Quote Originally Posted by Mad Lews View Post
Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 comes to mind. His reelection bid collapsed by March of '68 so he withdrew and allowed the Dems to chose Hubert Humphrey. George Wallace also ran and probably siphoned off some democratic votes (the old south was solidly democratic then still blaming the republicans for Lincoln and the defeat of the confederacy.) Nixon won a electoral college landslide 301 to 191 with Wallace getting 46. The popular vote was closer 43.4% to 42.8% with Wallace at just under 14%
What I meant to say if any Incubent that actualy ran, always won, I know about johnson, but my reference was towards any incumbent that was actualy in the general election, Johnson choose to to run again thus with Humphrey runnig Humphry would not have been the actauly incumbent since he never served as President only VP