How did George Wallace win the 1972 Michigan Democratic Primary in a Landslide?

[Podgy the Bear]

I suspect that Wallace would have won Michigan anyway even if he had not been shot (Maryland is harder to determine). 

Wallace was a serious force for the 1972 Democratic nomination--rolling through all the Southern states.  He was a tremendous vote getter that year, but his people did not know the rules--and in several instances, he hardly received delegates whereas McGovern's people did know the rules and qualified for delegates even where their vote total was not high.

It's interesting to speculate what would have happened otherwise had Wallace stayed healthy.  There was discussion of a Humphrey-Wallace alliance (Jimmy Carter and others proposed this)--or perhaps he would have proceeded with another third party run.