TheConversationUS , 3 months ago

An unpopular president. A war that’s dividing the president’s party. A looming election.
We’re talking about 1968 – What year were you thinking of?

In that year President Lyndon B. Johnson just 6 months before the election, he surprised the nation by deciding not to seek re-election. Some Democrats are hoping Biden will follow that example. But a historian looks back at the chaos in 1968 and resulting victory for Nixon:
https://theconversation.com/hopes-that-biden-will-quit-his-reelection-campaign-ignore-the-differences-and-lessons-of-lbj-and-1968s-democratic-catastrophe-225069
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