Party Eras in American History II

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Party Eras in American History II

• American Political Parties
• Prof. Wolbrecht
• 25 March 2009

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1952 results
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1956 results
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1960 John F. Kennedy (D) v. Richard M. Nixon (R)

• GOP nomination
• Democratic nomination
• General election
• JFK confronts religious issue
• "I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I
  am the Democratic Party's candidate for President
  who also happens to be a Catholic. I do not speak
  for my Church on public mattersand the Church
  does not speak for me." -- Greater Houston
  Ministerial Association, 9/1960
• 1960 JFK ad (6)

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1960 results
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1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) v. Barry Goldwater
(R)

• GOP nomination
• Goldwater defeats moderates (Lodge, Scranton,
  Rockefeller)
• Phyllis Schlafly, A Choice, Not An Echo (1964)
• Stop Goldwater movement claims hes too extreme
  for general election
• Goldwater booed at convention Goldwater taunts
• I would remind you that extremism in the defense
  of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you
  also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is
  no virtue. (at 100)

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1964 results
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1968 results
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1972 results
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1976 results
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1980 results
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1984 results landslide
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1988 results
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1992 results
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1996 results
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2000 results
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2004 results
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2008 results
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