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After WW2, it looked like the remainder of the century would be rather stable electorally. The 22nd Amendment was in effect, Eisenhower had overwhelming won election and reelection, and Kennedy had been elected and was most likely to be reelected. In the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam war, and the related social upheaval, that fell by the wayside.

Until Ronald Reagan, no president had successfully completed two terms in office. Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson did not run for reelection, Nixon resigned, Ford failed to win election, and Carter was not reelected. For roughly a generation, America was electorally unstable.

Assuming Kennedy were not assassinated, and that we avoid an Americanized war in Vietnam, as well as the series of political assassinations, there is still the issue of the social changes and upheavals of the 1960s. However, it can be argued they'd be much softer and much more stable. Less militancy, more peace and love -- Woodstock without Altamont. Assuming that scenario, what would be the effect on American electoral politics? My assumption would be a ping ponging of presidential administrations between the two parties, each getting two terms. I'm not sure how accurate that assumption is.
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