Commentary On George Wallace's Third Parties In America

The book “Third Parties in America” discusses the election of 1968. It specifically focuses on George Wallace who ran as the American Independent Party. Wallace claimed that his party was no different or less than the two main parties. His strong racist views made him popular and when he announced that he would run 11% of the population said they would vote for him. Six months later his numbers doubled which put Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey under stress to appeal to the Southern population that supported Wallace. Even after Nixon was in office he continued to soften his view on integration to appeal to Wallace’s crowd.
This document is a nonbiased secondary source. Throughout the text the author keeps an objective voice on the subject