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The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was a wrenching national experience, conducted against a backdrop that included the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and subsequent race riots across the nation, the assassination attempt on presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, widespread demonstrations against the Vietnam War across American university and college campuses, and violent confrontations between police and anti-war protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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  • 1968 US Presidential Election (Robert Kennedy Survives)
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  • The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was a wrenching national experience, conducted against a backdrop that included the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and subsequent race riots across the nation, the assassination attempt on presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, widespread demonstrations against the Vietnam War across American university and college campuses, and violent confrontations between police and anti-war protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
popular vote
  • 9901118(xsd:integer)
  • 31271839(xsd:integer)
  • 31783783(xsd:integer)
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states carried
  • 5(xsd:integer)
  • 18(xsd:integer)
  • 22(xsd:integer)
flag size
  • 60(xsd:integer)
Next Year
  • 1974(xsd:integer)
election date
  • 1968-11-05(xsd:date)
election name
  • 1968(xsd:integer)
before party
  • Democratic
map caption
  • Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Kennedy/McCarthy. Red denotes states won by Nixon/Agnew. Orange denotes states won by Wallace/LeMay, as well as a faithless elector from North Carolina who cast his electoral vote for Wallace/LeMay instead of Nixon/Agnew. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
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  • 350(xsd:integer)
ongoing
  • no
electoral vote
  • 46(xsd:integer)
  • 217(xsd:integer)
  • 275(xsd:integer)
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  • presidential
flag image
  • Flag of the United States.svg
after party
  • Democratic
nominee
  • George Wallace
  • Richard M. Nixon
  • Robert F. Kennedy
home state
  • Alabama
  • California
  • New York
Party
  • Independent
  • Republican
  • Democratic
Title
  • President
map image
  • 1968(xsd:integer)
before election
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
Image
  • 164(xsd:integer)
running mate
  • Curtis LeMay
  • Hubert H. Humphrey
  • Spiro T. Agnew
Percentage
  • 43.4
  • 13.5
  • 42.7
previous election
  • 1964(xsd:integer)
next election
  • 1972(xsd:integer)
after election
  • Robert F. Kennedy
Previous Year
  • 1964(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was a wrenching national experience, conducted against a backdrop that included the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and subsequent race riots across the nation, the assassination attempt on presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, widespread demonstrations against the Vietnam War across American university and college campuses, and violent confrontations between police and anti-war protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. On November 5, 1968, the Democratic nominee, Senator and former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy won the election over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon on a campaign of racial and economic justice, non-aggression in foreign policy, decentralization of power and social improvement. It was the closest election since 1876. The election also featured a strong third party effort by former Alabama Governor George Wallace. Although Wallace's campaign was frequently accused of promoting racism, he proved to be a formidable candidate; no third-party candidate has since won an entire state's electoral votes.
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