Word: humphrey
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Pipes is a registered Democrat, who voted for Humphrey in 1968 and for every Democratic presidential candidate before him. He says he would have voted for any candidate the Democrats put up, except McGovern...
Despite such modest upbeat signs, there was nothing resembling the final surge that almost swept Hubert Humphrey to victory in 1968. Said George Christian, L.B.J.'s former press secretary who is now a Democrat for Nixon: "It's a creeping thing...
...Democrats met in July with the nomination still in some doubt. McGovern, victor in the primaries, and the candidate of the young, was faced against an array of assorted party stalwarts, the most important being Hubert Humphrey, a prominent politician since before some of the McGovern delegates had been born...
Except for the year of the Lyndon Johnson landslide, presidential contests in Texas have been excruciatingly close. In 1960, Kennedy carried the state by a mere two per cent, while Humphrey won by a margin of only 1.2 per cent. Party loyalty goes a long way in Texas, but it seems to stop just short of the White House. In order to capture the state, McGovern will need strong support from the traditionally Democratic minority groups in the state, as well as from newly registered voters...
Even in the 1968 campaign, where the media played such an important part, neither the Nixon nor the Humphrey campaigns were able to reach more than 1000 radio stations a day. During that campaign all the radio reports were shipped back to Washington before they were sent out, thus delaying the process and minimizing the number of cities each of the candidates could reach. Walker said that 25 per cent of the American people use the radio as their primary news source, and he thus feels that his job is of extraordinary significance...