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1968 United States presidential election (view source)
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{{Infobox Election
| election_name = United States presidential election, 1968
| country = United States
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = United States presidential election, 1964
| previous_year = 1964
| next_election = United States presidential election, 1972
| next_year = 1972
| election_date = November 5, 1968
<!-- Richard Nixon -->
| image1 = NixononCambodia.jpg
| image1_size = 134px
| nominee1 = [[Richard Nixon]]
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = [[California]]
| running_mate1 = '''[[Spiro Agnew]]'''
| electoral_vote1 = 301
| states_carried1 = '''32'''
| popular_vote1 = '''31,783,783'''
| percentage1 = '''43.4%'''
<!-- Hubert Humphrey -->
| image2 = Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg
| image2_size = 129px
| nominee2 = [[Hubert Humphrey]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = [[Minnesota]]
| running_mate2 = [[Edmund Muskie]]
| electoral_vote2 = 191
| states_carried2 = 13 + [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
| popular_vote2 = 31,271,839
| percentage2 = 42.7%
<!-- George Wallace -->
| image3 = George C Wallace (Alabama Governor).png
| image3_size = 110px
| nominee3 = [[George Wallace]]
| party3 = American Independent Party
| home_state3 = [[Alabama]]
| running_mate3 = [[Curtis LeMay]]
| electoral_vote3 = 46
| states_carried3 = 5
| popular_vote3 = 9,901,118
| percentage3 = 13.5%
| map_image = ElectoralCollege1968.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = Presidential election results map. <font color = "#CC2200">Red</font> denotes states won by Nixon/Agnew. <font color = "darkblue">Blue</font> denotes states won by Humphrey/Muskie. <font color = "#ff9955">Orange</font> denotes states won by Wallace/LeMay, as well as a faithless elector in [[North Carolina]] who casted his electoral vote for Wallace/LeMay instead of Nixon/Agnew. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
| title = President
| before_election = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Richard Nixon]]
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
This election was between former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]] and Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]]. [[Governor of Alabama]] [[George Wallace]] also ran by the [[American Independent Party]].
Humphrey did not win the south because he was very liberal and favoured civil rights. The only southern state he won was Texas (which he won narrowly).
Richard Nixon won the election by 301 electoral votes. Hubert Humphrey got 191 electoral votes. George Wallace received 46 electoral votes and a faithless elector in [[North Carolina]] voted Wallace and running mate Curtis LeMay.
[[Incumbent]] United States President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] was able to run, but decided against it. On March 31, 1968, Johnson withdrewed his nomination and Johnson said, "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President".
Incumbent Attorney General [[Robert F. Kennedy]], brother of former [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] was a serious presidential candidate before his assassination on [[June 5]], [[1968]] by [[Sirhan Sirhan]] in [[Los Angeles]] after winning the [[California]] and [[South Dakota]] primaries for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination for President of the United States.
==Candidates==
===Democratic Party===
*Democratic candidates:
**[[Hubert Humphrey]], U.S. vice president from [[Minnesota]]
**[[Robert F. Kennedy]], U.S. senator from [[New York]], brother of former President [[John F. Kennedy]], and former [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] ([[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]])
**[[Eugene McCarthy]], U.S. senator from [[Minnesota]]
**[[George McGovern]], U.S. senator from [[South Dakota]]
====Candidates gallery====
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg|[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] '''[[Hubert Humphrey]]''' of [[Minnesota]]
Image:Robert F Kennedy crop.jpg|Senator '''[[Robert F. Kennedy]]''' of [[New York]]
Image:EugeneMcCarthy.jpg|Senator '''[[Eugene McCarthy]]''' of Minnesota
Image:GeorgeStanleyMcGovern.png|Senator '''[[George McGovern]]''' of [[South Dakota]]
of [[Texas]]
</gallery>
===Republican Party===
*Republican candidates:
**[[Richard Nixon]], former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] and 1960 presidential nominee from [[New York]]
** [[Nelson Rockefeller]], [[Governor of New York]] and candidate for the 1960 and 1964 nominations
** [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Governor of California]]
** [[George Romney]], [[Governor of Michigan]] and candidate 1964 nomination:: '''Romney was also the father of Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran for president in 2012'''
** [[Harold Stassen]], former [[Governor of Minnesota]] and candidate for the 1948, 1952 and 1964 nominations
====Candidates gallery====
<gallery perrow="5">
File:RichardNixon.png|Former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] '''[[Richard Nixon]]''' of [[New York]]
File:Ronald Reagan 1969.jpg|[[Governor of California|Governor]] '''[[Ronald Reagan]]''' of [[California]]
File:NelsonRockefeller.png|[[Governor of New York|Governor]] '''[[Nelson Rockefeller]]''' of [[New York]]
File:George W. Romney official portrait.jpg|[[Governor of Michigan|Governor]] '''[[George Romney]]''' of [[Michigan]]
File:Harold Stassen.jpg|Former [[Governor of Minnesota|Governor]] '''[[Harold Stassen]]''' of [[Minnesota]]
</gallery>
==Other websites==
* [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1968 1968 Presidential General Election Results]
[[Category:United States presidential elections|1968]]
[[Category:Ronald Reagan]]
[[Category:Richard Nixon]]
[[Category:1968 in the United States]]
[[Category:November events]]
| election_name = United States presidential election, 1968
| country = United States
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = United States presidential election, 1964
| previous_year = 1964
| next_election = United States presidential election, 1972
| next_year = 1972
| election_date = November 5, 1968
<!-- Richard Nixon -->
| image1 = NixononCambodia.jpg
| image1_size = 134px
| nominee1 = [[Richard Nixon]]
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = [[California]]
| running_mate1 = '''[[Spiro Agnew]]'''
| electoral_vote1 = 301
| states_carried1 = '''32'''
| popular_vote1 = '''31,783,783'''
| percentage1 = '''43.4%'''
<!-- Hubert Humphrey -->
| image2 = Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg
| image2_size = 129px
| nominee2 = [[Hubert Humphrey]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = [[Minnesota]]
| running_mate2 = [[Edmund Muskie]]
| electoral_vote2 = 191
| states_carried2 = 13 + [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]]
| popular_vote2 = 31,271,839
| percentage2 = 42.7%
<!-- George Wallace -->
| image3 = George C Wallace (Alabama Governor).png
| image3_size = 110px
| nominee3 = [[George Wallace]]
| party3 = American Independent Party
| home_state3 = [[Alabama]]
| running_mate3 = [[Curtis LeMay]]
| electoral_vote3 = 46
| states_carried3 = 5
| popular_vote3 = 9,901,118
| percentage3 = 13.5%
| map_image = ElectoralCollege1968.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = Presidential election results map. <font color = "#CC2200">Red</font> denotes states won by Nixon/Agnew. <font color = "darkblue">Blue</font> denotes states won by Humphrey/Muskie. <font color = "#ff9955">Orange</font> denotes states won by Wallace/LeMay, as well as a faithless elector in [[North Carolina]] who casted his electoral vote for Wallace/LeMay instead of Nixon/Agnew. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
| title = President
| before_election = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Richard Nixon]]
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
This election was between former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]] and Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]]. [[Governor of Alabama]] [[George Wallace]] also ran by the [[American Independent Party]].
Humphrey did not win the south because he was very liberal and favoured civil rights. The only southern state he won was Texas (which he won narrowly).
Richard Nixon won the election by 301 electoral votes. Hubert Humphrey got 191 electoral votes. George Wallace received 46 electoral votes and a faithless elector in [[North Carolina]] voted Wallace and running mate Curtis LeMay.
[[Incumbent]] United States President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] was able to run, but decided against it. On March 31, 1968, Johnson withdrewed his nomination and Johnson said, "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President".
Incumbent Attorney General [[Robert F. Kennedy]], brother of former [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] was a serious presidential candidate before his assassination on [[June 5]], [[1968]] by [[Sirhan Sirhan]] in [[Los Angeles]] after winning the [[California]] and [[South Dakota]] primaries for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination for President of the United States.
==Candidates==
===Democratic Party===
*Democratic candidates:
**[[Hubert Humphrey]], U.S. vice president from [[Minnesota]]
**[[Robert F. Kennedy]], U.S. senator from [[New York]], brother of former President [[John F. Kennedy]], and former [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] ([[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]])
**[[Eugene McCarthy]], U.S. senator from [[Minnesota]]
**[[George McGovern]], U.S. senator from [[South Dakota]]
====Candidates gallery====
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Hubert Humphrey crop.jpg|[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] '''[[Hubert Humphrey]]''' of [[Minnesota]]
Image:Robert F Kennedy crop.jpg|Senator '''[[Robert F. Kennedy]]''' of [[New York]]
Image:EugeneMcCarthy.jpg|Senator '''[[Eugene McCarthy]]''' of Minnesota
Image:GeorgeStanleyMcGovern.png|Senator '''[[George McGovern]]''' of [[South Dakota]]
of [[Texas]]
</gallery>
===Republican Party===
*Republican candidates:
**[[Richard Nixon]], former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] and 1960 presidential nominee from [[New York]]
** [[Nelson Rockefeller]], [[Governor of New York]] and candidate for the 1960 and 1964 nominations
** [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Governor of California]]
** [[George Romney]], [[Governor of Michigan]] and candidate 1964 nomination:: '''Romney was also the father of Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran for president in 2012'''
** [[Harold Stassen]], former [[Governor of Minnesota]] and candidate for the 1948, 1952 and 1964 nominations
====Candidates gallery====
<gallery perrow="5">
File:RichardNixon.png|Former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] '''[[Richard Nixon]]''' of [[New York]]
File:Ronald Reagan 1969.jpg|[[Governor of California|Governor]] '''[[Ronald Reagan]]''' of [[California]]
File:NelsonRockefeller.png|[[Governor of New York|Governor]] '''[[Nelson Rockefeller]]''' of [[New York]]
File:George W. Romney official portrait.jpg|[[Governor of Michigan|Governor]] '''[[George Romney]]''' of [[Michigan]]
File:Harold Stassen.jpg|Former [[Governor of Minnesota|Governor]] '''[[Harold Stassen]]''' of [[Minnesota]]
</gallery>
==Other websites==
* [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1968 1968 Presidential General Election Results]
[[Category:United States presidential elections|1968]]
[[Category:Ronald Reagan]]
[[Category:Richard Nixon]]
[[Category:1968 in the United States]]
[[Category:November events]]