Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ogbugbu e gburu Robert Kennedy mere ka osote onyeisiala Hubert Humphrey na Eugene McCarthy na-asọ mpi maka nhọpụta ndị Democrats. Humphrey meriri nhọpụta ahụ na ntuliaka mbụ, mana
Mgbakọ Democratic nke 1968 na Chicago bụ ọdachi na ndị uwe ojii na-alụ ọgụ ndị na-eme udo na-eme ngagharị iwe megide Agha Vietnam. Mgbakọ ndị Republican gara nke ọma karị na onye bụbu osote onyeisiala Richard Nixon natakwara nhọpụta ya na ntuliaka mbụ. Gọvanọ Alabama bụ George Wallace bụ onye na-azọ ọchịchị n'aka ndị American Independent Party. Ka ọ na-erule ụbọchị ntuliaka ahụ, asọmpi ahụ dị n'isi n'isi, ebe Nixon na-enweta mmeri dị nta. Nixon nwetara vootu 31,785,480 (43.4%), Humphrey nwetara vootu 31,275,166, na Wallace nwetara vootu 9,906,473.