1968 United States presidential election in Delaware

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| election_name = 1968 United States presidential election in Delaware

| country = Delaware

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| election_date = November 5, 1968

| previous_election = 1964 United States presidential election in Delaware

| previous_year = 1964

| next_election = 1972 United States presidential election in Delaware

| next_year = 1972

| image_size = x160px

| image1 = Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg

| nominee1 = Richard Nixon

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| home_state1 = New York{{efn|Although he was born in California and served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.}}

| running_mate1 = Spiro Agnew

| electoral_vote1 = 3

| popular_vote1 = 96,714

| percentage1 = 45.12%

| image2 = Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg

| nominee2 = Hubert Humphrey

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state2 = Minnesota

| running_mate2 = Edmund Muskie

| electoral_vote2 = 0

| popular_vote2 = 89,194

| percentage2 = 41.61%

| image3 = George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg

| nominee3 = George Wallace

| party3 = American Independent Party

| home_state3 = Alabama

| running_mate3 = Curtis LeMay

| electoral_vote3 = 0

| percentage3 = 13.28%

| popular_vote3 = 28,459

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Nixon

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Humphrey

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| title = President

| before_election = Lyndon B Johnson

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Richard Nixon

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

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The 1968 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 5, 1968. State voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by the Republican former Vice President Richard Nixon, who won the state by 7,529 votes over Democratic incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Also running was former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace on the "American Independent" ticket.