Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1968, tikiti raNixon-Agnew rakatarisana navapikisi vakuru vaviri. VaDemocrat, pamusangano
yakashatiswa nokuratidzira kune masimba masimba, yakanga yasarudza Mutevedzeri Wemutungamiri Hubert Humphrey uye Maine Senator Edmund Muskie sevatakuri vavo vemureza. Aichimbova Gavhuna weAlabama, George Wallace, akaronga kuva mumiriri webato rechitatu, uye aitarisirwa kuita zvakanaka muDeep South. Nixon, achiziva ganhuriro dzaakanga ashanda pasi padzo somumiriri waEisenhower muna 1952 na 1956, akanga akatsunga kupa Agnew rusununguko rukuru zvikuru uye kuita kuti zvive pachena kuti mumiriri wake aiva netsigiro yake. Agnew aigonawo nenzira inobatsira kutamba basa re"imbwa yokurwisa", sezvakaita Nixon muna 1952.