Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Dilkii Robert Kennedy wuxuu ka dhigay madaxweyne ku xigeen Hubert Humphrey iyo Eugene McCarthy inay u tartamaan magacaabista xisbiga Dimuqraadiga. Humphrey wuxuu ku guuleystay codbixintii ugu horeysay, laakin
Shirkii Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee Chicago 1968kii wuxuu ahaa mid masiibo ah oo ay boolisku la dagaalameen dadka u ololeeya nabada kuwaas oo ka mudaaharaadaya dagaalkii Vietnam. Shirweynihii xisbiga Jamhuuriga ayaa si aad ah ugu socday madaama madaxweyne ku xigeenkii hore Richard Nixon uu sidoo kale helay magacaabista codbixinta koowaad. Guddoomiyihii gobolka Alabama George Wallace wuxuu ahaa musharax ka tirsan xisbiga American Independent Party. Maalinta doorashada, tartanku wuxuu ahaa mid aad u adag, iyadoo Nixon uu ku guulaystay guul aad u yar. Nixon wuxuu helay 31,785,480 (43.4%) cod, Humphrey wuxuu helay 31,275,166 cod, iyo Wallace wuxuu helay 9,906,473 cod.