1968 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1968 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1964 November 5, 1968 1972  
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Nominee Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon George Wallace
Party Democratic Republican American Independent
Home state Minnesota New York [lower-alpha 1] Alabama
Running mate Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew Marvin Griffin [lower-alpha 2]
Electoral vote1000
Popular vote538,310517,995178,734
Percentage43.59%41.94%14.47%

Maryland Presidential Election Results 1968.svg
County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Maryland was won by Hubert Humphrey by a margin of 20,315 votes against Richard Nixon and by 359,576 votes against George Wallace. [1]

Contents

Maryland was the home state of Republican vice presidential nominee Spiro Agnew, who was the sitting Governor of Maryland at the time of the election. Since Nixon lost his home state of New York, this, along with the 1916 election, is one of two times where the winning presidential and vice-presidential candidates lost both of their home states.

This is one of three elections between 1888 and 2000 in which the state voted for the national loser, along with 1948 and 1980. This was George Wallace's strongest state in which he won no counties, though he did finish ahead of Humphrey in Dorchester County.

In this election, Maryland voted 2.34% to the left of the nation at-large. [2]

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Maryland [1]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie 538,31043.59%10
Republican Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew 517,99541.94%0
American Independent George Wallace Marvin Griffin [lower-alpha 2] 178,73414.47%0

Results by county

CountyHubert Humphrey
Democratic
Richard Nixon
Republican
George Wallace
American Independent
MarginTotal votes cast [3]
# %# %# %# %
Allegany 13,22741.45%13,56142.50%5,12216.05%-334-1.05%31,910
Anne Arundel 25,38132.70%36,55747.09%15,68720.21%-11,176-14.39%77,625
Baltimore 80,79836.89%108,93049.74%29,28313.37%-28,132-12.85%219,011
Baltimore City 178,45061.56%80,14627.65%31,28810.79%98,30433.91%289,884
Calvert 2,03237.29%1,94635.71%1,47127.00%861.58%5,449
Caroline 1,69727.23%3,12050.07%1,41422.69%-1,423-22.84%6,231
Carroll 4,65823.73%11,88860.56%3,08515.71%-7,230-36.83%19,631
Cecil 4,51731.78%6,46245.46%3,23522.76%-1,945-13.68%14,214
Charles 4,24735.20%4,64538.50%3,17326.30%-398-3.30%12,065
Dorchester 2,71426.83%4,18341.36%3,21731.81%966 [lower-alpha 3] -9.55%10,114
Frederick 8,31631.60%13,64951.87%4,34816.52%-5,333-20.27%26,313
Garrett 1,93328.54%4,02159.38%81812.08%-2,088-30.84%6,772
Harford 9,91432.30%15,79951.48%4,97816.22%-5,885-19.18%30,691
Howard 5,75231.08%9,95753.81%2,79615.11%-4,205-22.73%18,505
Kent 2,24335.41%2,94646.50%1,14618.09%-703-11.09%6,335
Montgomery 92,02648.08%84,65144.23%14,7267.69%7,3753.85%191,403
Prince George's 71,52440.26%73,26941.24%32,86718.50%-1,745-0.98%177,660
Queen Anne's 1,96931.99%2,88846.92%1,29821.09%-919-14.93%6,155
Somerset 2,31932.91%2,82940.14%1,89926.95%-510-7.23%7,047
St. Mary's 3,28035.75%3,34836.49%2,54727.76%-68-0.74%9,175
Talbot 2,60929.37%4,90255.18%1,37215.45%-2,293-25.81%8,883
Washington 11,26633.08%16,05047.13%6,73719.78%-4,784-14.05%34,053
Wicomico 5,39229.22%8,70747.18%4,35623.60%-3,315-17.96%18,455
Worcester 2,04627.43%3,54147.48%1,87125.09%-1,495-20.05%7,458
Totals538,31043.59%517,99541.94%178,73414.47%20,3151.65%1,235,039

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
  2. 1 2 Though Curtis LeMay was Wallace's official running mate, Griffin's name was on the Maryland ballot.
  3. In this county where Wallace ran second ahead of Humphrey, margin given is Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage.

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References

  1. 1 2 Maryland Manual 1969–1970. The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland. p. 473. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  3. Maryland State Board of Elections, ‘For President of the United States’, Maryland General Election Returns – November 5, 1968 (Annapolis, 1968)