Richard Nixon carried Kentucky R+6.1.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Kentucky, 1968. The state ran 5.4 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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Kentucky result

1,055,893 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

397,541

37.6%

Nixon (R)

462,411

43.8%

Wallace + others

195,941

18.6%

Margin

R+6.1

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1968 presidential election

Kentucky, 1968

NixonR+6.1

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	43.8%	462,411
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	37.6%	397,541
George WallaceAmerican Independent	18.6%	195,941

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−34.4%	1,362	3,239	5,450
Allen County	R	−42.3%	927	2,952	4,790
Anderson County	R	−7.2%	1,334	1,594	3,596
Ballard County	D	+31.0%	1,632	564	3,444
Barren County	R	−7.6%	3,464	4,209	9,826
Bath County	D	+3.5%	1,394	1,277	3,331
Bell County	R	−7.5%	4,138	4,905	10,275
Boone County	R	−15.0%	2,725	4,081	9,051
Bourbon County	D	+13.2%	2,566	1,848	5,460
Boyd County	R	−3.8%	7,914	8,632	19,001
Boyle County	R	−0.8%	2,663	2,715	6,738
Bracken County	R	−1.8%	1,067	1,115	2,732
Breathitt County	D	+34.1%	2,954	1,361	4,678
Breckinridge County	R	−12.9%	2,024	2,779	5,873
Bullitt County	O	+2.7%	2,135	1,965	6,310
Butler County	R	−49.1%	691	2,637	3,967
Caldwell County	R	−13.8%	1,439	2,139	5,065
Calloway County	D	+13.6%	3,854	2,672	8,682
Campbell County	R	−13.9%	9,747	13,681	28,203
Carlisle County	D	+27.3%	1,144	479	2,438
Carroll County	D	+28.5%	1,765	868	3,152
Carter County	R	−13.7%	2,344	3,234	6,511
Casey County	R	−53.8%	879	3,698	5,235
Christian County	O	+3.9%	4,281	3,788	12,614
Clark County	R	−4.6%	2,385	2,698	6,808
Clay County	R	−55.6%	1,213	4,663	6,204
Clinton County	R	−58.5%	568	2,572	3,425
Crittenden County	R	−31.2%	838	1,942	3,533
Cumberland County	R	−47.1%	646	2,116	3,120
Daviess County	R	−0.7%	9,947	10,111	25,142
Edmonson County	R	−46.0%	679	2,280	3,484
Elliott County	D	+39.9%	1,387	515	2,186
Estill County	R	−23.4%	1,261	2,236	4,174
Fayette County	R	−16.0%	16,902	24,948	50,373
Fleming County	R	−19.5%	1,406	2,220	4,167
Floyd County	D	+36.7%	8,333	3,550	13,043
Franklin County	D	+17.8%	6,396	4,057	13,165
Fulton County	O	+3.3%	1,204	1,079	3,818
Gallatin County	D	+19.3%	685	413	1,407
Garrard County	R	−30.7%	1,000	2,205	3,927
Grant County	R	−6.2%	1,169	1,386	3,522
Graves County	D	+15.3%	5,103	3,239	12,213
Grayson County	R	−34.0%	1,595	3,598	5,885
Green County	R	−34.7%	1,003	2,448	4,170
Greenup County	R	−0.1%	4,689	4,698	10,755
Hancock County	R	−7.8%	867	1,049	2,347
Hardin County	R	−6.7%	4,470	5,329	12,737
Harlan County	D	+13.9%	6,389	4,572	13,077
Harrison County	D	+15.2%	2,373	1,637	4,850
Hart County	R	−21.1%	1,658	2,817	5,484
Henderson County	D	+14.5%	5,062	3,512	10,726
Henry County	D	+17.8%	1,978	1,271	3,967
Hickman County	O	+9.6%	880	623	2,686
Hopkins County	D	+5.1%	4,391	3,791	11,869
Jackson County	R	−75.8%	304	3,098	3,684
Jefferson County	R	−2.6%	90,242	95,942	222,657
Jessamine County	R	−19.5%	1,334	2,338	5,143
Johnson County	R	−29.1%	2,142	4,046	6,536
Kenton County	R	−6.6%	14,656	17,263	39,557
Knott County	D	+46.0%	3,335	1,098	4,867
Knox County	R	−28.2%	2,244	4,388	7,595
Larue County	R	−15.7%	1,251	1,862	3,897
Laurel County	R	−48.6%	1,756	6,251	9,251
Lawrence County	R	−2.8%	1,825	1,946	4,249
Lee County	R	−28.9%	674	1,339	2,298
Leslie County	R	−48.6%	828	2,615	3,679
Letcher County	D	+3.3%	3,499	3,243	7,667
Lewis County	R	−40.9%	1,017	2,760	4,257
Lincoln County	R	−15.7%	1,736	2,591	5,461
Livingston County	D	+5.8%	1,272	1,079	3,307
Logan County	R	−0.7%	3,339	3,402	8,687
Lyon County	D	+7.2%	719	579	1,938
Madison County	R	−12.1%	3,884	5,325	11,878
Magoffin County	R	−1.0%	1,927	1,967	4,123
Marion County	D	+16.6%	2,436	1,620	4,906
Marshall County	D	+11.0%	3,301	2,432	7,921
Martin County	R	−41.7%	759	1,943	2,840
Mason County	D	+1.7%	2,772	2,661	6,570
McCracken County	D	+17.9%	9,741	5,887	21,544
McCreary County	R	−48.4%	759	2,670	3,949
McLean County	D	+0.0%	1,373	1,372	3,840
Meade County	D	+12.9%	1,926	1,385	4,200
Menifee County	D	+3.4%	554	509	1,317
Mercer County	R	−8.5%	1,950	2,432	5,646
Metcalfe County	R	−18.5%	1,001	1,566	3,046
Monroe County	R	−63.2%	693	4,086	5,372
Montgomery County	R	−15.6%	1,408	2,113	4,508
Morgan County	D	+22.2%	2,222	1,341	3,961
Muhlenberg County	R	−1.7%	3,688	3,853	9,750
Nelson County	D	+15.1%	3,420	2,373	6,916
Nicholas County	D	+9.0%	911	725	2,062
Ohio County	R	−28.0%	1,695	3,504	6,470
Oldham County	R	−6.4%	1,399	1,655	3,993
Owen County	D	+24.9%	1,608	827	3,134
Owsley County	R	−59.4%	303	1,417	1,877
Pendleton County	R	−13.0%	1,156	1,614	3,533
Perry County	D	+6.0%	4,562	3,993	9,541
Pike County	D	+12.2%	11,663	8,911	22,526
Powell County	R	−8.2%	934	1,157	2,718
Pulaski County	R	−42.4%	2,823	8,290	12,901
Robertson County	R	−1.0%	406	416	1,011
Rockcastle County	R	−48.0%	868	3,072	4,588
Rowan County	R	−2.7%	1,898	2,017	4,459
Russell County	R	−43.9%	961	3,035	4,721
Scott County	D	+4.3%	1,961	1,748	4,984
Shelby County	D	+4.8%	2,579	2,287	6,054
Simpson County	D	+1.6%	1,505	1,435	4,339
Spencer County	R	−9.7%	564	733	1,750
Taylor County	R	−27.9%	1,367	3,032	5,959
Todd County	O	−7.8%	1,082	1,433	4,479
Trigg County	D	+6.4%	1,330	1,100	3,621
Trimble County	D	+27.1%	1,045	511	1,967
Union County	D	+21.5%	2,616	1,371	5,794
Warren County	R	−16.3%	5,200	8,084	17,665
Washington County	R	−4.7%	1,675	1,863	4,019
Wayne County	R	−31.7%	1,467	3,055	5,002
Webster County	D	+13.6%	2,114	1,446	4,905
Whitley County	R	−37.1%	2,134	5,639	9,439
Wolfe County	D	+18.3%	1,162	758	2,207
Woodford County	R	−5.7%	1,646	1,901	4,472