John F. Kennedy was in the democratic party and was the 35th president of the United States. During the 1960 presidential election JFK ran against the republican, Richard Nixon. John's running opponent Senator Lyndon B. Johnson became his vice president. He needed his strength in the south to win this election.
This was the closest election since 1916. JFK had 303 electoral college votes and Nixon had 219. However, Kennedy only led by two-tenths in national popular votes against Nixon.
Kennedy was 43 years old when he became president. The youngest president in the 20th century.
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This is brief. What were the issues? Why did JFK win? No personal thoughts.