The fact that Richard Nixon won the1968 election by a narrow margin showed that

Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election by only a small share of the popular vote, while the country was sharply divided over issues such as the Vietnam War and civil rights. The narrow margin therefore showed that the country was not united. It does not by itself show that voter turnout was poor or that Americans wanted a particular candidate to oppose Nixon.

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