History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2120 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Johnson Steps Aside
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The idea
In March nineteen sixty-eight, beleaguered by an unpopular war, inflation and unrest, Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection, the Yawp records.
In practice
Eugene McCarthy, running against the war, coming within two hundred thirty votes of Johnson in the New Hampshire primary, as Digital History counts.
Where people slip
The Yawp calls a president's withdrawal an unprecedented move in modern American politics.
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