Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. It was also the first time since 1888 that bellwether Coös County, New Hampshire did not support the winning candidate. This was the first time since 1928 that North Carolina voted for a Republican, and the first since 1912 (only the second and final time since 1852) that Maine and Vermont did not support the same party. Similarly, it is the last time that Oregon and Washington did not support the same party, meaning the two neighboring states have only voted for different candidates twice in 100 years. By losing New York, Nixon became the third victorious candidate to lose his home state, which also occurred in 1844, 1916, and 2016. This election and 1916 are the only times a winning presidential and vice-presidential each lost their home states. Despite the narrow (0.7%) difference in the popular vote, Humphrey took only 35.5% of the electoral vote. This disparity prompted the introduction of the Bayh–Celler amendment in Congress, which would have replaced the Electoral College with a direct election of the presidency. The effort was not successful and the Electoral College is still in force. ResultsSource (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): Geography of results Cartographic gallery Results by state Close states States where margin of victory was less than 5 percentage points (223 electoral votes): Missouri, 1.13% (20,488 votes) Texas, 1.27% (38,960 votes) Maryland, 1.64% (20,315 votes) Washington, 2.11% (27,527 votes) New Jersey, 2.13% (61,261 votes) Ohio, 2.28% (90,428 votes) (tipping point state for Nixon win) Alaska, 2.64% (2,189 votes) Illinois, 2.92% (134,960 votes) (tipping point state for Humphrey win) California, 3.08% (223,346 votes) Delaware, 3.51% (7,520 votes) Pennsylvania, 3.57% (169,388 votes) Wisconsin, 3.62% (61,193 votes) Tennessee, 3.83% (47,800 votes) States where margin of victory was more than 5 percentage points, but less than 10 percentage points (155 electoral votes): Kentucky, 5.14% (64,870 votes) Connecticut, 5.16% (64,840 votes) New York, 5.46% (370,538 votes) South Carolina, 5.79% (38,632 votes) Oregon, 6.05% (49,567 votes) Michigan, 6.73% (222,417 votes) Arkansas, 7.64% (46,565 votes) Nevada, 8.17% (12,590 votes) New Hampshire, 8.17% (24,314 votes) North Carolina, 8.25% (131,004 votes) West Virginia, 8.82% (66,536 votes) Montana, 9.01% (24,718 votes) Colorado, 9.14% (74,171 votes) Vermont, 9.22% (14,887 votes) Florida, 9.60% (210,010 votes) Notes: In Alabama, Wallace was the official Democratic Party nominee, while Humphrey ran on the ticket of short-lived National Democratic Party of Alabama, loyal to him as an official Democratic Party nominee.