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Old 01-04-2010, 08:56 AM
 
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Hello all - wondering if anyone could help me with a research project. I am writing about the controversies over the Kennedy/Nixon presidential election of 1960 in Illinois.

There is a lot of material available focusing on Chicago and the role Mayor Daley and the Cook County Democratic Party played in delivering the city, and the state, to Kennedy.

I am interested in the other side of the story. I have heard the argument made (even by Daley himself) that, however dubious the tactics he employed, he was only fighting fire with fire; that the Republican Party in the suburban and rural counties was delivering votes for Nixon.

Can anyone comment on whether there is any truth to that assertion? Is there any evidence orchestrated vote fraud was committed by the Republican Party in specific towns or counties outside Chicago? Did such ex-urban Republican "boss" counterparts to Daley ever exist?

If anyone could direct me to any studies of this issue, published or unpublished, it would be much appreciated!
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