Who won Maine in the 1968 presidential election?

Humphrey (Democratic) carried Maine in 1968, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 1968?

Maine cast 4 electoral votes in the 1968 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 1968?

No. Maine backed Humphrey, while Richard Nixon won the presidency nationally.

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1968

Maine: Humphrey carries 4 EV.

Maine cast its 4 electoral votes for Humphrey (Democratic). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Maine voted against the national winner this cycle.

Maine in 1968

The 1968 contest saw Maine line up behind Humphrey, delivering 4 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Richard Nixon (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Maine among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Maine backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. It stood apart from its neighbors: New Hampshire went the other way that year. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 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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