November 6, 1968

massive backlash fails to develop in NYC met area white working-class neighborhoods that were Wallace's prime campaign target; Humphrey gets sizable pluralities; areas with heavy concentrations of Ital, Polish and Irish voters give Wallace 5-18%; Negroes in same dries turn out in unusually large numbers and vote for Humphrey over Nixon by ratios ranging from 4-1 to 50-1; Negro leaden link turnout to what they call 'Wallace threat'; Wallace vote seen having important impact in NJ; Gov R J Hughes says Wallace vote in urban counties cut normal Dem margins and might have made it possible for Nixon to carry NJ

Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut was elected to a second term in the United States Senate by a wide margin yesterday, and Vice President Humphrey easily won the state's eight electoral votes.

Cranston defeats Rafferty by wide margin; partial tally; Peace and Freedom candidate Jacobs 3d

W Whitehurst, Repub, elected to seat vacated by retiring Repr Hardy