1968 Presidential election poll - Democratic Underground

RB TexLa

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Fri May-06-11 08:19 PM
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Poll question: 1968 Presidential election poll

Had the race been between:

Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R)

and

George Wallace/Ted Kennedy (D)

Who would you have voted for

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rug

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Fri May-06-11 08:21 PM
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1. Eldridge Cleaver.

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Ptah

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Fri May-06-11 08:25 PM
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2. Timothy Leary / G.Gordon Liddy

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Capitalocracy

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Fri May-06-11 08:25 PM
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3. OK, I need to preface this by saying it's just a joke...

I'd vote for Wallace/Kennedy and then shoot Wallace. :evilgrin:

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Fri May-06-11 08:25 PM
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4. I voted for Dr. Spock and Eldridge Cleaver

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OmmmSweetOmmm

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Fri May-06-11 08:27 PM
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5. George Wallace the racist prick? Awful poll. Fail.

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csziggy

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Fri May-06-11 08:35 PM
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6. No way in hell that Ted Kennedy would have run with Wallace

No way that the Democratic Party would have put Wallace on their ticket much less on top.

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JVS

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Fri May-06-11 08:38 PM
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7. Yeech. George Wallace wouldn't get my vote.

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quaker bill

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Fri May-06-11 08:38 PM
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8. Back in that day

Wallace was the right wing alternative to Nixon.

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izquierdista

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Fri May-06-11 08:48 PM
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9. None of the above?

Where do you make up your history? In the real 1968 Presidential election, Wallace did NOT have Ted Kennedy for a running mate, and he DID win 5 states (and NOT as a Democrat). But let's make your supposition a bit more modern. Had the 2008 race been between John McCain/Sarah Palin (R) and Eric Rudolph/Bernie Sanders (D) who would you have voted for?

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Smarmie Doofus

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Fri May-06-11 09:01 PM
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10. Dick Gregory. I believe he was on the ballot in NYS.

Or was it Dr. Spock.

In any case , I'd probably be banned by DU for failing to support the party nominee.

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jwirr

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Fri May-06-11 09:28 PM
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11. I didn't vote - why would Ted Kennedy have agreed to run with George

Wallace?

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madinmaryland

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Fri May-06-11 09:30 PM
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12. Just pass the joint around and STOP bogarting. And time for you to sit the rest

of the night out.

:grr:

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unkachuck

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Fri May-06-11 09:42 PM
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13. Wallace/Kennedy....

....Wallace repented as governor in his old age and Kennedy would have beat sense into Wallace much earlier....

....I can withstand a little evil, but nixon/agnew is beyond my limit....checking nixon/agnew on a ballot would make me feel dirty....

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David__77

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Fri May-06-11 09:42 PM
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14. Nixon was preferable to Wallace.

That, of course, is not saying much. Wallace was a real fascist.

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regnaD kciN

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Fri May-06-11 10:22 PM
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15. Pointless hypothetical question...

Edited on Fri May-06-11 10:23 PM by regnaD kciN

While Wallace ran as a Democrat in the primaries in 1972, he never considered anything other than a third-party run in 1968. And, as others have noted, there's no way Kennedy or any other leading Democrat would have run on a ticket with Wallace under any conditions.

You may as well ask how you would vote next year if the choice was between Obama/Biden and Palin/Kucinich. :crazy:

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Journeyman

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Fri May-06-11 10:41 PM
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16. That election, among the silly choices you've posited, I'd have to go with Pat Paulsen. . .

http://www.paulsen.com/archive.html

and here are a selection of his editorials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4kWLUnorTU

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