1968 Presidential Election
November 5, 1968 · The Long Realignment · 538 electoral votes, 270 to win
Amid assassinations, riots and Vietnam, Nixon edged Humphrey by half a million votes while Wallace's segregationist campaign took five Southern states, the last third-party electoral votes won by campaigning. The Democratic convention in Chicago became a byword for party crisis.
Elected
Richard Nixon
Republican
Electoral vote
301 of 538
Popular vote
43.4%
31,783,783 votes
Turnout
62.5%
VAP 62.8%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | Republican | Spiro Agnew | 301 | 31,783,783 | 43.40% | 32 | |
| Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | Edmund Muskie | 191 | 31,271,839 | 42.70% | 14 | |
| George Wallace | American Independent | Curtis LeMay | 46 | 9,901,118 | 13.50% | 5 |
72,956,740 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | George Wallace | 65.8% | 10 | Hubert Humphrey · 18.8% |
| Alaska | Richard Nixon | 45.3% | 3 | Hubert Humphrey · 42.7% |
| Arizona | Richard Nixon | 54.8% | 5 | Hubert Humphrey · 35.0% |
| Arkansas | George Wallace | 38.9% | 6 | Richard Nixon · 30.8% |
| California | Richard Nixon | 47.8% | 40 | Hubert Humphrey · 44.7% |
| Colorado | Richard Nixon | 50.5% | 6 | Hubert Humphrey · 41.3% |
| Connecticut | Hubert Humphrey | 49.5% | 8 | Richard Nixon · 44.3% |
| D of Columbia | Hubert Humphrey | 81.8% | 3 | Richard Nixon · 18.2% |
| Delaware | Richard Nixon | 45.1% | 3 | Hubert Humphrey · 41.6% |
| Florida | Richard Nixon | 40.5% | 14 | Hubert Humphrey · 30.9% |
| Georgia | George Wallace | 42.8% | 12 | Richard Nixon · 30.4% |
| Hawaii | Hubert Humphrey | 59.8% | 4 | Richard Nixon · 38.7% |
| Idaho | Richard Nixon | 56.8% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 30.7% |
| Illinois | Richard Nixon | 47.1% | 26 | Hubert Humphrey · 44.2% |
| Indiana | Richard Nixon | 50.3% | 13 | Hubert Humphrey · 38.0% |
| Iowa | Richard Nixon | 53.0% | 9 | Hubert Humphrey · 40.8% |
| Kansas | Richard Nixon | 54.8% | 7 | Hubert Humphrey · 34.7% |
| Kentucky | Richard Nixon | 43.8% | 9 | Hubert Humphrey · 37.7% |
| Louisiana | George Wallace | 48.3% | 10 | Hubert Humphrey · 28.2% |
| Maine | Hubert Humphrey | 55.3% | 4 | Richard Nixon · 43.1% |
| Maryland | Hubert Humphrey | 43.6% | 10 | Richard Nixon · 41.9% |
| Massachusetts | Hubert Humphrey | 63.0% | 14 | Richard Nixon · 32.9% |
| Michigan | Hubert Humphrey | 48.2% | 21 | Richard Nixon · 41.5% |
| Minnesota | Hubert Humphrey | 54.0% | 10 | Richard Nixon · 41.5% |
| Mississippi | George Wallace | 63.5% | 7 | Hubert Humphrey · 23.0% |
| Missouri | Richard Nixon | 44.9% | 12 | Hubert Humphrey · 43.7% |
| Montana | Richard Nixon | 50.6% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 41.6% |
| Nebraska | Richard Nixon | 59.8% | 5 | Hubert Humphrey · 31.8% |
| Nevada | Richard Nixon | 47.5% | 3 | Hubert Humphrey · 39.3% |
| New Hampshire | Richard Nixon | 52.1% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 43.9% |
| New Jersey | Richard Nixon | 46.1% | 17 | Hubert Humphrey · 44.0% |
| New Mexico | Richard Nixon | 51.9% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 39.8% |
| New York | Hubert Humphrey | 49.8% | 43 | Richard Nixon · 44.3% |
| North Carolina | Richard Nixon | 39.5% | 12 Nixon · 1 Wallace | George Wallace · 31.3% |
| North Dakota | Richard Nixon | 55.9% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 38.2% |
| Ohio | Richard Nixon | 45.2% | 26 | Hubert Humphrey · 43.0% |
| Oklahoma | Richard Nixon | 47.7% | 8 | Hubert Humphrey · 32.0% |
| Oregon | Richard Nixon | 49.8% | 6 | Hubert Humphrey · 43.8% |
| Pennsylvania | Hubert Humphrey | 47.6% | 29 | Richard Nixon · 44.0% |
| Rhode Island | Hubert Humphrey | 64.0% | 4 | Richard Nixon · 31.8% |
| South Carolina | Richard Nixon | 38.1% | 8 | George Wallace · 32.3% |
| South Dakota | Richard Nixon | 53.3% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 42.0% |
| Tennessee | Richard Nixon | 37.9% | 11 | George Wallace · 34.0% |
| Texas | Hubert Humphrey | 41.1% | 25 | Richard Nixon · 39.9% |
| Utah | Richard Nixon | 56.5% | 4 | Hubert Humphrey · 37.1% |
| Vermont | Richard Nixon | 52.8% | 3 | Hubert Humphrey · 43.5% |
| Virginia | Richard Nixon | 43.4% | 12 | Hubert Humphrey · 32.5% |
| Washington | Hubert Humphrey | 47.3% | 9 | Richard Nixon · 45.2% |
| West Virginia | Hubert Humphrey | 49.6% | 7 | Richard Nixon · 40.8% |
| Wisconsin | Richard Nixon | 47.9% | 12 | Hubert Humphrey · 44.3% |
| Wyoming | Richard Nixon | 55.8% | 3 | Hubert Humphrey · 35.5% |
The Congress it seated
91th Congress
1969–1971
Divided government
Senate
58–42
Democratic vs Republican
House
243–192
Democratic vs Republican