1968: RFK/Hatfield vs. Nixon/Agnew vs. Wallace/LeMay.

[hawkeye59]

RFK.
Reply, with maps

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

RFK wouldn't have chosen Hatfield. He woudl've gone for a progressive Southerner like Carl Sanders or Ralph Yarborough.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

I have a great friend on AH.com that has a timeline on an RFK Presidency in 1968 BTW (he has Sanders as RFK's VEEP): http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157130

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

An RFK/Sanders ticket vs. Nixon and Wallace:

An RFK/Hatfield ticket vs. Nixon and Wallace (if it materialized):

I can't see an RFK/Hatfield ticket materializing. Did they agree on that much? RFK would've needed to solidify the entire New Deal coalition, and picking Hatfield could potentially throw a wrench into that. Also, I feel like Hatfield would've been more dovish on Vietnam while RFK would've been more of a realpolitik kind of guy on Vietnam (and on foreign policy in general).

[President Mitt]

That is true, RFK's opposition to the war was never legitimate in the first place.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

That is true, RFK's opposition to the war was never legitimate in the first place.

Can you elaborate please?

I think if Nixon barely held off Humphrey in WI, IL, CA, MO... RFK would have won them all and pushed him into the 300's range.

1968 was actually a physically close election - the 510,000 vote PV margin shows that plenty of states could have gone the other way without much pressure.

[hawkeye59]

That is true, RFK's opposition to the war was never legitimate in the first place.

Can you elaborate please?

I think if Nixon barely held off Humphrey in WI, IL, CA, MO... RFK would have won them all and pushed him into the 300's range.

1968 was actually a physically close election - the 510,000 vote PV margin shows that plenty of states could have gone the other way without much pressure.

Kennedy probably would have won Oregon and Alaska, and lost Texas and Missouri.