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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 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
3,907 |
0.05% | 0 |
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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:
| 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.
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