In the 1968 presidential election: was the incumbent president who was beset by growing anti‑war sentiment and chose not to seek his party’s nomination for reelection. was the U. S. Senator (D-MN) who campaigned on a peace platform and received surprisingly strong support in a number of state primaries. was the incumbent vice president and eventually Democratic Party presidential candidate who was defeated due to his inability to separate himself from the Johnson administration’s Viet Nam policy. was the former Alabama Governor who won 5 states in the lower South when he ran as a third party candidate.