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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive > Popular Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 1968 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open March 12, 1968 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close June 11, 1968 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1969 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1973 - 12:00pm
ContributorArmyDem
Last ModifiedRob Ritchie January 14, 2018 08:44pm
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Description
The front-runner for the Republican nomination was former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, and to a great extent the story of the Republican primary campaign and nomination is the story of one opponent entering the race and dropping out.

Nixon's first challenger was Michigan Governor George W. Romney. A Gallup poll in mid-1967 showed Nixon with 39%, followed by Romney with 25%. However, in a slip of the tongue, Romney told a news reporter that he had been "brainwashed" by the military and the diplomatic corps into supporting the Vietnam War. As the year 1968 opened, Romney was opposed to further American intervention in Vietnam and had decided to run as the Republican version of Gene McCarthy (New York Times 2/18/1968). Romney's support faded slowly, and he withdrew from the race on 2/28/1968 (New York Times 2/29/1968).

Nixon won a resounding victory in the important New Hampshire primary on 3/12/1968, garnering 78% of the vote. Peace Republicans wrote in New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who received 11% of the vote and became Nixon's new challenger. Nixon led Rockefeller in the polls throughout the primary campaign. Rockefeller defeated Nixon in the Massachusetts primary on 4/30/1968 but otherwise fared poorly in the state primaries and conventions.

By early spring, California Governor Ronald W. Reagan was Nixon's chief rival. In the Nebraska primary on 5/14/1968, Nixon won with 70% of the vote to 21% for Reagan and 5% for Rockefeller. While this was a wide mar

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1964
NameLyndon B. Johnson Votes43,129,566 (61.05%)
Term01/20/1965 - 01/20/1969 Margin15,951,378 (+22.58%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/1968
NameRichard M. Nixon Votes31,785,480 (43.42%)
Term01/20/1969 - 01/20/1973 Margin510,314 (+0.70%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceUS President National Vote 11/05/1968
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

12/01/1964 07/01/1968

CANDIDATES
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Name Gov. Ronald Reagan Vice President Richard M. Nixon Gov. James A. Rhodes Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller Unpledged Sen. Eugene J. "Gene" McCarthy University President Harold E. Stassen
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Campaign Logo
Uncertified Votes 1,696,632 (37.93%) 1,679,443 (37.54%) 614,492 (13.74%) 164,340 (3.67%) 140,639 (3.14%) 44,520 (1.00%) 31,655 (0.71%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -17,189 (-0.38%) -1,082,140 (-24.19%) -1,532,292 (-34.25%) -1,555,993 (-34.78%) -1,652,112 (-36.93%) -1,664,977 (-37.22%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website]
Entry Date -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (21 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg7.00%-- 60.00%-- 0.00%-- 23.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 1.00%--
Gallup 
07/01/68-07/01/68
7.00% 1.0 60.00% -- 0.00% -- 23.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Gallup 
03/01/68-03/01/68
6.00% 5.0 60.00% 11.0 0.00% -- 24.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 1.0
Gallup 
02/15/68-02/15/68
11.00% 3.0 49.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 22.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.00% --
Gallup 
02/01/68-02/01/68
8.00% -- 51.00% 9.0 0.00% -- 25.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
01/01/68-01/01/68
8.00% 5.0 42.00% -- 0.00% -- 27.00% 12.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
11/01/67-11/01/67
13.00% 1.0 42.00% -- 0.00% -- 15.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Gov. John A. Volpe Gov. George C. Wallace Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Nixon-Rockefeller Others Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (I) President Lyndon B. Johnson
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Campaign Logo
Uncertified Votes 31,465 (0.70%) 15,291 (0.34%) 14,524 (0.33%) 12,102 (0.27%) 6,676 (0.15%) 5,698 (0.13%) 4,824 (0.11%)
Margin-1,665,167 (-37.22%) -1,681,341 (-37.58%) -1,682,108 (-37.60%) -1,684,530 (-37.66%) -1,689,956 (-37.78%) -1,690,934 (-37.80%) -1,691,808 (-37.82%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website]
Entry Date -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MATCHUP POLLS (21 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Gallup 
07/01/68-07/01/68
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
03/01/68-03/01/68
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
02/15/68-02/15/68
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
02/01/68-02/01/68
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
01/01/68-01/01/68
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
11/01/67-11/01/67
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
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DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Clifford Case (R)
 00, 1968 - Aug 06, 1968
Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (R)
 00, 1968 - Jul 12, 1968
John G. Tower (R)
 00, 1968 - Jul 01, 1968

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