1968 Elections

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5 offices contested.

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1968

Balance of Power

42.8%Popular Vote43.2%

73,510,866 votes

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1968

Presidential Election · 1968

Elected President

Richard M. Nixon

Republicandefeating Hubert H. Humphrey

191

Humphrey

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

301

Nixon

Wallace

191 EV46 EV269 needed to win301 EV

Popular Vote

Nixon(REP)43.2%

Humphrey(DEM)42.8%

candidates(OTH)14.0%

Nixon(REP)0.1%

National margin:R+0.5%

73,510,866 total votes cast

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Results by State

Humphrey: 14 states · 191 EV|Nixon: 32 states · 301 EV|AIP: 5 states · 46 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Humphrey %	Votes	Nixon %	Votes	Wallace %	Votes	Residual Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Nebraska	5	5	31.8%	170,784	59.8%	321,163	—	—	8.4%	R+28.0	↓ R+33.2
▶	Idaho	4	9	30.7%	89,273	56.8%	165,369	—	—	12.5%	R+26.1	↓ R+28.0
▶	Wyoming	3	12	35.5%	45,173	55.8%	70,927	—	—	8.7%	R+20.3	↓ R+33.4
▶	Kansas	7	19	34.7%	302,996	54.8%	478,674	—	—	10.4%	R+20.1	↓ R+29.2
▶	Arizona	5	24	35.0%	170,514	54.8%	266,721	—	—	10.2%	R+19.8	↓ R+18.8
▶	Utah	4	28	37.1%	156,665	56.5%	238,728	—	—	6.4%	R+19.4	↓ R+28.9
▶	North Dakota	4	32	38.2%	94,769	55.9%	138,669	—	—	5.8%	R+17.7	↓ R+33.8
▶	Oklahoma	8	40	32.0%	301,658	47.7%	449,697	—	—	20.3%	R+15.7	↓ R+27.2
▶	Indiana	13	53	38.0%	806,659	50.3%	1,067,885	—	—	11.7%	R+12.3	↓ R+24.7
▶	Iowa	9	62	40.8%	476,699	53.0%	619,106	—	—	6.2%	R+12.2	↓ R+36.2
▶	New Mexico	4	66	39.8%	130,081	51.9%	169,692	—	—	8.4%	R+12.1	↓ R+30.7
▶	South Dakota	4	70	42.0%	118,023	53.3%	149,841	—	—	—	R+11.3	↓ R+22.5
▶	Virginia	12	82	32.5%	442,387	43.4%	590,319	—	—	24.1%	R+10.9	↓ R+18.2
▶	Florida	14	96	30.9%	676,794	40.5%	886,804	—	—	28.5%	R+9.6	↓ R+11.9
▶	Vermont	3	99	43.5%	70,255	52.8%	85,142	—	—	—	R+9.2	↓ R+41.8
▶	Colorado	6	105	41.3%	335,174	50.5%	409,345	—	—	8.2%	R+9.1	↓ R+32.2
▶	Montana	4	109	41.6%	114,117	50.6%	138,835	—	—	7.8%	R+9.0	↓ R+27.4
▶	North Carolina	13*	121*	29.2%	464,113	39.5%	627,192	—	—	31.3%	R+10.3	↓ R+22.6
▶	Nevada	3	124	39.3%	60,598	47.5%	73,188	—	—	13.2%	R+8.2	↓ R+25.3
▶	New Hampshire	4	128	43.9%	130,589	52.1%	154,903	—	—	—	R+8.2	↓ R+35.5
▶	Kentucky	9	137	37.6%	397,540	43.8%	462,411	—	—	18.6%	R+6.1	↓ R+34.5
▶	Oregon	6	143	43.8%	358,866	49.8%	408,433	—	—	6.4%	R+6.0	↓ R+33.8
▶	South Carolina	8	151	29.6%	197,486	38.1%	254,062	—	—	32.3%	R+8.5	↑ D+9.3
▶	Tennessee	11	162	28.1%	351,233	37.9%	472,592	—	—	34.0%	R+9.7	↓ R+20.7
▶	Wisconsin	12	174	44.3%	748,804	47.9%	809,997	—	—	7.8%	R+3.6	↓ R+28.0
▶	Delaware	3	177	41.6%	89,194	45.1%	96,714	—	—	13.3%	R+3.5	↓ R+25.7
▶	California	40	217	44.7%	3,244,318	47.8%	3,467,664	—	—	7.4%	R+3.1	↓ R+21.4
▶	Illinois	26	243	44.1%	2,039,814	47.1%	2,174,774	—	—	8.8%	R+2.9	↓ R+21.9
▶	Ohio	26	269	43.0%	1,700,586	45.2%	1,791,014	—	—	11.8%	R+2.3	↓ R+28.2
▶	New Jersey	17	286	44.0%	1,264,206	46.1%	1,325,467	—	—	9.9%	R+2.1	↓ R+33.9
▶	Missouri	12	298	37.4%	791,444	38.4%	811,932	—	—	24.2%	R+1.0	↓ R+24.6
▶	District of Columbia	3	3	81.8%	139,566	18.2%	31,012	—	—	—	D+63.6	↓ R+7.4
▶	Rhode Island	4	7	64.0%	246,518	31.8%	122,359	—	—	—	D+32.3	↓ R+29.5
▶	Massachusetts	14	21	63.0%	1,469,218	32.9%	766,844	—	—	—	D+30.1	↓ R+22.6
▶	Hawaii	4	25	59.8%	141,324	38.7%	91,425	—	—	—	D+21.1	↓ R+36.4
▶	Maine	4	29	55.8%	219,118	43.1%	169,254	—	—	—	D+12.7	↓ R+25.0
▶	Minnesota	10	39	54.0%	857,738	41.5%	658,643	—	—	—	D+12.5	↓ R+15.2
▶	West Virginia	7	46	49.6%	374,091	40.8%	307,555	—	—	9.6%	D+8.8	↓ R+27.1
▶	Michigan	21	67	48.2%	1,593,082	41.5%	1,370,665	—	—	10.4%	D+6.7	↓ R+26.9
▶	Connecticut	8	75	49.5%	621,561	44.4%	556,721	—	—	6.1%	D+5.2	↓ R+30.6
▶	Pennsylvania	29	104	47.6%	2,259,405	44.0%	2,090,017	—	—	8.4%	D+3.6	↓ R+26.6
▶	Washington	9	113	47.1%	620,220	45.2%	595,553	—	—	7.7%	D+1.9	↓ R+22.7
▶	Maryland	10	123	43.6%	538,310	41.9%	517,995	—	—	14.5%	D+1.6	↓ R+29.3
▶	Texas	25	148	41.1%	1,266,804	39.9%	1,227,844	—	—	19.0%	D+1.3	↓ R+25.6
▶	New York	43	191	45.2%	3,066,848	44.3%	3,007,932	—	—	10.5%	D+0.9	↓ R+36.4
▶	Mississippi	7	7	23.0%	150,644	13.5%	88,516	63.5%	415,349	—	D+9.5	↑ D+83.8
▶	Louisiana	10	17	28.2%	309,615	23.5%	257,535	48.3%	530,300	—	D+4.8	↑ D+18.4
▶	Georgia	12	29	26.8%	334,438	30.4%	380,111	42.9%	535,723	—	R+3.6	↑ D+4.6
▶	Arkansas	6	35	30.3%	184,904	31.0%	189,062	38.6%	235,627	—	R+0.7	↓ R+13.3
▶	Alabama	10	45	65.8%	687,664	14.0%	146,591	20.1%	210,250	—	D+51.8	↑ D+90.7
▶	Alaska	3	3	42.6%	35,411	45.3%	37,600	—	—	12.1%	R+2.6	↓ R+34.5

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1964 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Residual Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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U.S. Senate

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33 contests|D won 17|R won 16

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	AllenDEM	70.0%	638,774	HooperREP	22.1%	201,227	D+47.9	↑ D+46.2
▶	Arizona	GoldwaterREP	54.5%	263,034	ElsonDEM	43.3%	208,752	R+11.3	↓ R+21.1
▶	Arkansas	FulbrightDEM	59.1%	349,965	BernardREP	40.9%	241,739	D+18.3	↓ R+19.1
▶	California	CranstonDEM	51.8%	3,680,352	RaffertyREP	46.9%	3,329,148	D+4.9	↑ D+17.8
▶	Colorado	DominickREP	58.5%	459,952	McNicholsDEM	41.5%	325,584	R+17.1	↓ R+9.1
▶	Connecticut	RibicoffDEM	54.3%	655,043	MayREP	45.7%	551,455	D+8.6	↑ D+6.1
▶	Florida	GurneyREP	55.9%	1,131,499	CollinsDEM	44.1%	892,637	R+11.8	↓ R+51.9
▶	Georgia	TalmadgeDEM	77.5%	885,103	PattonREP	22.5%	256,796	D+55.0	↓ R+45.0
▶	Hawaii	InouyeDEM	79.3%	179,969	OtherOTH	20.7%	46,958	D+79.3	↑ D+68.2
▶	Idaho	ChurchDEM	60.3%	173,483	HansenREP	39.7%	114,394	D+20.5	↑ D+22.4
▶	Illinois	DirksenREP	53.0%	2,358,947	ClarkDEM	46.6%	2,073,242	R+6.4	↓ R+0.7
▶	Indiana	BayhDEM	51.6%	1,060,456	RuckelshausREP	48.1%	988,571	D+3.5	↑ D+2.9
▶	Iowa	HughesDEM	50.3%	574,884	StanleyREP	49.7%	568,469	D+0.6	↑ D+7.3
▶	Kansas	DoleREP	60.1%	490,911	RobinsonDEM	38.7%	315,911	R+21.4	↓ R+7.7
▶	Kentucky	CookREP	51.4%	484,260	PedenDEM	47.6%	448,960	R+3.7	↑ D+1.8
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	100.0%	518,586	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+48.9
▶	Maryland	MathiasREP	47.8%	541,893	BrewsterDEM	39.1%	443,367	R+8.7	↓ R+32.8
▶	Missouri	EagletonDEM	51.0%	880,335	CurtisREP	49.0%	845,144	D+2.0	↓ R+10.8
▶	Nevada	BibleDEM	54.8%	83,622	FikeREP	45.2%	69,068	D+9.5	↓ R+21.0
▶	New Hampshire	CottonREP	59.3%	170,163	KingDEM	40.7%	116,816	R+18.6	↓ R+23.2
▶	New York	JavitsREP	42.7%	2,810,836	O'DwyerDEM	32.7%	2,150,695	R+10.0	↑ D+7.2
▶	North Carolina	ErvinDEM	60.6%	870,406	SomersREP	39.4%	566,934	D+21.1	↑ D+0.2
▶	North Dakota	YoungREP	64.6%	154,968	LashkowitzDEM	33.7%	80,815	R+30.9	↓ R+9.6
▶	Ohio	SaxbeREP	51.5%	1,928,964	GilliganDEM	48.5%	1,814,152	R+3.1	↓ R+26.2
▶	Oklahoma	BellmonREP	51.7%	470,120	MonroneyDEM	46.2%	419,658	R+5.5	↓ R+12.5
▶	Oregon	PackwoodREP	50.2%	408,825	MorseDEM	49.8%	405,380	R+0.4	↓ R+8.8
▶	Pennsylvania	SchweikerREP	51.9%	2,399,762	ClarkDEM	45.8%	2,117,662	R+6.1	↓ R+8.5
▶	South Carolina	HollingsDEM	61.9%	404,060	ParkerREP	38.1%	248,780	D+23.8	↑ D+9.5
▶	South Dakota	McGovernDEM	56.8%	158,961	GubbrudREP	43.2%	120,951	D+13.6	↑ D+13.3
▶	Utah	BennettREP	53.7%	225,075	WeilenmannDEM	45.8%	192,168	R+7.8	↓ R+3.1
▶	Vermont	AikenREP	99.8%	94,738	OtherOTH	0.2%	221	R+99.8	↓ R+65.9
▶	Washington	MagnusonDEM	64.4%	796,183	MetcalfREP	35.3%	435,894	D+29.1	↑ D+24.4
▶	Wisconsin	NelsonDEM	61.7%	1,020,931	LeonardREP	38.3%	633,910	D+23.4	↑ D+18.0

Governor

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22 contests|D won 9|R won 13

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	WilliamsREP	57.8%	279,923	GoddardDEM	42.2%	204,075	R+15.7	↓ R+22.1
▶	Arkansas	RockefellerREP	52.4%	322,782	CrankDEM	47.6%	292,813	R+4.9	↓ R+18.9
▶	Delaware	PetersonREP	50.5%	104,474	TerryDEM	49.5%	102,360	R+1.0	↓ R+3.7
▶	Illinois	OgilvieREP	51.2%	2,307,295	ShapiroDEM	48.4%	2,179,501	R+2.8	↓ R+6.7
▶	Indiana	WhitcombREP	52.7%	1,080,271	RockDEM	47.1%	965,816	R+5.6	↓ R+18.3
▶	Iowa	RayREP	54.0%	614,328	FranzenburgDEM	45.9%	521,216	R+8.2	↓ R+45.0
▶	Kansas	DockingDEM	51.9%	447,269	HarmanREP	47.6%	410,673	D+4.2	↑ D+8.1
▶	Louisiana	McKeithenDEM	100.0%	372,762	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+77.8
▶	Missouri	HearnesDEM	60.7%	1,063,495	RoosREP	39.3%	688,300	D+21.4	↓ R+2.7
▶	Montana	AndersonDEM	54.1%	150,481	BabcockREP	41.9%	116,432	D+12.2	↑ D+14.8
▶	New Hampshire	PetersonREP	52.5%	149,902	BussiereDEM	47.4%	135,378	R+5.1	↓ R+38.7
▶	New Mexico	CargoREP	50.5%	160,140	ChavezDEM	49.5%	157,230	R+0.9	↓ R+21.3
▶	North Carolina	ScottDEM	52.7%	821,233	GardnerREP	47.3%	737,075	D+5.4	↓ R+7.8
▶	North Dakota	GuyDEM	54.8%	135,955	McCarneyREP	43.7%	108,382	D+11.1	↓ R+0.4
▶	Rhode Island	LichtDEM	51.0%	195,766	ChafeeREP	49.0%	187,958	D+2.0	↑ D+24.3
▶	South Dakota	FarrarREP	57.6%	159,646	ChamerlinDEM	42.4%	117,260	R+15.3	↓ R+12.0
▶	Texas	SmithDEM	57.0%	1,662,019	EggersREP	43.0%	1,254,333	D+14.0	↓ R+33.8
▶	Utah	RamptonDEM	68.7%	289,283	BuehnerREP	31.3%	131,729	D+37.4	↑ D+23.4
▶	Vermont	DavisREP	55.5%	89,387	DaleyDEM	44.5%	71,656	R+11.0	↓ R+41.5
▶	Washington	EvansREP	54.7%	692,378	O'ConnellDEM	44.3%	560,262	R+10.4	↑ D+1.4
▶	West Virginia	MooreREP	50.9%	378,315	SprouseDEM	49.1%	365,530	R+1.7	↓ R+11.5
▶	Wisconsin	KnowlesREP	52.9%	893,463	LafolletteDEM	46.8%	791,100	R+6.1	↓ R+5.0