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Dec 16, 2019 · 1972 Electoral College Results. President. Richard M. Nixon [R] Main Opponent. George S. McGovern [D] Electoral Vote. Winner: 520. Main Opponent: 17. Total/Majority: 538/270.
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1968 Electoral College Results. President. Richard M. Nixon...
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Dec 16, 2019 · 1968 Electoral College Results. President. Richard M. Nixon [R] Main Opponent. Hubert H. Humphrey [D] Electoral Vote. Winner: 301. Main Opponent: 191. Total/Majority: 538/270.
StateElectoral Vote Of Each StateFor President ...(richard M. Nixon, Of New York)For President ...(hubert H. Humphrey, Of Minnesota)Alabama10--Alaska33-Arizona55-Arkansas6--- Winner: 301
- Richard M. Nixon [R]
- Hubert H. Humphrey [D]
- George C. Wallace (46)
In the electoral college Nixon's victory was larger, as he carried 32 states with 301 electoral votes, compared to Humphrey's 13 states and 191 electoral votes and Wallace's five states and 46 electoral votes.
- New York [a]
- Republican
- Richard Nixon
- Spiro Agnew
Furthermore, had all five of the states Kennedy won by a margin of less than 1% (Hawaii, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, and New Mexico) had been won by Nixon instead, the latter would win the election with 282 electoral votes. In the Electoral College, Kennedy's victory
- Massachusetts
- Democratic
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
There were 537 electoral votes, up from 531 in 1956, because of the addition of 2 U.S. Senators and 1 U.S. Representative from each of the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. (The House of Representatives was temporarily expanded from 435 members to 437 to accommodate this, and would go back to 435 when reapportioned according to the 1960 census.)
Nixon won the election, with a 23.2% margin of victory in the popular vote, the fourth largest margin in presidential election history. He received almost 18 million more popular votes than McGovern—the widest margin of any U.S. presidential election.
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1968 Election Facts. Wallace's tally of 46 marks the most recent election that a 3rd party candidate has won Electoral Votes. Nixon won North Carolina; however one elector cast a vote for Wallace. Issues of the Day: Vietnam War, Civil Rights, Assassinations (Robert Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King) Results of the presidential election of 1968 ...