John Fredrick Parker
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What if Hubert Humphrey won the 1960 primary in Wisconsin, say by the same margin he lost IOTL? If your answer is "he still doesn't win the nomination", does his one victory have any impact on the rest of the race?
^^I think the Dem VP slot is pretty much reserved for a Southerner (assuming a non-southern nominee). AIUI, that pretty much narrows the choices down to either Johnson, Symington, or Smathers.
If it were up to Humphrey -- and he may need not win the nod for that to be the case -- I'd think he'd go with LBJ...
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Good stuff Dan -- of course, Hubert still has to win the nomination, and all the OP gives him is Wisconsin.
The real question now becomes -- how do the rest of the primaries, and the subsequent convention, play out?
If HHH was the Democratic nominee I would expect a stronger Dixiecrat move, maybe standing a full candidate as in 1948 (and 1968 later on in OTL) rather than just unpledged electors. The most probable outcomes are either (1) Nixon wins outright, or (2) hung electoral college and the ensuing clusterfuck.
If HHH was the Democratic nominee I would expect a stronger Dixiecrat move, maybe standing a full candidate as in 1948 (and 1968 later on in OTL) rather than just unpledged electors. The most probable outcomes are either (1) Nixon wins outright, or (2) hung electoral college and the ensuing clusterfuck.
There won't be a Dixiecrat movement if Humphrey wins...
Assuming he wins, and governs as a liberal, I could see it having the same effect ITTL as President Henry Wallace did in For All Time. Barry Goldwater has a good shot at the Presidency in 1964.