In the 1968 presidential election, Republican former Vice President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Democratic former Alabama Governor George Wallace, who was ...

Nixon won in 1968 by 0.7 percentage points — people are mixing up 1972 (a genuine landslide) with 1968 (a razor-thin election) to make it seem like candidate-swapping is obviously doomed.

That year, they collaborated in an effort to help Nixon win over Black voters and the 1968 presidential election, writes ...