1968 United States presidential election

===Close states===
States where margin of victory was less than 5 percentage points (223 electoral votes):
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#<span style="color:red;">'''Missouri''', 1.13% (20,488 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Texas''', 1.27% (38,960 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Maryland''', 1.64% (20,315 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Washington''', 2.11% (27,527 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''New Jersey''', 2.13% (61,261 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Ohio''', 2.28% (90,428 votes)</span> (tipping point state for Nixon win)
#<span style="color:red;">'''Alaska''', 2.64% (2,189 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Illinois''', 2.92% (134,960 votes)</span> (tipping point state for Humphrey win)
#<span style="color:red;">'''California''', 3.08% (223,346 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Delaware''', 3.51% (7,520 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Pennsylvania''', 3.57% (169,388 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Wisconsin''', 3.62% (61,193 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Tennessee''', 3.83% (47,800 votes)</span>
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States where margin of victory was more than 5 percentage points, but less than 10 percentage points (155 electoral votes):
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#<span style="color:red;">'''Kentucky''', 5.14% (64,870 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Connecticut''', 5.16% (64,840 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''New York''', 5.46% (370,538 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''South Carolina''', 5.79% (38,632 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Oregon''', 6.05% (49,567 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Michigan''', 6.73% (222,417 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:purple;">'''Arkansas''', 7.64% (46,565 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Nevada''', 8.17% (12,590 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''New Hampshire''', 8.17% (24,314 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''North Carolina''', 8.25% (131,004 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:darkblue;">'''West Virginia''', 8.82% (66,536 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Montana''', 9.01% (24,718 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Colorado''', 9.14% (74,171 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Vermont''', 9.22% (14,887 votes)</span>
#<span style="color:red;">'''Florida''', 9.60% (210,010 votes)</span>
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Notes: In [[Alabama]], Wallace was the official Democratic Party nominee, while Humphrey ran on the ticket of short-lived [[National Democratic Party of Alabama]], loyal to him as an official Democratic Party nominee.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wasson |first=Don F. |date=November 3, 1968 |title=Alabamians Must Sort Out Most Confusing Ballot in State History |pages=3 |work=The Selma Times-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/571495454/?terms=%22Wallace%22%20%22Humphrey%22%20%22National%20Democratic%20Party%20of%20Alabama%22&match=1 |access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>

In [[North Carolina]] one Nixon Elector cast his ballot for George Wallace (President) and Curtis LeMay (Vice President).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=37&submit=Retrieve |title=1968 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina |publisher=Uselectionatlas.org |access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref>

==== Statistics ====
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Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican)
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Hooker County, Nebraska]] 87.94%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Jackson County, Kentucky]] 84.09%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[McIntosh County, North Dakota]] 82.65%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[McPherson County, South Dakota]] 80.34%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:red;">[[Sioux County, Iowa]] 80.04%</span>'''

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic)
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Duval County, Texas]] 88.74%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Jim Hogg County, Texas]] 82.06%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Washington, D.C.]] 81.82%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Webb County, Texas]] 79.65%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]] 75.62%</span>'''

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (American Independent)
# '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Geneva County, Alabama]] 91.73%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:purple;">[[George County, Mississippi]] 91.20%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Lamar County, Alabama]] 88.25%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Calhoun County, Mississippi]] 87.80%</span>'''
# '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Holmes County, Florida]] 87.21%</span>'''