Agnew scandal Oct 68, does this elect Humphrey

As I understand it Governor Agnew had acted improperly and criminaly and in OTL was exposed in the fall of 1973

If that came out before the 1968 election might it have been enough to elect Humphrey.

By the way does Vietnam look better or worse for Vietnamese people than otl had Humphrey been President?
 
Considering how damaging the Eagleton fiasco was for McGovern in '72, and how close the '68 election ended up (Nixon winning the popular vote by 510,000 votes, and it would have taken very little to shift Missouri, NJ and Ohio, thereby throwing the election to the House), I'd say that yes, it would have had an impact. At the very least, it would have called into question Nixon's judgement of character in picking a slimeball like Agnew as his running mate.

Nixon and HHH ended up having more or less the same policy with regards to Vietnam, so I don't see much difference there. The US withdrawal might occur a bit earlier than OTL, though I don't see HHH sending the troops to Cambodia.
 
No troops in Cambodia. I agree.

HHH was actually not exactly a dove, but he didn't agree wIth the general Vietnam policy of Johnson. Image Vietnam ending sooner, and a continuation of Great Society. Inflation would continue, however.
 
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