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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was in Dallas, Texas when he was assassinated because he was set on obtaining Texas's support for the 1964 election. The approval rating in Texas had slipped from 76 percent in 1962 to 50 percent in 1963 and he wanted to reclaim the state's support.

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President Kennedy traveled to Dallas to mediate a split in the Texas Democractic Praty.

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He was in Texas not only to drum up support for the upcoming election, but also to help with a fight between several Texas Republicans, and his wife Jackie had never been there before.

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Because he wanted to win the support from the southern Republicans who thought negatively of him.

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He was in Texas not only to drum up support for the upcoming election, but also to help with a fight between several Texas Republicans, and his wife Jackie had never been there before.

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to be in a parade, but was then shot in the neck and chest while on a convertible

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