Who was JFK's Republican opponent in 1960?
A. Lyndon Johnson.
B. Ronald Reagan.
C. Richard Nixon.
D. Dwight Eisenhower.
On Tuesday, November 8, Kennedy defeated Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth century. In the national popular vote Kennedy led Nixon by just two-tenths of one percent (49.7% to 49.5%), while in the Electoral College he won 303 votes to Nixon's 219 (269 were needed to win).