Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University.
CNN —Democrats are increasingly anxious about their party’s internal divisions over the Israel-Hamas war, which are threatening to hurt their chances in November.
The eruption of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and the ensuing clashes with police portend bad times ahead.
After President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for reelection, the party nominated his vice president, Hubert Humphrey.
However, there are many important differences between 2024 and 1968 that could make this current situation significantly less damaging for Biden than some Democrats fear.
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