George Wallace carried Georgia.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Georgia, 1968. George Wallace won the state as a third-party candidate; the R+3.7 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 3.0 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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Georgia result

1,250,264 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

334,438

26.7%

Nixon (R)

380,111

30.4%

Wallace + others

535,715

42.8%

Margin

R+3.7

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1968 presidential election

Georgia, 1968

NixonR+3.7

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

George Wallace ✓American Independent	42.8%	535,715
Richard NixonRepublican	30.4%	380,111
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	26.7%	334,438

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	O	−0.8%	760	795	4,233
Atkinson County	O	+15.7%	686	288	2,528
Bacon County	O	−11.0%	279	586	2,800
Baker County	O	+26.2%	548	99	1,714
Baldwin County	O	−2.9%	2,109	2,318	7,111
Banks County	O	−4.8%	296	398	2,128
Barrow County	O	−5.8%	1,070	1,372	5,173
Bartow County	O	+1.3%	2,149	2,045	8,251
Ben Hill County	O	+6.4%	876	661	3,371
Berrien County	O	−3.0%	451	566	3,828
Bibb County	O	−7.0%	10,579	13,490	41,397
Bleckley County	O	−10.0%	396	756	3,611
Brantley County	O	+3.5%	317	237	2,263
Brooks County	O	+5.2%	787	589	3,780
Bryan County	O	+7.6%	560	381	2,369
Bulloch County	O	−4.1%	1,788	2,113	7,854
Burke County	O	+5.3%	1,676	1,416	4,894
Butts County	O	+12.4%	959	584	3,033
Calhoun County	O	+24.2%	697	234	1,910
Camden County	O	+10.2%	1,146	751	3,885
Candler County	O	+1.3%	587	552	2,763
Carroll County	O	−6.8%	2,326	3,135	11,970
Catoosa County	O	−12.2%	901	2,043	9,393
Charlton County	O	+6.3%	455	332	1,944
Chatham County	D	+0.2%	18,201	18,106	53,545
Chattahoochee County	O	+15.0%	148	70	521
Chattooga County	O	+3.1%	1,255	1,087	5,366
Cherokee County	O	−16.6%	1,434	2,675	7,462
Clarke County	R	−1.7%	5,543	5,800	14,808
Clay County	O	+30.4%	516	133	1,258
Clayton County	O	−20.2%	3,510	8,256	23,438
Clinch County	O	+1.7%	334	304	1,780
Cobb County	R	−21.9%	8,755	18,649	45,209
Coffee County	O	+1.4%	1,331	1,241	6,357
Colquitt County	O	−8.2%	1,119	1,882	9,326
Columbia County	O	−15.4%	905	1,636	4,748
Cook County	O	+2.3%	603	521	3,564
Coweta County	O	−16.6%	1,204	2,442	7,437
Crawford County	O	+15.0%	489	246	1,621
Crisp County	O	+1.6%	1,017	935	5,223
Dade County	O	−9.9%	282	613	3,355
Dawson County	O	−16.4%	246	509	1,600
Decatur County	O	+13.9%	1,729	749	7,054
DeKalb County	R	−23.7%	27,796	52,485	104,237
Dodge County	O	+3.1%	1,230	1,055	5,691
Dooly County	O	+13.6%	879	454	3,136
Dougherty County	O	−9.5%	3,831	5,611	18,762
Douglas County	O	−8.4%	1,242	1,848	7,249
Early County	O	+11.7%	785	327	3,909
Echols County	O	+0.5%	56	53	642
Effingham County	O	−3.4%	635	769	3,965
Elbert County	O	+5.6%	1,216	914	5,382
Emanuel County	O	+3.5%	1,508	1,297	6,112
Evans County	O	−2.0%	492	543	2,510
Fannin County	R	−38.1%	1,229	3,475	5,892
Fayette County	O	−9.6%	551	867	3,307
Floyd County	O	−16.0%	4,036	7,470	21,512
Forsyth County	O	−16.7%	647	1,389	4,433
Franklin County	O	+1.2%	766	716	4,173
Fulton County	D	+7.6%	77,847	64,153	179,068
Gilmer County	R	−34.4%	690	2,074	4,023
Glascock County	O	−14.3%	47	185	965
Glynn County	O	−3.9%	3,247	3,725	12,317
Gordon County	O	−10.8%	1,161	1,815	6,053
Grady County	O	+14.9%	1,425	561	5,803
Greene County	D	+28.0%	1,635	652	3,510
Gwinnett County	O	−12.1%	3,226	5,350	17,489
Habersham County	O	−9.5%	1,070	1,611	5,689
Hall County	O	−12.8%	3,174	4,923	13,643
Hancock County	D	+48.9%	2,165	381	3,650
Haralson County	O	−12.4%	771	1,451	5,473
Harris County	O	+1.3%	1,072	1,021	3,944
Hart County	O	+8.2%	979	586	4,774
Heard County	O	+2.9%	356	303	1,812
Henry County	O	+3.8%	2,317	2,017	7,938
Houston County	O	−10.1%	2,831	4,285	14,457
Irwin County	O	+1.5%	474	430	2,860
Jackson County	O	+6.5%	1,537	1,139	6,149
Jasper County	O	+17.1%	835	456	2,217
Jeff Davis County	O	−6.9%	376	577	2,911
Jefferson County	O	+12.9%	1,899	1,227	5,218
Jenkins County	O	+5.1%	704	574	2,527
Johnson County	O	+2.3%	446	381	2,868
Jones County	O	+11.5%	1,105	693	3,568
Lamar County	O	+7.7%	790	575	2,805
Lanier County	O	+2.3%	277	241	1,542
Laurens County	O	+5.6%	3,451	2,738	12,838
Lee County	O	+12.5%	673	389	2,264
Liberty County	D	+27.8%	1,572	592	3,529
Lincoln County	O	+3.8%	491	408	2,189
Long County	O	+23.7%	574	156	1,767
Lowndes County	O	−6.0%	2,402	3,073	11,154
Lumpkin County	O	−13.7%	396	687	2,131
Macon County	O	+11.4%	954	598	3,111
Madison County	O	+0.6%	621	600	3,751
Marion County	O	+4.8%	247	186	1,282
McDuffie County	O	−8.3%	991	1,324	4,025
McIntosh County	D	+29.9%	943	315	2,099
Meriwether County	O	+11.7%	1,760	1,120	5,451
Miller County	O	−3.4%	171	249	2,282
Mitchell County	O	+9.3%	1,255	731	5,634
Monroe County	O	+8.0%	1,028	770	3,220
Montgomery County	O	+6.6%	503	352	2,288
Morgan County	O	+12.0%	973	616	2,980
Murray County	O	−12.0%	818	1,278	3,846
Muscogee County	O	−10.4%	7,591	11,193	34,590
Newton County	O	+5.0%	1,996	1,660	6,675
Oconee County	O	−11.8%	414	713	2,532
Oglethorpe County	O	+3.8%	483	383	2,603
Paulding County	O	+0.9%	1,023	977	5,054
Peach County	O	+11.7%	1,362	904	3,904
Pickens County	R	−26.3%	677	1,659	3,728
Pierce County	O	−2.2%	507	579	3,230
Pike County	O	+11.9%	632	345	2,419
Polk County	O	+3.5%	2,007	1,729	7,976
Pulaski County	O	−3.0%	514	595	2,678
Putnam County	O	+13.8%	972	594	2,743
Quitman County	O	+14.5%	198	90	747
Rabun County	O	−3.4%	590	680	2,679
Randolph County	O	+17.7%	1,028	502	2,968
Richmond County	R	−8.9%	11,770	14,993	36,302
Rockdale County	O	+0.4%	1,213	1,195	4,623
Schley County	O	+13.3%	309	164	1,092
Screven County	O	+11.9%	1,411	916	4,157
Seminole County	O	+6.7%	369	201	2,493
Spalding County	O	−1.2%	2,949	3,077	10,979
Stephens County	O	−5.1%	1,035	1,295	5,132
Stewart County	O	+15.5%	489	233	1,654
Sumter County	O	+4.8%	1,701	1,383	6,573
Talbot County	O	+12.7%	510	317	1,515
Taliaferro County	D	+31.5%	678	232	1,418
Tattnall County	O	+2.0%	957	852	5,214
Taylor County	O	+11.0%	691	393	2,710
Telfair County	O	+7.5%	1,038	720	4,260
Terrell County	O	+20.2%	1,275	545	3,619
Thomas County	O	+3.3%	2,583	2,261	9,885
Tift County	O	−7.4%	1,187	1,692	6,821
Toombs County	O	−8.8%	896	1,397	5,698
Towns County	R	−25.3%	770	1,492	2,851
Treutlen County	O	−7.0%	341	474	1,896
Troup County	O	−2.8%	2,896	3,239	12,367
Turner County	O	−0.3%	412	419	2,676
Twiggs County	O	+20.6%	812	336	2,315
Union County	R	−8.0%	974	1,221	3,101
Upson County	O	−0.2%	1,480	1,494	6,573
Walker County	O	−12.1%	1,930	3,664	14,321
Walton County	O	+2.2%	1,552	1,399	6,998
Ware County	O	+2.0%	2,255	2,047	10,197
Warren County	O	+10.0%	582	406	1,755
Washington County	O	+4.2%	1,443	1,247	4,719
Wayne County	O	−5.8%	980	1,313	5,715
Webster County	O	+10.5%	147	72	713
Wheeler County	O	+14.2%	488	251	1,673
White County	O	−13.9%	435	762	2,355
Whitfield County	R	−18.3%	2,723	4,828	11,508
Wilcox County	O	+3.1%	465	381	2,668
Wilkes County	O	+2.3%	953	873	3,535
Wilkinson County	O	+4.3%	829	685	3,384
Worth County	O	+2.7%	719	603	4,372