Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.
the third party candidate for the 1960 election was Governor George Corley Wallace of Alabama
George Wallace ran as a third party candidate. He received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.
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Wallace wanted to end desegregation efforts and unite southerners under a new party.
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attract enough votes from a major-party candidate that they lose the election
In the 1968 Presidential Election in America, George Wallace ran as the candidate for a political party of his own invention. This was the American Independent Party, the platform for which included isolationism of a sort in foreign policy and continued racial segregation in domestic affairs.
Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Nixon 31,785,480, Humphrey 31,275,166, and George Wallace 9,906,473.
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George Wallace from Alabama was the one. He carried five southern states for a total of 46 electoral votes.
The election year that saw bumper stickers reading "Wallace Wallace Uber Alles" was 1968. The phrase "Uber Alles" is a German term meaning "above all" or "overall," and it was used to emphasize the strong support for segregationist George Wallace in that election. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, ran as a third-party candidate on a platform opposing desegregation and promoting states' rights.
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