Who won Michigan in the 1968 presidential election?

Humphrey (Democratic) carried Michigan in 1968, winning its 21 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Michigan have in 1968?

Michigan cast 21 electoral votes in the 1968 presidential election.

Did Michigan vote for the national winner in 1968?

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

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1968

Michigan: Humphrey carries 21 EV.

Michigan cast its 21 electoral votes for Humphrey (Democratic). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Michigan voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Michigan, 1968

In 1968, Michigan awarded its 21 electoral votes to Humphrey of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Richard Nixon (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Michigan among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Michigan backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1960. It stood apart from its neighbors: Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin went the other way that year. Across the 51 presidential elections Michigan has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (28 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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