Constantly referencing races that never actually happened is just not smart. 1968 was an anomalous election: three candidates (George Wallace won all the Southern states), two VPs vying for their respective parties, a war in play. Nothing comparable to 2020. Nothing.
The 1972 election was nothing like 2020. McGovern lost in a landslide. LANDSLIDE. Because running weak candidates against sitting presidents has never worked in US history.
The election pundits should look at is 1976. Carter was the weakest Dem prez in modern US history with a national crisis in play--the hostage crisis, Mideast powder keg, oil crisis with folks lined up at gas stations. Reagan bulldozed him with charisma and change. Look at THAT.
Trump is the GOP Carter. It is perilously hard to defeat an incumbent president. 1968 happened because LBJ chose not to run. 1976 happened because Carter was so weak AND Ted Kennedy primaried him. Only the strongest Dem can beat history like Reagan did.
