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Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Delaware |
Country: | Delaware |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | November 5, 1968 |
Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Delaware |
Previous Year: | 1964 |
Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Delaware |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Image1: | Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Richard Nixon |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | New York |
Running Mate1: | Spiro Agnew |
Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 96,714 |
Percentage1: | 45.12% |
Nominee2: | Hubert Humphrey |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Minnesota |
Running Mate2: | Edmund Muskie |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 89,194 |
Percentage2: | 41.61% |
Image3: | George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg |
Nominee3: | George Wallace |
Party3: | American Independent Party |
Home State3: | Alabama |
Running Mate3: | Curtis LeMay |
Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
Percentage3: | 13.28% |
Popular Vote3: | 28,459 |
Map Size: | 210px |
President | |
Before Election: | Lyndon B Johnson |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Richard Nixon |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Colour3: | ff9955 |
The 1968 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 5, 1968. State voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Delaware was won by the Republican former Vice President Richard Nixon, who won the state by 7,529 votes over Democratic incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Also running was former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace on the "American Independent" ticket.
County[1] [2] | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
Kent | 11,082 | 44.53% | 9,055 | 36.38% | 4,751 | 19.09% | 2,027 | 8.15% | 24,888 | ||||||||||
New Castle | 70,014 | 44.76% | 68,468 | 43.77% | 17,931 | 11.47% | 1,546 | 0.99% | 156,413 | ||||||||||
Sussex | 15,618 | 47.23% | 11,671 | 35.30% | 5,777 | 17.47% | 3,947 | 11.93% | 33,066 | ||||||||||
Totals | 96,714 | 45.12% | 89,194 | 41.61% | 28,459 | 13.27% | 7,520 | 3.51% | 214,367 |