Any George Wallace in 1972 Timelines?

This is an interesting topic for me. A lot of people would say it could never have happened, or that if it did he'd just be the Democratic Barry Goldwater of 1964. However, the fact is that George Wallace did shockingly well in 1972 prior to being shot, regardless of his past. It was enough for many that he say he never really was a segregationist, and enough for others that it was a wink and a nudge that he was just saying that to appease the yankees. Richard Nixon seems to have been threatened by him, as he could eat into the constituency of irate working class whites and social conservatives that he relied upon. And is George Wallace as president much more shocking than Ronald Reagan, who was a very angry and vitriol spewing Conservative in the 1960s, softening his image, becoming president and becoming a normality and a reality for America?

However, I am not aware of any (strong, well written) George Wallace in 1972 timelines out there, whether with him being the nominee or him defeating Nixon. Does anyone know of any?
 
This is an interesting topic for me. A lot of people would say it could never have happened, or that if it did he'd just be the Democratic Barry Goldwater of 1964. However, the fact is that George Wallace did shockingly well in 1972 prior to being shot, regardless of his past. It was enough for many that he say he never really was a segregationist, and enough for others that it was a wink and a nudge that he was just saying that to appease the yankees. Richard Nixon seems to have been threatened by him, as he could eat into the constituency of irate working class whites and social conservatives that he relied upon. And is George Wallace as president much more shocking than Ronald Reagan, who was a very angry and vitriol spewing Conservative in the 1960s, softening his image, becoming president and becoming a normality and a reality for America?

However, I am not aware of any (strong, well written) George Wallace in 1972 timelines out there, whether with him being the nominee or him defeating Nixon. Does anyone know of any?

No, sorry, I haven't yet seen a TL on this board about it. Though that is something that I'd be interested writing about at a later dat or when I have a better writing skill.
 
The basic problem is that while Wallace had a strong base of support, it was never near a majority--and he was also the one candidate whom delegates favoring other candidates would be least likely to switch to. If you look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_1972 you will see that in some important states like Ohio and Illinois he got virtually no votes at all. In Pennsylvania, he got 21% of the vote--but that was good for only two delegate, while his 22% in Wisconsin didn't get him any delegates at all. He did very well in Michigan--due partly to a busing order in the Detroit area and partly to Republican cross-over votes and perhaps partly to sympathy after the shooting. But in general he just did not get enough delegates from the big non-southern states to have much of a chance (note his negligible showings in MA and CA).
 
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