The 1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1968, and was part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 29 representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee, Vice President of the United States, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, over the Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon. Humphrey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 3.57%. A third-party candidate, former List of governors of Alabama, Alabama Governor George Wallace, played a significant role by winning 7.97% of the vote. This marked the first time since 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1948 that a losing presidential candidate carried Pennsylvania, and the first time ever that the candidate was a Democrat. It would happen again only two more times, in George W. Bush's elections in 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2000 and 2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2004, although the state voted for the popular-vote winner in 2000.
Results
Results by county
See also
* List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
Notes
References
{{State results of the 1968 U.S. presidential election
1968 United States presidential election by state, Pennsylvania
United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania, 1968
1968 Pennsylvania elections