DBWI: US presidential election, 1968

Nov. 5, 1968


  • Total voters
    36
While I'm a Republican who believes in the war, I don't think Reagan has the requisite experience to be President. Nor do I want Goldwater with a silver tongue. Hence, I'm voting for Sen. Kennedy because I think he does have the qualifications on both domestic and foreign affairs, even if I disagree with him on the war.

In summary: I'm voting Democratic for President and Republican on the congressional, Senate and state races.
 
I'm voting for RFK. I think my views are more in line with his, plus i have doubts about Reagans experiance, since he hasn't been in politics for to long.

OOC: Are we doing this as though we're living in 1968, or looking back at 1968 from the present?
 
OOC: you're speaking from a 1968 perspective.

IC: I'm a business student at Yale and was very impressed when Kennedy came for a Q&A session. He bantered with us, and it was a light-hearted debate in many ways. There were many McCarthy supporters. Some had to be ejected for being assholes, but the rest asked direct questions and got direct answers. I got to ask a couple of questions, mainly asking whether negotiations or a shift to indirect involvement in 'Nam, and about the fiscal situation.

About the reception afterwards: I got to speak to him in a small group. We asked about the fiscal situation and I got the distinct impression that Kennedy had answers but found the subject mind-numbingly boring, given his one-line answers. Then my friend asked about the PPP system set up, and the tax incentives. That was when our group and Kennedy had an actual back-and-forth conversation, and you could tell it was something he really cared about just from the soft tone of his voice.
 
I'll post the map in the morning. RFK will get everything but AL, MS, SC. So he still gets over 500 EV and 60+ PV. :D
 
I loved Reagan's non-answer on Social Security. Did any Democrats attend any rallies or happen to be on any motorcade routes? It wasn't your dog that became roadkill*, right TNF?

OOC*: IOTL that did happen, sometimes fans could be injured in the crush. Best to stick to an indoor setting.
 
I'm sorry, I just can't vote for the man who made "Bedtime with Bonzo". He's got next to no experience! I'm voting for RFK.
 
I was kind of torn. In the end, I voted for Gov. Reagan because I think he could be a good President in the future. But I will not be particularly upset if Sen. Kennedy wins.
 
I have to say, while I'm not completely comfortable with Kennedy's more radical leanings, I can't in good conscience vote for Reagan. Not when I have two uncles in Vietnam. One was already wounded, and I just don't think my mother could take it if anything else were to happen. I'm not one of those lunatic traitors sending supplies to the NVA, but I think we need to let Vietnamese fight their own battles.
 
I'm voting for Kennedy, even though I usually vote for the Republican candidates. Kennedy's is moderate, charismatic, experienced (seriously, an actor?) and - most importantly for people like my family - as Catholic as they come. More devout than Jack, anyway...
 
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