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The silent majority rises
On election night 1960, John F. Kennedy was at home at Hyannis Port, Mass., watching the election returns. The initial glee of a potential Kennedy landslide turned dark when returns from the Midwest began to come in. Ohio was a particular disappointment to Kennedy who had traveled to the state six times and saw overwhelming crowds greeting him. Theodore H. White described one trip where Ohioans “lined 113 miles of highway almost solidly, holding their children up to see him, tearing at him, waving at him, shrieking at him, until his staff had feared for his safety.”  When Richard Nixon was declared the winner, White reported that Kennedy held up his inflamed hand and said,

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