1968 United States presidential election

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All 538 electoral votes of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win

Political selections
Nominee Nelson Rockefeller Richard Nixon
Party Liberal Republican Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Margaret Chase Smith Spiro Agnew
Electoral vote 285 113
States carried 22 15
Popular vote 31,527,810 15,891,892
Percentage 43.2% 21.8%

 
Nominee Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Democratic American Independent[a]
Home state Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay[b]
Electoral vote 82 58
States carried 6 + DC 6
Popular vote 15,635,920 9,901,118
Percentage 21.4% 13.5%

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Nelson Rockefeller
Liberal Republican


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