USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The issue of the Cold War dominated the election, as tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union. Kennedy won a 303 to 219 Electoral College victory, and he won the reported national popular vote by 112, 827, a margin of 0.17 percent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy, a wealthy Democratic senator from Massachusetts, was elected president in 1960, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon. Though he clearly won the electoral vote, Kennedy’s received only 118, 000 more votes than Nixon in this close election.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 1960 presidential election was not decided by one event, tactic or blunder. John Kennedy’s selection of Lyndon Johnson as Vice President, his convincing rebuttals to attacks on his religion, inexperience and health, and Republican errors all had a substantial bearing on the outcome.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

Detailed explanation-5: -What two factors helped Kennedy win the 1960 presidential election? Two factors that helped Kennedy win the 1960 presidential election were: his strong, forceful personality and his response to the arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Name the two Cuban crises that the Kennedy administration faced.