Richard Nixon carried Oklahoma R+15.7.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Oklahoma, 1968. The state ran 15.0 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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Oklahoma result

943,086 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

301,658

32.0%

Nixon (R)

449,697

47.7%

Wallace + others

191,731

20.3%

Margin

R+15.7

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1968 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1968

NixonR+15.7

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	47.7%	449,697
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	32.0%	301,658
George WallaceAmerican Independent	20.3%	191,731

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1908	+4.7%
1912	+11.2%
1916	+17.4%
1920	−5.7%
1924	+5.7%
1928	−28.3%
1932	+46.6%
1936	+34.1%
1940	+15.2%
1944	+11.4%
1948	+25.5%
1952	−9.2%
1956	−10.3%
1960	−18.0%
1964	+11.5%
1968	−15.7%
1972	−49.7%
1976	−1.2%
1980	−25.5%
1984	−37.9%
1988	−16.6%
1992	−8.6%
1996	−7.8%
2000	−21.9%
2004	−31.1%
2008	−31.3%
2012	−33.5%
2016	−36.4%
2020	−33.1%
2024	−34.3%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−24.5%	1,549	2,877	5,426
Alfalfa County	R	−47.0%	865	2,672	3,847
Atoka County	O	+6.5%	1,400	1,131	4,144
Beaver County	R	−48.4%	624	2,114	3,077
Beckham County	R	−8.5%	2,354	2,935	6,839
Blaine County	R	−34.7%	1,285	3,036	5,053
Bryan County	D	+5.9%	3,214	2,727	8,205
Caddo County	R	−4.6%	4,212	4,712	10,782
Canadian County	R	−19.3%	3,577	5,891	11,993
Carter County	D	+4.7%	5,807	5,127	14,348
Cherokee County	R	−16.9%	2,554	3,971	8,391
Choctaw County	D	+15.7%	2,268	1,414	5,433
Cimarron County	R	−32.9%	436	1,122	2,085
Cleveland County	R	−14.9%	8,617	12,446	25,774
Coal County	D	+13.0%	963	669	2,257
Comanche County	R	−5.0%	8,061	9,225	23,165
Cotton County	D	+5.7%	1,192	1,016	3,113
Craig County	R	−9.8%	2,098	2,686	6,013
Creek County	R	−11.1%	5,151	6,934	15,998
Custer County	R	−23.8%	2,717	4,709	8,362
Delaware County	R	−15.5%	2,129	3,168	6,699
Dewey County	R	−26.1%	773	1,508	2,821
Ellis County	R	−41.7%	533	1,601	2,560
Garfield County	R	−37.0%	5,802	14,370	23,183
Garvin County	D	+0.6%	3,845	3,786	10,301
Grady County	D	+4.7%	4,760	4,242	11,119
Grant County	R	−34.9%	1,047	2,403	3,887
Greer County	D	+5.6%	1,419	1,225	3,474
Harmon County	D	+21.1%	1,097	644	2,144
Harper County	R	−41.0%	518	1,483	2,354
Haskell County	D	+1.1%	1,563	1,516	4,092
Hughes County	D	+12.1%	2,578	1,897	5,645
Jackson County	D	+15.2%	3,371	2,248	7,405
Jefferson County	D	+27.3%	1,628	780	3,109
Johnston County	D	+5.2%	1,216	1,048	3,238
Kay County	R	−31.1%	6,031	12,751	21,591
Kingfisher County	R	−42.4%	1,226	3,558	5,504
Kiowa County	R	−3.6%	2,219	2,418	5,594
Latimer County	D	+7.8%	1,350	1,091	3,333
Le Flore County	D	+3.8%	4,020	3,600	10,965
Lincoln County	R	−19.1%	2,304	3,855	8,128
Logan County	R	−17.8%	2,508	3,960	8,157
Love County	D	+10.7%	931	677	2,374
Major County	R	−55.9%	594	2,550	3,501
Marshall County	R	−0.5%	1,191	1,209	3,386
Mayes County	R	−14.7%	2,855	4,260	9,546
McClain County	R	−3.7%	1,842	2,047	5,536
McCurtain County	D	+1.7%	2,944	2,795	8,619
McIntosh County	D	+5.0%	1,759	1,532	4,545
Murray County	D	+7.5%	1,773	1,454	4,254
Muskogee County	D	+3.0%	9,377	8,707	22,680
Noble County	R	−30.3%	1,412	2,911	4,941
Nowata County	R	−17.8%	1,314	2,116	4,510
Okfuskee County	D	+2.0%	1,777	1,686	4,444
Oklahoma County	R	−17.5%	60,395	93,212	187,441
Okmulgee County	D	+10.2%	6,089	4,709	13,526
Osage County	R	−13.4%	3,919	5,499	11,825
Ottawa County	R	−1.6%	4,820	5,000	11,241
Pawnee County	R	−22.9%	1,343	2,437	4,770
Payne County	R	−21.3%	5,772	9,577	17,824
Pittsburg County	D	+15.4%	6,112	3,978	13,816
Pontotoc County	D	+1.2%	4,291	4,161	10,877
Pottawatomie County	R	−1.0%	6,721	6,899	17,493
Pushmataha County	O	+0.2%	1,232	1,225	3,744
Roger Mills County	R	−15.7%	720	1,102	2,432
Rogers County	R	−18.8%	2,665	4,631	10,437
Seminole County	D	+1.8%	3,889	3,711	9,742
Sequoyah County	R	−2.4%	2,618	2,797	7,573
Stephens County	R	−1.8%	5,249	5,508	14,323
Texas County	R	−43.6%	1,176	3,729	5,859
Tillman County	D	+0.5%	1,771	1,748	4,895
Tulsa County	R	−34.2%	32,748	81,476	142,667
Wagoner County	R	−13.2%	2,183	3,187	7,632
Washington County	R	−39.8%	4,641	12,812	20,544
Washita County	R	−15.7%	1,771	2,592	5,221
Woods County	R	−37.2%	1,439	3,449	5,405
Woodward County	R	−39.4%	1,444	3,748	5,855