Would RFK have carried Texas as the Democratic nominee in 1968?
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« on: March 04, 2024, 07:19:28 PM »
« edited: March 04, 2024, 07:24:07 PM by TDAS04 »
I doubt it. The LBJ/Connally Democrats preferred Humphrey over RFK, and Humphrey just barely won Texas in that year’s general election.
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2024, 07:25:06 PM »
No, but he'd carry California, maybe even the entire Pacific Coast, since Humphrey only barely lost Alaska.
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2024, 08:23:45 PM »
No, because LBJ hated his guts
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2024, 11:48:44 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2024, 11:50:47 PM »
HHH won Texas taks to LBJ. RFK would have lose most white rural tean HHH voters to Nixon or Wallace.
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« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2024, 10:44:24 AM »
« Edited: March 06, 2024, 04:53:03 PM by E-Dawg 🇺🇦🇦🇲 »
From what know about LBJ he was a party man first and foremost. I could easily see him putting aside his hatred of RFK and campaigning for him just as he did for Humphrey. It's just a question of if Texans would have listened. And considering that Humphrey was a better fit for the state and still barely won it, I do think Nixon would have won Texas in this sencerio. I just don't think that would be out of LBJ not doing everything he could for RFK to win.
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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2024, 04:31:06 PM »
No but I think he might have beat Nixon in California.
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2024, 04:40:38 PM »

He wouldn't because he was too liberal, but LBJ hating him would have been the real reason.
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