When you consider the demographics of Gingrich and Santorum voters, it's interesting how much they overlap with those of a candidate of the past:
-The impact of the Wallace campaign was substantial, winning the electoral votes of several states in the Deep South. Wallace was the most popular 1968 presidential candidate among young men. Wallace also proved to be popular among blue-collar workers in the North and Midwest, and he took many votes which might have gone to Humphrey.
-By September of 1968, Wallace could prevent either Nixon or Humphrey from winning a clear majority in the electoral college. He rivaled Nixon for votes in the South on the issues of integration and law and order. He also could deprive Humphrey of the blue-collar, Democratic voters who were fed up with the "noisy marches and demonstrations and the vehement anti-American language of dissident white intellectuals, left-wing college students, Vietnam, and poverty in the nation."
Wallace, then, took up the cause of common citizens who had been estranged from their government. His campaign centered mainly around the issues of segregation, law and order, and patriotism. He also spoke about federal interference in local schools, including busing and racial balance; the liberal Supreme Court; federal restrictions over the sale of private homes; and heavy federal taxation....one of Wallace's favorite [was] themes: Us vs Them. Wallace always attempted to pinpoint the "enemies" and to set up a dichotomy for his audiences. In these instances the Supreme Court is the cause of lawlessness; the reason for the current state of civil disorder. His treatment of the Supreme Court as the enemy helped to enforce the belief of his supporters that his efforts as President would rectify the decaying federal courts.
Another favorite enemy of Wallace were the "anarchists." As with the "law and order" phrase, "anarchists" was a similar catch-all term that could mean students, liberals, the press, militants, etc., depending on the occasion. The "anarchists" got a lot of attention from Wallace and illustrated his continued use of the Us vs Them strategy concerning law and order.
-The impact of the Wallace campaign was substantial, winning the electoral votes of several states in the Deep South. Wallace was the most popular 1968 presidential candidate among young men. Wallace also proved to be popular among blue-collar workers in the North and Midwest, and he took many votes which might have gone to Humphrey.
-By September of 1968, Wallace could prevent either Nixon or Humphrey from winning a clear majority in the electoral college. He rivaled Nixon for votes in the South on the issues of integration and law and order. He also could deprive Humphrey of the blue-collar, Democratic voters who were fed up with the "noisy marches and demonstrations and the vehement anti-American language of dissident white intellectuals, left-wing college students, Vietnam, and poverty in the nation."
Wallace, then, took up the cause of common citizens who had been estranged from their government. His campaign centered mainly around the issues of segregation, law and order, and patriotism. He also spoke about federal interference in local schools, including busing and racial balance; the liberal Supreme Court; federal restrictions over the sale of private homes; and heavy federal taxation....one of Wallace's favorite [was] themes: Us vs Them. Wallace always attempted to pinpoint the "enemies" and to set up a dichotomy for his audiences. In these instances the Supreme Court is the cause of lawlessness; the reason for the current state of civil disorder. His treatment of the Supreme Court as the enemy helped to enforce the belief of his supporters that his efforts as President would rectify the decaying federal courts.
Another favorite enemy of Wallace were the "anarchists." As with the "law and order" phrase, "anarchists" was a similar catch-all term that could mean students, liberals, the press, militants, etc., depending on the occasion. The "anarchists" got a lot of attention from Wallace and illustrated his continued use of the Us vs Them strategy concerning law and order.
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