WI John F. Kennedy wasn't assassinated

What if JFK wasn't assassinated? Perhaps if Oswald had missed the shot or somesuch. What would have been the aftermath?

EDIT: Apologies if such a thread has been done before.
 
I don't know how much this issue has been discussed, but what about JFK's health? He was on medications that might disqualify him from control by today's standards. By the end of 1964, he might be governing from a wheelchair.
 
I don't know how much this issue has been discussed, but what about JFK's health? He was on medications that might disqualify him from control by today's standards. By the end of 1964, he might be governing from a wheelchair.

Governing from a wheelchair worked for FDR. As long as he's capable mentally there's no reason to think he can't be effective.
 
JFK in a wheelchair could bring more sympathy and awareness of the needs of the handicapped. In OTL, RFK ran for the senate. How long would he remain attorney general if his brother survived?
 
I think this significantly weakens Civil Rights. In the absence of Johnson's parliamentary ability, and the huge post-1964 Congressional majority (Kennedy would handily beat Goldwater, but not on the scale of OTL), I think you have a watered-down bill. This leads to long-run tensions between pro and anti Civil Rights Democrats, which the Republicans would exploit. On the other hand, this might well keep the South Democratic, since the Dixiecrats are still a viable political force. The Republicans don't get Southernised like OTL, so their Eastern Establishment wing remains viable too.

In the List of Presidents thread, I once came up with a hypothetical list of "Kennedy survives" Presidents:

John F. Kennedy (Democratic): 1961-1969
George Romney (Republican): 1969-1977
Howard Baker (Republican): 1977-1985
Walter Mondale (Democratic): 1985-1989
John Anderson (Republican): 1989-1993
Anne Richards (Democratic): 1993-2001
Joe Biden (Democratic): 2001-2005
Tommy Thompson (Republican): 2005-2013
Mike Beebe (Democratic): 2013-
 
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