I found something that I wrote in 7th grade October 18, 1968

[jpak]

We had to write about the candidates in the upcoming election

I supported Humphrey, but this is what I wrote about George Wallace...

"George Wallace, I think, isn't capable to cope with the job. And his views on Viet Nam and Law and Order, all I can say it turns my stomach inside out. His running mate Gen. Curtis LeMay, if he wins will start WW III. He and his superior will have their fingers on the "nuclear button".

The page where I wrote about Nixon is missing....



on edit: I got an A- - but the teacher wrote "Can you back all you say?"

[guillaumeb]

1. My guess is that Fred and Donald Trump supported Wallace. eom

[Aristus]

2. Interesting.

That was the day after I was born. Too young to vote for Humphrey...

[jpak]

8. I also wrote this....

"Some misinformed people I can think of have the notion that the North Vietnamese, after the end of the war, will come over here. These are the people who are undecided and don't vote. If H.H.H. is elected, he'll keep the people well informed."

[secondwind]

3. I was a Humphrey supporter also. I cried when he lost.

It was my first time voting.

[MuseRider]

4. I was in 8th or 9th grade

at that time and I do not remember any teacher discussing politics at all. It maybe just me though, my parents never did and we never had the news on. I think I discovered we were at war in Vietnam about that time (Jr. High) by listening to music.

You were a smart kid and your teacher taught you a valuable lesson, to be able to back up what you say. Cool find.

[Freddie]

5. I was in 7th grade the same year

I remember being interested in the election (my folks were Nixon supporters but turned Dem for Carter and stayed that way). Probably the last time a 3rd party candidate won electoral votes.

[Boomerproud]

7. Probably the only time a 3rd party candidate

actually swung an election. Tragically in this case.

[Martin Eden]

6. I was in 6th grade, and we held a mock election in my school on the SW edge of Chicago

Of the 26 in my class, I was one of 2 who voted for Humphrey; 6 voted for Nixon; and 18 voted for Wallace.

Those votes no doubt reflected the views of their parents. Earlier that year, the assassination of MLK was a very sad event in my household. When I went to school the next day there was an air of celebration on the playground.