1968 United States presidential election

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1968 United States presidential election

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547 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout63.5% 0.3 pp
 
Nominee George McGovern
(replacing Martin Luther King Jr.)
John Connally Nelson Rockefeller
Party Progressive Democratic Republican
Home state South Dakota Texas New York
Running mate John Conyers Jimmy Hoffa William Scranton
Electoral vote 230 185 96
Popular vote 31,659,199 21,131,200 15,491,199
Percentage 42.1% 28.8% 20.6%

President before election

Barry Goldwater
Republican

Elected President

George McGovern
Progressive