The US Election of 1968 - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
For which party did the winning candidate run for? Republican
98%
Who was the winning candidate? Richard Nixon
98%
Which controversial war was raging at the time? Vietnam War
92%
Who was the incumbent that withdrew early in the primaries? Lyndon B. Johnson
90%
Who was the conservative challenger to the winning president in the primaries, who later became president himself? Ronald Reagan
90%
Which party did the main opposing candidate run for? Democratic
88%
Who was the main opposing party's candidate? Hubert Humphrey
86%
Who became vice president? Spiro Agnew
82%
Where was the location of one party's National Convention, where anti war protests turned into riots that may have contributed to the party's loss in the election? Chicago
80%
Who was the third party's candidate? George Wallace
80%
What did the winning candidate promise to restore? (Perhaps in response to the riots above) Law and Order
69%
What was the winning candidate's home state? New York
69%
Who was the opposing vice presidential candidate? Edmund Muskie
47%
What was the newly formed third party in this election? American Independent
45%
What was the closest state? Missouri (1.15%)
29%
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