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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/0000DD.gif) | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
3,467,664 |
47.82% | 40 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/DD0000.gif) | Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democrat |
3,244,318 |
44.74% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/00DD00.gif) | George Wallace | S. Marvin Griffin | American Ind. |
487,270 |
6.72% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Eldridge Cleaver | Peggy Terry | Peace & Freedom |
27,707 |
0.38% | 0 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Eugene McCarthy | - | Write-in |
20,721 |
0.29% | 0 |
![Y](IMAGES/COLOR/FFFF00.gif) | Other (+) | - | - |
3,907 |
0.05% | 0 |
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| Turnout
![Voter Turnout Graph](IMAGES/VTO/pevto62.png) | ![Vote Pie Chart](img.php?type=pie&year=1968&st=CA&off=0&elect=0) | ![State Seal](IMAGES/SEAL/sealCA.png) |
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Maps | ![1968 California County Map of General Election Results for President](img.php?type=map&year=1968&fips=6&st=CA&off=0&elect=0) | ![County Button](IMAGES/B_NAT/PEBuCountyMap.gif) | Rep. (m) | Dem. (m) | Ame. (m) | Swg (m) | Tnd (m) |
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| Election Notes:
- The source lists the Peace & Freedom Electors as having a blank name as the candidate for President, and Peggy Terry for Vice President. These votes are complied for Eldridge Cleaver.
| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 19,971,069 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 49.4 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 15,717,204 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 38.9 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 40 | | Land Area (2000): | 403,933 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 2.4 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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- Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Tnd, Swg
Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State, comp., Statement of Vote State of California General Election, November 5, 1968 (Sacramento, 1968)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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