1968 United States presidential election in Delaware

United States presidential election in Delaware, 1968
	November 5, 1968
	November 5, 1968
	County Results Nixon 40-50%
President before election; Richard Nixon; Democratic	Elected President ; Richard Nixon; Republican

The United States presidential election in Delaware, 1968 was held on November 5, 1968. Delaware voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican former Vice President Richard Nixon won the state by 7,529 votes over Democratic incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Also running was Alabama Governor George Wallace on the "American Independent" ticket.

County Results

	Richard M. Nixon Republican		Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic		George C. Wallace George Wallace Party
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%

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References

Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2017-04-27.

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.

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[2] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2017-04-27.

[1] 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.