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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democrat |
246,518 |
64.03% | 4 |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
122,359 |
31.78% | 0 |
| George Wallace | S. Marvin Griffin | G. Wallace Ind. |
15,678 |
4.07% | 0 |
| Fred Halstead | Paul Boutelle | Soc. Workers |
383 |
0.10% | 0 |
| Write-ins | - | - |
26 |
0.01% | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | - | Write-in |
25 |
0.01% | 0 |
| Dick Gregory | - | Write-in |
7 |
0.00% | 0 |
| Eldridge Cleaver | - | Write-in |
4 |
0.00% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 949,723 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 351.0 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 859,488 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 317.6 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 4 | | Land Area (2000): | 2,706 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.0 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
| Election Tools
- Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Tnd, Swg
Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Rhode Island Board of Elections, "Vote by Counties for Presidential Electors," Official Count of the Ballots Cast ... at the Election Tuesday, November 5, 1968 (Providence, 1972)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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