1972 Democratic primaries (percentages)

[Rob]

Wallace vs. Nixon:



Nixon narrowly wins, 283-255. This election would be vital, because the parties would be reversed. The South would become ultra-Democratic again, and blue collar workers in the North would vote heavily Democratic as well. DC and Hawaii would become GOP strongholds, as minorities vote Republican.  Wallace would also have done well in the Mountain West. If Wallace had been the nominee, the Democrats would have become the majority party again.

This could easily become an alternate timeline.

[Rob]

This could easily become an alternate timeline.

I'll add it to my "to do" list

Sounds cool .

[Rob]

I think if Wallace was nominated, two things would have happened:

1) he would have moved towards the center

2) a liberal 3rd party candidate would have emerged to win DC and maybe a few Northeastern states.

Yes for the first one; however, he still would have been the mad as hell protest candidate.

I don't think a third-party candidate would run. Wallace would force Nixon to run as the more socially liberal candidate, and the McGovernites would vote for him in droves.