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

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Richard Nixon

Republican · 43.40% of votes

301

electoral votes

Hubert Humphrey

Democratic · 42.70% of votes

191

electoral votes

George Wallace

American Independent · 13.50% of votes

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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

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Alabama

George Wallace · 65.8% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 18.8%

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Alaska

Richard Nixon · 45.3% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 42.7%

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Arizona

Richard Nixon · 54.8% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 35.0%

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Arkansas

George Wallace · 38.9% · runner-up Richard Nixon 30.8%

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California

Richard Nixon · 47.8% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 44.7%

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Colorado

Richard Nixon · 50.5% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 41.3%

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Connecticut

Hubert Humphrey · 49.5% · runner-up Richard Nixon 44.3%

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D of Columbia

Hubert Humphrey · 81.8% · runner-up Richard Nixon 18.2%

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Delaware

Richard Nixon · 45.1% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 41.6%

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Florida

Richard Nixon · 40.5% · runner-up Hubert Humphrey 30.9%

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Georgia

George Wallace · 42.8% · runner-up Richard Nixon 30.4%

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Hawaii

Hubert Humphrey · 59.8% · runner-up Richard Nixon 38.7%

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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 control · Democratic–Republican

House

243–192

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican