Rockefeller VS Thurmond in 1960

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

What if Nelson Rockefeller(R-NY) ran against Strom Thurmond(D-SC)

[Lincoln Republican]

Landslide for Rockefeller

Rockefeller                         500
Thurmond                            37

[Ronald Reagan]

Thurmond - 203
Rockefeller - 334

[WalterMitty]

Landslide for Rockefeller

Rockefeller                         500
Thurmond                            37

winfield, thurmond would do much better than that in the south, especially against rockefeller.

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If DC or I could vote, we'd both go Republican.

[Speed of Sound]

If DC or I could vote, we'd both go Republican.

[Lincoln Republican]

Landslide for Rockefeller

Rockefeller                         500
Thurmond                            37

winfield, thurmond would do much better than that in the south, especially against rockefeller.

Yes, Walter, you are correct.

Though I cannot see the Strom Thurmond of 1960 making headway outside the south.

Rockefeller          423
Thurmond           114

[WalterMitty]

ill agree to that map.

some states would be close.  thurmond would be competitive in md and fl, both states have a rather ugly racial history.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Rockefeller: 383
Thurmond: 154

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

While I doubt Thurmond could possibly have been the Democratic standard bearer in 1960 under any circumstances, if it somehow happened, I think that between the Dewey machine in Chicago and the voters of Little Egypt, Thurmond would have had a decent chance of getting Illinois.

[gorkay]

Thurmond would never have gotten the Democratic nomination.