Who won Mississippi in the 1968 presidential election?

Wallace (American (Know-Nothing)) carried Mississippi in 1968, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1968?

Mississippi cast 7 electoral votes in the 1968 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1968?

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

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1968

Mississippi: Wallace carries 7 EV.

Mississippi cast its 7 electoral votes for Wallace (American (Know-Nothing)). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1968 result in Mississippi

Mississippi backed Wallace (American (Know-Nothing)) in the 1968 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Richard Nixon (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Mississippi away from the Republican it had supported in 1964. The region divided — Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama joined Mississippi for the American (Know-Nothing) ticket, while Tennessee did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 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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