Interesting...
It always “seemed” like he was well-liked.
Sinking poll numbers due to Bay of Pigs? Cuban Missile Crisis???
The media loved him, so of course.
If he had lived, Barry Goldwater might have made him a one-termer. LBJ won in a blowout because of the JFK halo effect. You will note that when Johnson had to run on his own record, he forfeited and left Hubert holding the bag.