Originally posted by Don Marco:
He is a president that got more popular as time went by. His domestic programs, like civil rights, were bogged down in congress and passed after his death by a combination of pressure from LBJ and RFK, and not wanting to vote against something the dead president wanted.

Recent polls amoung voters in the 1960 election showed almost 80% said they voted for Kennedy. Either the poll is tragically flawed or people won't admit they didn't vote for him. The 1960 election was one of the closest in history, with the Chicago mob ensuring he carried Illinois and got the needed electoral votes.