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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1968. Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
Wallace also received the vote of one North Carolina elector who was pledged to Nixon. Wallace's percentage vote of 13.53% is considerably less than the 19% won by Ross Perot in 1992 who unlike Wallace did not win any electoral votes. Wallace was the most popular 1968 presidential candidate among young men. [14]
Poll source Date Richard Nixon Republican Hubert Humphrey Democratic George Wallace American Ind. Undecided/Other Leading by ()Election Results: November 5, 1968
Nixon Republican. Hubert . Humphrey Democratic. George Wallace American Independent. Other/ Undecided Mervin Field October 28, 1968 50% 34% 8% 8% Don Muchmore October 20, 1968 45% 35% 7% 13% Don Muchmore October 6, 1968 44% 33% 7% 16% Mervin Field September 29, 1968 51% 28% 11% 10% Mervin Field September 23, 1968 47% 30% 8% 15% Don Muchmore
In rural areas, Humphrey won 41.4% of the vote to Nixon's 34.5% and Wallace's 23.6%. [13] In the state's metropolitan areas, Humphrey overwhelmingly won the African American vote in inner urban precincts, while Nixon won the inner suburbs by wide margins. [14] With his win in Texas, the state was the only former Confederate State in 1968 to ...
By late October 1968, Humphrey had a slight lead with 44% intending to vote for him compared to 43% for Nixon. [72] The election of 1968 was one of the closest ever in American history with Nixon winning 31.7 million votes, Humphrey 31.2 million votes and Wallace 10 million votes. [72]
In 1968, VP Hubert H. Humphrey could not hold the White House for the Democrats, losing to the GOP’s Richard Nixon and Democratic Governor George Wallace. But Nixon and Wallace competed with ...
1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [1] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic: Hubert Humphrey: 2,259,405: 47.59%: 29: Republican: Richard Nixon: 2,090,017 44.02% 0 American Independent: George Wallace: 378,582 7.97% 0 Peace and Freedom: Dick Gregory: 7,821 0.16% 0 Socialist Labor: Henning A. Blomen ...