1968 Democratic Convention Theory

The highly anticipated Democratic convention of 1968 has finally come to an end, but there still seems to be some animosity between the democrats involved in the convention. I believe the reason for the hostility between the democrats would be that power beat the majority. Even though they did not have the majority of the convention on their side, the more powerful democrats found a way to win the polls. My theory behind the voting is the powerful democrats with the most voting influential colluded together. The two most powerful democrats seemed to be Hubert Humphrey and John Connally. Humphrey picked Connally as his running mate in hopes that it would lead to the Democrats winning back the southern states that were voting for the popular, and pro-segregation nominee George Wallace. Hubert Humphrey and John Connally compromised to focus on the policies they both agreed with, the main focus being moving civil rights lower on their priority list, and staying in the Vietnam War. After the votes were casted Hubert Humphrey won the Democratic nominee with relative ease. Unfortunately for him the hopes of picking Connally as his running mate to lead him to his presidency that Humphrey once had seemed to backfire as it led to him losing a lot of the loyal democrat voters in the north.
Inside the convention was very compelling, …show more content…
I was in the city streets with these protesters being threatened by police. There was a sense of pride and rage, and fear all around me. The mainstream journalist to me didn’t involve the impact that protesters had on the convention. The Novel “No One was Killed”, written by me (John Shultz), is my account of the contradictions and chaos of the convention, the adrenalin, the conspiracy of collusion, the sense of drama and history, and how the mainstream press was getting it all