In the election of 1968, no two candidates would fight for each other's votes more then Nixon and Wallace. In their campaign the two shared the same points of view on many grounds, which will be shown in the following essay. .
Wallace, who before the running in 1968 was thought to be "small time," and a southern racist. Wallace was popular with many southerners and is remembered to this day by a speech made and his campaign slogans. Wallace, said "Segregation then, segregation now, segregation forever." Also, during his run for governor of Alabama Wallace's main slogan was "Stand Up For Alabama," this would later be changed during his campaign for president to "Stand Up For America." .
Nixon on the other hand was looked on as the patsy of America before and during his presidency. After losing the election for governor of California in 1962, Nixon announced that he would no longer seek any government-affiliated office. However, many analysts say that Nixon took this time to rebuild his strategy for the run for President. After Johnson announced that he would not accept or seek another Presidential nomination from his party, this left the field open for two people, Nixon and Robert Kennedy. .
The main comparisons between the two candidates are those of how they felt about the troubles at home rather then outside the country. Both candidates were concerned about the growing violence that was in response to the war and the fight for civil rights in the country. Nixon thought that calmness had to be restored in America and ending the war with his "secret plan," and encouraging the civil rights movement. Wallace, of course also wanted to restore order in the country but thought that this could be done by stopping the "hippy" and bring back the traditional man of America. Wallace, of course was for segregation, and while Nixon was not, he did not do much to try and stop this during his Presidency.
The election of 1968 was an extremely controversial election. ... Johnson was the president who decided to enter into war with Vietnam in 1968, before he was to leave office. ... One noticeable name that nominated himself to run for election in the Democratic Party was Robert Kennedy. ... People called 1968 the year of the "New Nixon." ... (Simon) The mystery man of the election of 1968 was George Wallace. ...
However, on a few occasions, third party candidates have been able to make a significant impact on the presidential election process such as George Wallace in 1968 and H. ... These influences by an independent, third party candidate were demonstrated in both the 1968 and 1992 elections. George Wallace, independent candidate of the newly formed American Independent Party, took 13.5% of the popular vote in the 1968 election. ... The votes that Wallace controlled could easily have reversed the outcome of the 1968 election if Humphery had been willing to incorporate Wallace's platform i...
The 1972 Presidential Election: The Changing United States and its Search for a Leader The election of 1972 was one of the largest landslide victories by a presidential candidate in United States history. ... Going into the New Hampshire Primary in early March, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine was seen as the likely contender to face President Nixon in the general election. ... Hubert Humphrey who lost to Nixon in 1968 was seen as a possible contender, along with Alabama Governor George Wallace, and Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. ... The policy issues of the 1972 presidential election ...
These flaws have shed light on the many paths to undemocratic election. ... The problem posed by no one person receiving a majority of the electoral votes (a tie) first came to head in the 1800 elections. ... As a result the ever audacious Aaron Burr challenged Jefferson election as President and the issue had to be sent to the House for resolution (Bailey & Shafritz, 61). ... In 1968 a three-way tie nearly brought to head the same undemocratic modes of presidential selections that emerged 200 years earlier with the Jefferson-Burr incident. The 1968 election race was extremely close. ...
The Tet offensive which began at the end of January 1968 was the largest operation of the war in Vietnam to date. ... President Johnson faced a major economic crisis in 1968. ... Johnson knew that he would have to change his policies, especially as 1968 was an election year. ... However, Westmoreland's policy had not achieved victory by 1968 and so after Tet he asked for a further 206,000 troops which he hoped would finish the VC off completely. ... He then stunned America by declaring that he would not run for re-election in 1968, but would instead concentrate on dealing with the war in...
Finally, an election date was set for 2 years and it was decided that the winner of the election would have total control of the country. However, Diem had no confidence in winning this proposed election and the United States knew this. ... By 1968, the U.S. had total air and sea control and was winning every battle they fought in, but still was getting nowhere. ... The war reached its peak in 1968 with the Tet Offensive. ... In 1968 Richard Nixon was elected president. ...
The year 1968 was one of the most dramatic twelve months in American history. ... During 1968, two iconic symbols of peace were assassinated; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert. ... Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Nixon came back from his loss to John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1960, beating Hubert Humphrey in one of the closest elections in American History. ... The turning point of the war came in 1968 with the Tet Offensive. ...
Who was the first African-American female to be elected to Congress? Not many people know who this amazing woman is. The first African-American female legislator was Shirley Chisholm. Shirley received a college education despite the racism. She also created a club for her fellow classmates who were ...
In 1961, he became a law professor at the University of Montreal, and in 1965, joined the Liberal Party and won election to the House of Commons. ... When Pearson resigned in 1968, Trudeau beat out 19 other Liberal opponents to win the post of party leader and Prime Minister. Just three days after his inauguration on April 20, 1968, Trudeau dissolved Parliament and called for general elections. ... Such popular support swept the charismatic and untraditional Trudeau into power by a comfortable majority in the general elections in June 1968. ... He left office in June of that year, and in t...
