1968 United States presidential election in Alaska

1968 United States presidential election in Alaska

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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 3 0 0
Popular vote 37,600 35,411 10,024
Percentage 45.28% 42.65% 12.07%


President before election

Lyndon Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

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

Alaska was won by Richard Nixon (R-New York[a]) with 45.3 percent of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D-Minnesota) with 42.6 percent.[1] Nixon ultimately won the national vote as well, defeating Humphrey and becoming the next President. Former and future Governor George Wallace (D-Alabama) ran under the far-right American Independent Party ticket, which favored continuing racial segregation within public schools in addition to most other areas of society throughout the Southern United States.

Wallace received over 12% of the vote in Alaska.[2]


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  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
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