Nixon wins 1968 Presidential Election

Nixon just edges Humphrey.

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[cicio428]

Can you post when Humphery had the early lead on election night 1968? The newsmen began to comment that he might win.

[joe2stones]

Nixon was a great man. You think Humphrey would have opened China? That's a laugh.

[jose123001]

@joe2stones he was a shady man.

[ccie12933]

I had no idea Wallace had actually won five states.

[ccie12933]

Chicago, chicago, that twice-votin' town...

[MIKESOWELL]

@mjwillbethere37 Because everyone loves a winner, and not a disgraced president forced to resign. Also, Nixon was not a true conservative.

[observer9670]

@kinggeoian You can tell by the time stamp that this is archive tape. Archive tape was always b&w until the early 70's. Color video tape was considered too expensive until then.

[observer9670]

I'd love to see more of the entire election night coverage. The 1960, 2000 and 2008 election nights are posted on YT, but I'd also like to see 1964 and 1976.

[MIKESOWELL]

@irrelevent100 Yeah, you're right. The Midwest is where Wallace really hurt Humphrey. I also wonder if Humphrey would have beaten Nixon in New Jersey if it was a one on one race. Humphrey was really surging in that last month of the campaign,

[kinggeoian]

"And brought to you in color....." Looks more like fail to me.

[billyguns2]

@joe2stones Nixon is a tragic figure of Shakespearian dimension, IMO; a highly intelligent and sophisticated man,a brilliant visionary in foreign policy but suffering from personal psychological demons and something of a sociopath with little regard for the rule of law, I believe he was "done in" by dark forces who wanted to replace him with someone they could better manipulate. These same forces killed Kennedy like a dog in the street, got their way with LBJ, and found Nixon too obstreperous.

[glimmer2158]

@bdgop They made sure of that in '72.