Republican presidential nomination 1968

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Republican Party presidential nomination contest United States presidential primary election

The Republican presidential nomination of 1968 was the contest in which Richard Nixon ultimately secured the party’s bid for the U.S. presidency amid a turbulent political climate marked by Vietnam War tensions and domestic unrest.

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Label Occurrences
1968 Republican National Convention 2
1968 Richard Nixon presidential campaign 1
President of the United States (1968 Republican primaries) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Republican Party presidential nomination contest ⓘ
United States presidential primary election ⓘ
appliesToPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
campaignIssue Vietnam War policy ⓘ
law and order ⓘ
urban unrest ⓘ
campaignSloganAssociatedWithWinner Nixon’s appeal to the “silent majority” ⓘ
context 1960s domestic unrest in the United States ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
conventionEndDate 1968-08-08 ⓘ
conventionLocation Miami Beach ⓘ
surface form: Miami Beach, Florida
conventionStartDate 1968-08-05 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
delegateSelectionMethod Presidential preference primaries ⓘ
State party conventions ⓘ
followedBy Republican presidential nomination 1972 ⓘ
follows Republican presidential nomination 1964 ⓘ
frontRunnerAtConvention Richard Nixon ⓘ
historicalSignificance Marked Richard Nixon’s political comeback after his 1960 presidential defeat and 1962 California gubernatorial loss ⓘ
ideologicalTension Moderate versus conservative wings of the Republican Party ⓘ
influencedBy Democratic Party divisions in 1968 ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision not to seek re-election ⓘ
ledTo Election of Richard Nixon as President of the United States in 1968 ⓘ
majorCandidate George W. Romney ⓘ
surface form: George Romney

Harold Stassen ⓘ
Nelson Rockefeller ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
mediaFormat Televised campaign and convention coverage ⓘ
nominatedForOffice President of the United States ⓘ
nominee Richard Nixon ⓘ
notableOpponentIdeology Nelson Rockefeller as leader of the liberal Republican wing ⓘ
Ronald Reagan as leader of the conservative Republican wing ⓘ
notablePrimaryState New Hampshire ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
opposedBy Nelson Rockefeller ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
partOf 1968 United States presidential election ⓘ
pointInTime 1968 ⓘ
preConventionStrategyOfWinner Early organization and delegate accumulation by Richard Nixon ⓘ
primarySystem Combination of state primaries and caucuses ⓘ
resultedIn Republican presidential nomination 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party nomination of Richard Nixon for president
runningMateOffice Vice President of the United States ⓘ
runningMateSelected Spiro Agnew ⓘ
significantEvent Republican presidential nomination 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1968 Republican National Convention
ticket Richard Nixon ⓘ
surface form: Richard Nixon–Spiro Agnew
winner Richard Nixon ⓘ

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Nelson Rockefeller → ranForOffice → Republican presidential nomination 1968 ⓘ
Miami and the Siege of Chicago → subject → Republican presidential nomination 1968 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Republican National Convention
John A. Volpe → officeContested → Republican presidential nomination 1968 ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the United States (1968 Republican primaries)
Republican presidential nomination 1968 → significantEvent → Republican presidential nomination 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Republican National Convention
Republican presidential nomination 1968 → resultedIn → Republican presidential nomination 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republican Party nomination of Richard Nixon for president
Bob Haldeman → workedOn → Republican presidential nomination 1968 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Richard Nixon presidential campaign