A very liberal black congresswoman from the northeast, teamed up with a former southern senator who supported school segregation, opposed the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, and opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, make for an odd couple indeed.
With Chisholm at the top of the ticket, even Fulbright fails to bring in any southern states.
A liberal black woman running for President in 1976 does not fly.
Don't get me wrong, Chisholm was a great woman dedicated to the cause of equality and justice, but as a Presidential candidate, she falls way short.
A landslide win for Ford and Dole.
Ford/Dole 466
Chisholm/Fulbright 72
I think your missing the message my friend, a more successful candidacy by Chisholm in '72, who after take Barbara Jordan's seat on the Judiciary and earns her fame as an anti-watergate legislator to the rest of the nation. With no McGovern campaign in '72 or a successful stop Wallace movement, she is able to lock up the minority and liberal vote by more well known to a majority of americans...I think she could pull it off