In 1960, AL had 11electoral votes. The 11 Democrat electors included 5 “loyalists” pledged to Kennedy and 6 “unpledged” electors. Unlike in MS, voters in AL could not cast their votes for a separate slate of unpledged electors—they could only vote for Kennedy (with his 6 unpledged electors and 5 loyalists) or Nixon. Kennedy carried the state quite comfortably, but had 54.5% of Kennedy votes been cast for unpledged electors and 45.5% of them for Kennedy electors it would have resulted in Nixon carrying the state with a plurality; it also would have given Nixon a plurality of the national popular vote.
I should note that I did not choose the 54.5% and 45.5% figures arbitrarily, but by giving a hypothetical slate of unpledged electors 6/11 (or 54.5%) of the actual Kennedy vote and a hypothetical slate of “loyalist” electors 45.5% of the Kennedy vote.
hmmm...your tagline dovetails nicely with my own political philosophy - to wit: if a person can’t get it right on an issue as morally basic as abortion, every other position they hold is suspect, and they are not to be trusted.