Richard Nixon carried California R+3.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in California, 1968. The state ran 2.4 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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California result

7,251,587 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

3,244,318

44.7%

Nixon (R)

3,467,664

47.8%

Wallace + others

539,605

7.4%

Margin

R+3.1

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1968 presidential election

California, 1968

NixonR+3.1

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	47.8%	3,467,664
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	44.7%	3,244,318
George WallaceAmerican Independent	7.4%	539,605

D+60

R+60

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

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1968 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+16.3%	219,545	153,285	407,349
Alpine County	R	−26.5%	83	150	253
Amador County	D	+3.2%	2,440	2,269	5,390
Butte County	R	−23.8%	12,887	22,225	39,211
Calaveras County	R	−15.6%	2,134	3,042	5,832
Colusa County	R	−11.0%	1,858	2,361	4,577
Contra Costa County	D	+1.9%	101,668	97,486	218,917
Del Norte County	R	−2.9%	2,236	2,387	5,168
El Dorado County	R	−9.3%	6,054	7,468	15,241
Fresno County	D	+3.8%	65,153	59,901	137,396
Glenn County	R	−19.4%	2,466	3,848	7,138
Humboldt County	R	−0.7%	16,476	16,719	36,214
Imperial County	R	−16.3%	7,481	10,818	20,446
Inyo County	R	−19.8%	2,314	3,641	6,687
Kern County	R	−4.1%	49,284	53,990	115,832
Kings County	D	+4.7%	8,643	7,796	18,101
Lake County	R	−7.5%	3,777	4,464	9,111
Lassen County	D	+6.1%	2,930	2,553	6,218
Los Angeles County	R	−1.6%	1,223,251	1,266,480	2,657,982
Madera County	D	+4.9%	6,932	6,229	14,303
Marin County	R	−6.2%	36,278	41,422	82,755
Mariposa County	R	−10.3%	1,187	1,496	2,997
Mendocino County	R	−2.1%	7,935	8,305	17,904
Merced County	D	+10.1%	14,453	11,595	28,349
Modoc County	R	−13.7%	1,264	1,713	3,267
Mono County	R	−37.8%	465	1,130	1,758
Monterey County	R	−8.1%	28,261	33,670	67,124
Napa County	D	+1.5%	14,762	14,270	32,612
Nevada County	R	−12.3%	4,607	6,061	11,794
Orange County	R	−33.3%	148,869	314,905	498,707
Placer County	D	+5.6%	14,050	12,427	29,144
Plumas County	D	+15.4%	2,961	2,097	5,611
Riverside County	R	−14.1%	61,146	83,414	157,670
Sacramento County	D	+9.3%	118,769	97,177	233,246
San Benito County	R	−2.4%	2,809	2,961	6,229
San Bernardino County	R	−10.1%	89,418	111,974	223,616
San Diego County	R	−20.2%	167,669	261,540	464,863
San Francisco County	D	+25.5%	177,509	100,970	299,947
San Joaquin County	R	−5.3%	42,073	47,293	98,589
San Luis Obispo County	R	−9.5%	15,828	19,420	37,881
San Mateo County	D	+3.5%	106,519	98,654	225,668
Santa Barbara County	R	−13.4%	37,565	50,068	93,420
Santa Clara County	D	+2.8%	173,511	163,446	358,367
Santa Cruz County	R	−9.8%	20,492	25,365	49,944
Shasta County	D	+9.2%	14,510	11,821	29,230
Sierra County	D	+0.9%	559	548	1,193
Siskiyou County	R	−0.5%	6,260	6,334	13,732
Solano County	D	+18.8%	27,271	17,683	50,952
Sonoma County	R	−5.8%	33,587	38,088	78,059
Stanislaus County	D	+2.7%	31,316	29,573	65,063
Sutter County	R	−27.8%	4,624	8,665	14,545
Tehama County	R	−5.8%	4,565	5,198	10,999
Trinity County	D	+0.2%	1,433	1,426	3,307
Tulare County	R	−12.7%	22,180	29,314	56,189
Tuolumne County	R	−4.6%	3,913	4,330	9,119
Ventura County	R	−10.2%	47,794	59,705	116,261
Yolo County	D	+16.3%	15,833	11,123	28,960
Yuba County	R	−8.2%	4,461	5,371	11,150