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1960 was one of the closest elections in American history. Victory hinged on states which could have gone either way between the incumbent vice president Richard Nixon, of the popular Eisenhower administration, and the popular and handsome Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. In the end, Kennedy barely won and Nixon barely lost.

The challenge here is to have Kennedy not win on election day with a clear majority. That is to say, not winning by a blowout necessarily, but at the same time winning without it being a close election.
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