Palast's Armed Madhouse - a question

[garthranzz]

This book is, of course, a must read.

On p. 198 he says in a footnote: "They've been at it a long time. < A reference to Republicans suppressing the vote, mainly minority, and thus stealing elections.> Readers with sharp calculators and long memories will realize that not only did Al Gore win comfortably in 2000, but so did Hubert Humphrey when he defeated Richard Nixon in 1968 - among the votes cast, bu not votes counted."

I'm embarrassed to admit I'm not sure what he's referring to. Was there evidence of sufficient suppression of Black votes - or non-counting of them - in the South to throw those states to Humphrey? What about other states, the north industrials like Illinois, Wisconsin, and of course Ohio, as well as California and Oregon?

Also, on this topic, from what I understand, while there's evidence that Daley delivered Chicago to Kennedy, Republican operatives delivered South Illinois to Nixon in the same way, and that while Johnson didn't need voters to get the votes in Texas, Nixon also didn't need voters to get the votes in California. Can anyone confirm any of that?

Thanks.