Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign lesson learned from 1960, the campaign employed 100,000 workers to oversee election day polling sites to prevent a recurrence of what many Republicans viewed as 1960's stolen election. Nixon went on a whistle-stop train tour of Ohio near the end of October. From the back of the "Nixon Victory Special" car, he bashed Vice President Humphrey as well as the Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney General of the Johnson cabinet, for farmers' debt and rising crime. At this time, the campaign released two controversial television advertisements, juxtaposing a smiling Humphrey with images of the Vietnam War and the chaos at
Electoral history of Richard Nixon Electoral history of Richard Nixon Electoral history of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (1969–1974), 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961); United States Senator (1950–1953) and United States Representative (1947–1950) from California. Nixon ran unopposed in the 1948 Republican primary. 1952 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 1952 Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): 1956 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 1956: Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): 1960 Republican presidential primaries: 1960 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally): United States presidential election, 1960: There were 537 electoral votes,