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United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1968

United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1968
Mississippi
← 1964 November 5, 1968 1972 →
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Nominee George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon
Party American Independent Democratic Republican
Home state Alabama Minnesota New York
Running mate Curtis LeMay Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew
Electoral vote 7 0 0
Popular vote 415,349 150,644 88,516
Percentage 63.46% 23.02% 13.52%

Mississippi Presidential Election Results 1968.svg
County results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican


Wallace

Humphrey

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Richard Nixon
Republican

The United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1968 was held on November 5, 1968. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace received 63% of the vote, and won all 7 of the states electoral college votes. This was the second presidential election which Nixon came in third place in Mississippi.


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