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| turnout = 60.9%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |website=uselectionatlas.org |access-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> {{decrease}} 1.0 [[percentage point|pp]]

| turnout = 60.9%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |website=uselectionatlas.org |access-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> {{decrease}} 1.0 [[percentage point|pp]]

| election_date = November 5, 1968

| election_date = November 5, 1968

<!-- Richard Nixon -->| image1 = Richard Nixon portrait.jpg

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| image_size = x160px

| image_size = x160px

| nominee1 = '''[[Richard Nixon]]'''

| nominee1 = '''[[Richard Nixon]]'''

| popular_vote1 = '''31,783,783'''

| popular_vote1 = '''31,783,783'''

| percentage1 = '''43.4%'''

| percentage1 = '''43.4%'''

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<!-- Hubert Humphrey -->| image2 = Hubert_Humphrey_in_New_York,_1968_(3x4_crop).jpg

| nominee2 = [[Hubert Humphrey]]

| nominee2 = [[Hubert Humphrey]]

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 31,271,839

| popular_vote2 = 31,271,839

| percentage2 = 42.7%

| percentage2 = 42.7%

<!-- George Wallace -->| image3 = George C Wallace.jpg

<!-- George Wallace -->| image3 = George_Wallace_(3x4_cropped).jpg

| nominee3 = [[George Wallace]]

| nominee3 = [[George Wallace]]

| party3 = American Independent Party

| party3 = American Independent Party

== 1968 United States Presidential Election Media ==

== 1968 United States Presidential Election Media ==

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File:Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the Nation March 31, 1968 - LBJ Museum C9284-35 (cropped).jpg|The [[incumbent]] in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1969.

File:President Lyndon B. Johnson, White House color portrait.jpg|The [[incumbent]] in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1969.

File:Republican Disc.svg|Republican Party (United States)

File:Republican Disc.svg|Republican Party (United States)