re: #79 HappyWarrior

There was something I wrote when I co-blogged with a friend of mine about the ten most important elections of all time. I didn’t have 1960 but in hindsight I think I should have. I did have ‘68 but I do think 1960 is more consequential in the long run.

I think a lot of the 1960s go similarly if Nixon wins in 1960. We probably go into Vietnam (see: Korea) but perhaps a different strategy saves us all the losses we had. Nixon was pretty good on civil rights prior to 1960 and with JFK in the Senate we probably get solid civil rights laws. I also suspect a rematch in 1964, and a likely Kennedy win.

I don’t know what it means for the Southern Strategy, or what happens with Dixiecrats.