MLB1949: "Gov. George Wallace Concedes 1968 Election to Richard Nixon"

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SUMMARY: With little broad support in the states outside his own Deep South, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace's third-party bid -- he was the 1968 Presidential nominee of the American Independent Party -- was doomed from the outset. Although he garnered nearly 10 million popular votes (most of which would have gone to fellow-"Law-and-Order" candidate Richard M. Nixon in a normal two-party race), Wallace carried just five states, for a total of 46 electoral votes. In this video, Wallace concedes the 1968 Presidential Election to Richard Nixon and expresses his hope for a successful Nixon Administration. He wishes for Nixon to be successful because, as Wallace states, "I am an American." The footage shown is from the Wallace Campaign HQs, in Montgomery, Alabama, late in the morning of Wednesday, November 6, 1968.

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