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McCarthy polled 42 percent of the ballots in the [[New Hampshire]] primary compared to 49 percent polled by [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as a write-in candidate. McCarthy's showing prompted his senatorial colleague [[Robert F. Kennedy]] of [[New York]] to enter the race, and soon Johnson decided against seeking a second full term.  McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in [[Nebraska]] and [[California]].  That very night Kennedy was assassinated in [[Los Angeles]].   

McCarthy polled 42 percent of the ballots in the [[New Hampshire]] primary compared to 49 percent polled by [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as a write-in candidate. McCarthy's showing prompted his senatorial colleague [[Robert F. Kennedy]] of [[New York]] to enter the race, and soon Johnson decided against seeking a second full term.  McCarthy won the primaries in [[Wisconsin]] and [[Oregon]] but Robert Kennedy became the party favorite to win the nomination after defeating McCarthy in [[Nebraska]] and [[California]].  That very night Kennedy was assassinated in [[Los Angeles]].   

The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], McCarthy's former senatorial colleague from Minnesota. Humphrey, with [[Edmund Muskie]] of [[Maine]], as his running mate, were nominated at the party convention in [[Chicago]] which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the streets.

The party favorite for the nomination then defaulted to Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], McCarthy's former senatorial colleague from Minnesota. Humphrey, with the liberal [[Edmund Muskie]] of [[Maine]] as his running mate, were nominated at the party convention in [[Chicago]] which was infamous for leftist student agitators rioting in the streets.

In 1972, McCarthy again unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination, which instead went to [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]]. In 1976, McCarthy ran as an [[Independent]] in the [[general election]] for President, but voters chose his fellow Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]]. In 1980, McCarthy refused to support Carter for reelection and surprisingly endorsed [[Republican]] [[Ronald Reagan]], having said that Reagan had "a better perception" of the office of president than did Carter.

In 1972, McCarthy again unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination, which instead went to [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]]. In 1976, McCarthy ran as an [[Independent]] in the [[general election]] for President, but voters chose his fellow Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]]. In 1980, McCarthy refused to support Carter for reelection and surprisingly endorsed [[Republican]] [[Ronald Reagan]], having said that Reagan had "a better perception" of the office of president than did Carter.