1968...What Were We Thinking?

TW: Click on chart to enlarge. I find these retro looks on opinion fascinating. There is much to ponder above. We do not say "negroes" anymore and given the 1968 attitudes, for good reason. It does not surprise me that folks had such an optimistic view of Nixon (he had just been elected after all) but it speaks to how ephemeral Obama's popularity might be. The "beliefs" surprise me, the number of folks believing in heaven and hell has barely budged, but then maybe that is just my bias. And that huge cultural event, Jackie O's marriage received a great deal of attention. Some things seem far more important at the time than they do ultimately, we most definitely have not overcome that bias.