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| Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
| Country: | Hawaii |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1968 |
| Image1: | Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Hubert Humphrey |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate1: | Edmund Muskie |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 141,324 |
| Percentage1: | 59.83% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Nixon |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York[1] |
| Running Mate2: | Spiro Agnew |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 91,425 |
| Percentage2: | 38.70% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Richard Nixon |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Hawaii overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic Party nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota with Edmund Muskie against Republican Party candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York with Spiro Agnew. Hawaii weighed in for this election as 22% more Democratic than the national average, with Humphrey winning the state by a 21% margin.
Hawaii would prove to be the weakest state for the American Independent Party candidate, former Alabama governor George Wallace, who won 3,469 votes, amounting to a total of 1.47%. Being the only state in the country to have a plurality of non-white residents, mainly Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Wallace's strong segregationist views failed to make any significant impact on the state's electorate, especially since he was far beyond his base of support in the Deep South.
| 1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 141,324 | 59.83% | 4 | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 91,425 | 38.70% | 0 | |
| American Independent | George Wallace | 3,469 | 1.47% | 0 | |
| County | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | George Wallace American Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 15,819 | 61.49% | 9,625 | 37.41% | 283 | 1.10% | 6,194 | 24.08% | 25,727 | ||||||||||
| Honolulu | 108,141 | 59.35% | 71,259 | 39.11% | 2,794 | 1.54% | 36,882 | 20.24% | 182,194 | ||||||||||
| Kauai | 7,051 | 62.15% | 4,140 | 36.49% | 155 | 1.36% | 2,911 | 25.66% | 11,346 | ||||||||||
| Maui | 10,313 | 60.84% | 6,401 | 37.76% | 237 | 1.40% | 3,912 | 23.08% | 16,951 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 141,324 | 59.83% | 91,425 | 38.70% | 3,469 | 1.47% | 49,899 | 21.13% | 236,218 | ||||||||||