12 0 590,319 442,387 43.4% 32.5% Start date November 5, 1968 | 0 0 442,387 320,272 32.5% 23.6% | |
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United states presidential election in virginia 1968 top 5 facts
The 1968 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President of the United States.
Virginia was won by former Vice-President Richard Nixon of New York with 43.41% of the vote, who was running against incumbent Vice-President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and former Alabama Governor George Wallace. Nixon also won the national election with 43.42% of the vote. Regardless, all candidates had strong regional support in the state; Nixon's votes came mostly from Northern Virginia and the Appalachian Mountain areas, while Humphrey's votes were mainly from the Tidewater region. Wallace received the most votes in the Southern Virginia counties.