“Another victory for Mayor Daley of Chicago,” he said.
“What does that mean?” I asked.
“It means Mayor Daley stole the election,” he answered.
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Why is this nonsense still spread around? Kennedy won the EC vote 303-219. I don’t doubt Daly stole Ill from Nixon but it made no difference in the end.
Texas was also stolen in 1960. Lyndon Johnson saw to it. Between Illinois (27evs) and Texas (29evs), the 57evs was enough to shift it from Nixon to Kennedy. Hey, if Nixon stuck to his guns and won it from Kennedy, maybe Nixon would have ended up dying in Dallas instead. They were both hated and disposed of by the ruling class.