1960美国大选.doc

一．Kennedy （一）The youngest president of the USA Kennedy (43) （二）Kennedys policy in election. 1.the farmers interest Make the supply and demand be in balance through government action. 2.Combating unemployment Step up the use of surplus foods in the poor areas until we are able to get the people back to work （三）3 Agree to sending regrets to khrushchev 4.The plan for getting America moving again Do some improvement in space and education. Increase the science and technology input to put America to work again. （四）The reason for Kennedys triumph lie in: 　　·the sag of economic in the year of election 　　· the citizens were anxious about the Americas ability to reply to menace of the the Soviet Union . 　　·the representation on TV ·unadvisable promise of Nixon （五） ·the support of minority, especially the Catholics. Kennedy replied in to the query of his identity as a Catholic in a public speech :I am not Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Partys candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public matters—and the Church does not speak for me. 二. TV Debate Public opinion studies showed the election campaign would be very, very close. Then, the candidates agreed to hold four debates. And the debates would be broadcast on television. On the night of September 26, 1960 Kennedy and Nixon, for the first time in U.S. history, started the debate faced with about 70 million television viewers. In the first debate, they showed they did not differ too widely on major issues. Kennedy, however, appeared calm and sure. Nixon, who did not feel well, appeared thin and tired in his light gray suit. In fact he just went through a car accident. Many people who had not considered voting for Kennedy now began to change their minds. To them, he looked like a president. Hewitt mentioned in his memories that when Kennedy accepted the televised debate invitation, he cared much about it and personally asked a lot