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The US Election of 1968

Answer these trivia questions about the election of 1968
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Last updated: July 17, 2021
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Who was the winning candidate?
Richard Nixon
For which party did the winning candidate run for?
Republican
What was the winning candidate's home state?
New York
Who became vice president?
Spiro Agnew
Who was the main opposing party's candidate?
Hubert Humphrey
Which party did the main opposing candidate run for?
Democratic
Who was the opposing vice presidential candidate?
Edmund Muskie
What was the newly formed third party in this election?
American Independent
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Who was the third party's candidate?
George Wallace
Who was the incumbent that withdrew early in the primaries?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which controversial war was raging at the time?
Vietnam War
Who was the conservative challenger to the winning president in the primaries, who later became president himself?
Ronald Reagan
Where was the location of one party's National Convention, where anti war protests turned into riots that may have contributed to the party's loss in the election?
Chicago
What did the winning candidate promise to restore? (Perhaps in response to the riots above)
Law and Order
What was the closest state?
Missouri (1.15%)
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