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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968#The_fall_campaign

The key states proved to be California, Ohio, and Illinois, all of which Nixon won by three percentage points or less.

As you can see from the map, if Humphrey had won California and another of those states he would have won the election by 257 to 235 electoral votes. So WI that happened?

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