<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi nomkhankaso wokukhankasela ukhetho, uKennedy wathi ngaphansi kuka-Eisenhower namaRiphabhulikhi isizwe sasisele ngemuva kweSoviet Union eMpini Yomshoshaphansi, kwezempi nakwezomnotho, nokuthi njengomongameli wayeyo yenza iMelika iqhubeke futhi. Uhulumeni ka - Eisenhower wayemise i - NASA ngo - 1958, kodwa uKennedy wayekholelwa ukuthi i - Republican Party yayishaye indiva isidingo sokulinganisa iSoviet Union eMncintiswaneni Wendawo Yonke. Wathembisa ukuthi uhulumeni omusha wobuDemocratic wawuyoqonda ngokugcwele ukubaluleka kokufezwa kwesikhala ekuphepheni kwezwe kanye nasesidumeni samazwe omhlaba sase-United States. UNixon waphendula ngokuthi, uma ekhethwa, wayezoqhubeka nokuthula nokuchuma u-Eisenhower ayekulethele isizwe ngawo-1950. UNixon waphinde wagomela ngokuthi njengoba isizwe sasingenele iMpi Yomshoshaphansi namaSoviet, uKennedy wayemncane kakhulu futhi engenakho okuhlangenwe nakho ukuba athenjiswe ukuba ngumongameli. Ukube uNixon wayekhethiwe, eneminyaka engu-48 nezinsuku ezingu-11, wayezoba umongameli wesine omncane kunabo bonke ngosuku lokugcotshwa kwakhe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uKennedy wayeneminyaka engu-43, izinsuku ezingu-236, ngosuku lokugcotshwa kwakhe; umuntu wesibili omncane kunabo bonke owaqala ukuba uMongameli eneminyaka engu-42 uTheodore Roosevelt, owathatha uMongameli ngesikhathi  <response>: ukubulawa kukaMongameli wase-United States uWilliam McKinley eminyakeni engu-60 ngaphambili, wayengomncane kunabo bonke. 