George Wallace carried Arkansas.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Arkansas, 1968. George Wallace won the state as a third-party candidate; the R+0.4 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 0.3 points more Democratic than the nation (R+0.7 nationally).

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

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Arkansas result

619,969 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

188,228

30.4%

Nixon (R)

190,759

30.8%

Wallace + others

240,982

38.9%

Margin

R+0.4

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1968 presidential election

Arkansas, 1968

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

George Wallace ✓American Independent	38.9%	240,982
Richard NixonRepublican	30.8%	190,759
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	30.4%	188,228

D+60

R+60

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

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Arkansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+27.6%
1896	+48.6%
1900	+28.5%
1904	+15.2%
1908	+20.3%
1912	+35.9%
1916	+40.9%
1920	+18.9%
1924	+31.9%
1928	+20.9%
1932	+73.9%
1936	+63.9%
1940	+57.4%
1944	+40.1%
1948	+40.7%
1952	+12.1%
1956	+6.6%
1960	+7.1%
1964	+12.7%
1968	−0.4%
1972	−38.1%
1976	+30.0%
1980	−0.6%
1984	−22.2%
1988	−14.2%
1992	+17.7%
1996	+16.9%
2000	−5.4%
2004	−9.8%
2008	−19.9%
2012	−23.7%
2016	−27.8%
2020	−27.6%
2024	−30.6%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	O	+2.8%	2,019	1,806	7,600
Ashley County	O	+7.1%	2,035	1,470	7,906
Baxter County	R	−21.1%	1,952	3,401	6,866
Benton County	R	−24.7%	4,088	8,104	16,228
Boone County	R	−19.4%	1,907	3,349	7,425
Bradley County	O	+13.6%	1,457	802	4,805
Calhoun County	O	+18.3%	688	287	2,190
Carroll County	R	−25.6%	1,298	2,596	5,068
Chicot County	D	+30.6%	2,595	865	5,647
Clark County	O	+15.3%	2,733	1,642	7,151
Clay County	R	−11.7%	1,663	2,410	6,358
Cleburne County	O	−2.4%	1,202	1,301	4,160
Cleveland County	O	+3.8%	407	312	2,470
Columbia County	O	+6.9%	2,487	1,916	8,246
Conway County	D	+9.0%	2,560	1,973	6,491
Craighead County	O	−8.4%	3,738	5,047	15,527
Crawford County	O	−15.9%	1,578	2,723	7,218
Crittenden County	O	+9.6%	3,475	2,454	10,586
Cross County	O	+8.1%	1,555	1,093	5,704
Dallas County	O	+15.9%	1,253	672	3,647
Desha County	O	+22.7%	2,270	972	5,716
Drew County	O	+6.1%	1,324	1,040	4,671
Faulkner County	O	+8.8%	3,756	2,791	10,922
Franklin County	O	−4.0%	1,149	1,333	4,593
Fulton County	R	−5.4%	1,019	1,198	3,297
Garland County	R	−10.0%	5,655	7,674	20,284
Grant County	O	+6.1%	852	627	3,673
Greene County	O	−8.2%	2,197	2,859	8,077
Hempstead County	O	+7.4%	2,322	1,783	7,241
Hot Spring County	O	+4.4%	2,137	1,780	8,056
Howard County	O	−5.6%	1,061	1,286	4,007
Independence County	R	−6.3%	2,289	2,782	7,841
Izard County	O	+0.6%	948	931	2,988
Jackson County	O	+10.0%	2,051	1,356	6,932
Jefferson County	O	+17.7%	9,125	4,860	24,038
Johnson County	D	+1.6%	1,747	1,667	5,107
Lafayette County	O	+15.0%	1,208	672	3,584
Lawrence County	O	−2.8%	1,613	1,788	6,214
Lee County	D	+26.7%	2,135	834	4,876
Lincoln County	O	+19.1%	1,209	488	3,781
Little River County	O	+10.5%	1,092	745	3,310
Logan County	R	−5.3%	1,998	2,341	6,499
Lonoke County	O	+4.4%	2,014	1,677	7,693
Madison County	R	−15.2%	1,574	2,320	4,922
Marion County	R	−12.1%	990	1,385	3,252
Miller County	O	+2.5%	2,929	2,662	10,653
Mississippi County	O	+4.0%	4,993	4,369	15,509
Monroe County	O	+19.6%	1,783	804	4,993
Montgomery County	O	−9.3%	649	885	2,526
Nevada County	O	+11.9%	1,308	840	3,921
Newton County	R	−21.3%	852	1,467	2,886
Ouachita County	O	+20.2%	4,603	2,209	11,843
Perry County	O	−4.6%	634	740	2,290
Phillips County	D	+25.1%	5,039	2,154	11,472
Pike County	O	−13.6%	656	1,104	3,295
Poinsett County	O	−5.9%	1,672	2,140	7,886
Polk County	R	−15.5%	1,290	2,094	5,196
Pope County	R	−8.6%	2,578	3,319	8,666
Prairie County	O	+5.1%	875	693	3,582
Pulaski County	D	+1.1%	27,597	26,709	80,150
Randolph County	O	+3.1%	1,367	1,237	4,214
Saline County	O	+4.4%	3,111	2,614	11,294
Scott County	O	−4.8%	1,000	1,162	3,400
Searcy County	R	−35.3%	724	1,909	3,359
Sebastian County	R	−21.3%	6,320	12,073	27,042
Sevier County	O	−2.3%	1,129	1,217	3,847
Sharp County	O	−3.2%	1,025	1,136	3,460
St. Francis County	O	+18.3%	3,284	1,608	9,146
Stone County	R	−10.8%	698	987	2,664
Union County	O	−2.9%	4,426	4,919	17,198
Van Buren County	R	−4.8%	1,149	1,325	3,698
Washington County	R	−20.6%	6,131	10,640	21,863
White County	O	−5.7%	3,198	3,887	12,139
Woodruff County	O	+17.8%	1,270	625	3,629
Yell County	O	−5.8%	1,513	1,819	5,281