Kansas — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionKansas · PresidentNixonR+20.1
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 54.8% | 478,674 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 34.7% | 302,996 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 10.4% | 91,113 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kansas cast 7 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Anderson County, KS | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Atchison County, KS | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Barber County, KS | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Barton County, KS | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Brown County, KS | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Butler County, KS | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Chase County, KS | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Clark County, KS | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Clay County, KS | Republican | R+52.0 |
| Cloud County, KS | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Coffey County, KS | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Comanche County, KS | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Cowley County, KS | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Crawford County, KS | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Decatur County, KS | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Douglas County, KS | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Edwards County, KS | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Elk County, KS | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Ellis County, KS | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Finney County, KS | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Ford County, KS | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Franklin County, KS | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Geary County, KS | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Gove County, KS | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Graham County, KS | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Grant County, KS | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Gray County, KS | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Greeley County, KS | Republican | R+30.6 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Harper County, KS | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Harvey County, KS | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Haskell County, KS | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Jackson County, KS | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Republican | R+29.0 |
| Jewell County, KS | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Johnson County, KS | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Kearny County, KS | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Kingman County, KS | Republican | R+29.1 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Labette County, KS | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Lane County, KS | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Linn County, KS | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Logan County, KS | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Lyon County, KS | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Marion County, KS | Republican | R+45.8 |
| Marshall County, KS | Republican | R+28.9 |
| McPherson County, KS | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Meade County, KS | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Miami County, KS | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Republican | R+33.3 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Morris County, KS | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Morton County, KS | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Neosho County, KS | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Ness County, KS | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Norton County, KS | Republican | R+47.5 |
| Osage County, KS | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Osborne County, KS | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Phillips County, KS | Republican | R+45.8 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Republican | R+37.0 |
| Pratt County, KS | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Reno County, KS | Republican | R+8.2 |
| Republic County, KS | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Rice County, KS | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Riley County, KS | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Rooks County, KS | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Rush County, KS | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Russell County, KS | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Saline County, KS | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Scott County, KS | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Seward County, KS | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Sherman County, KS | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Smith County, KS | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Stafford County, KS | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Stanton County, KS | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Stevens County, KS | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Sumner County, KS | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Thomas County, KS | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Trego County, KS | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Wallace County, KS | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Washington County, KS | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Wichita County, KS | Republican | R+31.3 |
| Wilson County, KS | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Woodson County, KS | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Democratic | D+16.0 |
Kansas results by county
105 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | Richard Nixon+1,645 | 3,52059.7% | 1,87531.8% | 5058.6% | 5,900 |
| Anderson County | Richard Nixon+926 | 2,16856.8% | 1,24232.6% | 40410.6% | 3,814 |
| Atchison County | Richard Nixon+265 | 3,64446.0% | 3,37942.7% | 89911.3% | 7,922 |
| Barber County | Richard Nixon+996 | 2,02360.6% | 1,02730.7% | 2918.7% | 3,341 |
| Barton County | Richard Nixon+2,236 | 6,70054.9% | 4,46436.6% | 1,0448.6% | 12,208 |
| Bourbon County | Richard Nixon+1,742 | 3,98356.9% | 2,24132.0% | 78011.1% | 7,004 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+2,549 | 3,74869.2% | 1,19922.1% | 4738.7% | 5,420 |
| Butler County | Richard Nixon+1,941 | 7,89350.8% | 5,95238.3% | 1,69610.9% | 15,541 |
| Chase County | Richard Nixon+576 | 1,03862.6% | 46227.9% | 1589.5% | 1,658 |
| Chautauqua County | Richard Nixon+1,059 | 1,53765.5% | 47820.4% | 33114.1% | 2,346 |
| Cherokee County | Richard Nixon+614 | 4,21147.5% | 3,59740.5% | 1,06412.0% | 8,872 |
| Cheyenne County | Richard Nixon+1,011 | 1,42370.7% | 41220.5% | 1798.9% | 2,014 |
| Clark County | Richard Nixon+474 | 92058.3% | 44628.2% | 21313.5% | 1,579 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+2,409 | 3,33572.0% | 92620.0% | 3748.1% | 4,635 |
| Cloud County | Richard Nixon+1,150 | 3,28256.2% | 2,13236.5% | 4297.3% | 5,843 |
| Coffey County | Richard Nixon+1,290 | 2,22363.1% | 93326.5% | 36910.5% | 3,525 |
| Comanche County | Richard Nixon+455 | 90662.7% | 45131.2% | 896.2% | 1,446 |
| Cowley County | Richard Nixon+3,056 | 8,07054.3% | 5,01433.7% | 1,77712.0% | 14,861 |
| Crawford County | Richard Nixon+153 | 7,34445.3% | 7,19144.4% | 1,67810.3% | 16,213 |
| Decatur County | Richard Nixon+1,002 | 1,65465.7% | 65225.9% | 2108.3% | 2,516 |
| Dickinson County | Richard Nixon+3,175 | 5,57464.3% | 2,39927.7% | 6938.0% | 8,666 |
| Doniphan County | Richard Nixon+1,444 | 2,40263.3% | 95825.3% | 43411.4% | 3,794 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+3,597 | 10,53353.8% | 6,93635.4% | 2,11410.8% | 19,583 |
| Edwards County | Richard Nixon+411 | 1,24354.9% | 83236.7% | 1898.3% | 2,264 |
| Elk County | Richard Nixon+824 | 1,32764.6% | 50324.5% | 22310.9% | 2,053 |
| Ellis County | Richard Nixon+135 | 3,94446.7% | 3,80945.1% | 6888.2% | 8,441 |
| Ellsworth County | Richard Nixon+716 | 1,77657.5% | 1,06034.3% | 2518.1% | 3,087 |
| Finney County | Richard Nixon+774 | 3,29552.1% | 2,52139.9% | 5078.0% | 6,323 |
| Ford County | Richard Nixon+1,454 | 4,64552.8% | 3,19136.3% | 96110.9% | 8,797 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+2,351 | 4,87559.2% | 2,52430.6% | 84010.2% | 8,239 |
| Geary County | Richard Nixon+726 | 2,95450.7% | 2,22838.2% | 64511.1% | 5,827 |
| Gove County | Richard Nixon+480 | 1,01859.0% | 53831.2% | 1689.7% | 1,724 |
| Graham County | Richard Nixon+711 | 1,30860.7% | 59727.7% | 24911.6% | 2,154 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+503 | 1,12157.2% | 61831.5% | 22211.3% | 1,961 |
| Gray County | Richard Nixon+340 | 95255.3% | 61235.5% | 1599.2% | 1,723 |
| Greeley County | Richard Nixon+238 | 46559.8% | 22729.2% | 8510.9% | 777 |
| Greenwood County | Richard Nixon+1,815 | 2,93766.0% | 1,12225.2% | 3928.8% | 4,451 |
| Hamilton County | Richard Nixon+341 | 75156.3% | 41030.7% | 17413.0% | 1,335 |
| Harper County | Richard Nixon+1,336 | 2,35164.0% | 1,01527.6% | 3088.4% | 3,674 |
| Harvey County | Richard Nixon+3,331 | 6,68261.6% | 3,35130.9% | 8087.5% | 10,841 |
| Haskell County | Richard Nixon+286 | 76254.2% | 47633.8% | 16912.0% | 1,407 |
| Hodgeman County | Richard Nixon+369 | 75659.2% | 38730.3% | 13410.5% | 1,277 |
| Jackson County | Richard Nixon+1,453 | 2,67860.7% | 1,22527.8% | 50811.5% | 4,411 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+1,426 | 2,78156.6% | 1,35527.6% | 77915.8% | 4,915 |
| Jewell County | Richard Nixon+1,330 | 2,17266.2% | 84225.7% | 2688.2% | 3,282 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+29,026 | 55,06062.6% | 26,03429.6% | 6,8187.8% | 87,912 |
| Kearny County | Richard Nixon+298 | 72158.0% | 42334.0% | 998.0% | 1,243 |
| Kingman County | Richard Nixon+1,117 | 2,31860.3% | 1,20131.2% | 3268.5% | 3,845 |
| Kiowa County | Richard Nixon+1,003 | 1,48470.9% | 48123.0% | 1296.2% | 2,094 |
| Labette County | Richard Nixon+1,529 | 5,50351.2% | 3,97437.0% | 1,27311.8% | 10,750 |
| Lane County | Richard Nixon+396 | 78160.6% | 38529.9% | 1229.5% | 1,288 |
| Leavenworth County | Richard Nixon+1,535 | 7,08148.4% | 5,54637.9% | 2,01813.8% | 14,645 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+1,138 | 1,72168.2% | 58323.1% | 2218.8% | 2,525 |
| Linn County | Richard Nixon+1,357 | 2,25063.1% | 89325.0% | 42211.8% | 3,565 |
| Logan County | Richard Nixon+709 | 1,12063.8% | 41123.4% | 22512.8% | 1,756 |
| Lyon County | Richard Nixon+2,538 | 6,55857.3% | 4,02035.1% | 8687.6% | 11,446 |
| Marion County | Richard Nixon+2,793 | 4,28770.4% | 1,49424.5% | 3115.1% | 6,092 |
| Marshall County | Richard Nixon+1,886 | 3,83558.8% | 1,94929.9% | 73311.2% | 6,517 |
| McPherson County | Richard Nixon+3,527 | 6,42065.0% | 2,89329.3% | 5675.7% | 9,880 |
| Meade County | Richard Nixon+939 | 1,51166.2% | 57225.1% | 1988.7% | 2,281 |
| Miami County | Richard Nixon+875 | 3,61448.9% | 2,73937.1% | 1,03314.0% | 7,386 |
| Mitchell County | Richard Nixon+1,284 | 2,42862.9% | 1,14429.6% | 2897.5% | 3,861 |
| Montgomery County | Richard Nixon+4,487 | 9,69755.8% | 5,21030.0% | 2,47914.3% | 17,386 |
| Morris County | Richard Nixon+962 | 1,93860.0% | 97630.2% | 3169.8% | 3,230 |
| Morton County | Richard Nixon+295 | 77051.0% | 47531.5% | 26417.5% | 1,509 |
| Nemaha County | Richard Nixon+1,078 | 3,00354.0% | 1,92534.6% | 63211.4% | 5,560 |
| Neosho County | Richard Nixon+1,225 | 3,95052.9% | 2,72536.5% | 78910.6% | 7,464 |
| Ness County | Richard Nixon+585 | 1,35258.2% | 76733.0% | 2038.7% | 2,322 |
| Norton County | Richard Nixon+1,702 | 2,54370.9% | 84123.5% | 2025.6% | 3,586 |
| Osage County | Richard Nixon+1,493 | 3,15756.2% | 1,66429.6% | 80114.2% | 5,622 |
| Osborne County | Richard Nixon+1,280 | 2,07365.4% | 79325.0% | 3049.6% | 3,170 |
| Ottawa County | Richard Nixon+963 | 1,74062.7% | 77728.0% | 2609.4% | 2,777 |
| Pawnee County | Richard Nixon+621 | 2,03754.2% | 1,41637.7% | 3068.1% | 3,759 |
| Phillips County | Richard Nixon+1,723 | 2,56768.3% | 84422.5% | 3489.3% | 3,759 |
| Pottawatomie County | Richard Nixon+1,899 | 3,26763.7% | 1,36826.7% | 4959.6% | 5,130 |
| Pratt County | Richard Nixon+1,180 | 2,67057.9% | 1,49032.3% | 4519.8% | 4,611 |
| Rawlins County | Richard Nixon+885 | 1,43865.9% | 55325.3% | 1918.8% | 2,182 |
| Reno County | Richard Nixon+1,932 | 11,80450.3% | 9,87242.1% | 1,7987.7% | 23,474 |
| Republic County | Richard Nixon+1,654 | 2,84166.3% | 1,18727.7% | 2606.1% | 4,288 |
| Rice County | Richard Nixon+1,092 | 3,14156.2% | 2,04936.7% | 3967.1% | 5,586 |
| Riley County | Richard Nixon+4,038 | 8,29662.2% | 4,25831.9% | 7915.9% | 13,345 |
| Rooks County | Richard Nixon+1,240 | 2,25263.0% | 1,01228.3% | 3108.7% | 3,574 |
| Rush County | Richard Nixon+607 | 1,47157.5% | 86433.8% | 2258.8% | 2,560 |
| Russell County | Richard Nixon+1,916 | 3,17767.0% | 1,26126.6% | 3016.4% | 4,739 |
| Saline County | Richard Nixon+3,038 | 9,32455.4% | 6,28637.4% | 1,2127.2% | 16,822 |
| Scott County | Richard Nixon+874 | 1,37466.2% | 50024.1% | 2009.6% | 2,074 |
| Sedgwick County | Richard Nixon+16,812 | 60,85351.8% | 44,04137.5% | 12,57510.7% | 117,469 |
| Seward County | Richard Nixon+1,774 | 3,06562.3% | 1,29126.3% | 56211.4% | 4,918 |
| Shawnee County | Richard Nixon+9,405 | 31,14052.0% | 21,73536.3% | 6,97511.7% | 59,850 |
| Sheridan County | Richard Nixon+439 | 1,00258.4% | 56332.8% | 1528.9% | 1,717 |
| Sherman County | Richard Nixon+849 | 1,80357.5% | 95430.4% | 37712.0% | 3,134 |
| Smith County | Richard Nixon+1,619 | 2,55867.5% | 93924.8% | 2937.7% | 3,790 |
| Stafford County | Richard Nixon+646 | 1,85155.8% | 1,20536.3% | 2648.0% | 3,320 |
| Stanton County | Richard Nixon+253 | 54159.5% | 28831.7% | 808.8% | 909 |
| Stevens County | Richard Nixon+629 | 1,15758.4% | 52826.6% | 29715.0% | 1,982 |
| Sumner County | Richard Nixon+2,060 | 5,62254.5% | 3,56234.5% | 1,13611.0% | 10,320 |
| Thomas County | Richard Nixon+897 | 1,97159.8% | 1,07432.6% | 2507.6% | 3,295 |
| Trego County | Richard Nixon+588 | 1,21158.7% | 62330.2% | 23011.1% | 2,064 |
| Wabaunsee County | Richard Nixon+1,284 | 1,97964.2% | 69522.5% | 41013.3% | 3,084 |
| Wallace County | Richard Nixon+373 | 60861.5% | 23523.8% | 14514.7% | 988 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+2,046 | 3,17768.3% | 1,13124.3% | 3447.4% | 4,652 |
| Wichita County | Richard Nixon+393 | 75760.4% | 36429.0% | 13310.6% | 1,254 |
| Wilson County | Richard Nixon+2,064 | 3,34063.4% | 1,27624.2% | 65612.4% | 5,272 |
| Woodson County | Richard Nixon+811 | 1,45062.6% | 63927.6% | 2269.8% | 2,315 |
| Wyandotte County | Hubert Humphrey+11,098 | 23,09133.4% | 34,18949.4% | 11,89117.2% | 69,171 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 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 | −16.1% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.