United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1968

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1968

November 5, 1968

Nominee Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon George Wallace Party Democratic Republican American Independent Home state Minnesota New York Alabama Running mate Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew Curtis LeMay Electoral vote 29 0 0 Popular vote 2,259,405 2,090,017 378,582 Percentage 47.59% 44.02% 7.97%

County results

President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1968 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 29 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon. Humphrey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 3.57%. A third party candidate, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, played a significant role by winning 7.97% of the vote. This marked the first election since 1948 that a presidential candidate won the national election without carrying Pennsylvania. That did not happen again until 2000. This was also the first election that a Republican candidate was elected without carry the state.

Results

United States presidential [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	4,977	0.10%	0
	Militant Workers	Fred Halstead	4,862	0.10%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	2,264	0.05%	0

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html