1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska

The 1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Main article: 1968 United States presidential election
1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska
November 5, 1968[1]
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York[lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 321,163 170,784 44,904
Percentage 59.8% 31.8% 8.4%
County Results
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

 Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Elections in Nebraska

Nebraska was won by the Republican candidate former Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.82% of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 31.81% of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 8.36% of the popular vote.[3][4]

With 59.82% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's best state in the election,[5] just as it had been eight years earlier.

Results
1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 321,163 59.82%
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 170,784 31.81%
American Independent George Wallace 44,904 8.36%
Total votes 536,851 100%

References
  1. "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  3. "1968 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

Notes
  1. Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. 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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