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Who was the Democratic candidate for President in 1968?
Robert Kennedy...JFK's brother and Robert Kennedy was JFK's campaign manager during JFK's election and the U.S. attorney of state after john .f. Kennedy was elected as president. Robert Kennedy was the favorite to win the nomination, but was assassinated before he could get it. Hubert Humphrey ended up w/ the party's nomination.
Which 1968 Democratic presidential candidate voluntarily dropped out of the race before the national convention took place?
Mac-Sheedy?
During the 1968 presidential campaign for what group did Richard Nixon cast himself as the spokesperson?
During the 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon cast himself as the spokesperson for the silent majority. Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in the election.
What statement describes the election of 1964?
The 1964 presidential election was won by one Lyndon B. Johnson, who had taken over in the presidency when Kennedy was assassinated. Barry Goldwater was the other major candidate. He carried six states, and lost by quite a wide margin.
How was the New Deal coalition broken up?
The New Deal coalition was broken up by Presidential Election of 1968. Divisiveness in the Democrat Party led to a resurgence in Republican popularity.
What was true after Nixon's victory in the 1968 presidential election?
He had to work with a Democratic Congress. (Apex)
Who were the three presidential nominees assassinated before the election?
Robert F. Kennedy, brother of President Kennedy, was assassinated the same summer that he was expected to receive the 1968 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
What 1972 Democratic presidential nominee was the Vice-President during Johnson presidency and ran in the 1968 election?
Hubert H Humphrey, from Minnesota is the man you are thinking of.
What did Hubert Humphrey lose?
the 1968 presidential election
By 1968 the Vietnam War and President Johnson's declining political support?
Convinced Johnson not to run for reelection, helped the Republicans win the 1968 presidential election, divided the Democratic Party
What 1968 democratic presidential candidate was assassinated?
Robert Kennedy was a front-runner for the Democratic nomination in 1968 when he was shot down by Sirhan Sirhan.
What did Dolores Huerta do on June 5 1968?
Huerta stood beside Robert F. Kennedy on a speaker's platform at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles as he delivered a victory statement to his political supporters shortly after winning the California Democratic presidential primary election.
Which of these men was not a presidential candidate in the 1968 election?
Lyndon Johnson
Which men was not a presidential candidate in the 1968 election?
Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace were the presidential candidates in 1968. Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the election.
How many votes did Paul Bear Bryant get during the 1968 presidential election?
Paul "Bear" Bryant was not a candidate in the 1968 presidential election. He was a highly successful college football coach, not a politician.
Who won the democratic presidential primary in California in1968?
The Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. President in 1968 was the incumbent Vice President, Hubert Humphrey.In 1968, the California Democratic primary, held in June of that year saw, Robert F. Kennedy win that election. That same night he was assassinated. This Kennedy was the brother of former US President John F. Kennedy. RFK had strong views on how to end the Vietnam War. US history may have had a different look had Robert Kennedy continue and win the 1968 US Presidential election. This of course is speculation. How & by what means Robert Kennedy would have ended that war could have never been accurately predicted. It should be noted as an example that President Lyndon B. Johnson had run as a "peace" candidate in the 1964 US Presidential election. The Vietnam War grew larger under LBJ.
Who did Richard Nixon run against for president in 1968?
Nixon ran against Herbert Humphrey in 1968. Humphrey was the incumbent vice president and the Democratic hopeful for that election period.Nixon ran against Democrat Hubert Humprey and Nixon won in 1969Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.
