Afterwards he enjoyed a notable increase in financial contributions and a decrease in the number of angry pickets at his campaign events. By late October, his candidacy seemed to be catching fire. In this final stretch, he also benefited from the waning support for George Wallace, who had been trading on his segregationist credentials to wage a third-party challenge. Encouraged by union leadership, many of Wallace’s white working-class backers moved into Humphrey’s camp.
