In the president election year of 1968, Nixon won 301 votes and defeated the Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey, who won 191 votes. Nixon edged Humphrey in the popular vote, with Wallace earning 13.53%. Nixon's victory came with a margin of less than three percent in California, Illinois, and Ohio; had Humphrey carried these three, Nixon would have lost his election. Nixon won most of the West and mid-West but lost parts of the Northeast and Texas to Humphrey and lost the deep South to Wallace. Nixon won nine of the thirteen state primaries held that season, although due to the population of his state, Governor Reagan won the popular vote while carrying only California. These victories, along with pledged delegate support from states not
