History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2124 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Election of 1968
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The idea
Nixon won three hundred one electoral votes to Hubert Humphrey's one hundred ninety-one, though Humphrey won nearly the same share of the popular vote.
In practice
George Wallace, a segregationist third-party candidate, winning thirteen and a half percent of the vote and five southern states.
Where people slip
Afterward, the anchor records, a commission led by George McGovern tied Democratic delegates to primary results.
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