The Election Of 1968: Herbert Humphrey vs. Richard Nixon vs. George Wallace
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as will be discussing perhaps the most unpredictable and chaotic elections in all of the late 20th century...That's right I'm talking the election of 1968. Conflicts continue to rage both at home and aboard, a political realignment has taken place, influencial figure are getting gunned down and on top of all of that we got a presidential election on the horizon...So with that all said, let's get into it. LBJ's Presidency After defeating Barry Goldwater in a landslide back in the 1964 election, President Lyndon Johnson decided to push forward many domestic policies which saw the passing of Medicare and Medicaid, creating programs that helped to provide food and aid to many lower class Americans and signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which prevents any racial discrimination when it comes to voting. These pieces of legislation and so much more was part of President Johnson'...