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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/0000DD.gif) | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican |
627,192 |
39.51% | 12 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/00DD00.gif) | George Wallace | Curtis LeMay | American |
496,188 |
31.26% | 1 |
![](IMAGES/COLOR/DD0000.gif) | Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democrat |
464,113 |
29.24% | 0 |
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Map Key
> 30% |
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> 40% |
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> 50% |
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> 60% |
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> 70% |
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| Turnout
![Voter Turnout Graph](IMAGES/VTO/pevto54.png) | ![Vote Pie Chart](img.php?type=pie&year=1968&st=NC&off=0&elect=0) | ![State Seal](IMAGES/SEAL/sealNC.png) |
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Maps | ![1968 North Carolina County Map of General Election Results for President](img.php?type=map&year=1968&fips=37&st=NC&off=0&elect=0) | ![County Button](IMAGES/B_NAT/PEBuCountyMap.gif) | Rep. (m) | Ame. (m) | Dem. (m) | Swg (m) | Tnd (m) |
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| 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:
| Election Tools
- Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Tnd, Swg
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:
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