Hubert Humphrey was a socialist, not much different then a communist. Communists are in a hurry for power and use guns.
He lost 49 states when he ran for president.
You’re confusing Humphrey with McGovern. Humphrey did not lose 49 states in 1968 when he ran for president.
Humphrey won 13 states+DC.
It didn’t help that Democrat George Wallace ran as an independent and split the democrat vote. There was also the antiwar group that held the Vietnam war against him because he was LBJ’s VP. Hard row to hoe there.