1948 TRUmaN 4, dEWEy 3
1952 EISENhOWER 9, STEvENSON 8
1956 EISENhOWER 9, STEvENSON 8
1960 KENNEdy 5, NIxON 4
1964 JOhNSON 6, gOldWaTER 5
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1968 NIxON 4, hUmphREy 3
Last year Nixon, still with only four letters, went up against mCgOvERN, who had five. What scared Nixon about the election: the Gallup Polls or his name? Why did he feel he had to tap phones, infiltrate opponents' campaigns, manufacture phony letters? Did he realize--and attempt to subvert--the rules of mathematical history?
Nixon won, but was it worth it?