Positioning himself like Barack Obama in 2008 as the candidate of change young challenger John F. Kennedy was able to take the strongly anti-communist republican Richard Nixon to task for failing to prevent a missile gap and for permitting the establishment of a communist regime only 90 miles from the Florida coast line.
Postavljajući se slično kao Obama 2008. i obećavajući promijene, mladi izazivač John F. Kennedy lako je potukao jakog republikanca i antikomunista Richarda Nixona jer je ovaj dozvolio da se SSSR naoruža i da se pojavi komunistički režim na samo 150 km od obale Floride.