Vice President Hubert Humphrey decides to seek the Democratic nomination, 1968

Vice President Hubert Humphrey decides to seek the Democratic nomination, 1968

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Humphrey came into the race with the support of President Johnson and the democratic party establishment making him front runner immediately while Mccarthy and ķennedy battled it out in the primaries coming up in Indiana and n

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It split the Democratic Party. The 1968 DNC convention was more of a coronation. Which is why a lot of McCarthy supporters never fully supported Humphrey