Describe a Nixon 60-RFK 68 voter

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Describe a Nixon voter in the 1960 general election who nevertheless voted for Bobby in the 68 Democratic primary.

[TDAS04]

An African American initially leery of JFK's record on civil rights, but became solidly Democratic post-CRA, and liked RFK a lot (or at least viewed him as more electable than Eugene McCarthy).

[E-Dawg]

A Republican who was pro-civil rights and anti-Vietnam War. (They switched party registration temporally to vote for RFK) They probably voted for Johnson in 1964, and flipped back to voting Nixon in 1968 once Humphrey became the nominee.

[Podgy the Bear]

Jackie Robinson was a Nixon supporter in 1960 and was probably the most famous black Republican of his day--though of course he did not support Goldwater in 1964.

It appears that he was backing Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination in 1968, but Nixon's Southern Strategy was a turnoff to Robinson, and he supported Hubert Humphrey in the general.

There is nothing to indicate that Robinson supported RFK in the 1968 primary, but his affection and support for RFK's stand on civil rights was evident in the letter he wrote to RFK in 1961.   No doubt that Jackie Robinson would have supported RFK in the general if he had lived and become the nominee.

https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/jackie-robinson-letter-to-robert-f-kennedy-may-29-1961

[Vice President Christian Man]

A liberal Republican most likely but not necessarily from New York or Massachusetts where the Kennedy name held the most weight.

[Sol]

Much of the cast of Mad Men.

[Sumner 1868]

A Maine voter in an alternate universe where RFK lives and makes Muskie his running-mate.

[Republican Party Stalwart]

A Republican who was pro-civil rights and anti-Vietnam War. (They switched party registration temporally to vote for RFK) They probably voted for Johnson in 1964, and flipped back to voting Nixon in 1968 once Humphrey became the nominee.

I wouldn't count on this hypothetical voter choosing Nixon over Humphrey in the 68 general; considering Humphrey's steadfast "pro-Civil Rights" record, along with the "half-assed-and-obviously-fake-but-definitely-present-at-all" attempts by Humphrey and his campaign to appear critical of (or at least to distance itself from) LBJ's handling of Vietnam. That said, it nonetheless wouldn't be surprising for this voter to choose Nixon over HHH considering the sheer magnitude of the Johnson-Humphrey administration's mishandling of Nam and overall penchant for "corruption" in general.

A Maine voter in an alternate universe where RFK lives and makes Muskie his running-mate.

Forgive me for getting off topic, but fr though, it's insane how Muskie was singlehandedly able to transform Maine from a safe GOP state to a D-leaning if not safe D state, so much so that it became a swing state after his tenure rather than reverting to safe R status (see the Maine results from the 1976 general election).

Much of the cast of Mad Men.

Why do I know that you're on the right track even though I've never yet watched a single episode of the show?