Richard Nixon had been the Republican nominee in nineteen sixty. He lost to John Kennedy. Eight years later, Nixon was a strong candidate to win the nomination again. The other candidates were Ronald Reagan, the governor of California, and Nelson Rockefeller, the governor of New York.
A huge banner reading "Nixon's the one" is stretched across Chestnut Street in Philadelphia in September, 1968, during the reception for the Republican presidential candidate. Pat Nixon rode in the car with her husband
On the first ballot, Nixon received more than twice as many votes as Rockefeller. Reagan was far behind. Most of the delegates then gave their support to Nixon, and he accepted the nomination.
Spiro Agnew, the governor of Maryland, became the nominee for vice president.
The Democratic convention was very different from the Republican one. The Democrats were the party in power. Protests against the war in Vietnam were aimed at them.
SOUND: Chicago crowds chanting “Peace Now”
Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Chicago where the Democratic convention took place.
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The city's mayor, Richard Daley, ordered the police to deal with them severely. Many of the young protesters were beaten.
The Federal Government later ordered an investigation. The report said the riots in Chicago were a result of the actions of the police themselves.
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