The John Birch Society

The John Birch Society began to fade and influence and bleed members after the 1964 elections. In 1967, the Saturday evening post published an article entirely focused around the society's decline. Its numbers, they said, had peaked in 1965 at 95,000. And by 67, it was down to 80,000 or so. Several high profile congressional members stepped back from their duties and resigned entirely.