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1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas

← 1964 November 5, 1968 1972 →
 
Nominee George Wallace Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey
Party American Independent Republican Democratic
Home state Alabama New York[a] Minnesota
Running mate Curtis LeMay Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie
Electoral vote 6 0 0
Popular vote 240,982 190,759 188,228
Percentage 38.87% 30.77% 30.36%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. American Independent candidate George Wallace won the state of Arkansas with 235,627 votes, with Republican Richard Nixon winning 189,062 and Democrat Hubert Humphrey winning 184,901.[1]

With 38.87% of the popular vote, Arkansas would prove to be Wallace's weakest state that he carried in the 1968 election after Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia.[2] This was the first time since 1872 that Arkansas did not vote for the Democratic candidate, and would be the last time until 2008 that Arkansas did not back the winner of the presidential election. As of 2020, this remains the last time that a Republican has won the presidency without carrying Arkansas.[3]

46% of white voters supported Wallace, 36% supported Nixon, and 19% supported Humphrey.[4][5][6]

Results

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1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas[7]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
American Independent George Wallace 240,982 38.87% 6
Republican Richard Nixon 190,759 30.77% 0
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 188,228 30.36% 0
Totals 619,969 100.00% 6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) 54%/73%

Results by county

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County George Wallace
American Independent
Richard Nixon
Republican
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 3,775 49.67% 1,806 23.76% 2,019 26.57% 1,756 23.10% 7,600
Ashley 4,401 55.67% 1,470 18.59% 2,035 25.74% 2,366 29.93% 7,906
Baxter 1,513 22.04% 3,401 49.53% 1,952 28.43% -1,449 -21.10% 6,866
Benton 4,036 24.87% 8,104 49.94% 4,088 25.19% -4,016 -24.75% 16,228
Boone 2,169 29.21% 3,349 45.10% 1,907 25.68% -1,180 -15.89% 7,425
Bradley 2,546 52.99% 802 16.69% 1,457 30.32% 1,089 22.67% 4,805
Calhoun 1,215 55.48% 287 13.11% 688 31.42% 527 24.06% 2,190
Carroll 1,174 23.16% 2,596 51.22% 1,298 25.61% -1,298 -25.61% 5,068
Chicot 2,187 38.73% 865 15.32% 2,595 45.95% -408 -7.22% 5,647
Clark 2,776 38.82% 1,642 22.96% 2,733 38.22% 43 0.60% 7,151
Clay 2,285 35.94% 2,410 37.91% 1,663 26.16% -125 -1.97% 6,358
Cleburne 1,657 39.83% 1,301 31.27% 1,202 28.89% 356 8.56% 4,160
Cleveland 1,751 70.89% 312 12.63% 407 16.48% 1,344 54.41% 2,470
Columbia 3,843 46.60% 1,916 23.24% 2,487 30.16% 1,356 16.44% 8,246
Conway 1,958 30.16% 1,973 30.40% 2,560 39.44% -587 -9.04% 6,491
Craighead 6,742 43.42% 5,047 32.50% 3,738 24.07% 1,695 10.92% 15,527
Crawford 2,917 40.41% 2,723 37.73% 1,578 21.86% 194 2.68% 7,218
Crittenden 4,657 43.99% 2,454 23.18% 3,475 32.83% 1,182 11.16% 10,586
Cross 3,056 53.58% 1,093 19.16% 1,555 27.26% 1,501 26.32% 5,704
Dallas 1,722 47.22% 672 18.43% 1,253 34.36% 469 12.86% 3,647
Desha 2,474 43.28% 972 17.00% 2,270 39.71% 204 3.57% 5,716
Drew 2,307 49.39% 1,040 22.27% 1,324 28.35% 983 21.04% 4,671
Faulkner 4,375 40.06% 2,791 25.55% 3,756 34.39% 619 5.67% 10,922
Franklin 2,111 45.96% 1,333 29.02% 1,149 25.02% 778 16.94% 4,593
Fulton 1,080 32.76% 1,198 36.34% 1,019 30.91% -118 -3.58% 3,297
Garland 6,955 34.29% 7,674 37.83% 5,655 27.88% -719 -3.54% 20,284
Grant 2,194 59.73% 627 17.07% 852 23.20% 1,342 36.53% 3,673
Greene 3,021 37.40% 2,859 35.40% 2,197 27.20% 162 2.00% 8,077
Hempstead 3,136 43.31% 1,783 24.62% 2,322 32.07% 814 11.24% 7,241
Hot Spring 4,139 51.38% 1,780 22.10% 2,137 26.53% 2,002 24.85% 8,056
Howard 1,660 41.43% 1,286 32.09% 1,061 26.48% 374 9.34% 4,007
Independence 2,770 35.33% 2,782 35.48% 2,289 29.19% -12 -0.15% 7,841
Izard 1,109 37.12% 931 31.16% 948 31.73% 161 5.39% 2,988
Jackson 3,525 50.85% 1,356 19.56% 2,051 29.59% 1,474 21.26% 6,932
Jefferson 10,053 41.82% 4,860 20.22% 9,125 37.96% 928 3.86% 24,038
Johnson 1,693 33.15% 1,667 32.64% 1,747 34.21% -54 -1.06% 5,107
Lafayette 1,704 47.54% 672 18.75% 1,208 33.71% 496 13.83% 3,584
Lawrence 2,813 45.27% 1,788 28.77% 1,613 25.96% 1,025 16.50% 6,214
Lee 1,907 39.11% 834 17.10% 2,135 43.79% -228 -4.68% 4,876
Lincoln 2,084 55.12% 488 12.91% 1,209 31.98% 875 23.14% 3,781
Little River 1,473 44.50% 745 22.51% 1,092 32.99% 381 11.51% 3,310
Logan 2,160 33.24% 2,341 36.02% 1,998 30.74% -181 -2.78% 6,499
Lonoke 4,002 52.02% 1,677 21.80% 2,014 26.18% 1,988 25.84% 7,693
Madison 1,028 20.89% 2,320 47.14% 1,574 31.98% -746 -15.16% 4,922
Marion 877 26.97% 1,385 42.59% 990 30.44% -395 -12.15% 3,252
Miller 5,062 47.52% 2,662 24.99% 2,929 27.49% 2,133 20.03% 10,653
Mississippi 6,147 39.64% 4,369 28.17% 4,993 32.19% 1,154 7.45% 15,509
Monroe 2,406 48.19% 804 16.10% 1,783 35.71% 623 12.48% 4,993
Montgomery 992 39.27% 885 35.04% 649 25.69% 107 4.23% 2,526
Nevada 1,773 45.22% 840 21.42% 1,308 33.36% 465 11.86% 3,921
Newton 567 19.65% 1,467 50.83% 852 29.52% -615 -21.31% 2,886
Ouachita 5,031 42.48% 2,209 18.65% 4,603 38.87% 428 3.61% 11,843
Perry 916 40.00% 740 32.31% 634 27.69% 176 7.69% 2,290
Phillips 4,279 37.30% 2,154 18.78% 5,039 43.92% -760 -6.62% 11,472
Pike 1,535 46.59% 1,104 33.51% 656 19.91% 431 13.08% 3,295
Poinsett 4,074 51.66% 2,140 27.14% 1,672 21.20% 1,934 24.52% 7,886
Polk 1,812 34.87% 2,094 40.30% 1,290 24.83% -282 -5.43% 5,196
Pope 2,769 31.95% 3,319 38.30% 2,578 29.75% -550 -6.35% 8,666
Prairie 2,014 56.23% 693 19.35% 875 24.43% 1,139 31.80% 3,582
Pulaski 25,844 32.24% 26,709 33.32% 27,597 34.43% -888 -1.11% 80,150
Randolph 1,610 38.21% 1,237 29.35% 1,367 32.44% 243 5.77% 4,214
St. Francis 4,254 46.51% 1,608 17.58% 3,284 35.91% 970 10.60% 9,146
Saline 5,569 49.31% 2,614 23.15% 3,111 27.55% 2,458 21.76% 11,294
Scott 1,238 36.41% 1,162 34.18% 1,000 29.41% 76 2.23% 3,400
Searcy 726 21.61% 1,909 56.83% 724 21.55% -1,183 -35.22% 3,359
Sebastian 8,649 31.98% 12,073 44.65% 6,320 23.37% -3,424 -12.67% 27,042
Sevier 1,501 39.02% 1,217 31.64% 1,129 29.35% 284 7.38% 3,847
Sharp 1,299 37.54% 1,136 32.83% 1,025 29.62% 163 4.71% 3,460
Stone 979 36.75% 987 37.05% 698 26.20% -8 -0.30% 2,664
Union 7,853 45.66% 4,919 28.60% 4,426 25.74% 2,934 17.06% 17,198
Van Buren 1,224 33.10% 1,325 35.83% 1,149 31.07% -101 -2.73% 3,698
Washington 5,092 23.29% 10,640 48.67% 6,131 28.04% -4,509 -20.63% 21,863
White 5,054 41.63% 3,887 32.02% 3,198 26.34% 1,167 9.61% 12,139
Woodruff 1,734 47.78% 625 17.22% 1,270 35.00% 464 12.78% 3,629
Yell 1,949 36.91% 1,819 34.44% 1,513 28.65% 130 2.47% 5,281
Totals 235,627 38.65% 189,062 31.01% 184,901 30.33% 46,565 7.64% 609,590

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

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Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
  5. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  6. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  7. ^ Gans, Curtis (2011). Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009. Washington, DC: CQPress. p. 579. ISBN 9781604265958.

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