The B.O.W (Blog of Wrestling)

 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'...

  Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as I'll be going over the election of 1944, it's the first presidential election since 1916 that sees a major war taking place in the background and Franklin Roosevelt is looking to make some history once again...Let's get into it. The United States Enters World War II As you may recall from the previous article on the 1940 election, Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecendented third term to remain President of the United States while also campaigning on the promise that he wouldn't get the country involved in World War II...but those plans changed following the events of December 7th 1941. On this day, the Empire of Japan launched kamikaze attacks on the  U.S. Naval base, Pearl Harbor on the island of Hawaii with around 2,400 dead, thousands more injured and numerous navy ships were destroyed. The attacks took many Americans by surprised and this led to the incumbent president, Frankl...

Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as will be going over the election of 1940, Franklin Roosevelt looks to do the unthinkable and attempts to break one of the longest traditions in the country's history as election day draws closer...Let's get into it. FDR's Presidency By the time his second term came to an end, Franklin D. Roosevelt had overseen the biggest use of government power from a domestic standpoint than any other president in history as his New Deal policies left him feeling very popular in the eyes of many Americans. However, many in Washington were not happy with Roosevelt as his New Deal agenda saw government spending increase, big business being regulated and the economy (although not as bad as it was previously) was still in a bad shape despite FDR's efforts and this led to a number of people turning their backs on him. The biggest issue that FDR faced during his first and second term was the Supreme Court...