1968 United States presidential election in Alaska
Borough and Census Area Results Borough and Census Area Results (historical) State House District Results
Nixon
40–50%
50–60%
Humphrey
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
The 1968 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the nationwide presidential election . Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Alaska was won by Richard Nixon (R -New York [ a] ) with 45.3 percent of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D -Minnesota ) with 42.6 percent.[ 1] Nixon ultimately won the national vote as well, defeating Humphrey and becoming the next President. Former and future Governor George Wallace (D -Alabama ) ran under the far-right American Independent Party ticket, which favored continuing racial segregation within public schools in addition to most other areas of society throughout the Southern United States .
Wallace received over 12% of the vote in Alaska.[ 2]
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha>
tags or {{efn}}
templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
template or {{notelist}}
template (see the help page ).