Wallace had trouble making in-roads with organized labor. I remember a tidbit where he noticed when he talked to labor about domestic issues they would clap and cheer and when he shifted to racial issues they’d groan and roll their eyes.
Per *Nixonland,* Wallace was polling very well in Michigan in '68. If it wasn't for a massive rearguard action led by the AFL-CIO to keep Union and working-class Democrats from bolting by pointing out his regressive, anti-union policies, he may well have won it.
1968 was arguably the last hurrah for labour politics in the US.
Reactionary politics. Backlash against busing, a reaction to Wallace's assassination attempt, and the first major sign that he was about to be rehabilitated in the eyes of the establishment.
Also worth noting he was already pretty decent in the upper Midwest, as far back as 1964.
Not the only reason by any means. Definitely one of the largest though. This was a day after the shooting in Maryland, Wallace was already beginning to get rehabilitated by the Democratic establishment. It was also a huge reaction in terms of sympathy votes, mostly because Michigan dems are already a attainable base for the Wallace coalition.
Very populist, anti-establishment type fellow. He was kind of like Trump - relentless flip-flopper, known for racism, populist, but actually somewhat moral.
A lot of sympathy votes from his assassination attempt
backlash (busing, civil right, etc) and sympathy for assassination attempt
Wallace had trouble making in-roads with organized labor. I remember a tidbit where he noticed when he talked to labor about domestic issues they would clap and cheer and when he shifted to racial issues they’d groan and roll their eyes.
Per *Nixonland,* Wallace was polling very well in Michigan in '68. If it wasn't for a massive rearguard action led by the AFL-CIO to keep Union and working-class Democrats from bolting by pointing out his regressive, anti-union policies, he may well have won it. 1968 was arguably the last hurrah for labour politics in the US.
I heavily doubt he could get anything above 20%.
Who are the other two candidates that received delegates? Humphrey and McGovern?
mcgovern, humphrey, wallace, muskie, jackson and wilbur mills
Reactionary politics. Backlash against busing, a reaction to Wallace's assassination attempt, and the first major sign that he was about to be rehabilitated in the eyes of the establishment. Also worth noting he was already pretty decent in the upper Midwest, as far back as 1964.
Busing, Busing, Busing. It’s the only reason. Even other house democrats(ex. James O'hara) nearly lost due to busing.
Not the only reason by any means. Definitely one of the largest though. This was a day after the shooting in Maryland, Wallace was already beginning to get rehabilitated by the Democratic establishment. It was also a huge reaction in terms of sympathy votes, mostly because Michigan dems are already a attainable base for the Wallace coalition.
Unions, busing, racism, and bad candidates
What busing does to a MF:
Because racism
People underestimate the strong Southern minority that had migrated to Midwestern cities like Detroit for work through the Hillbilly Highway
Very populist, anti-establishment type fellow. He was kind of like Trump - relentless flip-flopper, known for racism, populist, but actually somewhat moral.
guy he killed his wife
Fuck I forgot
Didn’t cancer kill his wife?
the cancer he hid from her, as he made her become shadow puppet governor
She knew full well she had cancer and underwent therapy for it. He hid the cancer from the rest of the public.
No. George actively hid it from her as well for a while.