WI No Daley

If Mayor Richard Daley Sr hadn't been born, what would the effects be on Democratic politics? Chicago would be nowhere near as prosperous without Daley pere et fils. What are the butterflies on the nomination process?
 
Chicago would be nowhere near as prosperous without Daley pere et fils.

Nice use of French, but I completely disagree with this assertion. By 1955 Chicago had already been America's second-most populous city for about 60 years (in fact, it was more populous than it is today). Cities that size can fail (see: Detroit), but failure is far from being an overwhelming likelihood. I would say it's far more likely that, without Daley, the calcifying and corrupting effects of Chicago machine politics abate somewhat. Even if removing Daley does not affect the Chicago machine, we would still have to consider the possibility that other mayors would have proven to be just as competent at managing the city. For example, some people would say that OTL Harold Washington was Daley's equal.
 
One should mention that the lack of Daley could either make race relations in Chicago better or far far worse (think: WI New York City erupted into full blown riots).

Also no Daley will impact the "strong mayor" system/idea in American and Canadian municipal politics.

No Daley and his control of Illinois + influence among other machine politician figures of the '50s and '60s will change Democratic Party politics quite a lot. (i.e. JFK if nominated will almost certainly lose Illinois, although odds are he still squeaks out a victory overall if similar to OTL events occur.)
 
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