The Little Man

Chapter Eight explores the phenomenon of George Wallace. In September, his third-party candidacy surged in the polls and stoked fears about the entire political system. His popularity revealed the surfacing resentment among white working-class voters, even beyond the South. Would he prevent the major candidates from winning an electoral majority, throwing the nation’s fate to the House of Representatives? Wallace aroused political demons that keep plaguing the nation, and his own campaign faltered in the homestretch.