The 1968 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1968 as part of the

1968 United States presidential election The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice presiden ...

. Voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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was won by the

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candidate,

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, the home-state favorite, won the state over former

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by 199,095 votes, giving him one of his fourteen victories in the election (13 states plus D.C.). The

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candidate, former Alabama governor

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, failed to make a substantial impact in Minnesota, as his base of support was primarily in the

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. While Wallace took 13.5% of the national popular vote and won five states of the former Confederacy, he only took 4.43% of the vote in Minnesota, his weakest state in the

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. Nationally, Nixon won the election with 301 electoral votes, though he led Humphrey by less than a percent in the popular vote. The election permanently disrupted the New Deal Coalition, which had been dominant in presidential politics since

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. This was the first election since

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in which Minnesota backed the losing candidate in a presidential election. Until

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, this was the last presidential election in Minnesota where any county was won with over seventy percent of the popular vote. In 2016,

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carried Morrison County with 73% of the vote, and Todd County with 70.75% of the vote. In this case, Humphrey won the following counties over this threshold: Carlton County, Lake County, and Saint Louis County. Nixon became the first Republican to win a presidential election without winning Minnesota.

Results

Results by county

Notes

References

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1968 Minnesota elections

Results

Results by county

See also

Notes

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