Talk:United States presidential election, 1968
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[edit] Quick End To Vietnam
Can someone substantiate this? I know it is common to say that Nixon had a 'secret plan' for ending the war, but I found no reference to this in Theodore White's "The Making of the President, 1968," generally considered a standard reference work on the issue.
[edit] Democratic convention violence
The media were more shocked by images of violence outside the Democratic convention than the public was. See Robinson, John, "Public Reaction to Political Protest: Chicago 1968," Public Opinion Quarterly 34 (1970): 1-9.
[edit] Nixon's home state
Apparently, this needs to be spelled out, because, for the second consecutive time, I have to revert a well-meaning ignoramus who has "corrected" Nixon's home state during the 1968 election to be California. As is mentioned in Wikipedia's own article on Richard Nixon, after losing the 1962 gubernatorial election in California, Nixon moved to New York City. New York was still his state of residency in 1968, when Nixon won the White House. You don't have to take my word for it: external sources such as Dave Leip's Presidential Atlas or presidentelect.org corroborate that Nixon's home state was New York in 1968.
— DLJessup 20:47, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Electoral picture peculiarity
Why is the graphic depiction of electoral votes skewed? Rarely nowadays does one see democratic votes colored red and and republican votes blue. --maru (talk) Contribs 20:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
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Just for the record and to educate the lazy: the current "Red state, Blue state" scheme is recent going back to just the 1992 election. The official urban legend is that the Republicans got the color red as booty from winning the cold war. Ericl 16:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thrid Party candidates
Although Dick Gregory received many write-in votes, he appeared on the ballot in five states. Half of his nationwide total came from New York State, where he was the Freedom and Peace Party nominee. He also ran under other party names: Peace & Freedom (PA and VA), New Party (CO), and Peace & Freedom Alternative (NJ).
Frederick W. Halstead of the Socialist Workers Party probably should be mentioned as well, as his 41,390 votes was a record high for that party (to be broken in '72).
Eugene McCarthy appeared on some ballots, receiving 25,552 votes. Chronicler3
[edit] Republican Primary Campaign
The text for the Republican primary campaign needs to be completely revised. Romney was Nixon's earliest rival but dropped out near the beginning of the primary campaign following his famous "brainwashed" statement. Rockefeller and Reagan entered the race later but were serious contenders; Reagan remained a serious contender all the way to the convention. I will attempt to upgrade the text in the near future. Chronicler3 18:35, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Replace N.... with Black
I am not sure that the use of the n-word to represent predominantly African-American neighbourhoods in the vote breakdown is warranted. This should be reconsidered. 66.102.80.219 18:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- It is a direct quote from a contemporary publication. Cripipper 01:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
