See main article: 1968 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1968 |
| Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| 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: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 538,310 |
| Percentage1: | 43.59% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Nixon |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Spiro Agnew |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 517,995 |
| Percentage2: | 41.94% |
| Image3: | George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee3: | George Wallace |
| Party3: | American Independent Party |
| Colour3: | ff9955 |
| Home State3: | Alabama |
| Running Mate3: | Marvin Griffin |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 178,734 |
| Percentage3: | 14.47% |
| 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 Maryland was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Maryland was won by Hubert Humphrey by a margin of 20,315 votes against Richard Nixon and by 359,576 votes against George Wallace.[1]
Maryland was the home state of Republican vice presidential nominee Spiro Agnew, who was the sitting Governor of Maryland at the time of the election. Since Nixon lost his home state of New York, this, along with the 1916 election, is one of two times where the winning presidential and vice-presidential candidates lost both of their home states.
This is one of three elections between 1888 and 2000 in which the state voted for the national loser, along with 1948 and 1980. This was George Wallace's strongest state in which he won no counties, though he did finish ahead of Humphrey in Dorchester County.
In this election, Maryland voted 2.34% to the left of the nation at-large.[2]
| 1968 United States presidential election in Maryland | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | 538,310 | 43.59% | 10 | ||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | 517,995 | 41.94% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | Marvin Griffin | 178,734 | 14.47% | 0 | |||
| County | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | George Wallace American Independent | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Allegany | 13,227 | 41.45% | 13,561 | 42.50% | 5,122 | 16.05% | -334 | -1.05% | 31,910 | ||||||||||
| Anne Arundel | 25,381 | 32.70% | 36,557 | 47.09% | 15,687 | 20.21% | -11,176 | -14.39% | 77,625 | ||||||||||
| Baltimore | 80,798 | 36.89% | 108,930 | 49.74% | 29,283 | 13.37% | -28,132 | -12.85% | 219,011 | ||||||||||
| Baltimore City | 178,450 | 61.56% | 80,146 | 27.65% | 31,288 | 10.79% | 98,304 | 33.91% | 289,884 | ||||||||||
| Calvert | 2,032 | 37.29% | 1,946 | 35.71% | 1,471 | 27.00% | 86 | 1.58% | 5,449 | ||||||||||
| Caroline | 1,697 | 27.23% | 3,120 | 50.07% | 1,414 | 22.69% | -1,423 | -22.84% | 6,231 | ||||||||||
| Carroll | 4,658 | 23.73% | 11,888 | 60.56% | 3,085 | 15.71% | -7,230 | -36.83% | 19,631 | ||||||||||
| Cecil | 4,517 | 31.78% | 6,462 | 45.46% | 3,235 | 22.76% | -1,945 | -13.68% | 14,214 | ||||||||||
| Charles | 4,247 | 35.20% | 4,645 | 38.50% | 3,173 | 26.30% | -398 | -3.30% | 12,065 | ||||||||||
| Dorchester | 2,714 | 26.83% | 4,183 | 41.36% | 3,217 | 31.81% | 966 | -9.55% | 10,114 | ||||||||||
| Frederick | 8,316 | 31.60% | 13,649 | 51.87% | 4,348 | 16.52% | -5,333 | -20.27% | 26,313 | ||||||||||
| Garrett | 1,933 | 28.54% | 4,021 | 59.38% | 818 | 12.08% | -2,088 | -30.84% | 6,772 | ||||||||||
| Harford | 9,914 | 32.30% | 15,799 | 51.48% | 4,978 | 16.22% | -5,885 | -19.18% | 30,691 | ||||||||||
| Howard | 5,752 | 31.08% | 9,957 | 53.81% | 2,796 | 15.11% | -4,205 | -22.73% | 18,505 | ||||||||||
| Kent | 2,243 | 35.41% | 2,946 | 46.50% | 1,146 | 18.09% | -703 | -11.09% | 6,335 | ||||||||||
| Montgomery | 92,026 | 48.08% | 84,651 | 44.23% | 14,726 | 7.69% | 7,375 | 3.85% | 191,403 | ||||||||||
| Prince George's | 71,524 | 40.26% | 73,269 | 41.24% | 32,867 | 18.50% | -1,745 | -0.98% | 177,660 | ||||||||||
| Queen Anne's | 1,969 | 31.99% | 2,888 | 46.92% | 1,298 | 21.09% | -919 | -14.93% | 6,155 | ||||||||||
| Somerset | 2,319 | 32.91% | 2,829 | 40.14% | 1,899 | 26.95% | -510 | -7.23% | 7,047 | ||||||||||
| St. Mary's | 3,280 | 35.75% | 3,348 | 36.49% | 2,547 | 27.76% | -68 | -0.74% | 9,175 | ||||||||||
| Talbot | 2,609 | 29.37% | 4,902 | 55.18% | 1,372 | 15.45% | -2,293 | -25.81% | 8,883 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 11,266 | 33.08% | 16,050 | 47.13% | 6,737 | 19.78% | -4,784 | -14.05% | 34,053 | ||||||||||
| Wicomico | 5,392 | 29.22% | 8,707 | 47.18% | 4,356 | 23.60% | -3,315 | -17.96% | 18,455 | ||||||||||
| Worcester | 2,046 | 27.43% | 3,541 | 47.48% | 1,871 | 25.09% | -1,495 | -20.05% | 7,458 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 538,310 | 43.59% | 517,995 | 41.94% | 178,734 | 14.47% | 20,315 | 1.65% | 1,235,039 | ||||||||||