The 1968 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Richard Nixon won Kansas against both Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. Nixon carried every county except traditionally Democratic Wyandotte.[1]
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County Results
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Results
editPresidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Richard M. Nixon | Republican | New York | 478,674 | 54.84% | 7 | Spiro Agnew | Maryland | 7 |
Hubert H. Humphrey | Democrat | Minnesota | 302,996 | 34.72% | 0 | Edmund Muskie | Maine | 0 |
George C. Wallace | Conservative | Alabama | 88,921 | 10.19% | 0 | S. Marvin Griffin | Georgia | 0 |
E. Harold Munn | Prohibition | Michigan | 2,192 | 0.25% | 0 | Rolland Fisher | Kansas | 0 |
Total | 872,783 | 100% | 7 | 7 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
Results by county
editCounty | Richard Nixon Republican |
Hubert Humphrey Democratic |
George Wallace Conservative |
E. Harold Munn Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allen | 3,520 | 59.66% | 1,875 | 31.78% | 492 | 8.34% | 13 | 0.22% | 1,645 | 27.88% | 5,900 |
Anderson | 2,168 | 56.84% | 1,242 | 32.56% | 397 | 10.41% | 7 | 0.18% | 926 | 24.28% | 3,814 |
Atchison | 3,644 | 46.00% | 3,379 | 42.65% | 888 | 11.21% | 11 | 0.14% | 265 | 3.35% | 7,922 |
Barber | 2,023 | 60.55% | 1,027 | 30.74% | 283 | 8.47% | 8 | 0.24% | 996 | 29.81% | 3,341 |
Barton | 6,700 | 54.88% | 4,464 | 36.57% | 1,017 | 8.33% | 27 | 0.22% | 2,236 | 18.31% | 12,208 |
Bourbon | 3,983 | 56.87% | 2,241 | 32.00% | 769 | 10.98% | 11 | 0.16% | 1,742 | 24.87% | 7,004 |
Brown | 3,748 | 69.15% | 1,199 | 22.12% | 463 | 8.54% | 10 | 0.18% | 2,549 | 47.03% | 5,420 |
Butler | 7,893 | 50.79% | 5,952 | 38.30% | 1,671 | 10.75% | 25 | 0.16% | 1,941 | 12.49% | 15,541 |
Chase | 1,038 | 62.61% | 462 | 27.86% | 154 | 9.29% | 4 | 0.24% | 576 | 34.75% | 1,658 |
Chautauqua | 1,537 | 65.52% | 478 | 20.38% | 329 | 14.02% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,059 | 45.14% | 2,346 |
Cherokee | 4,211 | 47.46% | 3,597 | 40.54% | 1,054 | 11.88% | 10 | 0.11% | 614 | 6.92% | 8,872 |
Cheyenne | 1,423 | 70.66% | 412 | 20.46% | 174 | 8.64% | 5 | 0.25% | 1,011 | 50.20% | 2,014 |
Clark | 920 | 58.26% | 446 | 28.25% | 210 | 13.30% | 3 | 0.19% | 474 | 30.01% | 1,579 |
Clay | 3,335 | 71.95% | 926 | 19.98% | 357 | 7.70% | 17 | 0.37% | 2,409 | 51.97% | 4,635 |
Cloud | 3,282 | 56.17% | 2,132 | 36.49% | 412 | 7.05% | 17 | 0.29% | 1,150 | 19.68% | 5,843 |
Coffey | 2,223 | 63.06% | 933 | 26.47% | 367 | 10.41% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,290 | 36.59% | 3,525 |
Comanche | 906 | 62.66% | 451 | 31.19% | 85 | 5.88% | 4 | 0.28% | 455 | 31.47% | 1,446 |
Cowley | 8,070 | 54.30% | 5,014 | 33.74% | 1,751 | 11.78% | 26 | 0.17% | 3,056 | 20.56% | 14,861 |
Crawford | 7,344 | 45.30% | 7,191 | 44.35% | 1,653 | 10.20% | 25 | 0.15% | 153 | 0.95% | 16,213 |
Decatur | 1,654 | 65.74% | 652 | 25.91% | 206 | 8.19% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,002 | 39.83% | 2,516 |
Dickinson | 5,574 | 64.32% | 2,399 | 27.68% | 675 | 7.79% | 18 | 0.21% | 3,175 | 36.64% | 8,666 |
Doniphan | 2,402 | 63.31% | 958 | 25.25% | 425 | 11.20% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,444 | 38.06% | 3,794 |
Douglas | 10,533 | 53.79% | 6,936 | 35.42% | 2,080 | 10.62% | 34 | 0.17% | 3,597 | 18.37% | 19,583 |
Edwards | 1,243 | 54.90% | 832 | 36.75% | 182 | 8.04% | 7 | 0.31% | 411 | 18.15% | 2,264 |
Elk | 1,327 | 64.64% | 503 | 24.50% | 216 | 10.52% | 7 | 0.34% | 824 | 40.14% | 2,053 |
Ellis | 3,944 | 46.72% | 3,809 | 45.12% | 671 | 7.95% | 17 | 0.20% | 135 | 1.60% | 8,441 |
Ellsworth | 1,776 | 57.53% | 1,060 | 34.34% | 246 | 7.97% | 5 | 0.16% | 716 | 23.19% | 3,087 |
Finney | 3,295 | 52.11% | 2,521 | 39.87% | 496 | 7.84% | 11 | 0.17% | 774 | 12.24% | 6,323 |
Ford | 4,645 | 52.80% | 3,191 | 36.27% | 935 | 10.63% | 26 | 0.30% | 1,454 | 16.53% | 8,797 |
Franklin | 4,875 | 59.17% | 2,524 | 30.63% | 825 | 10.01% | 15 | 0.18% | 2,351 | 28.54% | 8,239 |
Geary | 2,954 | 50.70% | 2,228 | 38.24% | 625 | 10.73% | 20 | 0.34% | 726 | 12.46% | 5,827 |
Gove | 1,018 | 59.05% | 538 | 31.21% | 164 | 9.51% | 4 | 0.23% | 480 | 27.84% | 1,724 |
Graham | 1,308 | 60.72% | 597 | 27.72% | 243 | 11.28% | 6 | 0.28% | 711 | 33.00% | 2,154 |
Grant | 1,121 | 57.16% | 618 | 31.51% | 217 | 11.07% | 5 | 0.25% | 503 | 25.65% | 1,961 |
Gray | 952 | 55.25% | 612 | 35.52% | 151 | 8.76% | 8 | 0.46% | 340 | 19.73% | 1,723 |
Greeley | 465 | 59.85% | 227 | 29.21% | 82 | 10.55% | 3 | 0.39% | 238 | 30.64% | 777 |
Greenwood | 2,937 | 65.99% | 1,122 | 25.21% | 381 | 8.56% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,815 | 40.78% | 4,451 |
Hamilton | 751 | 56.25% | 410 | 30.71% | 170 | 12.73% | 4 | 0.30% | 341 | 25.54% | 1,335 |
Harper | 2,351 | 63.99% | 1,015 | 27.63% | 297 | 8.08% | 11 | 0.30% | 1,336 | 36.36% | 3,674 |
Harvey | 6,682 | 61.64% | 3,351 | 30.91% | 780 | 7.19% | 28 | 0.26% | 3,331 | 30.73% | 10,841 |
Haskell | 762 | 54.16% | 476 | 33.83% | 167 | 11.87% | 2 | 0.14% | 286 | 20.33% | 1,407 |
Hodgeman | 756 | 59.20% | 387 | 30.31% | 130 | 10.18% | 4 | 0.31% | 369 | 28.89% | 1,277 |
Jackson | 2,678 | 60.71% | 1,225 | 27.77% | 501 | 11.36% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,453 | 32.94% | 4,411 |
Jefferson | 2,781 | 56.58% | 1,355 | 27.57% | 774 | 15.75% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,426 | 29.01% | 4,915 |
Jewell | 2,172 | 66.18% | 842 | 25.66% | 252 | 7.68% | 16 | 0.49% | 1,330 | 40.52% | 3,282 |
Johnson | 55,060 | 62.63% | 26,034 | 29.61% | 6,635 | 7.55% | 183 | 0.21% | 29,026 | 33.02% | 87,912 |
Kearny | 721 | 58.00% | 423 | 34.03% | 95 | 7.64% | 4 | 0.32% | 298 | 23.97% | 1,243 |
Kingman | 2,318 | 60.29% | 1,201 | 31.24% | 319 | 8.30% | 7 | 0.18% | 1,117 | 29.05% | 3,845 |
Kiowa | 1,484 | 70.87% | 481 | 22.97% | 123 | 5.87% | 6 | 0.29% | 1,003 | 47.90% | 2,094 |
Labette | 5,503 | 51.19% | 3,974 | 36.97% | 1,251 | 11.64% | 22 | 0.20% | 1,529 | 14.22% | 10,750 |
Lane | 781 | 60.64% | 385 | 29.89% | 118 | 9.16% | 4 | 0.31% | 396 | 30.75% | 1,288 |
Leavenworth | 7,081 | 48.35% | 5,546 | 37.87% | 2,000 | 13.66% | 18 | 0.12% | 1,535 | 10.48% | 14,645 |
Lincoln | 1,721 | 68.16% | 583 | 23.09% | 217 | 8.59% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,138 | 45.07% | 2,525 |
Linn | 2,250 | 63.11% | 893 | 25.05% | 419 | 11.75% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,357 | 38.06% | 3,565 |
Logan | 1,120 | 63.78% | 411 | 23.41% | 221 | 12.59% | 4 | 0.23% | 709 | 40.37% | 1,756 |
Lyon | 6,558 | 57.30% | 4,020 | 35.12% | 847 | 7.40% | 21 | 0.18% | 2,538 | 22.18% | 11,446 |
McPherson | 6,420 | 64.98% | 2,893 | 29.28% | 543 | 5.50% | 24 | 0.24% | 3,527 | 35.70% | 9,880 |
Marion | 4,287 | 70.37% | 1,494 | 24.52% | 304 | 4.99% | 7 | 0.11% | 2,793 | 45.85% | 6,092 |
Marshall | 3,835 | 58.85% | 1,949 | 29.91% | 731 | 11.22% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,886 | 28.94% | 6,517 |
Meade | 1,511 | 66.24% | 572 | 25.08% | 196 | 8.59% | 2 | 0.09% | 939 | 41.16% | 2,281 |
Miami | 3,614 | 48.93% | 2,739 | 37.08% | 1,023 | 13.85% | 10 | 0.14% | 875 | 11.85% | 7,386 |
Mitchell | 2,428 | 62.89% | 1,144 | 29.63% | 283 | 7.33% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,284 | 33.26% | 3,861 |
Montgomery | 9,697 | 55.77% | 5,210 | 29.97% | 2,456 | 14.13% | 23 | 0.13% | 4,487 | 25.80% | 17,386 |
Morris | 1,938 | 60.00% | 976 | 30.22% | 313 | 9.69% | 3 | 0.09% | 962 | 29.78% | 3,230 |
Morton | 770 | 51.03% | 475 | 31.48% | 262 | 17.36% | 2 | 0.13% | 295 | 19.55% | 1,509 |
Nemaha | 3,003 | 54.01% | 1,925 | 34.62% | 628 | 11.29% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,078 | 19.39% | 5,560 |
Neosho | 3,950 | 52.92% | 2,725 | 36.51% | 784 | 10.50% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,225 | 16.41% | 7,464 |
Ness | 1,352 | 58.23% | 767 | 33.03% | 192 | 8.27% | 11 | 0.47% | 585 | 25.20% | 2,322 |
Norton | 2,543 | 70.91% | 841 | 23.45% | 193 | 5.38% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,702 | 47.46% | 3,586 |
Osage | 3,157 | 56.15% | 1,664 | 29.60% | 792 | 14.09% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,493 | 26.55% | 5,622 |
Osborne | 2,073 | 65.39% | 793 | 25.02% | 301 | 9.50% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,280 | 40.37% | 3,170 |
Ottawa | 1,740 | 62.66% | 777 | 27.98% | 253 | 9.11% | 7 | 0.25% | 963 | 34.68% | 2,777 |
Pawnee | 2,037 | 54.19% | 1,416 | 37.67% | 300 | 7.98% | 6 | 0.16% | 621 | 16.52% | 3,759 |
Phillips | 2,567 | 68.29% | 844 | 22.45% | 340 | 9.04% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,723 | 45.84% | 3,759 |
Pottawatomie | 3,267 | 63.68% | 1,368 | 26.67% | 490 | 9.55% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,899 | 37.01% | 5,130 |
Pratt | 2,670 | 57.91% | 1,490 | 32.31% | 435 | 9.43% | 16 | 0.35% | 1,180 | 25.60% | 4,611 |
Rawlins | 1,438 | 65.90% | 553 | 25.34% | 153 | 7.01% | 38 | 1.74% | 885 | 40.56% | 2,182 |
Reno | 11,804 | 50.29% | 9,872 | 42.06% | 1,710 | 7.28% | 88 | 0.37% | 1,932 | 8.23% | 23,474 |
Republic | 2,841 | 66.25% | 1,187 | 27.68% | 240 | 5.60% | 20 | 0.47% | 1,654 | 38.57% | 4,288 |
Rice | 3,141 | 56.23% | 2,049 | 36.68% | 386 | 6.91% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,092 | 19.55% | 5,586 |
Riley | 8,296 | 62.17% | 4,258 | 31.91% | 772 | 5.78% | 19 | 0.14% | 4,038 | 30.26% | 13,345 |
Rooks | 2,252 | 63.01% | 1,012 | 28.32% | 307 | 8.59% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,240 | 34.69% | 3,574 |
Rush | 1,471 | 57.46% | 864 | 33.75% | 217 | 8.48% | 8 | 0.31% | 607 | 23.71% | 2,560 |
Russell | 3,177 | 67.04% | 1,261 | 26.61% | 290 | 6.12% | 11 | 0.23% | 1,916 | 40.43% | 4,739 |
Saline | 9,324 | 55.43% | 6,286 | 37.37% | 1,169 | 6.95% | 43 | 0.26% | 3,038 | 18.06% | 16,822 |
Scott | 1,374 | 66.25% | 500 | 24.11% | 193 | 9.31% | 7 | 0.34% | 874 | 42.14% | 2,074 |
Sedgwick | 60,853 | 51.80% | 44,041 | 37.49% | 12,255 | 10.43% | 320 | 0.27% | 16,812 | 14.31% | 117,469 |
Seward | 3,065 | 62.32% | 1,291 | 26.25% | 550 | 11.18% | 12 | 0.24% | 1,774 | 36.07% | 4,918 |
Shawnee | 31,140 | 52.03% | 21,735 | 36.32% | 6,817 | 11.39% | 158 | 0.26% | 9,405 | 15.71% | 59,850 |
Sheridan | 1,002 | 58.36% | 563 | 32.79% | 144 | 8.39% | 8 | 0.47% | 439 | 25.57% | 1,717 |
Sherman | 1,803 | 57.53% | 954 | 30.44% | 368 | 11.74% | 9 | 0.29% | 849 | 27.09% | 3,134 |
Smith | 2,558 | 67.49% | 939 | 24.78% | 279 | 7.36% | 14 | 0.37% | 1,619 | 42.71% | 3,790 |
Stafford | 1,851 | 55.75% | 1,205 | 36.30% | 253 | 7.62% | 11 | 0.33% | 646 | 19.45% | 3,320 |
Stanton | 541 | 59.52% | 288 | 31.68% | 78 | 8.58% | 2 | 0.22% | 253 | 27.84% | 909 |
Stevens | 1,157 | 58.38% | 528 | 26.64% | 296 | 14.93% | 1 | 0.05% | 629 | 31.74% | 1,982 |
Sumner | 5,622 | 54.48% | 3,562 | 34.52% | 1,116 | 10.81% | 20 | 0.19% | 2,060 | 19.96% | 10,320 |
Thomas | 1,971 | 59.82% | 1,074 | 32.59% | 241 | 7.31% | 9 | 0.27% | 897 | 27.23% | 3,295 |
Trego | 1,211 | 58.67% | 623 | 30.18% | 226 | 10.95% | 4 | 0.19% | 588 | 28.49% | 2,064 |
Wabaunsee | 1,979 | 64.17% | 695 | 22.54% | 402 | 13.04% | 8 | 0.26% | 1,284 | 41.63% | 3,084 |
Wallace | 608 | 61.54% | 235 | 23.79% | 144 | 14.57% | 1 | 0.10% | 373 | 37.75% | 988 |
Washington | 3,177 | 68.29% | 1,131 | 24.31% | 332 | 7.14% | 12 | 0.26% | 2,046 | 43.98% | 4,652 |
Wichita | 757 | 60.37% | 364 | 29.03% | 130 | 10.37% | 3 | 0.24% | 393 | 31.34% | 1,254 |
Wilson | 3,340 | 63.35% | 1,276 | 24.20% | 640 | 12.14% | 16 | 0.30% | 2,064 | 39.15% | 5,272 |
Woodson | 1,450 | 62.63% | 639 | 27.60% | 222 | 9.59% | 4 | 0.17% | 811 | 35.03% | 2,315 |
Wyandotte | 23,091 | 33.38% | 34,189 | 49.43% | 11,510 | 16.64% | 381 | 0.55% | -11,098 | -16.05% | 69,171 |
Totals | 478,674 | 54.84% | 302,996 | 34.72% | 88,921 | 10.19% | 2,192 | 0.25% | 175,678 | 20.12% | 872,783 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
edit- Wichita
- Crawford
- Shawnee
- Lyon
- Sherman
- Sheridan
- Trego
- Ford
- Russell
- Ellis
- Rush
- Barton
- Barber
- Butler
- Pawnee
- Ottawa
- Edwards
- Rice
- Reno
- Harvey
- Sumner
- Saline
- Cloud
- Finney
- Geary
- Nemaha
- Atchison
- Leavenworth
- Osage
- Franklin
- Miami
- Anderson
- Allen
- Cowley
- Neosho
- Labette
- Cherokee
- Pratt
- Douglas
- Lane
- Stafford
- Kingman
- Bourbon
- Clark
- Gove
- Comanche
- Grant
- Gray
- Greeley
- Hamilton
- Haskell
- Hodgeman
- Kearny
- McPherson
- Montgomery
- Morton
- Ness
- Sedgwick
- Stanton
- Stevens
- Thomas
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
References
edit- ^ "1968 Presidential General Elections Results — Kansas". Dave Leip’s U.S Election Atlas.