1968 United States presidential election in Delaware
Election in Delaware
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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.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Richard Nixon | 96,714 | 45.12% | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 89,194 | 41.61% | |
| American Independent | George Wallace | 28,459 | 13.28% | |
| Total votes | 214,367 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
| Richard M. Nixon Republican | Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic | George C. Wallace American Independent | ||||
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| County | # | % | # | % | # | % |
| Kent | 11,082 | 44.53% | 9,055 | 36.38% | 4,751 | 19.09% |
| New Castle | 70,014 | 44.76% | 68,468 | 43.77% | 17,931 | 11.46% |
| Sussex | 15,618 | 47.23% | 11,671 | 35.30% | 5,777 | 17.47% |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
Notes
- ^ Although he was born in California and served as a U.S. Representative and 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.
References
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
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