1968 Presidential Election Interactive Map
270 electoral votes to win
Change history with the 1968 presidential election interactive map.
Update a state winner by clicking it to rotate through candidates. Alternately, select a candidate color in the Map Color Palette, then select states to apply. Use the edit button in the Palette to update candidate information.
Split electoral vote states - if any - are not interactive. Use the table below the map to make changes.
For full details, see the user guide.
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Split Electoral Votes
States shown here did not allocate all their available electoral votes to one candidate. The historical split can be edited in this table. You can also use the drop down menu to split other states.
Removing the split () will set the state to undecided and make it interactive on the map.
1968 Actual Election Results
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | ||
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| ✓ | Richard M. Nixon | Republican | 301 | 31,710,470 | |
| Hubert H. Humphrey | Democratic | 191 | 30,898,055 | ||
| George C. Wallace | American Independent | 46 | 9,906,473 |
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)
