1968 Presidential Campaign

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:campaigns Grassroots fundraising
Support from labor unions
Fundraising from business interests
gptkbp:community_impact Rise of third-party candidates
Shift in Southern voting patterns
gptkbp:diplomatic_relations Continuation of Great Society programs
Vietnam negotiations
gptkbp:election_year gptkb:1968
Nixon led in polls
gptkbp:historical_debate gptkb:Nixon-Humphrey_debates
gptkbp:historical_significance Rise of the counterculture movement
Increased polarization in American politics
Major political realignment in the U. S.
First election after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1968 Presidential Campaign
gptkbp:key_issues gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Law_and_Order
Civil Rights
gptkbp:media_coverage Television debates
gptkbp:motto “ The Great Society”
“ Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever”
gptkbp:notable_allies Isolationism
gptkbp:notable_inductees gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:George_Wallace
gptkbp:political_position gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:American_Independent_Party
States' rights
Social welfare programs
gptkbp:president gptkb:Spiro_Agnew
Economic stability
0.7%
“ Peace with Honor”
gptkbp:result Richard Nixon elected President
gptkbp:rival gptkb:Madison_Grant
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Chicago_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor_and_Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations
gptkb:weapon
gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Law_and_Order
Appeal to segregationist voters
Continuity of Johnson's policies
gptkbp:tank_mates gptkb:Edmund_Muskie
gptkbp:voter_turnout over 60%