What would the Republican party be today if...

[DownWithTheLeft]

Rocky was the nominee in 1964 and won?

[Bacon King]

We'd be the champions, of course.

[Gabu]

We'd be the champions, of course.

You're obviously completely wrong - the Republican Party would be committed to honoring the ethnic diversity brought to America by moose and squirrels.

[StateBoiler]

Rocky was the nominee in 1964 and won?

The South would still be Democrat.

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Rocky was the nominee in 1964 and won?

The South would still be Democrat.

Also, many conservatives from the Republican party would have left to either join the Democrats (if Henry 'Scoop' Jackson was nominated) or create a new conservative party. In 1968 it probably would have been something like Rockefeller vs. Humphrey vs. Goldwater or Reagan.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Rocky was the nominee in 1964 and won?

Defunct.  You know, like the Whigs.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Also, many conservatives from the Republican party would have left to either join the Democrats (if Henry 'Scoop' Jackson was nominated)

Why? Jackson might have been fiercely anti-communist and rather hawkish, but a conservative he was not.

[minionofmidas]

Not to mention that there was no chance of Johnson not being nominated. Nor of Johnson not winning the 1964 general election, so the whole thread is rather irrelevant.

[gorkay]

It's hard to imagine any Republican getting elected in '64, but if Rockefeller had...

Chances are excellent that Richard Nixon would never have been President.

Chances are also excellent that Robert Kennedy would not have been assassinated, as he would not have been running for the Democratic nomination in '68 but would have waited until '72 to face Rocky's successor.

If RFK had waited until '72 to run, and had beaten the Republican nominee, Jimmy Carter would never have been President. If Ronald Reagan had run in 1980, he would have been facing RFK's successor.

You could go on and on with this, obviously, but you get the idea.

[wdecker1]

One of two things would have happened:
1. The party would have split apart, with the conservatives forming their own party and the moderates joining the Democrats.
2. The conservatives would have taken over the party anyway, but the movement would have been delayed a few years.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

We'd see a GOP focused on eastern elites, the business wing, western semilibertarians, bicoastal latte liberals and other social center right to center left/economic conservative types. Basically its the bourbon democrats, rockefeller republicans in charge... forever.

[Person Man]

So a 19th century-like map-

It comes down to Cali where the elites in San Fransico and Orange County square off against immigrants, the working class, social conservatives and farmers.