What would be a feasible path to victory for Hubert Humphrey in 1968?

[WilliamStone1776]

Discuss with maps please.

[dw93]

Hmm... The Democrats were at the start of a 20 year stretch where they were at a great disadvantage in the electoral college, so if HHH wins, it's narrow. In this map, I flipped all the states Nixon won by less than 3% (New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Alaska) to Humphrey:

Humphrey wins 275 to Nixon's 218 and Wallace's 45 electoral votes. Humphrey wins the popular vote by around the same percentage Nixon did.

[WilliamStone1776]

dw93, what do you think '72 would look like with your map?

[Mr. Smith]

Humphrey/Muskie
Nixon/Agnew

Just a slightly better performance in Los Angeles would've flipped California. Unlike JFK, Humphrey dominated the Bay Area. All it would've taken was JFK's LA numbers to finish it....and maybe hold one of the old Dixie North counties.

[Sir Mohamed]

✓ Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 284 EVs.; 44.5%
Former Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Governor Spiro Agnew (R-MD): 209 EVs.; 43.0%
Former Governor George Wallace (AI-AL)/General Curtis LeMay (AI-CA): 45 EVs.; 10.9%

[dw93]

dw93, what do you think '72 would look like with your map?

It depends on who the Republican candidate is, the state of the country, and whether HHH gets a primary challenge, and if there's a third party candidate.

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