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The 1968 presidential campaign of Hubert Humphrey began when Hubert Humphrey, the 38th and incumbent Vice President of the United States, decided to seek the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States on April 27, 1968, after incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson withdrew his bid for reelection to a second full term on March 31, 1968, and endorsed him as his successor.
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.
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) ... 1968 presidential election results. Humphrey's inaction during these incidents, ...
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In the presidential election, Republican former Vice President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. [2] Nixon won the popular vote by less than one point, but took most states outside the Northeast, and comfortably won the electoral vote.
Poll source Date Richard Nixon Republican Hubert Humphrey Democratic George Wallace American Ind. Undecided/Other Leading by ()Election Results: November 5, 1968
After President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for reelection, the party nominated his vice president, Hubert Humphrey. But Humphrey’s moment of coronation quickly turned into a ...
At this point, Humphrey, who was behind in the polls, saw his numbers began to rise; Nixon was certainly concerned in October 1968 that he might lose the election. [72] By late October 1968, Humphrey had a slight lead with 44% intending to vote for him compared to 43% for Nixon. [73] The election of 1968 was one of the closest ever in American ...