Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daley ya taimaka wajen fitar da kuri'a ga John F. Kennedy a zaben shugaban kasa na 1960. Kennedy ya lashe Illinois da kuri'u 9,000, duk da haka ya lashe Cook County da kuri'u 450,000, tare da wasu 'yan majalisa na Chicago suna zuwa Kennedy da fiye da 10 zuwa 1. Illinois'kuri'un zabe 27 sun taimaka wa Kennedy mafi yawan abin da yake bukata. An zabi Chicago don ta karbi bakuncin Babban Taron Kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1968
Ka yi haƙuri. Mai sharhi kan siyasa Len O'Connor ya bayyana wannan lokacin a matsayin Richard J. Daley's "High Water Mark" kuma ya bayyana Cook County Democratic Party a lokacin a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan masanan siyasa a tarihin Amurka.