Richard Nixon carried Kansas R+20.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Kansas, 1968. The state ran 19.4 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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Kansas result

872,783 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

302,996

34.7%

Nixon (R)

478,674

54.8%

Wallace + others

91,113

10.4%

Margin

R+20.1

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1968 presidential election

Kansas, 1968

NixonR+20.1

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	54.8%	478,674
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	34.7%	302,996
George WallaceAmerican Independent	10.4%	91,113

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−27.9%	1,875	3,520	5,900
Anderson County	R	−24.3%	1,242	2,168	3,814
Atchison County	R	−3.3%	3,379	3,644	7,922
Barber County	R	−29.8%	1,027	2,023	3,341
Barton County	R	−18.3%	4,464	6,700	12,208
Bourbon County	R	−24.9%	2,241	3,983	7,004
Brown County	R	−47.0%	1,199	3,748	5,420
Butler County	R	−12.5%	5,952	7,893	15,541
Chase County	R	−34.7%	462	1,038	1,658
Chautauqua County	R	−45.1%	478	1,537	2,346
Cherokee County	R	−6.9%	3,597	4,211	8,872
Cheyenne County	R	−50.2%	412	1,423	2,014
Clark County	R	−30.0%	446	920	1,579
Clay County	R	−52.0%	926	3,335	4,635
Cloud County	R	−19.7%	2,132	3,282	5,843
Coffey County	R	−36.6%	933	2,223	3,525
Comanche County	R	−31.5%	451	906	1,446
Cowley County	R	−20.6%	5,014	8,070	14,861
Crawford County	R	−0.9%	7,191	7,344	16,213
Decatur County	R	−39.8%	652	1,654	2,516
Dickinson County	R	−36.6%	2,399	5,574	8,666
Doniphan County	R	−38.1%	958	2,402	3,794
Douglas County	R	−18.4%	6,936	10,533	19,583
Edwards County	R	−18.2%	832	1,243	2,264
Elk County	R	−40.1%	503	1,327	2,053
Ellis County	R	−1.6%	3,809	3,944	8,441
Ellsworth County	R	−23.2%	1,060	1,776	3,087
Finney County	R	−12.2%	2,521	3,295	6,323
Ford County	R	−16.5%	3,191	4,645	8,797
Franklin County	R	−28.5%	2,524	4,875	8,239
Geary County	R	−12.5%	2,228	2,954	5,827
Gove County	R	−27.8%	538	1,018	1,724
Graham County	R	−33.0%	597	1,308	2,154
Grant County	R	−25.7%	618	1,121	1,961
Gray County	R	−19.7%	612	952	1,723
Greeley County	R	−30.6%	227	465	777
Greenwood County	R	−40.8%	1,122	2,937	4,451
Hamilton County	R	−25.5%	410	751	1,335
Harper County	R	−36.4%	1,015	2,351	3,674
Harvey County	R	−30.7%	3,351	6,682	10,841
Haskell County	R	−20.3%	476	762	1,407
Hodgeman County	R	−28.9%	387	756	1,277
Jackson County	R	−32.9%	1,225	2,678	4,411
Jefferson County	R	−29.0%	1,355	2,781	4,915
Jewell County	R	−40.5%	842	2,172	3,282
Johnson County	R	−33.0%	26,034	55,060	87,912
Kearny County	R	−24.0%	423	721	1,243
Kingman County	R	−29.1%	1,201	2,318	3,845
Kiowa County	R	−47.9%	481	1,484	2,094
Labette County	R	−14.2%	3,974	5,503	10,750
Lane County	R	−30.7%	385	781	1,288
Leavenworth County	R	−10.5%	5,546	7,081	14,645
Lincoln County	R	−45.1%	583	1,721	2,525
Linn County	R	−38.1%	893	2,250	3,565
Logan County	R	−40.4%	411	1,120	1,756
Lyon County	R	−22.2%	4,020	6,558	11,446
Marion County	R	−45.8%	1,494	4,287	6,092
Marshall County	R	−28.9%	1,949	3,835	6,517
McPherson County	R	−35.7%	2,893	6,420	9,880
Meade County	R	−41.2%	572	1,511	2,281
Miami County	R	−11.8%	2,739	3,614	7,386
Mitchell County	R	−33.3%	1,144	2,428	3,861
Montgomery County	R	−25.8%	5,210	9,697	17,386
Morris County	R	−29.8%	976	1,938	3,230
Morton County	R	−19.5%	475	770	1,509
Nemaha County	R	−19.4%	1,925	3,003	5,560
Neosho County	R	−16.4%	2,725	3,950	7,464
Ness County	R	−25.2%	767	1,352	2,322
Norton County	R	−47.5%	841	2,543	3,586
Osage County	R	−26.6%	1,664	3,157	5,622
Osborne County	R	−40.4%	793	2,073	3,170
Ottawa County	R	−34.7%	777	1,740	2,777
Pawnee County	R	−16.5%	1,416	2,037	3,759
Phillips County	R	−45.8%	844	2,567	3,759
Pottawatomie County	R	−37.0%	1,368	3,267	5,130
Pratt County	R	−25.6%	1,490	2,670	4,611
Rawlins County	R	−40.6%	553	1,438	2,182
Reno County	R	−8.2%	9,872	11,804	23,474
Republic County	R	−38.6%	1,187	2,841	4,288
Rice County	R	−19.5%	2,049	3,141	5,586
Riley County	R	−30.3%	4,258	8,296	13,345
Rooks County	R	−34.7%	1,012	2,252	3,574
Rush County	R	−23.7%	864	1,471	2,560
Russell County	R	−40.4%	1,261	3,177	4,739
Saline County	R	−18.1%	6,286	9,324	16,822
Scott County	R	−42.1%	500	1,374	2,074
Sedgwick County	R	−14.3%	44,041	60,853	117,469
Seward County	R	−36.1%	1,291	3,065	4,918
Shawnee County	R	−15.7%	21,735	31,140	59,850
Sheridan County	R	−25.6%	563	1,002	1,717
Sherman County	R	−27.1%	954	1,803	3,134
Smith County	R	−42.7%	939	2,558	3,790
Stafford County	R	−19.5%	1,205	1,851	3,320
Stanton County	R	−27.8%	288	541	909
Stevens County	R	−31.7%	528	1,157	1,982
Sumner County	R	−20.0%	3,562	5,622	10,320
Thomas County	R	−27.2%	1,074	1,971	3,295
Trego County	R	−28.5%	623	1,211	2,064
Wabaunsee County	R	−41.6%	695	1,979	3,084
Wallace County	R	−37.8%	235	608	988
Washington County	R	−44.0%	1,131	3,177	4,652
Wichita County	R	−31.3%	364	757	1,254
Wilson County	R	−39.2%	1,276	3,340	5,272
Woodson County	R	−35.0%	639	1,450	2,315
Wyandotte County	D	+16.0%	34,189	23,091	69,171