1968 United States presidential election

1968 United States presidential election

November 5, 1968
547 members of the Electoral College Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout	63.5% ▼ 0.3 pp
Nominee George McGovern (replacing Martin Luther King Jr.) J. William Fulbright Nelson Rockefeller Party Progressive Democratic Republican Home state South Dakota Arkansas New York Running mate John Conyers Jimmy Hoffa William Scranton Electoral vote 235 196 116 Popular vote 31,659,199 23,913,200 18,491,199 Percentage 42.1% 31.8% 24.6%
President before election Barry Goldwater Republican Elected President George McGovern Progressive