← 1964 November 5, 1968 8 0 254,062 215,430 | November 5, 1968 1972 → 0 0 215,430 197,486 | |
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The 1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
South Carolina voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting in Republican candidate Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Kansas receiving a plurality of the votes as opposed to a majority.
Nixon carried South Carolina with 38.09% of the vote to American Independent Party candidate George Wallace’s 32.30% and Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's 29.61%, a victory margin of 5.79%.
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United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1968 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA