New York — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionNew York · PresidentHumphreyD+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 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 5.9% | 403,664 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
62 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
New York cast 43 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (62 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Albany County, NY | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Allegany County, NY | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Bronx County, NY | Democratic | D+30.4 |
| Broome County, NY | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Cattaraugus County, NY | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Cayuga County, NY | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Chautauqua County, NY | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Chemung County, NY | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Chenango County, NY | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Clinton County, NY | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Columbia County, NY | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Cortland County, NY | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Delaware County, NY | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Dutchess County, NY | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Erie County, NY | Democratic | D+18.1 |
| Essex County, NY | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Franklin County, NY | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Fulton County, NY | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Genesee County, NY | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Greene County, NY | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Hamilton County, NY | Republican | R+44.6 |
| Herkimer County, NY | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Jefferson County, NY | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Kings County, NY | Democratic | D+31.1 |
| Lewis County, NY | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Livingston County, NY | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Madison County, NY | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Monroe County, NY | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Montgomery County, NY | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Nassau County, NY | Republican | R+8.0 |
| New York County, NY | Democratic | D+44.5 |
| Niagara County, NY | Democratic | D+3.6 |
| Oneida County, NY | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Onondaga County, NY | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Ontario County, NY | Republican | R+17.9 |
| Orange County, NY | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Orleans County, NY | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Oswego County, NY | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Otsego County, NY | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Putnam County, NY | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Queens County, NY | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Rensselaer County, NY | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Richmond County, NY | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Rockland County, NY | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Saratoga County, NY | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Schenectady County, NY | Democratic | D+1.5 |
| Schoharie County, NY | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Schuyler County, NY | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Seneca County, NY | Republican | R+14.3 |
| St. Lawrence County, NY | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Steuben County, NY | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Suffolk County, NY | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Sullivan County, NY | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Tioga County, NY | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Tompkins County, NY | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Ulster County, NY | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Warren County, NY | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Washington County, NY | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Wayne County, NY | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Westchester County, NY | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Wyoming County, NY | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Yates County, NY | Republican | R+41.0 |
New York results by county
62 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County | Hubert Humphrey+27,776 | 80,72457.9% | 52,94838.0% | 5,6794.1% | 139,351 |
| Allegany County | Richard Nixon+6,236 | 4,98629.1% | 11,22265.5% | 9375.5% | 17,145 |
| Bronx County | Hubert Humphrey+135,071 | 277,38562.4% | 142,31432.0% | 24,8185.6% | 444,517 |
| Broome County | Richard Nixon+9,421 | 37,45141.9% | 46,87252.5% | 4,9885.6% | 89,311 |
| Cattaraugus County | Richard Nixon+3,861 | 12,73340.9% | 16,59453.3% | 1,8215.8% | 31,148 |
| Cayuga County | Richard Nixon+1,563 | 14,60444.7% | 16,16749.5% | 1,8955.8% | 32,666 |
| Chautauqua County | Richard Nixon+2,130 | 26,43145.2% | 28,56148.8% | 3,5156.0% | 58,507 |
| Chemung County | Richard Nixon+4,873 | 15,82040.0% | 20,69352.3% | 3,0407.7% | 39,553 |
| Chenango County | Richard Nixon+6,079 | 5,70630.9% | 11,78563.9% | 9645.2% | 18,455 |
| Clinton County | Richard Nixon+1,798 | 10,15343.8% | 11,95151.6% | 1,0644.6% | 23,168 |
| Columbia County | Richard Nixon+6,095 | 7,76233.6% | 13,85760.0% | 1,4666.4% | 23,085 |
| Cortland County | Richard Nixon+4,418 | 5,79134.5% | 10,20960.8% | 8014.8% | 16,801 |
| Delaware County | Richard Nixon+7,006 | 5,36028.4% | 12,36665.4% | 1,1726.2% | 18,898 |
| Dutchess County | Richard Nixon+14,007 | 31,02537.8% | 45,03254.9% | 6,0107.3% | 82,067 |
| Erie County | Hubert Humphrey+82,201 | 250,05455.2% | 167,85337.0% | 35,2587.8% | 453,165 |
| Essex County | Richard Nixon+4,159 | 5,21834.0% | 9,37761.1% | 7604.9% | 15,355 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+1,636 | 6,67842.8% | 8,31453.3% | 6103.9% | 15,602 |
| Fulton County | Richard Nixon+3,024 | 8,87140.7% | 11,89554.5% | 1,0524.8% | 21,818 |
| Genesee County | Richard Nixon+2,885 | 9,53341.2% | 12,41853.6% | 1,1995.2% | 23,150 |
| Greene County | Richard Nixon+5,455 | 5,49930.6% | 10,95460.9% | 1,5448.6% | 17,997 |
| Hamilton County | Richard Nixon+1,361 | 76225.0% | 2,12369.5% | 1685.5% | 3,053 |
| Herkimer County | Richard Nixon+4,252 | 10,94039.5% | 15,19254.9% | 1,5335.5% | 27,665 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+5,114 | 13,43840.6% | 18,55256.0% | 1,1193.4% | 33,109 |
| Kings County | Hubert Humphrey+241,238 | 489,17463.1% | 247,93632.0% | 37,8594.9% | 774,969 |
| Lewis County | Richard Nixon+2,319 | 3,20534.9% | 5,52460.2% | 4514.9% | 9,180 |
| Livingston County | Richard Nixon+4,670 | 6,98935.8% | 11,65959.7% | 8654.4% | 19,513 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+6,763 | 7,05632.1% | 13,81962.8% | 1,1355.2% | 22,010 |
| Monroe County | Richard Nixon+1,796 | 141,43747.7% | 143,23348.3% | 12,0854.1% | 296,755 |
| Montgomery County | Richard Nixon+1,117 | 11,44945.3% | 12,56649.8% | 1,2424.9% | 25,257 |
| Nassau County | Richard Nixon+51,193 | 278,59943.3% | 329,79251.3% | 34,8045.4% | 643,195 |
| New York County | Hubert Humphrey+235,348 | 370,80670.0% | 135,45825.6% | 23,1284.4% | 529,392 |
| Niagara County | Hubert Humphrey+3,203 | 41,99947.8% | 38,79644.1% | 7,1308.1% | 87,925 |
| Oneida County | Richard Nixon+8,190 | 44,68543.1% | 52,87551.0% | 6,2016.0% | 103,761 |
| Onondaga County | Richard Nixon+12,230 | 83,57644.0% | 95,80650.5% | 10,4835.5% | 189,865 |
| Ontario County | Richard Nixon+5,395 | 11,71938.9% | 17,11456.9% | 1,2654.2% | 30,098 |
| Orange County | Richard Nixon+16,833 | 28,12235.1% | 44,95556.1% | 7,0728.8% | 80,149 |
| Orleans County | Richard Nixon+3,723 | 4,78634.1% | 8,50960.7% | 7295.2% | 14,024 |
| Oswego County | Richard Nixon+5,405 | 14,63639.7% | 20,04154.4% | 2,1685.9% | 36,845 |
| Otsego County | Richard Nixon+5,562 | 7,98135.2% | 13,54359.7% | 1,1725.2% | 22,696 |
| Putnam County | Richard Nixon+4,821 | 8,47234.8% | 13,29354.7% | 2,54910.5% | 24,314 |
| Queens County | Hubert Humphrey+103,926 | 410,54653.6% | 306,62040.0% | 48,7466.4% | 765,912 |
| Rensselaer County | Richard Nixon+4,442 | 30,23244.0% | 34,67450.5% | 3,7755.5% | 68,681 |
| Richmond County | Richard Nixon+19,861 | 34,77035.2% | 54,63155.3% | 9,4239.5% | 98,824 |
| Rockland County | Richard Nixon+3,932 | 36,94844.4% | 40,88049.1% | 5,4796.6% | 83,307 |
| Saratoga County | Richard Nixon+7,892 | 17,76638.7% | 25,65855.9% | 2,4985.4% | 45,922 |
| Schenectady County | Hubert Humphrey+1,099 | 34,78648.3% | 33,68746.8% | 3,5294.9% | 72,002 |
| Schoharie County | Richard Nixon+2,283 | 3,88336.0% | 6,16657.2% | 7286.8% | 10,777 |
| Schuyler County | Richard Nixon+2,071 | 2,03430.4% | 4,10561.3% | 5578.3% | 6,696 |
| Seneca County | Richard Nixon+1,861 | 5,22240.2% | 7,08354.5% | 7005.4% | 13,005 |
| St. Lawrence County | Richard Nixon+5,320 | 15,66241.3% | 20,98255.3% | 1,2893.4% | 37,933 |
| Steuben County | Richard Nixon+11,960 | 12,22931.6% | 24,18962.5% | 2,2725.9% | 38,690 |
| Suffolk County | Richard Nixon+95,437 | 122,59032.7% | 218,02758.2% | 34,1509.1% | 374,767 |
| Sullivan County | Richard Nixon+797 | 10,86044.9% | 11,65748.2% | 1,6816.9% | 24,198 |
| Tioga County | Richard Nixon+5,105 | 5,33631.5% | 10,44161.6% | 1,1797.0% | 16,956 |
| Tompkins County | Richard Nixon+3,103 | 10,34341.0% | 13,44653.3% | 1,4595.8% | 25,248 |
| Ulster County | Richard Nixon+13,912 | 20,88634.6% | 34,79857.6% | 4,7037.8% | 60,387 |
| Warren County | Richard Nixon+6,503 | 6,46031.9% | 12,96363.9% | 8574.2% | 20,280 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+5,888 | 6,80633.1% | 12,69461.7% | 1,0695.2% | 20,569 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+8,563 | 8,90732.2% | 17,47063.1% | 1,3124.7% | 27,689 |
| Westchester County | Richard Nixon+27,698 | 173,95443.4% | 201,65250.3% | 25,2016.3% | 400,807 |
| Wyoming County | Richard Nixon+3,982 | 4,47732.5% | 8,45961.5% | 8296.0% | 13,765 |
| Yates County | Richard Nixon+3,324 | 2,15826.6% | 5,48267.5% | 4775.9% | 8,117 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
New York's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| 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 | +12.6% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.