Smells Like ‘68: Foreboding Parallels for Democrats in 2024

Smells Like ‘68: Foreboding Parallels for Democrats in 2024: This election season, there are many parallels to the election year of 1968 on display, and none of it bodes well for Democrats’ chances in November. 

It didn’t work out for Democrats back then, certainly, with Republican Richard Nixon handily defeating Hubert Humphrey, and Republicans picking up a net five seats in both the Senate and the House, along with a net gain of five governorships.