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.
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. As of , this is the last election in which the winning candidate lost the home state of their running mate.
Results 1968 United States presidential election in MarylandPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie 538,310 43.59% 10 Republican Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew 517,995 41.94% 0 American Independent George Wallace Marvin Griffin 178,734 14.47% 0
Results by county County Hubert HumphreyDemocratic Richard NixonRepublican George WallaceAmerican Independent Margin Total votes castMaryland State Board of Elections, ‘For President of the United States’, Maryland General Election Returns – November 5, 1968 (Annapolis, 1968) # % # % # % # %Allegany13,22741.45%13,56142.50%5,12216.05%-334-1.05%31,910Anne Arundel25,38132.70%36,55747.09%15,68720.21%-11,176-14.39%77,625Baltimore80,79836.89%108,93049.74%29,28313.37%-28,132-12.85%219,011Baltimore City178,45061.56%80,14627.65%31,28810.79%98,30433.91%289,884Calvert2,03237.29%1,94635.71%1,47127.00%861.58%5,449Caroline1,69727.23%3,12050.07%1,41422.69%-1,423-22.84%6,231Carroll4,65823.73%11,88860.56%3,08515.71%-7,230-36.83%19,631Cecil4,51731.78%6,46245.46%3,23522.76%-1,945-13.68%14,214Charles4,24735.20%4,64538.50%3,17326.30%-398-3.30%12,065Dorchester2,71426.83%4,18341.36%3,21731.81%966-9.55%10,114Frederick8,31631.60%13,64951.87%4,34816.52%-5,333-20.27%26,313Garrett1,93328.54%4,02159.38%81812.08%-2,088-30.84%6,772Harford9,91432.30%15,79951.48%4,97816.22%-5,885-19.18%30,691Howard5,75231.08%9,95753.81%2,79615.11%-4,205-22.73%18,505Kent2,24335.41%2,94646.50%1,14618.09%-703-11.09%6,335Montgomery92,02648.08%84,65144.23%14,7267.69%7,3753.85%191,403Prince George's71,52440.26%73,26941.24%32,86718.50%-1,745-0.98%177,660Queen Anne's1,96931.99%2,88846.92%1,29821.09%-919-14.93%6,155Somerset2,31932.91%2,82940.14%1,89926.95%-510-7.23%7,047St. Mary's3,28035.75%3,34836.49%2,54727.76%-68-0.74%9,175Talbot2,60929.37%4,90255.18%1,37215.45%-2,293-25.81%8,883Washington11,26633.08%16,05047.13%6,73719.78%-4,784-14.05%34,053Wicomico5,39229.22%8,70747.18%4,35623.60%-3,315-17.96%18,455Worcester2,04627.43%3,54147.48%1,87125.09%-1,495-20.05%7,458Totals538,31043.59%517,99541.94%178,73414.47%20,3151.65%1,235,039
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore (County) Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Frederick Harford Howard Kent Prince George's Queen Anne's Somerset St. Mary's Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester
See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States elections
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