The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in history. Interestingly, it shares many similarities with another important election: 1968. President Joe Biden ...

Previous Elections Chapman University history professor Luke Nichter discussed the impact of the elections of 1964 and 1966 to open his lecture on Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign and the issues in ...

No, the 2024 Election Won’t Be Anything Like 1968 The election will be a challenge for Joe Biden. But looking to the past won’t help him—or us—understand what lies ahead.

Starting in 1968 and cemented by the back-to-back elections of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984, the GOP has completely absorbed the “right” end of that longtime Democratic coalition.

The last time a presidential nominee was selected at a Democratic National Convention was in 1968, following RFK's ...

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. pic ...

With Democratic officials and donors vying for President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidency, Julian Zelizer writes that replacing the Democratic nominee may not have the intended ...

Lawrence O'Donnell on the 1968 election, and making the reader cry Lawrence O'Donnell will be appearing in Montclair on Feb. 4 as part of the Montclair Public Library's Open Book/Open Mind Series.

Nonetheless, some protesters have taken the same position toward Harris that we displayed toward Humphrey in 1968, denying any responsibility if their protests cause Harris to lose the election ...

During the 1968 election, President Lyndon B. Johnson shocked the nation on March 31 by announcing, “I shall not seek, and will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your ...