United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1968

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1968

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Nominee Richard Nixon George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Party Republican American Independent Democratic Home state New York Alabama Minnesota Running mate Spiro Agnew Curtis LeMay Edmund Muskie Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 254,062 215,430 197,486 Percentage 38.1% 32.3% 29.6%
County results Humphrey   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Nixon   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Wallace   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

Humphrey

Nixon

Wallace

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

South Carolina voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting in Republican candidate Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland receiving a plurality of the votes as opposed to a majority.

Nixon carried South Carolina with 38.09% of the vote to American Independent Party candidate George Wallace’s 32.30% and Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's 29.61%, a victory margin of 5.79%.

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