Monday, March 12, 2018

Eugene McCarthy takes 48% of the vote in the New Hampshire Primary. March 12, 1968.

And thus began the rapid decline of Lyndon Johnson's reelection chances. . . and ultimately the decline of any chance for the Democrats in 1968 as well.

Johnson would, correctly, attribute his flagging fortunes to the war news coming out of Vietnam, although its important to remember that ultimately, the voters did not go for the peace candidate in the fall.

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