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{{Infobox election|election_name=1968 United States presidential election|country=United States|flag_year=1960|type=presidential|opinion_polls=|previous_election=1964 United States presidential election|previous_year=1964|election_date=November 5, 1968|next_election=1972 United States presidential election|next_year=1972|votes_for_election=547 members of the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]]|needed_votes=Plurality of electoral votes|turnout=6263.5% {{decrease}} 0.3 pp|image_size=x150px|image1=George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg|nominee1='''[[George McGovern]]'''<br><small>(replacing [[Martin Luther King Jr.]])</small>|party1=[[Progressive Party (United States)|Progressive]]|home_state1=South Dakota|running_mate1='''[[John Conyers]]'''|electoral_vote1='''235'''|states_carried1=|popular_vote1='''31,659,199'''|percentage1='''42.1%'''|image2=J. William Fulbright in 1960 (cropped2).jpg|nominee2=[[J. William Fulbright]]|party2=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|home_state2=Arkansas|running_mate2=[[Jimmy Hoffa]]|electoral_vote2=196|states_carried2=|popular_vote2=23,913,200|percentage2=31.8%|image3=Governor Nelson Rockefeller (cropped2).png|nominee3=[[Nelson Rockefeller]]|party3=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|home_state3=New York|running_mate3=[[William Scranton]]|electoral_vote3=116|states_carried3=|popular_vote3=18,491,199|percentage3=24.6%|color3=|map_size=350px|map=|map_caption=|title=President|before_election=[[Barry Goldwater]]|before_party=Republican Party (United States)|after_election=[[George McGovern]]|after_party=Progressive Party (United States)|ongoing=}}
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