[COEXERJ145]

Actually Nixon lost because of election fraud in Chicago but if you want to find a reason, it was the so called "missile gap" that Kennedy claimed Eisenhower had allowed to develop.

In the end, the "missile gap" was totally bogus.

[kjo]

Re: "Missile Gap" being bogus: Yeah, just another instance of the MSM ca 1960, lying for the Democrats.

[Verginius Rufus]

Election fraud probably cost Nixon Illinois, where Kennedy won by fewer than 9,000 votes, but Illinois didn't have enough electoral votes to change the outcome. There were credible reports of massive vote fraud in Texas as well. The Kennedy/Johnson margin there was about 46,000 votes. Nixon lost South Carolina by less than 10,000 votes but I don't know if there was voter fraud there too (Democrats were in charge so it's likely). Kennedy's margin in Hawaii was 115 votes.

Illinois + Texas = enough electoral votes

[republicanwizard]

Actually, I was referring to his loss when he ran for Governor in 1962. Both of you morons need to calm down, as you're dealing with someone who has read most everything on Nixon.