"Massive rout," my butt. Nixon took 43.4% of the popular vote versus Humphrey's 42.7%, with Wallace taking the rest. Since when is 43.4% a "massive route"? Since when is a 0.7% difference between the winner and the runner-up called "massive"? Since when is having 56.7% of the voters vote *against* you a "massive rout"? Sheesh.
He's obviously confusing it with the 1972 election.
Thanks for digging up the exact numbers on 1968. I was sure that “massive rout” was way off, and you’ve confirmed that.
This isn’t just dissing someone for misspelling a candidate’s name or the like. Your historical correction really blows the author’s whole thesis out of the water.