My father believed that JFK’s policies were so unpopular that he would not have been reelected. But then again, what would my Dad know? I remember my Dad lamenting that that Reagan wasn’t running for President . . . in 1959.
The cover story for assassination week in Time magazine was about Kennedy trailing Goldwater everywhere but New England and New York and New Jersey. The actual hard copy of that issue should be available at significant public or academic libraries.