The Liberal Century: 1968

{{Infobox election
 * election_name = 1968 United States presidential election
 * country = United States
 * flag_year = 1960
 * type = presidential
 * opinion_polls = Nationwide opinion polling for the 1968 United States presidential election
 * previous_election = 1964 United States presidential election
 * previous_year = 1964
 * election_date = November 5, 1968
 * next_election = 1972 United States presidential election
 * next_year = 1972
 * votes_for_election = 538 members of the Electoral College
 * needed_votes = 270 electoral
 * turnout = 62.5% {{decrease}} 0.3 pp
 * image_size = x160px


 * image1 = File:Hubert Humphrey (1).jpg
 * nominee1 = Hubert Humphrey
 * party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
 * home_state1 = Minnesota
 * running_mate1 = Nelson Rockefeller
 * electoral_vote1 = 271
 * states_carried1 = 20 + DC
 * popular_vote1 = 31,783,783
 * percentage1 = {{percent| 31,783,783| 73,199,998|1|pad=yes}}


 * image2 = File:Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg
 * nominee2 = Richard Nixon
 * party2 = Republican Party (United States)
 * home_state2 = New York{{efn|name="California 1960"|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, including the January 6, 1969, edition of the Congressional Record, list his home state as New York.}}
 * running_mate2 = Edmund Muskie
 * electoral_vote2 = 191
 * states_carried2 = 23
 * popular_vote2 = 31,271,839
 * percentage2 = {{percent| 31,271,839| 73,199,998|1|pad=yes}}


 * image3 = File: George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
 * nominee3 = George Wallace
 * party3 = American Independent Party
 * home_state3 = Alabama
 * running_mate3 = Curtis LeMay
 * electoral_vote3 = 54
 * states_carried3 = 6
 * popular_vote3 = 9,901,118
 * percentage3 = {{percent| 9,901,118| 73,199,998|1|pad=yes}}
 * color3 = FF7F00