennedy then goes on to win the 1960...

I’m curious because i feel like alternate 1960 presidential candidates is under explored/talked about and an election between these two in 1960 seems really interesting but I’m not very knowledgeable of what the political environment was like to have a solid idea on what a presidential race...

***** When it comes to the men on white horses who dot American history, John Fitzgerald Kennedy ranks highly among them. There’s plenty of reasons why this might be the case. Maybe it’s the seminal moments of his presidency: his steady leadership through the Cuban Missile Crisis, his...

Before the 1960 election, the frontrunner was Senator Estes Kefauver, who'd run twice before and been nominated for Vice-President. He had a knack turning the Senate into his own personal soapbox, with the unfortuate side-effect of pissing off everybody else in the room. He was a natural...

Suppose that Lyndon Johnson, assuming he fails to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960 just like IOTL, remembers John Nance Garner's words about the vice presidency not being worth "a bucket of warm piss", and so he decides to stay in the Senate rather than be the running mate to...

Did Kennedy need to make LBJ his running mate to win in the 1960 election? Could he have picked some other southerner and still beat Nixon? And if he could what happens when/if he is assassinated? What does that running mate do as President?

(I've been considering this TL for a while so I'm testing the waters with something of a prologue.) Richard Milhouse Nixon had done it. After eight years of loyal service as Vice president to president Dwight Eisenhower, he had been declared the Republican candidate in the 1960 election. With...

One idea i'm seriously considering is a "Nixon wins in 1960" thread. As i'm not particularly well informed of his connections at this point in his career, i thought i'd ask around. Who do you see Nixon placing in his administration if he managed to defeat JFK? You may explain your suggestions as...

What if instead of JFK picking LBJ in 1960 to appeal to the South, he went all in on winning the North and picked Humphrey in 1960? And what if it payed off? John F. Kennedy | Hubert H. Humphrey | 306 EV Richard M. Nixon | Henry C. Lodge Jr. | 181 EV Harry F. Byrd | 49 EV Moreover, because...

1959 "God dammit will you listen to me for one damn minute?" "Look Jim, I've already told ya, it'd be better for me to wait. You and I both know that the little shit is only gonna screw himself over and divide the damn party with his candidacy. It would be better for me to wait for a better...

Part 1 : Victory It was November 8, 1960. Richard Milhous "Dick" Nixon is somewhere in Mexico with a pal of his getting drinks. This was the most unusual of reactions, but he was the most unusual of men. He built his career on hunting commies - and unlike the nut McCarthy, he actually did. He...

IOTL, Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy went against his brother's advice and picked a southerner, Lyndon B. Johnson, to be his running mate. However, Bobby Kennedy wanted his brother to pick a labor-friendly liberal, namely Walter Reuther. What if Kennedy listened to his brother's advice and...

Kennedy's first choice On the afternoon of July 14, 1960, Democratic Presidential nominee John F. Kennedy made official his chosen running mate for that year's election - Missouri Senator Stuart Symington. The decision was not especially surprising - as Kennedy and Symington had a strong...

So lets say Nixon beats Kennedy in 1960? What kind of the Party does the Republican Party shape out to be after a Nixon Presidency from 1961-65 or 69? What kind of Democratic Party would emerge as a result?

Nixon's victory in the 1968 US Presidential election is known as one of the great comebacks in American political history: after narrowly losing to JFK in 1960 and being humiliated by Pat Brown in 1962, Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey and became the 37th US President. But Nixon won only narrowly...

In 1960, Senator John Kennedy challenged Vice-President Richard Nixon to debate him. However, on the advice of President Eisenhower Nixon declined. What if Nixon and Kennedy had debated in 1960?

According to wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#Senate_Democratic_leader LBJ suffered a nearly fatal heart attack in 1955. What if instead of narrowly surviving and quitting smoking he died that day? How would us politics change as a result? Who would be the new senate...

After he lost the Presidency in 1960 and the California Governorship in 1962, most assumed that Richard Nixon's political career was over. But in 1968 he was renominated by the GOP and he defeated Vice-President Hubert Humphrey in November. After two ignominious defeats, it's hard to see why...

What if Joe Kennedy Jr had survived WWII, and went on to enter politics after the war instead of JFK?

As any history buff knows, Robert F. Kennedy was one of only two U.S. Presidents to have been the brother of another President. His older brother John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960, while RFK was elected in 1976. What POD would it take to prevent Bobby Kennedy from becoming President? And what...