Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election defeating Hubert Humphrey. In the 1968 presidential election Richard Nixon received 301 electoral votes, Hubert Humphrey received 191 electoral votes and George Wallace received 46 electoral votes.
the popular vote is by everybody. the electoral vote is by electoral colleges, which not everyone is in
Election As PresidentNovember 3, 1964; POPULAR VOTE: Lyndon B. Johnson / Hubert Humphrey (vp) (Democrat) 43,126,506 (61%) Barry Goldwater (Rpublican) 27,176,799 (39%)ELECTORIAL VOTE: Johnson 486 Goldwater 52INAUGURAL ADDRESS: January 20, 1965. (S.Menzel)
Alternative Vote electoral system
The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.
Yes. Each electoral vote in the constituency will be important.
2013
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
Every vote counts equally. The popular vote determines which slate of electors will be allowed to cast the electoral votes for that state.
Electoral.
(The district did not have any votes in the electoral college.)
Hoover won 84% of the electoral vote in 1928 and 11% in 1932.