Richard Nixon carried Alaska R+2.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Alaska, 1968. The state ran 1.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+0.7 nationally).

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

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Alaska result

81,160 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

34,855

42.9%

Nixon (R)

36,597

45.1%

Wallace + others

9,712

12.0%

Margin

R+2.1

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1968 presidential election

Alaska, 1968

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How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	45.1%	36,597
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	42.9%	34,855
George WallaceAmerican Independent	12.0%	9,712

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R+60

30 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Alaska's presidential margins

1960–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Alaska's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1960	−1.9%
1964	+31.6%
1968	−2.1%
1972	−23.5%
1976	−22.3%
1980	−27.9%
1984	−36.8%
1988	−23.3%
1992	−9.2%
1996	−17.5%
2000	−31.0%
2004	−25.9%
2008	−21.5%
2012	−14.0%
2016	−14.8%
2020	−10.2%
2024	−13.1%

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County results — 1968

30 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aleutians East Borough	R	−12.7%	120	160	316
Aleutians West Census Area	R	−6.1%	165	188	374
Anchorage Municipality	R	−2.7%	13,005	13,833	30,669
Bethel Census Area	D	+14.8%	1,292	939	2,389
Bristol Bay Borough	R	−1.7%	122	127	289
Chugach Census Area	R	−9.5%	439	544	1,102
Copper River Census Area	R	−19.9%	196	334	693
Denali Borough	R	−13.8%	197	282	616
Dillingham Census Area	R	−2.9%	320	340	680
Fairbanks North Star Borough	R	−9.1%	3,429	4,254	9,054
Haines Borough	R	−16.1%	157	232	465
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	D	+7.7%	321	273	626
Juneau City and Borough	D	+4.1%	2,767	2,532	5,664
Kenai Peninsula Borough	D	+2.4%	2,166	2,042	5,188
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	R	−11.8%	1,345	1,764	3,562
Kodiak Island Borough	R	−5.9%	862	986	2,095
Kusilvak Census Area	D	+31.8%	559	274	897
Lake and Peninsula Borough	R	−1.4%	189	195	437
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	R	−7.9%	893	1,075	2,318
Nome Census Area	D	+6.1%	929	816	1,847
North Slope Borough	D	+16.0%	690	473	1,354
Northwest Arctic Borough	R	−3.4%	467	501	1,014
Petersburg Borough	D	+1.0%	446	437	936
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	D	+6.5%	603	525	1,203
Sitka City and Borough	D	+5.4%	1,148	1,023	2,310
Skagway Municipality	D	+22.3%	155	95	269
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	R	−18.5%	292	469	955
Wrangell City and Borough	R	−8.4%	305	365	718
Yakutat City and Borough	D	+12.1%	102	78	199
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	R	−9.1%	1,174	1,441	2,921