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bijouxbroussard · F
Lots of reasons. Technically he [i]was[/i], a war hero who saved lives. As the youngest person to be elected president (43) with a young wife and babies, he represented youth and new possibilities after the 1950s. His stance on Civil Rights (mostly due to Bobby Kennedy's influence) also made him popular with people of color at that time.
