Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuurayiwa kwaRobert Kennedy kwakasiya Mutevedzeri Wemutungamiri Hubert Humphrey naEugene McCarthy vachikwikwidzana nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic. Humphrey akakunda kugadzwa pakusarudzwa kwokutanga, asi
Kokorodzano yeDemocratic ya1968 muChicago yakanga iri ngwavaira namapurisa airwisana navamiriri vorugare avo vakanga vachishora Hondo yeVietnam. Kokorodzano yeRepublican yakafamba zvakanaka zvikuru neaichimbova Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Richard Nixon uyo akagamuchirawo kudomwa pakusarudzwa kwokutanga. Gavhuna weAlabama George Wallace akanga ari mukwikwidzi weAmerican Independent Party. Pakazosvika zuva resarudzo nhangemutange yacho yakanga yakatarisana, naNixon achibudisa rukundo ruduku. Nixon akawana mavhoti 31.785.480 (43.4%), Humphrey akawana mavhoti 31.275.166, uye Wallace akawana mavhoti 9.906.473.