Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Daley akabetsera kutendeukira kuvhota kwaJohn F. Kennedy musarudzo yapurezidhendi ya1960. Kennedy akahwina Illinois nemavhoti 9 000, asi akahwina Cook County nemavhoti 450 000, nedzimwe nzvimbo dzomuChicago dzaiva naKennedy nemisiyano inopfuura 10 kusvika 1. Mavhoti 27 evavhoti veIllinois akabatsira kupa Kennedy ruzhinji rwaaida. Chicago yakasarudzwa kuti igamuchire Democratic National Convention ya1968
. Muongorori wezvematongerwo enyika Len O'Connor akarondedzera nguva iyi se "High Water Mark" yaRichard J. Daley uye akarondedzera Cook County Democratic Party panguva iyoyo seimwe yemashini ane simba kwazvo ezvematongerwo enyika munhoroondo yeAmerica.