Talk:Nixon 1960

Byrd was not a Republican. He would not, in fact, take any significant chunk our of the Republican votes. For that matter, Byrd dropping out of the race would in all likelihood give Kennedy a far large majority of electoral votes than in otl. Heck, Kennedy got 80,000 more votes in Alabama than Nixon, and 25,000 more in Mississippi.

Remember, the South was not Republican at this time, but Democratic.

Byrd just played no "spoiler" role or anything here - him running hurt Kennedy, not Nixon.

Lordganon (talk) 06:16, April 10, 2013 (UTC)