Did Wallace torpedo Nixon's "Southern Strategy" in 68?

[RINO Tom]

I am no expert on this, but I will add my two cents.  For one, Wallace obviously took SOME votes from Nixon ... it's unclear how many of his (previously Democratic) votes would have stayed with Humphrey, and many Democrats will slam the door in the face of that conversation, though I think wondering about it is with merit.

As far as Nixon, I remember reading a quote he made one time along the lines of, "We knew we couldn't reach the 'Wallace voter,' but we were going for the Southerners who became suspicious with the national Democrats long ago."  This indicates that Nixon was largely targeting Southern suburbanites who had been open to Eisenhower.  This seems reinforced by the fact that Nixon never really appealed to any voters as the "successor" of the Dixiecrats and mostly focused on upper-middle class concerns like busing.