Richard Nixon carried Tennessee R+9.7.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Tennessee, 1968. The state ran 9.0 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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Tennessee result

1,248,617 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

351,233

28.1%

Nixon (R)

472,592

37.8%

Wallace + others

424,792

34.0%

Margin

R+9.7

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1968 presidential election

Tennessee, 1968

NixonR+9.7

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	37.8%	472,592
George WallaceAmerican Independent	34.0%	424,792
Hubert HumphreyDemocratic	28.1%	351,233

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−14.0%	7,198	10,233	21,754
Bedford County	O	+6.5%	2,416	1,870	8,385
Benton County	O	−8.6%	1,059	1,468	4,782
Bledsoe County	R	−16.4%	957	1,477	3,166
Blount County	R	−33.9%	5,176	12,753	22,336
Bradley County	R	−30.1%	2,762	6,924	13,845
Campbell County	R	−22.9%	2,268	4,024	7,659
Cannon County	O	+0.9%	809	780	3,053
Carroll County	R	−20.3%	1,932	3,757	8,987
Carter County	R	−49.9%	2,160	9,467	14,636
Cheatham County	O	+2.8%	778	669	3,944
Chester County	O	−13.0%	849	1,408	4,294
Claiborne County	R	−34.4%	1,314	3,101	5,190
Clay County	R	−7.6%	667	814	1,932
Cocke County	R	−60.5%	950	5,645	7,754
Coffee County	O	−2.7%	3,040	3,337	11,171
Crockett County	O	−5.1%	703	932	4,500
Cumberland County	R	−28.1%	1,428	3,115	6,012
Davidson County	O	+0.3%	44,543	44,175	136,607
Decatur County	O	−13.9%	877	1,409	3,830
DeKalb County	R	−17.6%	847	1,532	3,895
Dickson County	O	+10.9%	2,034	1,291	6,800
Dyer County	O	−7.4%	2,033	2,826	10,701
Fayette County	O	+27.0%	2,236	740	5,546
Fentress County	R	−38.7%	671	2,026	3,505
Franklin County	O	+8.6%	2,489	1,700	9,128
Gibson County	O	−0.9%	3,962	4,093	15,288
Giles County	O	+12.6%	2,203	1,264	7,433
Grainger County	R	−48.9%	761	2,788	4,145
Greene County	R	−36.7%	2,947	7,957	13,657
Grundy County	O	+19.3%	1,307	618	3,567
Hamblen County	R	−36.2%	2,390	6,382	11,031
Hamilton County	O	−6.9%	23,441	29,302	84,823
Hancock County	R	−57.3%	318	1,489	2,043
Hardeman County	O	+9.3%	1,709	1,171	5,804
Hardin County	R	−27.5%	1,153	2,910	6,388
Hawkins County	R	−39.1%	2,213	6,217	10,228
Haywood County	O	+9.9%	1,709	1,152	5,618
Henderson County	R	−34.2%	1,230	3,591	6,907
Henry County	O	+12.5%	3,149	2,068	8,656
Hickman County	O	+8.9%	1,152	760	4,385
Houston County	O	+22.3%	636	232	1,809
Humphreys County	O	+12.1%	1,391	866	4,352
Jackson County	D	+16.6%	1,122	673	2,703
Jefferson County	R	−48.9%	1,494	5,494	8,187
Johnson County	R	−67.6%	450	3,107	3,932
Knox County	R	−25.2%	24,528	47,202	90,007
Lake County	O	+13.6%	737	409	2,408
Lauderdale County	O	+15.2%	2,108	1,080	6,754
Lawrence County	R	−20.4%	2,191	4,343	10,527
Lewis County	D	+24.9%	1,088	455	2,540
Lincoln County	O	+9.4%	1,848	1,167	7,229
Loudon County	R	−34.5%	1,581	4,299	7,876
Macon County	R	−43.9%	530	2,173	3,744
Madison County	O	−3.0%	5,517	6,143	21,080
Marion County	O	−4.7%	1,661	1,959	6,404
Marshall County	O	+5.3%	1,527	1,202	6,108
Maury County	O	+2.4%	3,401	3,048	14,597
McMinn County	R	−27.9%	2,889	6,098	11,522
McNairy County	R	−22.2%	1,377	2,979	7,228
Meigs County	R	−14.2%	493	729	1,664
Monroe County	R	−20.5%	2,926	4,749	8,897
Montgomery County	O	+15.9%	5,538	3,248	14,424
Moore County	O	+8.6%	346	224	1,426
Morgan County	R	−22.0%	968	1,803	3,799
Obion County	O	−2.0%	2,235	2,420	9,335
Overton County	D	+8.3%	1,592	1,258	4,026
Perry County	O	+10.2%	726	519	2,029
Pickett County	R	−32.2%	405	884	1,488
Polk County	R	−8.8%	1,454	1,808	4,016
Putnam County	R	−1.5%	3,541	3,693	10,307
Rhea County	R	−18.9%	1,301	2,428	5,966
Roane County	R	−21.0%	3,258	6,033	13,189
Robertson County	O	+6.4%	2,315	1,802	8,021
Rutherford County	O	+4.5%	4,921	4,168	16,862
Scott County	R	−34.3%	991	2,406	4,131
Sequatchie County	O	−5.1%	549	663	2,223
Sevier County	R	−63.8%	1,112	7,629	10,217
Shelby County	D	+3.5%	81,486	73,416	231,898
Smith County	O	+8.1%	1,443	1,089	4,363
Stewart County	O	+23.5%	1,041	443	2,541
Sullivan County	R	−26.2%	9,783	20,251	40,025
Sumner County	O	−0.9%	4,376	4,519	16,487
Tipton County	O	+7.7%	2,071	1,422	8,436
Trousdale County	D	+27.7%	694	252	1,595
Unicoi County	R	−47.6%	910	3,327	5,080
Union County	R	−48.7%	527	1,956	2,932
Van Buren County	O	−4.0%	282	327	1,116
Warren County	O	+2.4%	2,046	1,858	7,718
Washington County	R	−35.0%	4,930	12,882	22,737
Wayne County	R	−46.3%	506	2,417	4,131
Weakley County	O	−9.3%	1,988	2,858	9,371
White County	O	+3.4%	1,584	1,423	4,757
Williamson County	O	−7.5%	2,063	2,788	9,718
Wilson County	O	+1.6%	2,916	2,736	11,300