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Elections / 1968 · President

Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R), with George Wallace (American Independent) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)

1968 presidential election
NixonR+0.7
1968 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1968 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · O+48.6 · 10 electoral votesAlaska · R+2.1 · 3 electoral votesArizona · R+19.8 · 5 electoral votesColorado · R+9.2 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · R+9.6 · 14 electoral votesGeorgia · O+12.4 · 12 electoral votesIndiana · R+12.3 · 13 electoral votesKansas · R+20.1 · 7 electoral votesMaine · D+12.2 · 4 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+30.1 · 14 electoral votesMinnesota · D+12.5 · 10 electoral votesNew Jersey · R+2.1 · 17 electoral votesNorth Carolina · R+10.3 · 13 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+17.7 · 4 electoral votesOklahoma · R+15.7 · 8 electoral votesPennsylvania · D+3.6 · 29 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+11.3 · 4 electoral votesTexas · D+1.3 · 25 electoral votesWyoming · R+20.2 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+5.2 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · R+1.1 · 12 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+8.8 · 7 electoral votesIllinois · R+2.9 · 26 electoral votesNew Mexico · R+12.1 · 4 electoral votesArkansas · O+8.1 · 6 electoral votesCalifornia · R+3.1 · 40 electoral votesDelaware · R+3.5 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · D+63.6 · 3 electoral votesHawaii · D+21.1 · 4 electoral votesIowa · R+12.2 · 9 electoral votesKentucky · R+6.1 · 9 electoral votesMaryland · D+1.6 · 10 electoral votesMichigan · D+6.7 · 21 electoral votesMississippi · O+40.4 · 7 electoral votesMontana · R+9.0 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · R+8.2 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+5.5 · 43 electoral votesOhio · R+2.3 · 26 electoral votesOregon · R+6.0 · 6 electoral votesTennessee · R+9.7 · 11 electoral votesUtah · R+19.4 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · R+10.9 · 12 electoral votesWashington · D+2.1 · 9 electoral votesWisconsin · R+3.6 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+28.0 · 5 electoral votesSouth Carolina · R+8.5 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · R+26.1 · 4 electoral votesNevada · R+8.2 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+9.2 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · O+20.1 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · D+32.2 · 4 electoral votes
1968presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1968 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+9.23 EVNHR+8.24 EVMAD+30.114 EVRID+32.24 EVCTD+5.28 EVNJR+2.117 EVDER+3.53 EVMDD+1.610 EVDCD+63.63 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
538 electors · 270 for a majority

Nixon won 301 of 538 electoral votes.

Humphrey191Nixon301Wallace46
George Wallace (American Independent) carried 46 electors across five Deep South states.
National popular vote
73,204,976 votes counted
Humphrey (D)
31,274,594
42.7%
Nixon (R)
31,784,459
43.4%
Wallace + others
10,145,926
13.9%
Margin
R+0.7
The county map
3,137 county-level results on record for 1968

Democrats carried 696 counties, Republicans 1,862, third-party candidates 579. 2,020 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Jefferson County, MS (D+148.0 swing) · Claiborne County, MS (D+141.4 swing) · Holmes County, MS (D+138.5 swing) · Wilkinson County, MS (D+134.7 swing) · Issaquena County, MS (D+129.8 swing) · Noxubee County, MS (D+124.7 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−2.1%
34,85536,59781,160
AlabamaO
+4.7%
196,579146,9231,049,909
ArkansasO
−0.4%
188,228190,759619,969
ArizonaR
−19.8%
170,514266,721486,936
CaliforniaR
−3.1%
3,244,3183,467,6647,251,587
ColoradoR
−9.2%
335,174409,345810,251
ConnecticutD
+5.2%
621,547556,7031,256,199
District of ColumbiaD
+63.6%
139,56631,012170,578
DelawareR
−3.5%
89,19496,714214,367
FloridaR
−9.6%
676,794886,8042,187,805
GeorgiaO
−3.7%
334,438380,1111,250,264
HawaiiD
+21.1%
141,32491,425236,218
IowaR
−12.2%
476,699619,1061,167,931
IdahoR
−26.1%
89,273165,369291,183
IllinoisR
−2.9%
2,039,8142,174,7744,619,749
IndianaR
−12.3%
806,6591,067,8852,123,597
KansasR
−20.1%
302,996478,674872,783
KentuckyR
−6.1%
397,541462,4111,055,893
LouisianaO
+4.7%
309,615257,5351,097,450
MassachusettsD
+30.1%
1,469,218766,8442,331,752
MarylandD
+1.6%
538,310517,9951,235,039
MaineD
+12.2%
217,312169,254392,936
MichiganD
+6.7%
1,593,0821,370,6653,306,250
MinnesotaD
+12.5%
857,738658,6431,588,506
MissouriR
−1.1%
791,444811,9321,809,502
MississippiO
+9.5%
150,64488,516654,509
MontanaR
−9.0%
114,117138,835274,404
North CarolinaR
−10.3%
464,113627,1921,587,493
North DakotaR
−17.7%
94,769138,669247,882
NebraskaR
−28.0%
170,784321,163536,851
New HampshireR
−8.2%
130,589154,903297,299
New JerseyR
−2.1%
1,264,2061,325,4672,875,395
New MexicoR
−12.1%
130,081169,692327,281
NevadaR
−8.2%
60,59873,188154,218
New YorkD
+5.5%
3,378,4703,007,9326,790,066
OhioR
−2.3%
1,700,5861,791,0143,959,698
OklahomaR
−15.7%
301,658449,697943,086
OregonR
−6.0%
358,866408,433819,622
PennsylvaniaD
+3.6%
2,259,4052,090,0174,747,928
Rhode IslandD
+32.2%
246,518122,359385,000
South CarolinaR
−8.5%
197,486254,062666,982
South DakotaR
−11.3%
118,023149,841281,264
TennesseeR
−9.7%
351,233472,5921,248,617
TexasD
+1.3%
1,266,8041,227,8443,079,216
UtahR
−19.4%
156,665238,728422,568
VirginiaR
−10.9%
442,387590,3191,361,491
VermontR
−9.2%
70,25585,142161,404
WashingtonD
+2.1%
616,037588,5101,304,281
WisconsinR
−3.6%
748,804809,9971,689,196
West VirginiaD
+8.8%
374,091307,555754,206
WyomingR
−20.2%
45,17370,927127,205