1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Results
Table:
United States presidential election in Washington, 1968

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Democratic

Hubert Humphrey

616,037

47.23%

Republican

Richard Nixon

588,510

45.12%

American Independent

George Wallace

96,990

7.44%

Write-in

2,744

0.21%

Total votes

1,304,281

100%

Referring to the following table labelled 1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state) in the "Results" section, give a short sentence answer to: Who won the Washington in the 1968 presidential election and by how much? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Washington was won by the Democratic candidate, Hubert Humphrey with 47.23 percent of the vote against the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon with 45.12 percent of the vote.