Why did Humphrey win Washington in '68?
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« on: September 12, 2009, 10:20:54 AM »

Reasons?
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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2009, 03:44:43 PM »

Wallace helped Nixon in some states (in the northeast) and killed him in other places (out west).

WA state was a result of that.  Nixon beat Kennedy 50-48% in 1960.  Without Wallace, the results in 68 probably would have been the same.
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2009, 05:40:20 PM »
« Edited: September 24, 2009, 05:43:36 PM by bgwah »

Outside of Seattle, the Puget Sound area (thinking of places like Everett, Bremerton, Tacoma) had a lot working-class Democratic voters (New Dealers) at the time, and Humphrey did well among them.

Not sure I buy the Wallace theory... He did well in some Eastern Washington counties that had recently been lean/strong Democratic, like Ferry and Franklin, and if anything probably threw a number of counties to Nixon.
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