Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ballots returned by the College's newest class, Stevenson received 91 first-place votes. 89 ballots named Nixon as first choice...
Stevenson and Nixon also led their rivals in contests for the nominations of their respective parties...
Republicans gave Nixon a 57 to 43 per cent edge over Rockefeller for the Republican nomination, while Democrats gave Stevenson a 60 to 40 per cent advantage over Kennedy for the Democratic nomination...
However, all other democratic hopefuls named in the poll, including Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, were considered easy prey for either Rockefeller or Nixon...
...Nixon's stock seems to have risen over the summer, according to a comparison of this poll with one taken last spring...