The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) is now available! <a href="https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ</a><br /><br />Mr. Beat's band: <a href="http://electricneedleroom.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://electricneedleroom.net/</a><br />Mr. Beat on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt</a><br />Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat</a><br />The 46th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1968, the country is a bit chaotic as everyone seems to be out in the streets protesting or smoking marijuana. Oh, and there's a three-way race for the Presidency. And people keep getting shot. <br /><br />#uspresidentialelections #apush #ushistory<br /><br />Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here:<br /><a href="http://www.countingthevotes.com/1968" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.countingthevotes.com/1968</a><br /><br />The 46th Presidential election in American history took place on November 5, 1968. Sure, President Lyndon Johnson kicked butt in the 1964 election, but what a difference four years makes. In case you didn’t know, the 1960s were probably the most exciting decade of the twentieth century. Society was dramatically changing, and one of the quickest ways to realize this is by comparing music from the beginning of the decade to music from the end of the decade. Not only was there the rise of the hippie counterculture, but there was the rise of the New Left movement and Black Power. 1968 was a crazy year in American history. There were many riots and just a lot of mad people who took to the streets to protest. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, for crying out loud. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Johnson’s popularity declined dramatically, most due to the Vietnam War. Each year during his Presidency, Johnson had sent more and more soldiers to fight in a war that more and more Americans were saying was stupid and pointless. Not only that, the war was not going well at all. It was looking like this might be the first war the United States lost, ever, well unless you count the Civil War. <br /><br />Despite all this, Johnson decided to run for reelection anyway, but he did have opponents, like Eugene McCarthy, the Senator from Minnesota, and Robert Kennedy, the brother of John Kennedy and now Senator from New York. When the Vietnam War went worse and Johnson didn’t do so well with the New Hampshire primary, he decided to drop out of the race.<br />(Video of Johnson)<br />After this, Vice President Hubert Humphrey decided to run. In the Democratic primaries, it was basically a three-way race between Humphrey, Kennedy, and McCarthy. Humphrey had supported sending troops to Vietnam, and Kennedy and McCarthy were both strongly anti-war. This would make you think Kennedy and McCarthy were all cozy, and they used to be, but McCarthy was a little annoyed that he was the first one bold enough to challenge Johnson about the war and now Kennedy was wanting all th<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwO3c7Du9oQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwO3c7Du9oQ</a>