1964: JFK vs Rocky

[MillennialModerate]

If he did confront civil rights aggressively..

Kennedy 426
Rockefeller 87
Wallace 25

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If he didn’t aggressively confront civil rights ....

Kennedy 451
Rockefeller 87

[MillennialModerate]

Rockefeller in being a moderate to liberal Republican and JFK being a moderate-ish Democrat means that they weren’t far off on too many issues so on issues what’s the difference? Then there’s the personalities of the candidates ... Rockefeller might be somewhat popular but a majority of the country totally fell in love with the Kennedy family (Jackie + the kids) and JFK himself was a war hero who made the Russians back down during the Cuban missile crisis ... so with all that being factored together, what was going to beat him beyond a scandal of historic proportions. It would have taken the perfect candidate and then a small miracle for JFK to be defeated in ‘64. Rockefeller was the rare candidate who could make the election FEEL close but it wouldn’t be either way.