were elected through back channels, small party conventions. in 1968, 73% of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. less than 25% were elected in the way we normally do it. president lyndon johnson took himself out of the race. he was not up for reelection in 1968. this initiated a freefall in the democratic party between a number of candidates. one of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. that was robert kennedy. he was a peace candidate. he had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. he was assassinated in june of 1968. that is one thing lying behind the convention in august of 1968. the kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. hubert humphrey, lyndon johnson s vice president had become the nominee by august. there was another peace candidate, mccarthy who had delegates like kennedy who showed up in chicago in august. it is something of a free-for-all where the delegates are co
let s start with chicago. this last summer with the 50th anniversary of the democratic national convention in chicago. i don t know if any of you saw any of the specials, cnn did a special on that. thinke some footage, i it s a shocking for people to see nowadays. before 1972, there were very few primaries. wereof the delegates collected through back channels, small party conventions, backroom meetings among various politicians. in 1968, 70 3% of democratic delegates to the convention had been elected this way. so, less than 25% were elected in the way that we normally do it. as president lyndon johnson had taken himself out of the race, he was not up for reelection in 1968 which initiated a free-for-all in democratic already between a number of candidates, one of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 68 and that was robert kennedy who was a peace candidate, a really unifying candidate for many people and he was assassinated in june of 1968, so that s
let s start with chicago. this last summer was the 50th anniversary of the democratic national convention in chicago. i don t know if any of you saw, there was a couple of specials. we have some of footage that is pretty shocking for people to see nowadays. 1972, most of the delegates to both conventions through back channels, small party conventions. in 1968, 73% of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. less than 25% were elected in the way we normally do it. lyndon johnson took himself out of the race. he was not up for reelection in 1960 eight. this initiated a freefall in the democratic party between a number of candidates. one of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. that was robert kennedy. he had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. in june ofssinated 1968. that is one thing lying behind the convention in august of 1968. the kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. hub
watergate break-in. her class is about 50 minutes. prof. dailey: we will start with the 1968 democratic national convention. we will talk about the 1968 presidential election. let s start with chicago. this last summer was the 50th anniversary of the democratic national convention in chicago. i don t know if any of you saw, there was a couple of specials. we have some of footage that is pretty shocking for people to see nowadays. before 1972, most of the delegates to both conventions were elected through back channels, small party conventions. in 1968, 73% of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. less than 25% were elected in the way we normally do it. president lyndon johnson took himself out of the race. he was not up for reelection in 1968. this initiated a freefall in the democratic party between a number of candidates. one of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. that was robert kennedy. he was a peace candi
i love you, too. i sure do. oh. i thought you were a she. you re a he. oh, pie goodness. when he was in california, anarchists laid down and threatened his personal safety. the president of the united states. i want to tell you if you elect me the president and i go to california, or i come to arkansas, and some of them lie down in front of my automobile, it will be the last time they want to lie down in front of it. we re joined here in the governor s mansion, in front of the governor s mansion, in montgomery, alabama, two miles south of downtown montgomery by dan carter. biographer of george wallace: the politics of rage, his book. dr. carter, in your book, you describe george wallace as the most influential loser of the 20th century. what do you mean by that? well, certainly of the 20th century, and the period since world war ii, to the rise of conservatism, i can t think of anyone who was more influential, not so much in creating ideas but as showing that there wa