Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kupondwa kwaRobert Kennedy kwakasiya Mutevedzeri Wemutungamiri Hubert Humphrey naEugene McCarthy vachikwikwidzana nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic. Humphrey akakunda kugadzwa pakusarudzwa kwokutanga, asi Kokorodzano yeDemocratic ya1968
muChicago yakanga iri ngwavaira namapurisa airwisana navamiriri vorugare avo vakanga vachiratidzira Hondo yeVietnam. Kokorodzano yeRepublican yakafamba zvakanaka zvikuru neaichimbova Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Richard Nixon uyo akagamuchirawo kudomwa pakusarudzwa kwokutanga. Gavhuna weAlabama George Wallace akanga ari mukwikwidzi weAmerican Independent Party. Pakazosvika zuva resarudzo nhangemutange yacho yakanga yakatarisana, naNixon achiwana rukundo ruduku. Nixon akawana mavhoti 31.785.480 (43.4%), Humphrey akawana mavhoti 31.275.166, uye Wallace akawana mavhoti 9.906.473.