Question

What was a major reason president lyndon b johnson decided to not run for reelection in 1968?

Answer 1

The Vietnam War was a major reason for President Lyndon B Johnson to decide  not run for reelection in 1968.

 

The Vietnam War  also known as the Second Indochina War or simply the American War, was a war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

Answer 2

Public opposition to the Vietnam War had made him unpopular.

President Johnson was a loyal partisan of the Vietnam War but as the occasion for the ballots in 1968 emerged the citizens started examining the US commitment in the Vietnam War and was considerably complained to it. President Johnson comprehended his ideas transformed him neglected and he realized he couldn't assemble satisfactory assistance and thus did not contested for voting again.