If RFK Sr. hadn't been shot, I'm sure he would have been elected. This would have left Nixon a two time loser, and no one outside of Washington, D.C. would ever have known what Watergate meant.
JFK's EV margin over Nixon was basically the same as Nixon's over Humphrey. Eight years isn't a huge amount of time in presidential politics so yeah, RFK had a real chance at taking the national.
If RFK Sr. hadn't been shot, I'm sure he would have been elected. This would have left Nixon a two time loser, and no one outside of Washington, D.C. would ever have known what Watergate meant.
Maybe. I know RFK was popular, I just wonder how much of that was people superimposing JFK on him.
Yes- I forget JFK barely beat Nixon. That TV debate gave him the edge.
JFK's EV margin over Nixon was basically the same as Nixon's over Humphrey. Eight years isn't a huge amount of time in presidential politics so yeah, RFK had a real chance at taking the national.