1960: The Making of the President [TURN FIVE; PHASE ONE]

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM SENATOR KENNEDY
Nixon’s moral pandering fails to address the real issues facing our country today: the stagnant military under Eisenhower which threatens hard-working Americans’ lives. Uh, I mean, the stagnant economy, or, well, they’re both bad. Fix them!

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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE NEW LEAGUE OF NINE

You’re both doing this wrong. What we really should do is create a time machine that goes back to 1960–er, I mean, 1860, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and then win that one. Obviously.

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Nixon plays…

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… for its campaign points value, placing one support on each isssue

JFK’s (@May) actions are due 2026-03-26T02:00:00Z

Able to process til 9, god fuck my phone for not setting my alarm off

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JFK plays…

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… for its campaign points value, making a media support check…

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… with one success, placing it in the East region

Nixon’s (@Marshal) actions are due 2026-03-27T02:00:00Z

yeah i dont got a good reason to be late, i was playing ffxiv LOL, able to process til 9-9:30

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Nixon plays…

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… for its event text! Spending a momentum to select Unpledged Electors to activate as an event.

Unpledged Electors

JFK’s (@May) actions are due 2026-03-28T01:00:00Z!

Able to process til 9pm tonight, would like to try to finish off the turn tonight

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM VICE PRESIDENT NIXON

Phone calls? Schemes? What are you going on about. I did no such thing.

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+1 state support in MA

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JFK plays…

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… for its campaign points value, placing support cubes in Texas, Virgina, and North Carolina!

Nixon’s (@Marshal) actions are due 2026-03-29T01:00:00Z!

gonna slip into food coma can’t process anymore tonight

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We take nothing but Ls

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Nixon plays…

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for its event text, placing support in Alabama, Tennessee, and New Jersey

JFK’s (@May) actions are due 2026-03-30T01:00:00Z

nap time for ish so cant process any further tn

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JFK plays…

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for it’s campaign points value! Placing issue support on Defense and Economy!

End of Turn Four!

Momentum Decay!

Nixon has three, he loses one

JFK has 2, he loses one

Issues Awarded!

JFK wins the 1st and 3rd issues, gaining one momentum and one endorsement

Nixon wins the 2nd issue, opting for a momentum token

Issue Support Decays!

No player has the majority of Media Support so issues may not be shifted!

Campaign Strategy

Nixon discards…

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Rest cubes move to the political support bag

Preparing for turn 5 now!

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Turn Five!

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Nixon (@Marshal) gets to decide who goes first in the final turn prior to the debates!

Decision due by 2026-03-31T01:00:00Z

(forgot to remove nixon endorsemetn from idwest pretend thats gone)

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Nixon opts for JFK to act first

JFK’s (@May) actions are due 2026-03-31T03:00:00Z

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chirst how’d i bungle the timer