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Richard Nixon campaign rally, July 1968. The front-runner for the Republican nomination was former Vice President Richard Nixon, who formally began campaigning in January 1968. [9] Nixon had worked behind the scenes and was instrumental in Republican gains in Congress and governorships in the 1966 midterm elections.
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 ...
Gregory ran for president in the 1968 United States presidential election as a write-in candidate of the Freedom and Peace Party, which had broken off from the Peace and Freedom Party. He garnered 47,097 votes, including one from Hunter S. Thompson , [ 21 ] with fellow activist Mark Lane as his running mate in some states.
The 1968 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1968 United States presidential election . Voters chose 43 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
The 1968 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 12, 1968, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1968 United States presidential election.
Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican gain: Popular vote margin: Republican +0.7%: Electoral vote: Richard Nixon (R) 301: Hubert Humphrey (D) 191: George Wallace (AI) 46: 1968 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Nixon, blue denotes states won by Humphrey, and orange denotes states won by Wallace.
The 1968 presidential campaign of Richard Nixon, the 36th vice president of the United States, began when Nixon, the Republican nominee of 1960, formally announced his candidacy, following a year's preparation and five years' political reorganization after defeats in the 1960 presidential election and the 1962 California gubernatorial election.
North Dakota was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican Party, New York), with 55.94% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (Democratic Party, Minnesota), with 38.23% of the popular vote, a 17.71% margin of victory. Independent candidate George Wallace received 5.75% of the popular vote.