Humphrey is too tied to unpopular President Johnson and to the Vietnam fiasco.
Rockefeller offers new, decisive, and strong leadership.
Reagan helps Rockefeller in the upper south and in the west, and helps greatly in holding the Republican base. A very smart choice by Rockefeller.
Smathers adds nothing to the Humphrey ticket.
Rockefeller is a known quantity, with a solid record of leadership.
Humphrey is a good man, but after 8 years of Democratic administration, an unpopular foreign war, the public believes it is time for a change. Rockefeller offers a viable alternative, and the public elects him President.
Rockefeller/Reagan 284
Humphrey/Smathers 174
Wallace/LeMay 80
