Nikeza uhlu olunezinhlamvu lwemiphumela yokhetho lwase-United States lwango-1968.
Context:Ukhetho lwase-United States lwango-1968 lwaqhutshwa ngoNovemba 5, futhi lwakhetha amalungu eCongress yase-United States yama-91. Ukhetho lwenzeka phakathi neMpi YaseVietnam, ngonyaka ofanayo ne-Tet Offensive, ukubulawa kukaMartin Luther King, Jr., ukubulawa kukaRobert F. Kennedy, kanye nemibhikisho ka-1968. Iqembu lamaRepublican lanqoba ukulawula isikhundla sobumongameli, futhi lathola izihlalo eNdlini naseSenate, nakuba iDemocratic Party yagcina ukulawula iCongress.  Okhethweni lobumengameli, owayenguMengameli waseRiphabhuliki uRichard Nixon wanqoba uMengameli waseDemocratic uHubert Humphrey. UNixon wanqoba amavoti avamile ngamaphuzu angaphansi kwelilodwa, kodwa wathatha izifundazwe eziningi ngaphandle kwaseNyakatho-mpumalanga, futhi wanqoba kalula amavoti okhetho. Owayengumbusi wase-Alabama uGeorge Wallace, we-American Independent Party, wathola amavoti angu-13.5% abantu ababethanda ukuvota ngawo, futhi wanqoba amavoti okhetho aseNingizimu Ekude. Ngemuva kokuthi uMongameli okhona weDemocratic Lyndon B. Johnson enqabe ukufuna ukukhethwa kabusha, uHumphrey wanqoba ukuqokwa kweDemocratic phezu kukaSenator waseMinnesota u-Eugene McCarthy kanye noSenator waseNingizimu Dakota uGeorge McGovern eMhlanganweni Kazwelonke WamaDemocratic ka-1968. UNixon wanqoba ukhetho lweRepublican phezu kukaNelson Rockefeller owayengumbusi waseNew York noRonald Reagan owayengumbusi waseCalifornia. Kusukela ngo-2022, uWallace ungomunye wabasanda kuthola amavoti amaningi okhetho. UNixon waba yiphini likaMongameli wokuqala (ongahlezi) ukuwina ukhetho lukamongameli; wayengowukuphela komuntu okwazile ukufeza lokho kuze kube yilapho iPhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden enqoba ukhetho lukaMongameli lwango-2020.  Iqembu lamaRepublican lazuza izihlalo ezinhlanu eNdlini Yezigele naseSenate. Nokho, iDemocratic Party yagcina iningi elinamandla kuzo zombili izindlu zeCongress. Okhethweni lwabamongameli, iRepublican Party yathola izikhundla ezinhlanu. Lokhu kwaba ukhetho lwesibili olulandelanayo lapho iqembu likaMongameli elinqobile lalinama-coattails kuzo zombili izindlu zeCongress futhi okokuqala kumaRiphabhulikhi kusukela ngo-1952.  Lesi kwakuyisikhathi sokuqala kwezimbili kusukela ngo - 1889 lapho iqembu likaMongameli osanda kukhethwa lehluleka khona ukulawula yomibili indlu yeCongress.
Imiphumela yokhetho lwase - United States lwango - 1968 yayimi kanje: - URichard Nixon wanqoba uHubert Humphrey okhethweni lukamongameli - Iqembu lamaRepublican lithole izihlalo ezinhlanu kuzo zombili iNdlu kanye neSenate - I-Democratic Party yagcina iningi kuzo zombili iNdlu neSenate