1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1972 November 5, 1968 160x160px George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party ff7f00 Alabama Curtis LeMay 6 240,982 38.87% Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) New YorkAlthough 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. Spiro Agnew 0 190,759 30.77% Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 0 188,228 30.36% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) File:1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 250px County results Wallace #ffccaa 30–40% #ffb380 40–50% #ff9955 50–60% #ff6600 70–80% Nixon #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% Humphrey #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% 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.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&fips=5&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas Leip David uselectionatlas.org 2017-04-24 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.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1968&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1968 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 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 2024, this remains the last time that a Republican has won the presidency without carrying Arkansas.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ 2023-11-23 uselectionatlas.org Among white voters, 46% supported Wallace, 36% supported Nixon, and 19% supported Humphrey.Black Black 1992 147Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas Gans Curtis Curtis Gans 2011 Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009 https://iucat.iu.edu/iuk/8868016 Washington, DC CQPress 579 9781604265958PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 CountyGeorge WallaceAmerican IndependentRichard NixonRepublicanHubert HumphreyDemocraticMarginTotal 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% 5,281Totals235,62738.65%189,06231.01%184,90130.33%46,5657.64%609,590 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Baxter Boone Clay Fulton Garland Independence Logan Madison Marion Newton Polk Pope Stone Van Buren Washington Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent 20em Bradley Calhoun Clark Cleburne Cleveland Craighead Crawford Cross Crittenden Dallas Desha Faulkner Franklin Grant Greene Hempstead Hot Spring Izard Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lawrence Lincoln Little River Lonoke Mississippi Monroe Miller Montgomery Nevada Ouachita Perry Pike Poinsett Prairie Randolph St. Francis Saline Scott Sevier Sharp White Yell Woodruff Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent 20em Arkansas Ashley Columbia Drew Howard Union See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Arkansas Category:1968 Arkansas elections 1968