'Campaign '68'

Nixon on the campaign trail in 1968
The 1968 presidential election marked the rise of Republican dominance that would last for the next 40 years. "Campaign '68" traces the violent, dramatic contours of the contest that turned America in a whole new direction.
Photo courtesy of Dirck Halstead

The dramatic 1968 presidential election was a watershed in American politics. For half a century, the Democratic Party had dominated the political landscape. But in 1968, it crumbled.

Richard Nixon was elected president and a new era of Republican conservatism was born. Some say 2008 may be the end of that era.

"Campaign '68" reveals the remarkable resonances between these two landmark political years, and how the events and consequences of 1968 help us better understand the 2008 race.

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