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When JFK faced a tight race for the White House in 1960, he turned to a group of Americans who had long been overlooked by political campaigns. One way the nation's first Catholic president sought to gain an edge in the close contest was by courting a potential bloc that had been largely ignored by U.S. political candidates -- the Latino vote.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)