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If there was no Vietnam, and perhaps no 1968, could we be looking at a left-wing backlash in the USA that would have had more lasting effect in the 1970s-1990s ?

Witrhout association with opposition to a useless war (and thus to the nostalgic counter to this, and the militaristic one, where either Vietnam was a necessity in the American spirit, or was a victory thrown away), without the false dawn of leftwing sentiment too...

Early-mid 1970s a strong resistance gathers unto it meaningful powers

By 1980, the left-wing backlash is running many cities, several states and is posed to make significant inroads nationally

Step back - no Vietnam, well LBJ maybe gets a second term, whilst in 1972 maybe Nixon makes a stand, but quite possibly after 4 more years in opposition he has self-destructed and we are looking at a Nelson Rockefeller presidency. 1976 is more polarised but he manages to get re-elected, but by 1980 all hell is breaking loose

It wouldn't be anyone like Carter or Mondale, and making it a Kennedy seems just like playing a game. IIRC I read that Gary Hart contested 1980, albeit not very well. Would he or someone like him be a credible candidate to win in 1980 ?

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Grey Wolf
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