1968:Romney/Javits(R) vs Kennedy/Yarborough(D) vs Wallace/Benson(AI)

[Incipimus iterum]

Governor George Romney of Michigan wins the republican nomination for president and chooses New York Senator Jacob Javits for vice-president. Democrats nominate New York Senator Robert Kennedy for president, Kennedy chooses Texas senator Ralph Yarborough for vice president. American Independent Party Nominee Alabama Governor George Wallace chooses Fmr Sec of agriculture Ezra Taft Benson of Utah for his vice president . Who wins?, map's please.

[Mr. Smith]

Benson wouldn't agree to such a ticket not with Romney contending.

But Romney wins, but not by the South being split (though he probably still takes Virginia and Florida anyway), but by the Northeast being split and the entire Mountain West and Plains going for him.

It'd otherwise be like 1968, except Wallace/LeMay take all the South (sans Texas thanks to Yarborough), Kennedy takes New Mexico, California, Washington,Missouri and the rest of Humphreyland.

Romney takes Michigan, Connecticut, Maine, and everything Nixon won not in the South.

No way around it,but RFK is simply too liberal and fiery at the time and Romney was also anti-war so that ends that, and Javits is the perfect counter.

Yarborough on the other hand is Kefauver 2.0., an oddity.

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While obviously the Kennedy/Yarborough ticket is the most liberal ticket here, Romney / Javits is arguably to the left o the last few Democratic tickets.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

While obviously the Kennedy/Yarborough ticket is the most liberal ticket here, Romney / Javits is arguably to the left o the last few Democratic tickets.

Javits, sure, but is Romney necessarily to the left of Johnson? "Liberal Republican" isn't necessarily as left-wing as "liberal Democrat".

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While obviously the Kennedy/Yarborough ticket is the most liberal ticket here, Romney / Javits is arguably to the left o the last few Democratic tickets.

Javits, sure, but is Romney necessarily to the left of Johnson? "Liberal Republican" isn't necessarily as left-wing as "liberal Democrat".

I meant last few as of now.

[Mr. Smith]

Todays Democrats that aren't Chris Murphy are going to be to the right of Nixon

And Javits is handily to left of all of them, probably even LBJ. With that that gives Romney an actual liberal balance to unite the wings of the party

A Kennedy/Yarborough ticket is a left/super left ticket at height of the hippie backlash and a Southern Strategy coming.

I personally would cross the party lines if such a ticket were to occur.

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Kennedy/Yarbourough 40% 257
Romney/Javits            39% 190
Wallace/LeMay            20%   91

House Contingent Election for President:
It takes a number of ballots to elect a president with a majority of state delegations, the stalemate broken only with party pressure and/or bribes for Southern Democrats to give up on voting for Wallace and support RFK.

Kennedy: 28, Romney: 18, ties/no majority: 3, abstentions: 1

Senate election for VP: 56 Yarborough, 41 Jarvits