Did Daley steal the 1960 election for JFK?  Or was it the Mob?  Did dead people vote? Alyssa and John sort through fact and fiction regarding allegations of voter fraud.  

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Show Notes:

• ⁠Chicago Magazine: Two Charts Show Chicago Getting More Democratic⁠
• ⁠New York Times: Search The Learning Network Search Nov. 8, 1960 | Kennedy Is Elected President⁠
• ⁠Washington Post: Here’s a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley ‘stole’ Illinois for John Kennedy in the 1960 election⁠
• ⁠Block Club Chicago: Chicago And Rigged Elections? The History Is Even Crazier Than You’ve Heard⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: This week in history: JFK and the stolen election⁠
• ⁠New York Times: Chicago Watched Amid Memories of Its Role in 1960⁠
• ⁠Time: The Press: The Inside Man⁠
• ⁠NewYork Times: Did John F. Kennedy and the Democrats Steal the 1960 Election?⁠
• ⁠BBC: Why is Chicago important?⁠
• ⁠Chicago Magazine: We Should Never Vote in Person Again⁠
• ⁠New York Times: DALEY SEES PLOT IN VOTE RECOUNT; Links G.O.P. Conservatives and Southern Democrats in Attack on Kennedy⁠
• ⁠New York Times: G.O.P. SAYS NIXON MAY WIN ILLINOIS; Alcorn Predicts a Recount Could Reverse Kennedy’s Victory in the State G.O.P. SAY NIXON MAY WIN ILLINOIS⁠
• ⁠Washington Post: Horsefeathers, Mr. Nixon⁠
• ⁠Chicago Tribune: The myth of 1960