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=== Road to the Presidency ===
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The Nixon-Kennedy ticket would defeat the [[National Progressive Pact]] (NPP) ticket, consisting of [[Henry M. Jackson]] and [[J. William Fulbright]], in a landslide. Nixon would win 424 electoral votes and 58.5% of the national popular vote. Nixon's landslide victory was aided by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who would help the Nixon campaign wiretap the NPP, blackmail influential opponents, and steal files from the NPP; actions that would help Nixon tarnish the NPP's national image.
=== Presidency ===
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