Kennedy in 1960 lost the customary Southern Democratic advantage

Evidence

Indeed, in his razor-thin 1960 election victory, Kennedy captures roughly fifty percent of voters in both the South and elsewhere, compared to a roughly twenty percentage point Southern advantage enjoyed by most previous Democratic candidates in the twentieth century (Appendix Figure A.7). — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 806

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Northern Catholic mobilization offset Kennedy’s Southern disadvantage — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 821; Southern whites opposed to integration were staunchly Democratic before 1964. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 1333; The full Southern Democratic decline is attributable to conservative-race defection alone — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 7 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Northern Catholic mobilization offset Kennedy’s Southern disadvantage #responds-to (0.90) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 821
• Southern whites opposed to integration were staunchly Democratic before 1964. #corroborates (0.80) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 1333
• Racially conservative white Southerners abandoned Democratic identification after 1964. #expands (0.80) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 1327
• The full Southern Democratic decline is attributable to conservative-race defection alone #qualifies (0.75) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 7
• Racially conservative Southern whites defecting explains all of the 1958-1980 Democratic decline #qualifies (0.75) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 7