1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Humphrey 40-50% 50-60%	Nixon 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Lyndon B. Johnson; Democratic	Elected President ; Richard Nixon; Republican

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

Washington was won by the Democratic candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 47.23 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican candidate, former Senator and Vice President Richard Nixon, with 45.12 percent of the popular vote. American candidate George Wallace also appeared on the ballot, finishing with 7.44 percent of the popular vote.^[3]^[4]

Nixon became the first Republican to win the presidency without carrying Washington state since William McKinley in 1896. Despite Nixon losing the statewide election, he became the first Republican to carry Ferry County since Warren G. Harding did so in 1920.^[5] Along with Maine, Washington was one of only two states that Nixon lost in 1968 that he won in his unsuccessful attempt at the presidency in 1960.

This election would prove the last time the Democrats won any mainland postbellum state until Michael Dukakis carried Washington and Oregon in 1988 – in the intervening period many pundits spoke of a "Solid Republican West". This was the fifth and final election in which Washington voted for a different candidate than neighboring Oregon.

^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Washington". Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968". Retrieved May 27, 2017.
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 332-333 ISBN 0786422173

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[1] "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 27, 2017.

[3] "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 27, 2017.

[4] "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Washington". Retrieved May 27, 2017.

[5] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968". Retrieved May 27, 2017.

[6] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 332-333 ISBN 0786422173

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