Hubert Humphrey carried Texas D+1.3.

Hubert Humphrey (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Texas, 1968. The state ran 2.0 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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Texas result

3,079,216 votes counted

Humphrey (D)

1,266,804

41.1%

Nixon (R)

1,227,844

39.9%

Wallace + others

584,568

19.0%

Margin

D+1.3

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1968 presidential election

Texas, 1968

HumphreyD+1.3

How it voted

Share of the 1968 vote

Hubert Humphrey ✓Democratic	41.1%	1,266,804
Richard NixonRepublican	39.9%	1,227,844
George WallaceAmerican Independent	19.0%	584,568

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1968 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1968

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+6.5%	3,447	2,828	9,471
Andrews County	R	−13.2%	922	1,400	3,634
Angelina County	O	+3.3%	5,174	4,645	15,930
Aransas County	D	+5.4%	1,222	1,076	2,715
Archer County	D	+28.5%	1,308	636	2,357
Armstrong County	R	−14.1%	301	434	941
Atascosa County	D	+14.1%	2,522	1,805	5,098
Austin County	R	−15.4%	1,299	1,971	4,354
Bailey County	R	−13.8%	820	1,174	2,558
Bandera County	R	−17.1%	535	842	1,800
Bastrop County	D	+24.1%	2,687	1,455	5,117
Baylor County	D	+18.8%	1,064	657	2,164
Bee County	D	+17.4%	2,957	1,995	5,544
Bell County	D	+29.3%	11,893	5,705	21,145
Bexar County	D	+12.1%	95,325	72,951	184,874
Blanco County	D	+0.4%	620	614	1,457
Borden County	D	+10.4%	157	117	386
Bosque County	D	+11.2%	1,817	1,377	3,921
Bowie County	O	+2.6%	6,468	5,966	19,599
Brazoria County	D	+2.7%	11,439	10,631	30,103
Brazos County	R	−3.5%	6,299	6,839	15,579
Brewster County	D	+8.0%	958	790	2,091
Briscoe County	D	+10.1%	528	411	1,158
Brooks County	D	+52.6%	1,904	534	2,604
Brown County	D	+11.6%	3,999	2,997	8,602
Burleson County	D	+24.1%	1,678	891	3,263
Burnet County	D	+10.5%	1,876	1,459	3,978
Caldwell County	D	+29.0%	2,889	1,402	5,130
Calhoun County	D	+17.6%	2,612	1,672	5,350
Callahan County	D	+16.7%	1,437	921	3,096
Cameron County	D	+13.4%	15,726	11,759	29,527
Camp County	D	+24.7%	1,272	555	2,901
Carson County	R	−11.4%	904	1,211	2,685
Cass County	O	+8.2%	2,536	1,930	7,350
Castro County	D	+5.2%	1,181	1,033	2,838
Chambers County	O	+4.3%	1,217	1,061	3,607
Cherokee County	O	+6.9%	3,242	2,575	9,608
Childress County	D	+1.7%	1,093	1,045	2,759
Clay County	D	+20.1%	1,573	936	3,174
Cochran County	D	+5.2%	633	548	1,630
Coke County	D	+15.2%	563	387	1,159
Coleman County	R	−1.4%	1,449	1,507	4,109
Collin County	R	−3.5%	5,918	6,494	16,262
Collingsworth County	D	+1.8%	746	712	1,933
Colorado County	R	−5.9%	1,976	2,296	5,438
Comal County	R	−19.5%	2,338	3,646	6,710
Comanche County	D	+13.2%	1,980	1,436	4,125
Concho County	D	+8.2%	502	411	1,110
Cooke County	R	−13.7%	2,711	3,799	7,922
Coryell County	D	+22.0%	2,987	1,698	5,857
Cottle County	D	+37.1%	742	268	1,276
Crane County	O	+0.3%	498	493	1,703
Crockett County	D	+4.6%	571	509	1,359
Crosby County	D	+25.0%	1,574	865	2,840
Culberson County	D	+4.1%	330	298	773
Dallam County	R	−20.0%	588	990	2,008
Dallas County	R	−16.6%	123,809	184,193	363,554
Dawson County	R	−12.6%	1,522	2,091	4,513
Deaf Smith County	R	−19.7%	1,545	2,474	4,713
Delta County	D	+35.4%	1,037	370	1,882
Denton County	R	−4.0%	7,463	8,222	18,863
DeWitt County	R	−13.7%	1,871	2,589	5,244
Dickens County	D	+25.0%	811	428	1,534
Dimmit County	D	+18.8%	896	584	1,660
Donley County	R	−16.8%	543	816	1,627
Duval County	D	+80.2%	3,978	384	4,483
Eastland County	D	+6.8%	2,884	2,453	6,350
Ector County	R	−21.4%	5,312	10,557	24,540
Edwards County	R	−40.8%	148	409	639
El Paso County	D	+3.4%	32,658	30,347	68,116
Ellis County	D	+13.6%	5,431	3,794	12,067
Erath County	D	+11.7%	2,915	2,209	6,059
Falls County	D	+28.9%	2,990	1,345	5,699
Fannin County	D	+32.7%	3,931	1,585	7,177
Fayette County	R	−9.5%	1,833	2,380	5,775
Fisher County	D	+42.1%	1,560	555	2,385
Floyd County	R	−4.4%	1,305	1,465	3,617
Foard County	D	+38.7%	594	216	978
Fort Bend County	R	−0.7%	4,493	4,573	11,514
Franklin County	D	+26.1%	1,001	481	1,989
Freestone County	D	+27.1%	2,066	958	4,093
Frio County	D	+22.0%	1,330	795	2,432
Gaines County	R	−8.9%	1,087	1,401	3,531
Galveston County	D	+18.7%	26,041	16,229	52,592
Garza County	D	+2.8%	662	615	1,660
Gillespie County	R	−54.1%	725	2,945	4,105
Glasscock County	O	−14.1%	106	169	447
Goliad County	R	−1.1%	690	707	1,553
Gonzales County	D	+10.3%	1,930	1,476	4,389
Gray County	R	−33.5%	2,374	5,994	10,795
Grayson County	D	+10.3%	10,379	8,007	23,001
Gregg County	R	−15.3%	5,733	9,278	23,120
Grimes County	D	+11.3%	1,473	1,076	3,525
Guadalupe County	R	−8.8%	3,529	4,332	9,102
Hale County	R	−13.6%	3,293	4,696	10,298
Hall County	D	+12.8%	1,038	753	2,225
Hamilton County	R	−5.3%	1,116	1,266	2,834
Hansford County	R	−44.2%	392	1,359	2,188
Hardeman County	D	+10.7%	1,145	873	2,549
Hardin County	O	+10.2%	2,894	1,986	8,862
Harris County	R	−4.1%	182,546	202,079	471,037
Harrison County	O	+9.3%	4,959	3,668	13,951
Hartley County	R	−25.7%	299	597	1,160
Haskell County	D	+36.6%	1,888	713	3,211
Hays County	D	+25.1%	3,546	1,993	6,183
Hemphill County	R	−23.0%	400	699	1,300
Henderson County	D	+10.1%	3,119	2,315	7,932
Hidalgo County	D	+15.2%	20,087	14,455	37,111
Hill County	D	+23.0%	3,415	1,809	6,977
Hockley County	D	+2.6%	2,426	2,265	6,147
Hood County	D	+26.0%	1,155	593	2,161
Hopkins County	D	+12.9%	2,700	1,860	6,492
Houston County	D	+22.3%	2,782	1,391	6,237
Howard County	D	+0.8%	3,897	3,812	10,501
Hudspeth County	D	+0.6%	289	285	707
Hunt County	D	+1.0%	4,785	4,651	12,905
Hutchinson County	R	−23.6%	2,416	4,813	10,148
Irion County	R	−4.9%	187	211	490
Jack County	D	+6.4%	1,133	966	2,611
Jackson County	D	+6.1%	1,698	1,438	4,286
Jasper County	O	+8.3%	2,438	1,839	7,183
Jeff Davis County	D	+9.7%	239	191	496
Jefferson County	D	+5.2%	30,032	26,007	77,868
Jim Hogg County	D	+67.7%	1,276	223	1,555
Jim Wells County	D	+34.6%	6,304	2,827	10,050
Johnson County	D	+7.7%	5,330	4,372	12,411
Jones County	D	+14.0%	2,372	1,676	4,979
Karnes County	D	+21.6%	2,271	1,342	4,299
Kaufman County	D	+10.9%	3,311	2,431	8,092
Kendall County	R	−41.7%	538	1,569	2,471
Kenedy County	D	+13.1%	100	76	183
Kent County	D	+25.2%	303	143	634
Kerr County	R	−27.3%	1,878	3,692	6,643
Kimble County	R	−12.9%	463	640	1,368
King County	D	+29.0%	109	44	224
Kinney County	D	+22.5%	333	198	599
Kleberg County	D	+24.0%	4,633	2,713	8,016
Knox County	D	+30.2%	1,222	580	2,127
La Salle County	D	+29.7%	645	324	1,081
Lamar County	D	+11.3%	4,635	3,395	10,933
Lamb County	R	−5.2%	2,267	2,595	6,322
Lampasas County	D	+17.3%	1,423	935	2,818
Lavaca County	D	+8.8%	2,165	1,698	5,314
Lee County	D	+7.0%	1,283	1,075	2,989
Leon County	D	+28.5%	1,536	659	3,075
Liberty County	D	+7.5%	3,469	2,746	9,608
Limestone County	D	+23.1%	2,796	1,485	5,683
Lipscomb County	R	−51.8%	279	1,079	1,545
Live Oak County	R	−0.7%	922	938	2,344
Llano County	D	+7.2%	1,282	1,079	2,825
Loving County	O	−6.2%	18	23	81
Lubbock County	R	−20.4%	15,430	25,646	50,154
Lynn County	D	+11.4%	1,333	1,005	2,882
Madison County	D	+16.3%	994	608	2,367
Marion County	D	+21.8%	1,260	637	2,854
Martin County	O	+2.4%	373	343	1,255
Mason County	R	−15.1%	560	789	1,518
Matagorda County	D	+5.9%	3,595	3,094	8,466
Maverick County	D	+31.9%	1,570	771	2,506
McCulloch County	D	+15.3%	1,353	947	2,659
McLennan County	D	+13.8%	22,388	15,958	46,639
McMullen County	R	−2.1%	160	169	428
Medina County	D	+7.9%	2,471	2,058	5,251
Menard County	R	−13.3%	362	491	971
Midland County	R	−34.6%	4,756	12,789	23,222
Milam County	D	+25.8%	3,269	1,614	6,409
Mills County	D	+4.6%	722	645	1,663
Mitchell County	D	+23.3%	1,589	893	2,981
Montague County	D	+15.7%	2,555	1,736	5,205
Montgomery County	O	−2.5%	4,021	4,353	13,255
Moore County	R	−20.4%	1,359	2,378	4,996
Morris County	D	+15.6%	1,701	1,064	4,088
Motley County	R	−1.6%	397	415	1,107
Nacogdoches County	D	+2.2%	3,449	3,235	9,880
Navarro County	D	+23.6%	5,296	2,845	10,388
Newton County	O	+26.0%	1,476	555	3,541
Nolan County	D	+13.7%	2,784	1,969	5,938
Nueces County	D	+26.3%	39,025	21,307	67,491
Ochiltree County	R	−56.7%	432	2,208	3,132
Oldham County	R	−10.5%	237	320	788
Orange County	O	+2.8%	6,485	5,886	21,216
Palo Pinto County	D	+12.4%	3,552	2,627	7,436
Panola County	O	+2.1%	1,711	1,586	5,947
Parker County	D	+13.3%	4,301	3,068	9,303
Parmer County	R	−22.8%	833	1,539	3,102
Pecos County	D	+1.7%	1,592	1,524	4,019
Polk County	D	+18.1%	1,841	1,013	4,567
Potter County	R	−18.8%	8,238	13,338	27,072
Presidio County	D	+30.8%	969	481	1,582
Rains County	D	+18.1%	558	340	1,204
Randall County	R	−39.5%	4,060	11,400	18,592
Reagan County	R	−7.6%	370	454	1,112
Real County	R	−1.8%	277	290	703
Red River County	D	+18.4%	2,245	1,305	5,104
Reeves County	D	+4.2%	1,456	1,310	3,509
Refugio County	D	+17.7%	1,699	1,114	3,299
Roberts County	R	−43.0%	90	311	514
Robertson County	D	+39.4%	2,833	965	4,742
Rockwall County	D	+8.3%	778	614	1,975
Runnels County	R	−6.8%	1,448	1,707	3,823
Rusk County	O	+2.7%	4,078	3,739	12,546
Sabine County	D	+25.2%	1,078	455	2,468
San Augustine County	O	+12.6%	817	506	2,460
San Jacinto County	D	+37.0%	1,235	381	2,309
San Patricio County	D	+25.0%	6,818	3,717	12,411
San Saba County	D	+28.3%	1,140	535	2,140
Schleicher County	R	−1.9%	378	396	952
Scurry County	D	+5.9%	2,031	1,745	4,861
Shackelford County	D	+7.7%	673	557	1,507
Shelby County	O	+20.0%	2,511	1,127	6,923
Sherman County	R	−30.5%	297	723	1,396
Smith County	R	−10.4%	8,897	12,079	30,571
Somervell County	D	+7.9%	384	313	901
Starr County	D	+47.5%	3,922	1,374	5,367
Stephens County	R	−1.6%	1,239	1,287	3,051
Sterling County	R	−5.1%	151	170	375
Stonewall County	D	+38.0%	635	213	1,110
Sutton County	R	−6.7%	351	412	910
Swisher County	D	+16.4%	1,760	1,177	3,560
Tarrant County	R	−1.1%	79,705	81,786	190,747
Taylor County	R	−12.1%	9,107	12,218	25,626
Terrell County	R	−8.2%	201	250	601
Terry County	R	−7.3%	1,625	1,948	4,427
Throckmorton County	D	+28.4%	618	317	1,061
Titus County	D	+12.9%	2,317	1,572	5,775
Tom Green County	R	−14.9%	6,774	9,682	19,536
Travis County	D	+6.5%	39,667	34,309	82,520
Trinity County	D	+18.4%	1,146	636	2,779
Tyler County	O	+2.2%	1,204	1,120	3,786
Upshur County	O	+14.0%	2,480	1,519	6,885
Upton County	R	−12.7%	463	664	1,586
Uvalde County	R	−10.8%	1,736	2,252	4,759
Val Verde County	D	+22.7%	3,205	1,914	5,698
Van Zandt County	D	+11.1%	2,706	1,954	6,751
Victoria County	R	−2.1%	6,042	6,352	14,730
Walker County	D	+7.7%	2,391	1,946	5,789
Waller County	D	+21.1%	1,684	958	3,439
Ward County	R	−5.2%	1,331	1,552	4,265
Washington County	R	−27.8%	1,686	3,244	5,607
Webb County	D	+61.9%	9,419	2,103	11,826
Wharton County	D	+5.3%	4,304	3,773	9,959
Wheeler County	R	−14.2%	812	1,176	2,558
Wichita County	D	+10.3%	15,387	11,937	33,414
Wilbarger County	D	+1.7%	1,996	1,909	5,198
Willacy County	D	+18.9%	1,930	1,243	3,638
Williamson County	D	+25.7%	5,528	2,923	10,123
Wilson County	D	+24.2%	2,336	1,321	4,199
Winkler County	R	−12.7%	938	1,391	3,579
Wise County	D	+13.5%	2,774	1,983	5,864
Wood County	D	+2.3%	2,192	2,046	6,259
Yoakum County	R	−20.6%	615	1,123	2,462
Young County	D	+11.6%	2,482	1,860	5,346
Zapata County	D	+54.3%	909	251	1,212
Zavala County	D	+27.7%	1,307	693	2,215