1968 United States presidential election

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The 1968 United States presidential election was a tumultuous contest marked by the Vietnam War, civil unrest, and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, ultimately resulting in Republican Richard Nixon’s victory over Democrat Hubert Humphrey and independent George Wallace.

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Generate an image of the 1968 United States presidential election (The 1968 United States presidential election was a tumultuous contest marked by the Vietnam War, civil unrest, and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, ultimately resulting in Republican Richard Nixon’s victory over Democrat Hubert Humphrey and independent George Wallace.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
campaignSlogan Nixon's the One ⓘ
campaignTheme law and order ⓘ
peace with honor in Vietnam ⓘ
carriedStatesRunnerUp 13 ⓘ
carriedStatesThird 5 ⓘ
carriedStatesWinner 32 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
DemocraticNominee Hubert Humphrey ⓘ
linked to: Hubert H. Humphrey
DemocraticRunningMate Edmund Muskie ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
electoralVotesRunnerUp 191 ⓘ
electoralVotesThird 46 ⓘ
electoralVotesWinner 301 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Richard Nixon ⓘ
followedBy 1972 United States presidential election ⓘ
follows 1964 United States presidential election ⓘ
hasEndDate 1968-11-05 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1968-11-05 ⓘ
incumbentParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
incumbentPresident Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
independentOrThirdPartyNominee George Wallace ⓘ
loser George Wallace ⓘ
Hubert Humphrey ⓘ
linked to: Hubert H. Humphrey
mainIssue Vietnam War ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
law and order ⓘ
urban unrest ⓘ
majorPartyCandidate Hubert Humphrey ⓘ
linked to: Hubert H. Humphrey

Richard Nixon ⓘ
notableEvent 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ⓘ
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
assassination of Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
partOf 1968 United States elections ⓘ
popularVoteShareRunnerUp 42.7% ⓘ
popularVoteShareThird 13.5% ⓘ
popularVoteShareWinner 43.4% ⓘ
popularVoteTotal ~73100000 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Richard Nixon ⓘ
RepublicanNominee Richard Nixon ⓘ
RepublicanRunningMate Spiro Agnew ⓘ
resultedIn Presidency of Richard Nixon ⓘ
thirdParty American Independent Party ⓘ
thirdPartyCandidate George Wallace ⓘ
thirdPartyRunningMate Curtis LeMay ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
vicePresidentialOfficeContested Vice President of the United States ⓘ
voterTurnoutRate ~60.9% ⓘ
winnerParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1968 California Democratic presidential primary → partOf → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary → partOf → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Southern Strategy → usedInElection → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Spiro Agnew → electedIn → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Eugene McCarthy → participatedIn → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Hubert H. Humphrey → candidateIn → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Edmund Muskie → candidateIn → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon → chroniclesEvent → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject linked to: RN
United States presidential election, 1972 → previousElection → United States presidential election, 1968 ⓘ
linked to: 1968 United States presidential election
Miami and the Siege of Chicago → historicalContext → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1964 → nextElection → United States presidential election, 1968 ⓘ
linked to: 1968 United States presidential election
Roger Ailes → workedOn → Richard Nixon presidential campaign 1968 ⓘ
linked to: 1968 United States presidential election
Curtis LeMay → participatedIn → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Robert Kennedy and His Times → focusesOnEvent → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Shampoo → settingEvent → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
1969 presidential inauguration of Richard Nixon → associatedWithElection → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
1968 Democratic National Convention protests → relatedTo → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Republican presidential nomination 1968 → partOf → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
1968 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary → partOf → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Best of Enemies → mainSubject → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
Shampoo (1975 film) → historicalEventContext → 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ