Who won Wyoming in the 1968 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Wyoming in 1968, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 1968?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in the 1968 presidential election.

Did Wyoming vote for the national winner in 1968?

Yes. Wyoming backed Richard Nixon, who won the presidency that year.

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1968

Wyoming: Nixon carries 3 EV.

Wyoming cast its 3 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Wyoming voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Wyoming, 1968

In 1968, Wyoming awarded its 3 electoral votes to Nixon of the Republican party. Wyoming ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

Nixon's win closed out Wyoming's 2-election run of voting Democratic. Wyoming did not move alone — neighboring Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho broke the same way in 1968. Across the 34 presidential elections Wyoming has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 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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