Column: Lessons from 1968 for a tumultuous 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : An energy crisis developed as domestic oil production peaked.
46% : Even this genuinely tumultuous period, which cannot be overstated how serious it was for the country and trust in government and our leaders, eventually saw a return to political stability and national self-confidence.
44% : Ending price controls and new production ended the energy crisis and reduced real prices for gasoline.
18% : Nixon's administration saw continued expansion of social spending, major new economic regulations, price controls, and, ultimately, the Watergate scandal.
1% : Incumbent Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of being "willing to sacrifice our democracy" to put himself in power, while Trump has claimed that the "country is being destroyed" under the Biden administration.

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