In the 1968 elections, Richard Nixon scored a landslide victory over President Lyndon B. Johnson. The results were as follows
Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R): 54% PV, 434 EV
Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert H. Humphrey (D): 30%, 38 EV
George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (AI): 16%, 46 EV
Nixon's coattails enabled the Republicans to win control of the Senate and come close to winning back the House.
What if LBJ decided not to seek reelection that year? Would Vice President Humphrey been able to defeat Nixon? (Note: Humphrey would have had enough delegates to clinch the nomination without running in a primary)
Also, would Wallace still revive the American Independent (later renamed Patriot) Party in 1970 and lead it to winning seats in that year's Congressional elections? And would there still have been a Progressive Democratic Party which was founded IOTL in 1974?
Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R): 54% PV, 434 EV
Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert H. Humphrey (D): 30%, 38 EV
George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (AI): 16%, 46 EV
Nixon's coattails enabled the Republicans to win control of the Senate and come close to winning back the House.
What if LBJ decided not to seek reelection that year? Would Vice President Humphrey been able to defeat Nixon? (Note: Humphrey would have had enough delegates to clinch the nomination without running in a primary)
Also, would Wallace still revive the American Independent (later renamed Patriot) Party in 1970 and lead it to winning seats in that year's Congressional elections? And would there still have been a Progressive Democratic Party which was founded IOTL in 1974?