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thats interesting, and of course polling methods were much simpler and demographic weighing wouldnt have been considered then.

Polls even recently have been a long way out, for 6 months preceding the 1992 (uk) general election labour was ahead - consistantly even if narrowly - and yet the tories still won with a narrow majority. I never fully trust polls, even exit polls, except 270 to win for US elections and electoral calculus for UK elections.

Johnson nearly pulled off an october surprise with the vietnamese peace talks - thats an alt hist i still havent seen written yet - and Humphrey would probably have won if the talks had resulted in a ceasefire (as they nearly did).

Theres Ross Perot as well, he was ahead of Bush AND Clinton for most of the primary season, yet i still doubt he would ever have won. Americans, like Brits, are very relutcant to vote for third or fourth parties, its part of their inbuilt conservative nature.