It's about getting surrogates out on the trail. JAMIE RICHARDSON: During these final days, both campaigns shifted their focus to turning out the vote.įREDRIK LOGEVALL: It's about the candidates being out there in important locations. And I think that too probably caused some undecideds to stick with or at least to vote for Nixon. And I think it really gave Nixon a boost. The Nixon campaign invested in some last minute advertising, including a major national telethon on the day before the election and a late night telecast that featured both Nixon and President Eisenhower.Īs Fredrik Logevall explains, the Nixon campaign had finally brought out President Eisenhower to help make the case for electing Vice President Nixon.įREDRIK LOGEVALL: I think the main reason for the tightening in the final week, let's say the final ten days, I think was Eisenhower the fact that the President, who was still very popular in the country, still drew adoring crowds and was himself a very shrewd campaigner, more effective in many ways as a speechmaker, as somebody who would give powerful campaign speeches- more able todo so than Nixon himself. It's hard to determine what exactly led to the race tightening. In the final days of the campaign the polls narrowed, with Kennedy slightly ahead of Nixon. JAMIE RICHARDSON: In this final episode of the series, we'll look at the last days and hours of the 1960 campaign and where we've come since. The election would leave lasting impacts on future races, right into today. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon would face off in one of the closest elections in the nation's history. MATT PORTER: 60 years ago, Senator John F. It is time, in short, for a new generation of leadership. Today our concern must be with our future. KENNEDY: While it is dangerous to see nothing wrong in America, it is just as wrong to refuse to recognize what is right about America.
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MATT PORTER: It wasn't quite the full concession speech that Kennedy was looking for, but Nixon's civility in the face of likely defeat seems a far cry from where we are today. And again my congratulations to Senator Kennedy for his fine race in this campaign. My deep thanks to all of you who are here, to those who have listened on television and radio. RICHARD NIXON: I want Senator Kennedy to know, and I want all of you to know that certainly if this trend does continue and he does become our next President, that he will have my whole hearted support. It was past midnight in Los Angeles as Richard Nixon addressed a crowd of supporters at the Ambassador Hotel Ballroom on election night. JAMIE RICHARDSON: The 60/20 podcast is produced by the JFK Library Foundation and made possible with the help of a generous grant from the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
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