1968 United States presidential election in Maryland
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]
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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.
Results
1968 United States presidential election in Maryland[1] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | 538,310 | 43.59% | 10 | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | 517,995 | 41.94% | 0 | |
American Independent | George Wallace | Marvin Griffin[lower-alpha 2] | 178,734 | 14.47% | 0 |
Results by county
County | Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
George Corley Wallace American Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allegany | 13,227 | 41.45% | 13,561 | 42.50% | 5,122 | 16.05% | -334 | -1.05% | 31,910 |
Anne Arundel | 25,381 | 32.70% | 36,557 | 47.09% | 15,687 | 20.21% | -11,176 | -14.40% | 77,625 |
Baltimore County | 80,798 | 36.89% | 108,930 | 49.74% | 29,283 | 13.37% | -28,132 | -12.85% | 219,011 |
Baltimore City | 178,450 | 61.56% | 80,146 | 27.65% | 31,288 | 10.79% | 98,304 | 33.91% | 289,884 |
Calvert | 2,032 | 37.29% | 1,946 | 35.71% | 1,471 | 27.00% | 86 | 1.58% | 5,449 |
Caroline | 1,697 | 27.23% | 3,120 | 50.07% | 1,414 | 22.69% | -1,423 | -22.84% | 6,231 |
Carroll | 4,658 | 23.73% | 11,888 | 60.56% | 3,085 | 15.71% | -7,230 | -36.83% | 19,631 |
Cecil | 4,517 | 31.78% | 6,462 | 45.46% | 3,235 | 22.76% | -1,945 | -13.68% | 14,214 |
Charles | 4,247 | 35.20% | 4,645 | 38.50% | 3,173 | 26.30% | -398 | -3.30% | 12,065 |
Dorchester | 2,714 | 26.83% | 4,183 | 41.36% | 3,217 | 31.81% | 966[lower-alpha 3] | 9.55% | 10,114 |
Frederick | 8,316 | 31.60% | 13,649 | 51.87% | 4,348 | 16.52% | -5,333 | -20.27% | 26,313 |
Garrett | 1,933 | 28.54% | 4,021 | 59.38% | 818 | 12.08% | -2,088 | -30.83% | 6,772 |
Harford | 9,914 | 32.30% | 15,799 | 51.48% | 4,978 | 16.22% | -5,885 | -19.18% | 30,691 |
Howard | 5,752 | 31.08% | 9,957 | 53.81% | 2,796 | 15.11% | -4,205 | -22.72% | 18,505 |
Kent | 2,243 | 35.41% | 2,946 | 46.50% | 1,146 | 18.09% | -703 | -11.10% | 6,335 |
Montgomery | 92,026 | 48.08% | 84,651 | 44.23% | 14,726 | 7.69% | 7,375 | 3.85% | 191,403 |
Prince George's | 71,524 | 40.26% | 73,269 | 41.24% | 32,867 | 18.50% | -1,745 | -0.98% | 177,660 |
Queen Anne's | 1,969 | 31.99% | 2,888 | 46.92% | 1,298 | 21.09% | -919 | -14.93% | 6,155 |
Somerset | 2,319 | 32.91% | 2,829 | 40.14% | 1,899 | 26.95% | -510 | -7.24% | 7,047 |
St. Mary's | 3,280 | 35.75% | 3,348 | 36.49% | 2,547 | 27.76% | -68 | -0.74% | 9,175 |
Talbot | 2,609 | 29.37% | 4,902 | 55.18% | 1,372 | 15.45% | -2,293 | -25.81% | 8,883 |
Washington | 11,266 | 33.08% | 16,050 | 47.13% | 6,737 | 19.78% | -4,784 | -14.05% | 34,053 |
Wicomico | 5,392 | 29.22% | 8,707 | 47.18% | 4,356 | 23.60% | -3,315 | -17.96% | 18,455 |
Worcester | 2,046 | 27.43% | 3,541 | 47.48% | 1,871 | 25.09% | -1,495 | -20.05% | 7,458 |
Totals | 538,310 | 43.59% | 517,995 | 41.94% | 178,734 | 14.47% | 20,315 | 1.64% | 1,235,039 |
References
- Maryland Manual 1969–1970. The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland. p. 473. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Maryland State Board of Elections, ‘For President of the United States’, Maryland General Election Returns – November 5, 1968 (Annapolis, 1968)
Notes
- 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.
- Though Curtis LeMay was Wallace's official running mate, Griffin's name was on the Maryland ballot.
- 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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