1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska

1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska

← 1964 November 5, 1968[1] 1972 →
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York[a] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie S. Marvin Griffin
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 321,163 170,784 44,904
Percentage 59.82% 31.81% 8.36%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by the Republican candidate former Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.82% of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 31.81% of the popular vote. American candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 8.36% of the popular vote.[3][4]

With 59.82% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's best state in the election,[5] just as it had been eight years earlier.

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.


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