Quote Originally Posted by mkemse View Post
No Buch never got anywhere near 51% of the vote in either election, but as far as 2004 goes, even with his small margin of victory, my understandingis the primary reason he even won in 2004 is that in the History of the US, NO President, No Incumbent has ever been voted out of office when were were at War, whether they initiated it or not
I would appriciate someone varifying this as being correct or incorrect
Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 comes to mind. His reelection bid collapsed by March of '68 so he withdrew and allowed the Dems to chose Hubert Humphrey. George Wallace also ran and probably siphoned off some democratic votes (the old south was solidly democratic then still blaming the republicans for Lincoln and the defeat of the confederacy.) Nixon won a electoral college landslide 301 to 191 with Wallace getting 46. The popular vote was closer 43.4% to 42.8% with Wallace at just under 14%