November 5, 1968

Richard Nixon Wins 1968

Richard Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey with 344 electoral votes, winning 34 states.

Hubert Humphrey
194 EV
270 to win
Richard Nixon
344 EV
194
344
270
Richard Nixon wins
344
Electoral Votes
43.4%
Popular Vote
34
States Carried
73,205,009
Total Votes Cast

Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential election with 344 electoral votes to Hubert Humphrey's 194. Richard Nixon received 43.4% of the popular vote and carried 34 states. Compared to the previous election, 1740 counties changed parties—1490 flipped Republican and 250 flipped Democratic.

1968 National Results

Electoral College

270 needed to win
Democrat
Hubert Humphrey
194
electoral votes
Republican
Richard Nixon
344
electoral votes
194
344
270

Popular Vote

73,205,009 total votes
Hubert Humphrey42.7%
31,274,608 votes
Richard Nixon43.4%
31,784,477 votes
R+0.7% margin
(509,869 vote difference)
Source: Official state election returnsRichard Nixon elected president

State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

YearDemocratRepublicanElectoralPopularWinner
1968Hubert HumphreyRichard Nixon194-344R+0.7%GOP
1964Lyndon B. JohnsonBarry Goldwater487-51D+22.9%DEM
1960John F. KennedyRichard Nixon279-256D+0.2%DEM
1956Adlai StevensonDwight D. Eisenhower72-456R+15.4%GOP
1952Adlai StevensonDwight D. Eisenhower82-446R+10.8%GOP

State-by-State Results

17 Dem34 Rep
StateEV1968
District of Columbia3D+63.6
Rhode Island4D+32.3
Massachusetts11D+30.1
Hawaii4D+21.1
Minnesota10D+12.5
Maine4D+12.2
Mississippi6D+9.5
West Virginia4D+8.8
Michigan15D+6.7
New York28D+5.5
Connecticut7D+5.2
Louisiana8D+4.8
Alabama9D+4.7
Pennsylvania19D+3.6
Washington12D+2.1
Maryland10D+1.6
Texas40D+1.3
Arkansas6R+0.4
Missouri10R+1.1
New Jersey14R+2.1
Alaska3R+2.1
Ohio17R+2.3
Illinois19R+2.9
California54R+3.1
Delaware3R+3.5
Wisconsin10R+3.6
Georgia16R+3.6
Oregon8R+6.0
Kentucky8R+6.1
Nevada6R+8.2
New Hampshire4R+8.2
South Carolina9R+8.5
Montana4R+9.0
Colorado10R+9.2
Vermont3R+9.2
Florida30R+9.6
Tennessee11R+9.7
North Carolina16R+10.3
Virginia13R+10.9
South Dakota3R+11.3
New Mexico5R+12.1
Iowa6R+12.2
Indiana11R+12.3
Oklahoma7R+15.7
North Dakota3R+17.7
Utah6R+19.4
Arizona11R+19.8
Kansas6R+20.1
Wyoming3R+20.3
Idaho4R+26.1
Nebraska5R+28.0

Counties That Changed Parties

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Source: Official state election returns
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