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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« on: September 01, 2006, 03:39:14 PM »

Here's how I see it.  Wallace is the main beneficiary of RFK getting the nomination in '68.



Nixon/Agnew 246
RFK/Symington 147
Wallace/LeMay 145

Symington easily defeats Agnew in the Senate (since LeMay is out of the running) but Nixon is easily able to covince enough Wallace Democrats to support him for President over RFK so we end up with the first P/VP split since Adams/Jefferson 172 years earlier.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2006, 08:02:29 PM »

Also, Thurmond was strong Nixon backer in 1968,  and would have been actively campaigning for him.  Indeed, assuming a 1968 that would be the same as OTL's except have Thurmond on the sidelines and Wallace wins South Carolina and has a decent shot at both North Carolina and Tennessee as well a second place finish in Florida instead of a third.  Nixon would still win, but with only 270 EV's he might have done a few things differently with the result being so close.
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