1968 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1968 Presidential election year November 5 Democratic Party (US)Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 91st Republican gain Richard Nixon (R) 301 Hubert Humphrey (D) 191 George Wallace (AI) 46 Republican +0.7% 1968 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Nixon, blue denotes states won by Humphrey, and orange denotes states won by Wallace. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. 34 of 100 seats Democratic hold Republican +5 1968 Senate results #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain All 435 voting members Democratic hold Democratic +1.7% Republican +5 400px 1968 House of Representatives results #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain 22 (21 states, 1 territory) Republican +5 1968 gubernatorial election resultsTerritorial races not shown #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain Elections were held on November 5, 1968, and elected members of the 91st United States Congress. The election took place during the Vietnam War, in the same year as the Tet Offensive, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and the protests of 1968. The Republican Party won control of the presidency, and picked up seats in the House and Senate, although the Democratic Party retained control of Congress.Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 10 April 2017 In the presidential election, Republican former Vice President Richard Nixon defeated Democratic incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.1968 Presidential Election http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1968/1968-Presidential-Election/12303153093431-2/ United Press International 8 October 2011 Nixon won the popular vote by less than one point, but took most states outside the Northeast, and comfortably won the electoral vote. Former Alabama Governor George Wallace, of the American Independent Party, took 13.5% of the popular vote, and won the electoral votes of the Deep South. After incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson declined to seek re-election, Humphrey won the Democratic nomination over Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy and South Dakota Senator George McGovern at the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention. Nixon won the Republican nomination over New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and California Governor Ronald Reagan. As of 2024, Wallace is the most recent third-party Presidential candidate to win a state's entire share of electoral votes. Nixon became the first former (non-sitting) vice president to win a presidential election; he was the only person to achieve that until former Vice President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. The Republican Party won a net gain of five seats in both the House and the Senate. However, the Democratic Party retained strong majorities in both houses of Congress. In the gubernatorial elections, the Republican Party picked up a net gain of five governorships. This was the second consecutive election cycle where the winning presidential party had coattails in both houses of Congress and the first for Republicans since 1952. This was also the first of two times since 1889 that a newly elected president's party failed to control either house of Congress, the other was 1988. A number of ballot initiatives on a variety of subjects were on the ballot that year.1968 ballot measures https://ballotpedia.org/1968_ballot_measures August 11, 2024 Ballotpedia Two states (Nebraska and North Dakota) had initiatives about lowering the voting age from 21 to 19 but they both did not pass.Nebraska Voting Age, Amendment 1 (1968) https://ballotpedia.org/Nebraska_Voting_Age,_Amendment_1_(1968) August 12, 2024 BallotpediaNorth Dakota Lowering Voting Age Referendum, Number 4 (1968) https://ballotpedia.org/North_Dakota_Lowering_Voting_Age_Referendum,_Number_4_(1968) August 12, 2024 Ballotpedia Maryland and Washington had housing discrimination related amendments. The Washington initiative was a veto referendum which passed requiring that discriminating based on "race, creed, color or national origin" would be grounds for one to lose a real estate license.Washington Referendum 35, Non-Discrimination by Real Estate Brokers Measure (1968) https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Referendum_35,_Non-Discrimination_by_Real_Estate_Brokers_Measure_(1968) August 12, 2024 Ballotpedia The Maryland one was also a veto referendum that did not pass banning discrimination on grounds of "race, color, religious creed, national origin or ancestry" regarding selling, leasing, renting or financing housing.Maryland Prohibit Housing Discrimination, Question 4 (1968) https://ballotpedia.org/Maryland_Prohibit_Housing_Discrimination,_Question_4_(1968) August 11, 2024 Ballotpedia See also 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States House of Representatives elections 1968 United States Senate elections 1968 United States gubernatorial elections 1968 United States ballot measures References 1968