Richard Nixon carried North Carolina R+10.3.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in North Carolina, 1968. The state ran 9.6 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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North Carolina result

1,587,493 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

464,113

29.2%

Nixon (R)

627,192

39.5%

Wallace + others

496,188

31.3%

Margin

R+10.3

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1968 presidential election

North Carolina, 1968

NixonR+10.3

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	39.5%	627,192
George WallaceAmerican Independent	31.3%	496,188
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	29.2%	464,113

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	O	−12.1%	8,241	12,310	33,690
Alexander County	R	−30.2%	1,834	4,379	8,416
Alleghany County	R	−16.0%	1,102	1,695	3,701
Anson County	O	+18.7%	2,969	1,474	8,014
Ashe County	R	−15.9%	3,426	4,894	9,208
Avery County	R	−56.8%	631	3,197	4,518
Beaufort County	O	+4.9%	3,232	2,669	11,587
Bertie County	D	+33.6%	3,207	811	7,126
Bladen County	O	+12.0%	2,754	1,746	8,397
Brunswick County	O	+6.5%	2,972	2,404	8,734
Buncombe County	R	−13.5%	14,624	21,031	47,544
Burke County	R	−23.7%	5,704	11,068	22,664
Cabarrus County	R	−30.6%	5,501	13,226	25,265
Caldwell County	R	−28.1%	4,746	10,433	20,274
Camden County	O	+26.5%	707	180	1,987
Carteret County	R	−7.3%	3,762	4,593	11,416
Caswell County	O	+18.3%	2,137	1,036	6,024
Catawba County	R	−35.0%	6,974	18,393	32,652
Chatham County	R	−2.9%	3,532	3,845	10,616
Cherokee County	R	−19.3%	2,402	3,768	7,085
Chowan County	O	+10.9%	1,201	798	3,695
Clay County	R	−21.5%	847	1,390	2,530
Cleveland County	O	−7.2%	5,661	7,298	22,608
Columbus County	O	+2.4%	4,243	3,881	14,817
Craven County	O	+9.1%	4,240	2,991	13,740
Cumberland County	D	+2.8%	9,938	9,143	28,620
Currituck County	O	+14.6%	738	363	2,572
Dare County	R	−13.0%	700	1,035	2,579
Davidson County	R	−25.4%	7,594	16,678	35,816
Davie County	R	−30.0%	1,502	3,866	7,883
Duplin County	O	+5.9%	3,451	2,724	12,257
Durham County	D	+9.0%	16,563	12,705	42,810
Edgecombe County	O	+14.3%	5,243	3,198	14,302
Forsyth County	R	−16.8%	20,281	31,623	67,585
Franklin County	O	+15.2%	2,855	1,375	9,755
Gaston County	R	−20.2%	10,100	18,741	42,814
Gates County	O	+26.8%	1,151	406	2,784
Graham County	R	−17.0%	1,061	1,570	2,994
Granville County	O	+9.4%	2,638	1,837	8,546
Greene County	O	+17.8%	1,560	650	5,116
Guilford County	R	−15.9%	25,604	38,996	84,351
Halifax County	O	+11.7%	4,927	3,148	15,191
Harnett County	O	−7.5%	4,007	5,184	15,722
Haywood County	R	−3.2%	5,703	6,205	15,806
Henderson County	R	−38.7%	3,053	9,334	16,248
Hertford County	D	+32.6%	3,275	1,125	6,603
Hoke County	D	+30.2%	2,185	812	4,542
Hyde County	O	+18.4%	769	401	2,003
Iredell County	R	−23.2%	4,878	10,557	24,456
Jackson County	R	−10.2%	2,956	3,747	7,783
Johnston County	O	−11.1%	4,492	6,764	20,468
Jones County	O	+25.7%	1,225	361	3,366
Lee County	O	−0.7%	2,524	2,586	8,821
Lenoir County	O	+0.1%	3,853	3,844	15,733
Lincoln County	R	−16.0%	4,044	6,188	13,393
Macon County	R	−18.8%	2,070	3,295	6,527
Madison County	R	−14.6%	2,201	3,130	6,365
Martin County	O	+23.3%	3,118	1,221	8,157
McDowell County	R	−21.3%	2,543	4,740	10,301
Mecklenburg County	R	−23.5%	31,102	56,325	107,497
Mitchell County	R	−56.9%	819	3,778	5,200
Montgomery County	R	−8.5%	2,410	3,070	7,739
Moore County	R	−14.3%	3,583	5,322	12,168
Nash County	O	+3.6%	5,283	4,602	19,115
New Hanover County	R	−8.4%	7,750	10,020	27,061
Northampton County	D	+40.6%	4,072	860	7,918
Onslow County	O	−1.3%	3,281	3,444	12,267
Orange County	D	+12.4%	8,366	6,097	18,308
Pamlico County	O	+15.4%	1,280	745	3,472
Pasquotank County	O	+14.9%	2,564	1,430	7,591
Pender County	O	+16.5%	1,942	1,007	5,669
Perquimans County	O	+18.2%	1,023	468	3,045
Person County	O	+5.7%	2,644	2,138	8,847
Pitt County	O	+8.6%	7,696	5,745	22,608
Polk County	R	−18.5%	1,523	2,550	5,557
Randolph County	R	−31.5%	5,351	13,450	25,693
Richmond County	O	+11.1%	4,257	2,865	12,579
Robeson County	D	+19.4%	8,248	4,526	19,215
Rockingham County	O	−5.5%	6,774	8,095	24,193
Rowan County	R	−21.9%	8,074	15,207	32,501
Rutherford County	R	−18.7%	4,622	7,785	16,883
Sampson County	R	−11.3%	4,797	6,597	15,921
Scotland County	D	+8.9%	2,252	1,717	5,985
Stanly County	R	−28.5%	4,199	9,428	18,333
Stokes County	R	−22.8%	2,374	4,781	10,565
Surry County	R	−24.2%	5,088	9,638	18,829
Swain County	R	−8.2%	1,227	1,494	3,258
Transylvania County	R	−21.2%	2,210	4,033	8,608
Tyrrell County	D	+22.5%	581	291	1,287
Union County	R	−12.1%	3,630	5,290	13,681
Vance County	O	+14.1%	3,852	2,252	11,348
Wake County	R	−11.8%	20,979	28,928	67,157
Warren County	O	+27.8%	2,293	796	5,383
Washington County	D	+18.5%	1,898	1,016	4,780
Watauga County	R	−23.4%	2,952	5,081	9,093
Wayne County	O	−1.7%	5,338	5,678	19,725
Wilkes County	R	−36.1%	4,497	11,195	18,568
Wilson County	O	+0.7%	4,173	4,053	16,129
Yadkin County	R	−45.7%	1,443	5,885	9,725
Yancey County	R	−4.3%	2,215	2,448	5,415