|
Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
3,467,664 |
47.82% | 40 |
| Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democrat |
3,244,318 |
44.74% | 0 |
| George Wallace | S. Marvin Griffin | American Ind. |
487,270 |
6.72% | 0 |
| Eldridge Cleaver | Peggy Terry | Peace & Freedom |
27,707 |
0.38% | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | - | Write-in |
20,721 |
0.29% | 0 |
| Dick Gregory | Mark Lane | Write-in |
3,230 |
0.04% | 0 |
| Henning Blomen | George Taylor | Write-in |
341 |
0.00% | 0 |
| Charlene Mitchell | Michael Zagarell | Write-in |
260 |
0.00% | 0 |
| E. Harold Munn | Rolland Fisher | Write-in |
59 |
0.00% | 0 |
| Write-ins | - | - |
17 |
0.00% | 0 |
|
Map Key
| Turnout
| | |
|
Maps | | | Rep. (m) | Dem. (m) | Ame. (m) | Swg (m) | Tnd (m) |
|
| 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:
| Election Tools
- 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.
| Results for and Individual County:
|
|
| |