1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii

The 1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii

November 5, 1968
 
Nominee Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Minnesota New York
Running mate Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 141,324 91,425
Percentage 59.83% 38.70%

County Results
Humphrey
  50-60%
  60-70%


President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Hawaii overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic Party nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota with Edmund Muskie against Republican Party candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York with Spiro Agnew. Hawaii weighed in for this election as 22% more Democratic than the national average, with Humphrey winning the state by a 21% margin.

Hawaii would prove to be the weakest state for the American Independent Party candidate, former Alabama governor George Wallace, who won 3,469 votes, amounting to a total of 1.47%. Being the only state in the country to have a plurality of non-white residents, mainly Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Wallace's strong segregationist views failed to make any significant impact on the state's electorate, especially since he was far beyond his base of support in the Deep South.

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