DanielX
Junior Chimp
Posts: 5,126
Political Matrix
E: 2.45, S: -4.70
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« on: December 06, 2004, 06:06:42 PM » |
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1980? Nope. Reagan won by a MOE bigger than Anderson's vote. Plus, some Anderson voters were left-leaning Republicans in the Northeast.
1968? The rift between George Wallace and Hubert Humphrey was severe, to say the least. Although both were fiscal leftists, they were essentially radical-right and radical-left on the social spectrum, respectively. And Southern Dems just didn't like Humphrey... his speech at the 1948 Dem convention was one of the main factors in prompting the Strom Thurmond campaign and the Dixiecrats.
Incidentally, 1948 had Truman winning despite a 3-way Democrat split, along with Henry Wallace (Do not confuse with George!) and Strom Thurmond. Actually, the split may have helped him with the heartland voters, allowing him to be perceived as a 'moderate' amidst the 'extremists'.
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