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The 1962 US elections without the Cuban Missile Crisis
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David Tenner
2018-04-02 03:33:00 UTC
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"House Democrats were expected to lose their majority, but the resolution
over the Cuban Missile Crisis just a few weeks prior, led to a rebound in
approval for the Democrats under President Kennedy."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1962

Note that this sentence is completely unsourced. It is also IMO wrong. The
Democrats were widely expected to lose some House seats, but not nearly
enough to lose control of the House; and the Gallup poll did not show any
appreciable improvement in the Democrats' standing after the Cuban Missile
Crisis. For a detailed explanation of why 1962 was never likely to be a
"wave" year for the Republicans, and why the Cuban Missile Crisis probably
helped the Democrats much less than some people suppose (and than I used to
believe), see my post at
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-much-did-the-cuban-missile-crisis-help-the-democrats-in-the-1962-election.440500/
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Rich Rostrom
2018-04-02 06:46:38 UTC
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Post by David Tenner
"House Democrats were expected to lose their majority, but the resolution
over the Cuban Missile Crisis just a few weeks prior, led to a rebound in
approval for the Democrats under President Kennedy."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1962
Note that this sentence is completely unsourced. It is also IMO wrong.
Did you fix it?

You can, you know. At the very least, flag it as unsupported.
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