Alabama — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionAlabama · PresidentWallace67.3%
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| George Wallace + others ✓American Independent | 67.3% | 706,407 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 18.7% | 196,579 |
| Richard NixonRepublican | 14.0% | 146,923 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Alabama cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Autauga County, AL | Other / independent | D+12.2 |
| Baldwin County, AL | Other / independent | R+1.8 |
| Barbour County, AL | Other / independent | D+19.0 |
| Bibb County, AL | Other / independent | D+8.3 |
| Blount County, AL | Other / independent | R+18.5 |
| Bullock County, AL | Other / independent | D+40.8 |
| Butler County, AL | Other / independent | D+10.1 |
| Calhoun County, AL | Other / independent | D+4.1 |
| Chambers County, AL | Other / independent | D+2.6 |
| Cherokee County, AL | Other / independent | D+2.1 |
| Chilton County, AL | Other / independent | R+11.6 |
| Choctaw County, AL | Other / independent | D+24.0 |
| Clarke County, AL | Other / independent | D+14.2 |
| Clay County, AL | Other / independent | R+8.9 |
| Cleburne County, AL | Other / independent | R+8.1 |
| Coffee County, AL | Other / independent | D+3.6 |
| Colbert County, AL | Other / independent | D+3.6 |
| Conecuh County, AL | Other / independent | D+18.1 |
| Coosa County, AL | Other / independent | D+7.7 |
| Covington County, AL | Other / independent | R+0.3 |
| Crenshaw County, AL | Other / independent | D+9.4 |
| Cullman County, AL | Other / independent | R+22.3 |
| Dale County, AL | Other / independent | D+2.6 |
| Dallas County, AL | Other / independent | D+31.7 |
| DeKalb County, AL | Other / independent | R+27.2 |
| Elmore County, AL | Other / independent | D+8.0 |
| Escambia County, AL | Other / independent | D+7.5 |
| Etowah County, AL | Other / independent | D+0.8 |
| Fayette County, AL | Other / independent | R+2.4 |
| Franklin County, AL | Other / independent | R+21.3 |
| Geneva County, AL | Other / independent | D+1.1 |
| Greene County, AL | Democratic | D+51.6 |
| Hale County, AL | Other / independent | D+33.0 |
| Henry County, AL | Other / independent | D+16.5 |
| Houston County, AL | Other / independent | D+3.1 |
| Jackson County, AL | Other / independent | R+1.5 |
| Jefferson County, AL | Other / independent | D+7.8 |
| Lamar County, AL | Other / independent | R+1.0 |
| Lauderdale County, AL | Other / independent | R+4.2 |
| Lawrence County, AL | Other / independent | D+0.9 |
| Lee County, AL | Other / independent | D+3.3 |
| Limestone County, AL | Other / independent | D+0.2 |
| Lowndes County, AL | Other / independent | D+27.4 |
| Macon County, AL | Democratic | D+65.7 |
| Madison County, AL | Other / independent | R+10.0 |
| Marengo County, AL | Other / independent | D+33.0 |
| Marion County, AL | Other / independent | R+13.4 |
| Marshall County, AL | Other / independent | R+10.6 |
| Mobile County, AL | Other / independent | D+8.8 |
| Monroe County, AL | Other / independent | D+17.7 |
| Montgomery County, AL | Other / independent | D+11.5 |
| Morgan County, AL | Other / independent | R+5.2 |
| Perry County, AL | Other / independent | D+38.7 |
| Pickens County, AL | Other / independent | D+17.6 |
| Pike County, AL | Other / independent | D+10.9 |
| Randolph County, AL | Other / independent | R+2.5 |
| Russell County, AL | Other / independent | D+17.8 |
| Shelby County, AL | Other / independent | R+5.6 |
| St. Clair County, AL | Other / independent | R+7.9 |
| Sumter County, AL | Democratic | D+42.3 |
| Talladega County, AL | Other / independent | D+6.2 |
| Tallapoosa County, AL | Other / independent | D+1.1 |
| Tuscaloosa County, AL | Other / independent | D+6.1 |
| Walker County, AL | Other / independent | R+3.4 |
| Washington County, AL | Other / independent | D+12.4 |
| Wilcox County, AL | Other / independent | D+32.0 |
| Winston County, AL | Other / independent | R+34.7 |
Alabama results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | George Wallace + others+4,064 | 5,61772.2% | 1,55320.0% | 6067.8% | 7,776 |
| Baldwin County | George Wallace + others+12,275 | 14,42978.4% | 1,8219.9% | 2,15411.7% | 18,404 |
| Barbour County | George Wallace + others+3,764 | 5,66271.3% | 1,89823.9% | 3864.9% | 7,946 |
| Bibb County | George Wallace + others+3,106 | 3,75880.4% | 65214.0% | 2635.6% | 4,673 |
| Blount County | George Wallace + others+4,729 | 6,74274.2% | 3313.6% | 2,01322.2% | 9,086 |
| Bullock County | George Wallace + others+229 | 2,19350.4% | 1,96445.2% | 1904.4% | 4,347 |
| Butler County | George Wallace + others+4,381 | 5,62176.4% | 1,24016.8% | 5006.8% | 7,361 |
| Calhoun County | George Wallace + others+15,422 | 19,56873.1% | 4,14615.5% | 3,06111.4% | 26,775 |
| Chambers County | George Wallace + others+6,838 | 8,19677.1% | 1,35812.8% | 1,08210.2% | 10,636 |
| Cherokee County | George Wallace + others+4,418 | 4,88085.8% | 4628.1% | 3436.0% | 5,685 |
| Chilton County | George Wallace + others+5,132 | 6,73475.6% | 5666.4% | 1,60218.0% | 8,902 |
| Choctaw County | George Wallace + others+2,635 | 4,27670.2% | 1,64126.9% | 1762.9% | 6,093 |
| Clarke County | George Wallace + others+4,704 | 6,42174.4% | 1,71719.9% | 4885.7% | 8,626 |
| Clay County | George Wallace + others+3,376 | 4,08280.9% | 2565.1% | 70614.0% | 5,044 |
| Cleburne County | George Wallace + others+2,865 | 3,35083.9% | 1604.0% | 48512.1% | 3,995 |
| Coffee County | George Wallace + others+7,942 | 9,01383.7% | 1,0719.9% | 6826.3% | 10,766 |
| Colbert County | George Wallace + others+9,312 | 11,60374.3% | 2,29114.7% | 1,72711.1% | 15,621 |
| Conecuh County | George Wallace + others+2,858 | 4,00975.0% | 1,15121.5% | 1863.5% | 5,346 |
| Coosa County | George Wallace + others+2,235 | 2,85875.0% | 62316.3% | 3308.7% | 3,811 |
| Covington County | George Wallace + others+10,675 | 11,50687.6% | 7916.0% | 8316.3% | 13,128 |
| Crenshaw County | George Wallace + others+3,819 | 4,54582.9% | 72613.2% | 2093.8% | 5,480 |
| Cullman County | George Wallace + others+6,222 | 11,18664.8% | 1,1156.5% | 4,96428.8% | 17,265 |
| Dale County | George Wallace + others+7,374 | 8,23684.9% | 8628.9% | 6076.3% | 9,705 |
| Dallas County | George Wallace + others+2,358 | 8,87453.3% | 6,51639.2% | 1,2467.5% | 16,636 |
| DeKalb County | George Wallace + others+2,957 | 8,27155.7% | 1,2748.6% | 5,31435.8% | 14,859 |
| Elmore County | George Wallace + others+7,521 | 9,26678.4% | 1,74514.8% | 8016.8% | 11,812 |
| Escambia County | George Wallace + others+7,101 | 8,59379.8% | 1,49213.9% | 6806.3% | 10,765 |
| Etowah County | George Wallace + others+17,609 | 22,22271.3% | 4,61314.8% | 4,35114.0% | 31,186 |
| Fayette County | George Wallace + others+3,908 | 4,73575.9% | 67610.8% | 82713.3% | 6,238 |
| Franklin County | George Wallace + others+3,460 | 5,98465.8% | 5886.5% | 2,52427.7% | 9,096 |
| Geneva County | George Wallace + others+7,537 | 7,91792.3% | 3804.4% | 2843.3% | 8,581 |
| Greene County | Hubert Humphrey+669 | 1,56039.3% | 2,22956.2% | 1804.5% | 3,969 |
| Hale County | George Wallace + others+988 | 2,99156.9% | 2,00338.1% | 2665.1% | 5,260 |
| Henry County | George Wallace + others+3,298 | 4,25380.4% | 95518.0% | 841.6% | 5,292 |
| Houston County | George Wallace + others+12,586 | 14,07485.1% | 1,4889.0% | 9745.9% | 16,536 |
| Jackson County | George Wallace + others+7,504 | 8,69579.7% | 1,0229.4% | 1,19110.9% | 10,908 |
| Jefferson County | George Wallace + others+53,591 | 109,43653.4% | 55,84527.2% | 39,75219.4% | 205,033 |
| Lamar County | George Wallace + others+4,895 | 5,25988.8% | 3025.1% | 3646.1% | 5,925 |
| Lauderdale County | George Wallace + others+10,813 | 13,76572.9% | 2,16611.5% | 2,95215.6% | 18,883 |
| Lawrence County | George Wallace + others+5,649 | 6,29983.7% | 6508.6% | 5807.7% | 7,529 |
| Lee County | George Wallace + others+5,164 | 7,96760.7% | 2,80321.3% | 2,36618.0% | 13,136 |
| Limestone County | George Wallace + others+7,727 | 8,61683.0% | 8898.6% | 8708.4% | 10,375 |
| Lowndes County | George Wallace + others+775 | 1,90258.3% | 1,12734.5% | 2347.2% | 3,263 |
| Macon County | Hubert Humphrey+2,776 | 1,67426.2% | 4,45069.7% | 2574.0% | 6,381 |
| Madison County | George Wallace + others+17,523 | 30,73659.2% | 8,00415.4% | 13,21325.4% | 51,953 |
| Marengo County | George Wallace + others+1,739 | 5,21857.0% | 3,47938.0% | 4575.0% | 9,154 |
| Marion County | George Wallace + others+5,054 | 6,54677.9% | 3654.3% | 1,49217.8% | 8,403 |
| Marshall County | George Wallace + others+10,275 | 13,00077.9% | 9555.7% | 2,72516.3% | 16,680 |
| Mobile County | George Wallace + others+44,197 | 62,81268.3% | 18,61520.2% | 10,50911.4% | 91,936 |
| Monroe County | George Wallace + others+3,603 | 5,27672.0% | 1,67322.8% | 3755.1% | 7,324 |
| Montgomery County | George Wallace + others+15,603 | 27,69159.5% | 12,08826.0% | 6,74614.5% | 46,525 |
| Morgan County | George Wallace + others+14,313 | 17,35677.9% | 1,8788.4% | 3,04313.7% | 22,277 |
| Perry County | George Wallace + others+331 | 2,78850.2% | 2,45744.2% | 3085.5% | 5,553 |
| Pickens County | George Wallace + others+3,139 | 4,57372.3% | 1,43422.7% | 3215.1% | 6,328 |
| Pike County | George Wallace + others+4,553 | 6,11873.3% | 1,56518.8% | 6587.9% | 8,341 |
| Randolph County | George Wallace + others+4,460 | 5,29977.9% | 6669.8% | 83912.3% | 6,804 |
| Russell County | George Wallace + others+5,127 | 7,83469.7% | 2,70724.1% | 7046.3% | 11,245 |
| Shelby County | George Wallace + others+6,253 | 7,95973.9% | 1,10510.3% | 1,70615.8% | 10,770 |
| St. Clair County | George Wallace + others+5,558 | 7,19374.2% | 8699.0% | 1,63516.9% | 9,697 |
| Sumter County | Hubert Humphrey+168 | 2,16845.1% | 2,33648.6% | 3036.3% | 4,807 |
| Talladega County | George Wallace + others+10,623 | 13,72273.2% | 3,09916.5% | 1,93510.3% | 18,756 |
| Tallapoosa County | George Wallace + others+7,954 | 9,28578.5% | 1,33111.3% | 1,20510.2% | 11,821 |
| Tuscaloosa County | George Wallace + others+13,437 | 18,99366.9% | 5,55619.6% | 3,82213.5% | 28,371 |
| Walker County | George Wallace + others+12,158 | 14,78676.3% | 1,97110.2% | 2,62813.6% | 19,385 |
| Washington County | George Wallace + others+3,679 | 4,58180.6% | 90215.9% | 2003.5% | 5,683 |
| Wilcox County | George Wallace + others+882 | 2,54057.3% | 1,65837.4% | 2375.3% | 4,435 |
| Winston County | George Wallace + others+921 | 3,09556.0% | 2584.7% | 2,17439.3% | 5,527 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Alabama's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +55.5% |
| 1896 | +38.4% |
| 1900 | +26.0% |
| 1904 | +52.7% |
| 1908 | +46.4% |
| 1912 | +61.7% |
| 1916 | +54.1% |
| 1920 | +34.8% |
| 1924 | +42.7% |
| 1928 | +3.0% |
| 1932 | +70.6% |
| 1936 | +73.6% |
| 1940 | +70.9% |
| 1944 | +63.1% |
| 1948 | −19.0% |
| 1952 | +29.5% |
| 1956 | +17.1% |
| 1960 | +14.3% |
| 1964 | −69.5% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −46.9% |
| 1976 | +13.1% |
| 1980 | −1.3% |
| 1984 | −22.4% |
| 1988 | −19.3% |
| 1992 | −6.8% |
| 1996 | −7.0% |
| 2000 | −14.9% |
| 2004 | −25.6% |
| 2008 | −21.6% |
| 2012 | −22.2% |
| 2016 | −28.1% |
| 2020 | −25.5% |
| 2024 | −30.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.