Pigasus was a 145-pound ( 66-kg ) domestic pig who was nominated for President of the United States as a theatrical gesture by the Youth International Party on August 23 , 1968 , just before the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , Illinois . The youth-oriented party ( whose members were commonly called " Yippies " ) was an anti-establishment and countercultural revolutionary group whose views were inspired by the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s , mainly the opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War
Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Pigasus (politics)