WI: Nixon was assassinated instead of RFK?

so in this alternate reality let’s say Nixon is the one who was shot instead of RFK. What happens now? Who steps up with Nixon gone? Can they beat RFK in the election? If so how’s their presidency?
 

Bomster

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If Nixon is assassinated instead of RFK (say that Sirhan Sirhan targets him instead) then Rockefeller or Reagan could take up the republican nomination.
 
so in this alternate reality let’s say Nixon is the one who was shot instead of RFK. What happens now? Who steps up with Nixon gone? Can they beat RFK in the election? If so how’s their presidency?

Actually, even if RFK lived, there's a strong case he was doomed to lose to Humphrey at the Convention. Most states still didn't use primaries, and Humphrey quietly rolled most of those states' delegates up during the campaign even before Bobby was shot. That said, I think either he or RFK would have carried the Presidency. They'd probably end Vietnam earlier than OTL, though I'm not sure how much else they could get done.

If Nixon is assassinated instead of RFK (say that Sirhan Sirhan targets him instead) then Rockefeller or Reagan could take up the republican nomination.

Well, given Rockefeller's adultery scandal and Reagan's echoes of Goldwater, I'm guessing either of them would wind up losing to any credible Democrat.
 

Bomster

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How well do they do against RFK then?
Not very well I imagine. Humphrey on the Dem side and Nixon on the Rep side were RFK’s main competitors. Without Nixon, and with popular support towards him, RFK would most likely win, and create a far different America.
 
How well do they do against RFK then?

America isn’t ready for Reagan in 1968. He either has to tone his rhetoric and policy way the hell down or he’s not getting anywhere near the White House. If he goes out in 1968 the way he did in 1980, not only does he lose but he probably ends up a one-term CA governor.
 
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