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| 2 | 1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state) - Results |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 4 | - | Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 616,037 | 47.23% |
| 5 | - | Republican | Richard Nixon | 588,510 | 45.12% |
| 6 | - | American Independent | George Wallace | 96,990 | 7.44% |
| 7 | - | Write-in | - | 2,744 | 0.21% |
| 8 | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,304,281 | 100% |

Question: Who won the Washington in the 1968 presidential election and by how much?
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.