1968 United States presidential election in Oregon

1968 United States presidential election in Oregon

← 1964 November 5, 1968[1] 1972 →
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York[a] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote 6 0 0
Popular vote 408,433 358,866 49,683
Percentage 49.83% 43.78% 6.06%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

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

Oregon was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (RNew York), with 49.83% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (DMinnesota), with 43.78% of the popular vote. Independent candidate George Wallace finished with 6.06% of Oregon's popular vote.[3][4] As of 2020, this is the fifth and final time Oregon and neighboring Washington did not vote for the same presidential candidate.

Nixon's victory was the first of five consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Oregon would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Michael Dukakis in 1988. Since then it has become a safe Democratic state.

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Oregon". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968". Retrieved May 26, 2017.


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