Hubert Humphrey carried New York D+5.5.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in New York, 1968. The state ran 6.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+0.7 nationally).

Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)

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New York result

6,790,066 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

3,378,470

49.8%

Nixon (R)

3,007,932

44.3%

Wallace + others

403,664

5.9%

Margin

D+5.5

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1968 presidential election

New York, 1968

HumphreyD+5.5

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic	49.8%	3,378,470
Richard NixonRepublican	44.3%	3,007,932
George WallaceAmerican Independent	5.9%	403,664

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+19.9%	80,724	52,948	139,351
Allegany County	R	−36.4%	4,986	11,222	17,145
Bronx County	D	+30.4%	277,385	142,314	444,517
Broome County	R	−10.5%	37,451	46,872	89,311
Cattaraugus County	R	−12.4%	12,733	16,594	31,148
Cayuga County	R	−4.8%	14,604	16,167	32,666
Chautauqua County	R	−3.6%	26,431	28,561	58,507
Chemung County	R	−12.3%	15,820	20,693	39,553
Chenango County	R	−32.9%	5,706	11,785	18,455
Clinton County	R	−7.8%	10,153	11,951	23,168
Columbia County	R	−26.4%	7,762	13,857	23,085
Cortland County	R	−26.3%	5,791	10,209	16,801
Delaware County	R	−37.1%	5,360	12,366	18,898
Dutchess County	R	−17.1%	31,025	45,032	82,067
Erie County	D	+18.1%	250,054	167,853	453,165
Essex County	R	−27.1%	5,218	9,377	15,355
Franklin County	R	−10.5%	6,678	8,314	15,602
Fulton County	R	−13.9%	8,871	11,895	21,818
Genesee County	R	−12.5%	9,533	12,418	23,150
Greene County	R	−30.3%	5,499	10,954	17,997
Hamilton County	R	−44.6%	762	2,123	3,053
Herkimer County	R	−15.4%	10,940	15,192	27,665
Jefferson County	R	−15.4%	13,438	18,552	33,109
Kings County	D	+31.1%	489,174	247,936	774,969
Lewis County	R	−25.3%	3,205	5,524	9,180
Livingston County	R	−23.9%	6,989	11,659	19,513
Madison County	R	−30.7%	7,056	13,819	22,010
Monroe County	R	−0.6%	141,437	143,233	296,755
Montgomery County	R	−4.4%	11,449	12,566	25,257
Nassau County	R	−8.0%	278,599	329,792	643,195
New York County	D	+44.5%	370,806	135,458	529,392
Niagara County	D	+3.6%	41,999	38,796	87,925
Oneida County	R	−7.9%	44,685	52,875	103,761
Onondaga County	R	−6.4%	83,576	95,806	189,865
Ontario County	R	−17.9%	11,719	17,114	30,098
Orange County	R	−21.0%	28,122	44,955	80,149
Orleans County	R	−26.5%	4,786	8,509	14,024
Oswego County	R	−14.7%	14,636	20,041	36,845
Otsego County	R	−24.5%	7,981	13,543	22,696
Putnam County	R	−19.8%	8,472	13,293	24,314
Queens County	D	+13.6%	410,546	306,620	765,912
Rensselaer County	R	−6.5%	30,232	34,674	68,681
Richmond County	R	−20.1%	34,770	54,631	98,824
Rockland County	R	−4.7%	36,948	40,880	83,307
Saratoga County	R	−17.2%	17,766	25,658	45,922
Schenectady County	D	+1.5%	34,786	33,687	72,002
Schoharie County	R	−21.2%	3,883	6,166	10,777
Schuyler County	R	−30.9%	2,034	4,105	6,696
Seneca County	R	−14.3%	5,222	7,083	13,005
St. Lawrence County	R	−14.0%	15,662	20,982	37,933
Steuben County	R	−30.9%	12,229	24,189	38,690
Suffolk County	R	−25.5%	122,590	218,027	374,767
Sullivan County	R	−3.3%	10,860	11,657	24,198
Tioga County	R	−30.1%	5,336	10,441	16,956
Tompkins County	R	−12.3%	10,343	13,446	25,248
Ulster County	R	−23.0%	20,886	34,798	60,387
Warren County	R	−32.1%	6,460	12,963	20,280
Washington County	R	−28.6%	6,806	12,694	20,569
Wayne County	R	−30.9%	8,907	17,470	27,689
Westchester County	R	−6.9%	173,954	201,652	400,807
Wyoming County	R	−28.9%	4,477	8,459	13,765
Yates County	R	−41.0%	2,158	5,482	8,117