Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign

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Democratic Party presidential primary campaign United States presidential campaign

Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign was a short-lived but transformative Democratic bid for the U.S. presidency that energized anti-war and civil rights movements before being abruptly ended by his assassination.

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1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign 2
Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968 1
Robert F. Kennedy targeted working-class and African American voters in Indiana 1

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instanceOf Democratic Party presidential primary campaign ⓘ
United States presidential campaign ⓘ
assassin Sirhan Sirhan ⓘ
assassinationDate 1968-06-05 ⓘ
campaignManager Stephen E. Smith ⓘ
campaignSlogan On the way to a better America ⓘ
Vote Democratic ⓘ
campaignTheme economic equality ⓘ
ending the Vietnam War ⓘ
racial reconciliation ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
youth engagement in politics ⓘ
candidate Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
election 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
endDate 1968-06-05 ⓘ
endedBy assassination of Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalSignificance became symbol of lost liberal reform movement of the 1960s ⓘ
energized anti-war movement within Democratic Party ⓘ
influenced direction of Democratic Party platform in 1968 ⓘ
strengthened link between Democratic Party and civil rights causes ⓘ
keyAdvisor Adam Walinsky ⓘ
Edmund Muskie ⓘ
Frank Mankiewicz ⓘ
legacy inspired later progressive Democratic campaigns ⓘ
remains subject of extensive historical and political analysis ⓘ
notablePrimary 1968 California Democratic presidential primary ⓘ
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary ⓘ
1968 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary ⓘ
opposedCandidate Eugene McCarthy ⓘ
Hubert H. Humphrey ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
positionOnCivilRights advocated racial justice and desegregation ⓘ
supported civil rights movement ⓘ
positionOnCrime emphasized addressing root causes of crime ⓘ
positionOnPoverty advocated anti-poverty programs ⓘ
supported expansion of social welfare programs ⓘ
positionOnUrbanPolicy focused on urban unrest and inequality ⓘ
positionOnVietnamWar advocated negotiated settlement in Vietnam ⓘ
opposed escalation of the Vietnam War ⓘ
primaryElection 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
startDate 1968-03-16 ⓘ
supportBase African American voters ⓘ
Latino voters ⓘ
anti–Vietnam War activists ⓘ
civil rights activists ⓘ
urban working-class voters ⓘ
young voters ⓘ
terminatedBy assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles ⓘ
wonPrimary 1968 California Democratic presidential primary ⓘ
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary ⓘ
1968 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary ⓘ

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1968 California Democratic presidential primary → campaignSloganUsedBy → Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968
1968 Indiana Democratic presidential primary → campaignStrategy → Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert F. Kennedy targeted working-class and African American voters in Indiana
Sirhan Sirhan → convictedOf → Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: murder of Robert F. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick incident → victimAffiliation → Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
Adam Walinsky → workedOn → Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign
Mary Jo Kopechne → workedOn → Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign