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1968 United States presidential election in Montana

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United States presidential election in Montana, 1968

← 1964 November 5, 1968 (1968-11-05) 1972 →
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York[1] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote 4 0 0
Popular vote 138,835 114,117 20,015
Percentage 50.6% 41.6% 7.9%

County results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Montana 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 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Montana voted for the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Nixon won Montana by a large margin of 9.01%. A third party candidate, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, played a significant role by winning 7.29% of the vote.

Results

United States presidential [2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon 138,835 50.60% 4
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 114,117 41.59% 0
American Independent George Wallace 20,015 7.29% 0
Prohibition E. Harold Munn 510 0.19% 0
New Reform No Candidate 470 0.17% 0
Militant Workers Fred Halstead 457 0.17% 0

References

  1. ^ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
  2. ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html