The election of 1960 may prove to be a heated one. On the one hand, you have the issue of reelecting President Stevenson (D), who succeeded President Dewey (R) in 1956 by a slim margin, and who pledged financial security, social welfare programs and prosperity. However, there has been criticism that President Stevenson is not doing enough to foster economic growth nor combat Communism abroad aggressively, and that he has been neglectful of Negro calls for Civil Rights, as well as feelings of him being an elitist.
On the other, you have the Republican candidate Nelson Rockefeller (who is viewed as Dewey's successor), who promises economic growth, better management of social programs, cutting wasteful spending, combating Communism at home and abroad, and addressing the issues of Negro Civil Rights. However, President Stevenson has charged him with being inexperienced in executive affairs as he has only been Governor of New York for a year (although Rockefeller had previous political experience serving in the administrations of Roosevelt, Truman, and Dewey; heading the International Development Advisory Board, International Development Advisory Board, and serving as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Special Assistant to President Dewey for Foreign Affairs, head of the Operations Coordinating Board, and Chairman of the Inter-American Development Commission and Corporation, among other positions). He also served as the architect of the Chapultepec Conference). Rockefeller has balanced this by running with Harold Stassen.
There is also the prospect of Strom Thurmond running as a Dixiecrat, representing those Southerners who are not happy with the Civil Rights feelings of either party. Harry F. Byrd has been tapped as VP on said ticket.
On the other, you have the Republican candidate Nelson Rockefeller (who is viewed as Dewey's successor), who promises economic growth, better management of social programs, cutting wasteful spending, combating Communism at home and abroad, and addressing the issues of Negro Civil Rights. However, President Stevenson has charged him with being inexperienced in executive affairs as he has only been Governor of New York for a year (although Rockefeller had previous political experience serving in the administrations of Roosevelt, Truman, and Dewey; heading the International Development Advisory Board, International Development Advisory Board, and serving as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Special Assistant to President Dewey for Foreign Affairs, head of the Operations Coordinating Board, and Chairman of the Inter-American Development Commission and Corporation, among other positions). He also served as the architect of the Chapultepec Conference). Rockefeller has balanced this by running with Harold Stassen.
There is also the prospect of Strom Thurmond running as a Dixiecrat, representing those Southerners who are not happy with the Civil Rights feelings of either party. Harry F. Byrd has been tapped as VP on said ticket.
OOC: Why? Because I got bored.
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