Richard Nixon Elected President Today
Posted: 2015-06-25 09:58:10 Expiration: 2015-07-02 09:58:10
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The United States presidential election of 1968 is the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, won the election over the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
Winning one of the closest elections in U.S. history, Republican challenger Richard Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Because of the strong showing of third-party candidate George Wallace, neither Nixon nor Humphrey received more than 50 percent of the popular vote; Nixon beat Humphrey by less than 500,000 votes.
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