One vote. That's a big weapon you have there, Mister. In 1948, just one additional vote in each precinct would have elected Dewey. In 1960, one vote in each precinct in Illinois would have elected Nixon. One vote.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I cast my first vote on my father's lap in 1960, for Richard Nixon, in the voting booth. I was 8.
Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.
During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner.
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone else.
Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.
There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was always a vote. It was always two out of three.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.