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Word: nonmetropolitan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...City Trend. One by one, the U.S.'s major cities gave Kennedy votes enough to assure victory in key states. Time after time, Richard Nixon inched back in nonmetropolitan areas-but rarely by enough. By pre-election estimates, Philadelphia had to go to Kennedy by at least 200,000 for him to win in Pennsylvania; the city went by 326,000. Although Nixon won 52 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, the state went down the drain for the Republicans. Kennedy carried New York City with 63% of the vote, far more than enough to take New York State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: An Old Combination | 11/16/1960 | See Source »

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