1968 Presidential General Election Results - North Carolina

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew Republican 627,192 39.51% 12 George Wallace Curtis LeMay American 496,188 31.26% 1 Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Democrat 464,113 29.24% 0 Map Key  > 30%  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70% Turnout Maps Rep. (m) Ame. (m) Dem. (m) Swg (m) Tnd (m)   Election Notes: One Nixon Elector cast his ballot for George Wallace (President) and Curtis LeMay (Vice President). Demographic Data 1970 Population: 5,084,411 Enum. 1970 Population Density: 40.3 persons/km2 1960 Population: 4,556,155 Enum. 1960 Population Density: 36.1 persons/km2 Total Electoral Vote: 13 Land Area (2000): 126,161 km2 Annual Pop Growth Rate: 1.1 % Election Data and Statistics: County Data (Table) (m) County Data (Graphs) Compare State Data by Year (Table) Compare State Data by Year (Graphs) View All 1968 North Carolina Data Compare State Maps by Year View All 1968 North Carolina Maps North Carolina JavaCompare (m) Election Tools Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Tnd, Swg Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Data Sources: Source for Popular Vote data: North Carolina Secretary of State, "Vote for President by Counties 1948-1968," North Carolina Manual 1969 (Raleigh, 0) Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau. Results for and Individual County: (m) County Menu (m)