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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Rockefeller/Scranton, Red denotes states won by Smathers/Yorty. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. Nelson Rockefeller, the Republican nominee, defeated incumbent George Smathers, the Democratic nominee.