Who won Georgia in the 1968 presidential election?

Wallace (American (Know-Nothing)) carried Georgia in 1968, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1968?

Georgia cast 12 electoral votes in the 1968 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1968?

No. Georgia backed Wallace, while Richard Nixon won the presidency nationally.

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1968

Georgia: Wallace carries 12 EV.

Georgia cast its 12 electoral votes for Wallace (American (Know-Nothing)). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 1968

The 1968 contest saw Georgia line up behind Wallace, delivering 12 electoral votes to the American (Know-Nothing) ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Richard Nixon (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Georgia away from the Republican it had supported in 1964. The region divided — Alabama joined Georgia for the American (Know-Nothing) ticket, while Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Richard Nixon took 301 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hubert Humphrey's 191. Richard Nixon led the national popular vote with 43.42% of the ballots cast.

The 1968 national map

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