1968 United States presidential election Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Results== [[File:PresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|thumb|right|400px|Election results by county.{{legend|Red|[[Richard Nixon]]|border=1px #AAAAAA solid}} {{legend|Blue|[[Hubert Humphrey]]|border=1px #AAAAAA solid}} {{legend|Lime|[[George Wallace]]|border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}]] [[File:1968 Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District.png|thumb|right|250px|Results by congressional district.]] Nixon's victory is often considered a [[realigning election]] in American politics. From 1932 to 1964, the Democratic Party was undoubtedly the majority party, winning seven out of nine presidential elections, and their agenda influenced policies undertaken by the Republican [[Eisenhower administration]]. The 1968 election reversed the situation completely. From 1968 until 2004, Republicans won seven out of ten presidential elections, and its policies clearly affected those enacted by the Democratic [[Clinton administration]] via the [[Third Way]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/a_realigning_election.html|title=A Realigning Election? {{!}} RealClearPolitics|website=www.realclearpolitics.com|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The election was a seismic event in the long-term realignment in Democratic Party support, especially in the South.<ref name="Misunderstanding the Southern Realignment">{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/09/09/misunderstanding_the_southern_realignment_107084.html |title=Misunderstanding the Southern Realignment |publisher=RealClearPolitics.com|access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> Nationwide, the bitter splits over civil rights, the new left, the Vietnam War, and other "culture wars" were slow to heal. Democrats could no longer count on white Southern support for the presidency, as Republicans made major gains in suburban areas and areas filled with Northern migrants.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt|last=Lassiter|first=Matthew|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2007|pages=2, 17}}</ref> The rural Democratic "[[courthouse clique]]s" in the South lost power. While Democrats controlled local and state politics in the South, Republicans usually won the presidential vote. Some estimates suggest that Humphrey won less than ten percent of the white vote in the former Confederacy,<ref>Gould (1993) p 165; White (1969) p 401</ref> although other sources have placed this figure closer to twenty percent.<ref>{{cite book|last=Black|first=Earl|chapter=Competing Responses to the New Southern Politics: Republican and Democratic Southern Strategies, 1964-76|title=Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture|editor-last1=Reed|editor-first1=John Shelton|editor-last2=Black|editor-first2=Merle|year=2021|isbn=9781136764882}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Kevin P.|title=The Emerging Republican Majority|year=1969|page=207|isbn=0870000586|location=[[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|publisher=Arlington House}}</ref> Nevertheless, there is little doubt that a majority of Humphreyʼs support in the former Confederacy came from black voters, who were now voting in full force. From 1968 until 2004, only two Democrats were elected president, both native Southerners – [[Jimmy Carter]] of Georgia and Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Not until 2008 did a Northern Democrat, [[Barack Obama]] of Illinois, again win a presidential election. In 2020, another Northern Democrat, [[Joe Biden]] of Delaware, won a presidential election.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Michael A. Cohen, ''American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division'' (2016)</ref> Another important result of this election was that it led to several reforms in how the Democratic Party chose its presidential nominees. In 1969, the [[McGovern–Fraser Commission]] adopted a set of rules for the states to follow in selecting convention delegates. These rules reduced the influence of party leaders on the nominating process and provided greater representation for minorities, women, and youth. The reforms led most states to adopt laws requiring primary elections, instead of party leaders, to choose delegates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://poliscinews.wordpress.com/tag/mcgovern-fraser-commission/|title=McGovern-Fraser Commission {{!}} Politics Matters|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> After 1968, the only way to win the party's presidential nomination became through the primary process; Humphrey turned out to be the last nominee of either major party to win his party's nomination without having directly competed in the primaries. Interestingly, this remains the most recent presidential election in which the incumbent president was not nominated for a presidential term despite being eligible, and the only such election to occur after the Twenty-second Amendment came into effect. It is also the last election in which any third-party candidate won an entire state's electoral votes, with Wallace carrying five states.<ref name=":0" /> This is one of two times in American history that a former vice president and an incumbent vice president were major party nominees, after 1800. {{As of|2022}}, this is the last time that all 50 states and the District of Columbia would vote under a winner-take-all system. Maine would begin allocating its electoral votes by congressional district in [[1972 United States presidential election in Maine|1972]] and Nebraska would begin doing the same in [[1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska|1992]]. This election was the last time until 1992 that the Democratic nominee won Connecticut, Maine, and Michigan and the last until 1988 that Washington voted Democratic, and the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.<ref name=":0" /> It was also the first time since 1888 that [[bellwether]] [[Coös County, New Hampshire]] did not support the winning candidate.<ref>The Political Graveyard; [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-votes.html Coös County Votes for President]<br />David Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=33&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Presidential Election, 2016 in New Hampshire]</ref> Nixon became the first Republican to win without Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Maine. Minnesota had not voted for the losing candidate since 1916. 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 second of two times that Oregon and Washington did not support the same party since 1920 (the other being in 1948). 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 [[Electoral College (United States)#1969-1970: Bayh–Celler amendment|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/13012/first-and-last-serious-challenge-electoral-college-system|title=The First (And Last) Serious Challenge to the Electoral College System|date=2014-12-06|website=mentalfloss.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> ===Results=== {{start U.S. presidential ticket box| pv_footnote=| ev_footnote=}} {{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=[[Richard Nixon]]| party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]| state=[[New York (state)|New York]]{{efn|name="California 1960"}}| pv=31,783,783| pv_pct=43.42%| ev=301| vp_name=[[Spiro Agnew]]| vp_state=[[Maryland]]}} {{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=[[Hubert Humphrey]]| party=[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]| state=[[Minnesota]]| pv=31,271,839| pv_pct=42.72%| ev=191| vp_name=[[Edmund Muskie]]| vp_state=[[Maine]]}} {{U.S. presidential ticket box row| name=[[George Wallace]]| party=[[American Independent Party|American Independent]]| state=[[Alabama]]| pv=9,901,118| pv_pct=13.53%| ev=46{{efn|A North Carolina faithless Republican elector voted for Wallace/LeMay}}| vp_name=[[Curtis LeMay]]| vp_state=[[California]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_senate_manual&docid=sd001_107-41| title=Electoral Votes for President and Vice President| work=Senate Manual| publisher=Government Printing Office| year=2005| access-date=March 14, 2006}}</ref>}} {{U.S. presidential ticket box other| footnote=| pv=243,259| pv_pct=0.33%}} {{end U.S. presidential ticket box| pv=73,199,999| ev=538| to_win=270}} '''Source (Popular Vote):''' {{Leip PV source 2| year=1968| as of=August 7, 2005}} '''Source (Electoral Vote):''' {{National Archives EV source| year=1968| as of=August 7, 2005}} {{bar box |title=Popular vote |titlebar=#ddd |width=600px |barwidth=410px |bars= {{bar percent|'''Nixon'''|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}|43.42}} {{bar percent|Humphrey|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}|42.72}} {{bar percent|Wallace|#ff7f00|13.53}} {{bar percent|Others|#777777|0.33}} }} {{bar box |title=Electoral vote |titlebar=#ddd |width=600px |barwidth=410px |bars= {{bar percent|'''Nixon'''|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}|55.95}} {{bar percent|Humphrey|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}|35.50}} {{bar percent|Wallace|#ff7f00|8.55}} }} ===Geography of results=== [[File:1968 Electoral Map.png|650px|thumb|left]] <gallery perrow="3" widths="500px" heights="317px"> File:1968 United States presidential election results map by county.svg|Results by county, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote 1968 US presidential election by congressional district.svg|Results by district, shaded according to winning candidate's percentage of the vote </gallery> ====Cartographic gallery==== <gallery perrow="5" widths="185px" heights="113px"> File:PresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|Presidential election results by county File:RepublicanPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|Republican presidential election results by county File:DemocraticPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|Democratic presidential election results by county File:AmericanIndependentPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|American Independent presidential election results by county File:OtherPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|"Other" presidential election results by county File:CartogramPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|[[Cartogram]] of presidential election results by county File:CartogramRepublicanPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|[[Cartogram]] of Republican presidential election results by county File:CartogramDemocraticPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|[[Cartogram]] of Democratic presidential election results by county File:CartogramAmericanIndependentPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|[[Cartogram]] of American Independent presidential election results by county File:CartogramOtherPresidentialCounty1968Colorbrewer.gif|[[Cartogram]] of "Other" presidential election results by county </gallery> ===Results by state=== Source: <ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1968&datatype=national&def=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1968 Presidential General Election Data – National|access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |States/districts won by [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]/[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |States/districts won by [[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]]/[[Edmund Muskie|Muskie]] |-{{Party shading/American Independent}} |States/districts won by [[George Wallace|Wallace]]/[[Curtis LeMay|LeMay]] |} <div style="overflow:auto"> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |- ! colspan=2 | ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Richard Nixon<br />Republican ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| Hubert H. Humphrey<br />Democratic ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"| George Wallace<br />American Independent ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin !Margin<br>swing{{Efn|Percentage point difference in margin from the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 election]], of Republican over Democrat margins}} ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| State Total |- ! align=center | State ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br />votes ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort- type="number"| % !% ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # ! |-{{Party shading/American Independent}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Alabama|Alabama]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 146,923 | 13.99 | - | 196,579 | 18.72 | - | 691,425 | 65.86 | 10 | -494,846 | -47.13 | -83.8% | 1,049,917 | style="text-align:center;" | AL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Alaska|Alaska]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 37,600 | 45.28 | 3 | 35,411 | 42.65 | - | 10,024 | 12.07 | - | 2,189 | 2.64 |34.5% | 83,035 | style="text-align:center;" | AK |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Arizona|Arizona]] | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | 266,721 | 54.78 | 5 | 170,514 | 35.02 | - | 46,573 | 9.56 | - | 96,207 | 19.76 |18.8% | 486,936 | style="text-align:center;" | AZ |-{{Party shading/American Independent}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas|Arkansas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 189,062 | 31.01 | - | 184,901 | 30.33 | - | 235,627 | 38.65 | 6 | -46,565 | -7.64 |13.1% | 609,590 | style="text-align:center;" | AR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in California|California]] | style="text-align:center;" | 40 | 3,467,664 | 47.82 | 40 | 3,244,318 | 44.74 | - | 487,270 | 6.72 | - | 223,346 | 3.08 |21.4% | 7,251,587 | style="text-align:center;" | CA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Colorado|Colorado]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 409,345 | 50.46 | 6 | 335,174 | 41.32 | - | 60,813 | 7.50 | - | 74,171 | 9.14 |32.2% | 811,199 | style="text-align:center;" | CO |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut|Connecticut]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 556,721 | 44.32 | - | 621,561 | 49.48 | 8 | 76,650 | 6.10 | - | -64,840 | -5.16 |29.5% | 1,256,232 | style="text-align:center;" | CT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Delaware|Delaware]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 96,714 | 45.12 | 3 | 89,194 | 41.61 | - | 28,459 | 13.28 | - | 7,520 | 3.51 |25.7% | 214,367 | style="text-align:center;" | DE |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia|D.C.]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 31,012 | 18.18 | - | 139,566 | 81.82 | 3 | - | - | - | -108,554 | -63.64 |7.4% | 170,578 | style="text-align:center;" | DC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Florida|Florida]] | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 886,804 | 40.53 | 14 | 676,794 | 30.93 | - | 624,207 | 28.53 | - | 210,010 | 9.60 |11.9% | 2,187,805 | style="text-align:center;" | FL |-{{Party shading/American Independent}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Georgia|Georgia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 380,111 | 30.40 | - | 334,440 | 26.75 | - | 535,550 | 42.83 | 12 | -155,439 | -12.43 | -11.9% | 1,250,266 | style="text-align:center;" | GA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Hawaii|Hawaii]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 91,425 | 38.70 | - | 141,324 | 59.83 | 4 | 3,469 | 1.47 | - | -49,899 | -21.12 |36.4% | 236,218 | style="text-align:center;" | HI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Idaho|Idaho]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 165,369 | 56.79 | 4 | 89,273 | 30.66 | - | 36,541 | 12.55 | - | 76,096 | 26.13 |28.0% | 291,183 | style="text-align:center;" | ID |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Illinois|Illinois]] | style="text-align:center;" | 26 | 2,174,774 | 47.08 | 26 | 2,039,814 | 44.15 | - | 390,958 | 8.46 | - | 134,960 | 2.92 |21.9% | 4,619,749 | style="text-align:center;" | IL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Indiana|Indiana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 1,067,885 | 50.29 | 13 | 806,659 | 37.99 | - | 243,108 | 11.45 | - | 261,226 | 12.30 |24.7% | 2,123,597 | style="text-align:center;" | IN |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Iowa|Iowa]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 619,106 | 53.01 | 9 | 476,699 | 40.82 | - | 66,422 | 5.69 | - | 142,407 | 12.19 |36.2% | 1,167,931 | style="text-align:center;" | IA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Kansas|Kansas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 478,674 | 54.84 | 7 | 302,996 | 34.72 | - | 88,921 | 10.19 | - | 175,678 | 20.13 |29.2% | 872,783 | style="text-align:center;" | KS |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky|Kentucky]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 462,411 | 43.79 | 9 | 397,541 | 37.65 | - | 193,098 | 18.29 | - | 64,870 | 6.14 |34.5% | 1,055,893 | style="text-align:center;" | KY |-{{Party shading/American Independent}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana|Louisiana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 257,535 | 23.47 | - | 309,615 | 28.21 | - | 530,300 | 48.32 | 10 | -220,685 | -20.11 | -18.4% | 1,097,450 | style="text-align:center;" | LA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Maine|Maine]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 169,254 | 43.07 | - | 217,312 | 55.30 | 4 | 6,370 | 1.62 | - | -48,058 | -12.23 |25.4% | 392,936 | style="text-align:center;" | ME |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Maryland|Maryland]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 517,995 | 41.94 | - | 538,310 | 43.59 | 10 | 178,734 | 14.47 | - | -20,315 | -1.64 |29.3% | 1,235,039 | style="text-align:center;" | MD |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 766,844 | 32.89 | - | 1,469,218 | 63.01 | 14 | 87,088 | 3.73 | - | -702,374 | -30.12 |22.6% | 2,331,752 | style="text-align:center;" | MA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Michigan|Michigan]] | style="text-align:center;" | 21 | 1,370,665 | 41.46 | - | 1,593,082 | 48.18 | 21 | 331,968 | 10.04 | - | -222,417 | -6.73 |26.9% | 3,306,250 | style="text-align:center;" | MI |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Minnesota|Minnesota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 658,643 | 41.46 | - | 857,738 | 54.00 | 10 | 68,931 | 4.34 | - | -199,095 | -12.53 |15.2% | 1,588,510 | style="text-align:center;" | MN |-{{Party shading/American Independent}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Mississippi|Mississippi]] | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 88,516 | 13.52 | - | 150,644 | 23.02 | - | 415,349 | 63.46 | 7 | -264,705 | -40.44 | -4.7% | 654,509 | style="text-align:center;" | MS |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Missouri|Missouri]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 811,932 | 44.87 | 12 | 791,444 | 43.74 | - | 206,126 | 11.39 | - | 20,488 | 1.13 |29.2% | 1,809,502 | style="text-align:center;" | MO |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Montana|Montana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 138,835 | 50.60 | 4 | 114,117 | 41.59 | - | 20,015 | 7.29 | - | 24,718 | 9.01 |27.4% | 274,404 | style="text-align:center;" | MT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska|Nebraska]] | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | 321,163 | 59.82 | 5 | 170,784 | 31.81 | - | 44,904 | 8.36 | - | 150,379 | 28.01 |33.2% | 536,851 | style="text-align:center;" | NE |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Nevada|Nevada]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 73,188 | 47.46 | 3 | 60,598 | 39.29 | - | 20,432 | 13.25 | - | 12,590 | 8.16 |25.3% | 154,218 | style="text-align:center;" | NV |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 154,903 | 52.10 | 4 | 130,589 | 43.93 | - | 11,173 | 3.76 | - | 24,314 | 8.18 |36.0% | 297,298 | style="text-align:center;" | NH |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in New Jersey|New Jersey]] | style="text-align:center;" | 17 | 1,325,467 | 46.10 | 17 | 1,264,206 | 43.97 | - | 262,187 | 9.12 | - | 61,261 | 2.13 |33.9% | 2,875,395 | style="text-align:center;" | NJ |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in New Mexico|New Mexico]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 169,692 | 51.85 | 4 | 130,081 | 39.75 | - | 25,737 | 7.86 | - | 39,611 | 12.10 |31.1% | 327,281 | style="text-align:center;" | NM |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in New York|New York]] | style="text-align:center;" | 43 | 3,007,932 | 44.30 | - | 3,378,470 | 49.76 | 43 | 358,864 | 5.29 | - | -370,538 | -5.46 |31.8% | 6,790,066 | style="text-align:center;" | NY |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina|North Carolina]] | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 627,192 | 39.51 | 12 | 464,113 | 29.24 | - | 496,188 | 31.26 | 1 | 131,004 | 8.25 |20.6% | 1,587,493 | style="text-align:center;" | NC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota|North Dakota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 138,669 | 55.94 | 4 | 94,769 | 38.23 | - | 14,244 | 5.75 | - | 43,900 | 17.71 |33.8% | 247,882 | style="text-align:center;" | ND |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Ohio|Ohio]] | style="text-align:center;" | 26 | 1,791,014 | 45.23 | 26 | 1,700,586 | 42.95 | - | 467,495 | 11.81 | - | 90,428 | 2.28 |28.2% | 3,959,698 | style="text-align:center;" | OH |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 449,697 | 47.68 | 8 | 301,658 | 31.99 | - | 191,731 | 20.33 | - | 148,039 | 15.70 |27.2% | 943,086 | style="text-align:center;" | OK |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Oregon|Oregon]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 408,433 | 49.83 | 6 | 358,866 | 43.78 | - | 49,683 | 6.06 | - | 49,567 | 6.05 |33.8% | 819,622 | style="text-align:center;" | OR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] | style="text-align:center;" | 29 | 2,090,017 | 44.02 | - | 2,259,405 | 47.59 | 29 | 378,582 | 7.97 | - | -169,388 | -3.57 |26.6% | 4,747,928 | style="text-align:center;" | PA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 122,359 | 31.78 | - | 246,518 | 64.03 | 4 | 15,678 | 4.07 | - | -124,159 | -32.25 |29.5% | 385,000 | style="text-align:center;" | RI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina|South Carolina]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 254,062 | 38.09 | 8 | 197,486 | 29.61 | - | 215,430 | 32.30 | - | 38,632 | 5.79 | -12.0% | 666,982 | style="text-align:center;" | SC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in South Dakota|South Dakota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 149,841 | 53.27 | 4 | 118,023 | 41.96 | - | 13,400 | 4.76 | - | 31,818 | 11.31 |22.5% | 281,264 | style="text-align:center;" | SD |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee|Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 472,592 | 37.85 | 11 | 351,233 | 28.13 | - | 424,792 | 34.02 | - | 47,800 | 3.83 |14.8% | 1,248,617 | style="text-align:center;" | TN |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | 1,227,844 | 39.87 | - | 1,266,804 | 41.14 | 25 | 584,269 | 18.97 | - | -38,960 | -1.27 |25.6% | 3,079,406 | style="text-align:center;" | TX |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Utah|Utah]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 238,728 | 56.49 | 4 | 156,665 | 37.07 | - | 26,906 | 6.37 | - | 82,063 | 19.42 |29.1% | 422,568 | style="text-align:center;" | UT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Vermont|Vermont]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 85,142 | 52.75 | 3 | 70,255 | 43.53 | - | 5,104 | 3.16 | - | 14,887 | 9.22 |41.8% | 161,404 | style="text-align:center;" | VT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Virginia|Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 590,319 | 43.36 | 12 | 442,387 | 32.49 | - | 321,833 | 23.64 | - | 147,932 | 10.87 |18.2% | 1,361,491 | style="text-align:center;" | VA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|Washington]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 588,510 | 45.12 | - | 616,037 | 47.23 | 9 | 96,990 | 7.44 | - | -27,527 | -2.11 |22.5% | 1,304,281 | style="text-align:center;" | WA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in West Virginia|West Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 307,555 | 40.78 | - | 374,091 | 49.60 | 7 | 72,560 | 9.62 | - | -66,536 | -8.82 |27.1% | 754,206 | style="text-align:center;" | WV |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 809,997 | 47.89 | 12 | 748,804 | 44.27 | - | 127,835 | 7.56 | - | 61,193 | 3.62 |28.0% | 1,691,538 | style="text-align:center;" | WI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming|Wyoming]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 70,927 | 55.76 | 3 | 45,173 | 35.51 | - | 11,105 | 8.73 | - | 25,754 | 20.25 |33.4% | 127,205 | style="text-align:center;" | WY |- ! TOTALS: ! 538 ! 31,783,783 ! 43.42 ! 301 ! 31,271,839 ! 42.72 ! 191 ! 9,901,118 ! 13.53 ! 46 ! 511,944 ! 0.70 !23.3% ! 73,199,998 ! style="text-align:center;" | US |} </div> ====States that flipped from Democratic to Republican==== *[[Alaska]] *[[California]] *[[Colorado]] *[[Delaware]] *[[Florida]] *[[Idaho]] *[[Illinois]] *[[Indiana]] *[[Iowa]] *[[Kansas]] *[[Kentucky]] *[[Missouri]] *[[Montana]] *[[Nebraska]] *[[Nevada]] *[[New Mexico]] *[[New Hampshire]] *[[New Jersey]] *[[North Carolina]] *[[North Dakota]] *[[Ohio]] *[[Oklahoma]] *[[Oregon]] *[[South Dakota]] *[[Tennessee]] *[[Utah]] *[[Virginia]] *[[Vermont]] *[[Wisconsin]] *[[Wyoming]] ====States that flipped from Republican to American Independent==== *[[Georgia (US state)|Georgia]] *[[Louisiana]] *[[Alabama]] *[[Mississippi]] ====States that flipped from Democratic to American Independent==== *[[Arkansas]] ===Close states=== States where margin of victory was less than 5 percentage points (223 electoral votes): {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=25%}} #<span style="color:red;">'''Missouri''', 1.13% (20,488 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Texas''', 1.27% (38,960 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Maryland''', 1.64% (20,315 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Washington''', 2.11% (27,527 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''New Jersey''', 2.13% (61,261 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Ohio''', 2.28% (90,428 votes)</span> (tipping point state for Nixon win) #<span style="color:red;">'''Alaska''', 2.64% (2,189 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Illinois''', 2.92% (134,960 votes)</span> (tipping point state for Humphrey win) #<span style="color:red;">'''California''', 3.08% (223,346 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Delaware''', 3.51% (7,520 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Pennsylvania''', 3.57% (169,388 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Wisconsin''', 3.62% (61,193 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Tennessee''', 3.83% (47,800 votes)</span> {{col-end}} States where margin of victory was more than 5 percentage points, but less than 10 percentage points (155 electoral votes): {{col-begin}} {{col-break|width=25%}} #<span style="color:red;">'''Kentucky''', 5.14% (64,870 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Connecticut''', 5.16% (64,840 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''New York''', 5.46% (370,538 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''South Carolina''', 5.79% (38,632 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Oregon''', 6.05% (49,567 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''Michigan''', 6.73% (222,417 votes)</span> #<span style="color:purple;">'''Arkansas''', 7.64% (46,565 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Nevada''', 8.17% (12,590 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''New Hampshire''', 8.17% (24,314 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''North Carolina''', 8.25% (131,004 votes)</span> #<span style="color:darkblue;">'''West Virginia''', 8.82% (66,536 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Montana''', 9.01% (24,718 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Colorado''', 9.14% (74,171 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Vermont''', 9.22% (14,887 votes)</span> #<span style="color:red;">'''Florida''', 9.60% (210,010 votes)</span> {{col-end}} 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wasson |first=Don F. |date=November 3, 1968 |title=Alabamians Must Sort Out Most Confusing Ballot in State History |pages=3 |work=The Selma Times-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/571495454/?terms=%22Wallace%22%20%22Humphrey%22%20%22National%20Democratic%20Party%20of%20Alabama%22&match=1 |access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> In [[North Carolina]] one Nixon Elector cast his ballot for George Wallace (President) and Curtis LeMay (Vice President).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&f=1&off=0&elect=0&fips=37&submit=Retrieve |title=1968 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina |publisher=Uselectionatlas.org |access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref> ==== Statistics ==== <ref name="auto"/> Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Hooker County, Nebraska]] 87.94%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Jackson County, Kentucky]] 84.09%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[McIntosh County, North Dakota]] 82.65%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[McPherson County, South Dakota]] 80.34%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Sioux County, Iowa]] 80.04%</span>''' Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Duval County, Texas]] 88.74%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Jim Hogg County, Texas]] 82.06%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Washington, D.C.]] 81.82%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Webb County, Texas]] 79.65%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]] 75.62%</span>''' Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (American Independent) # '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Geneva County, Alabama]] 91.73%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:purple;">[[George County, Mississippi]] 91.20%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Lamar County, Alabama]] 88.25%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Calhoun County, Mississippi]] 87.80%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:purple;">[[Holmes County, Florida]] 87.21%</span>''' Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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