1968 United States presidential election in Michigan

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Michigan Michigan presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Michigan 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Michigan 1972 All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College 66.8% http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics November 5, 1968 160x160px Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 21 1,593,082 48.18% 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 1,370,665 41.46% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party Alabama S. Marvin GriffinCurtis LeMay was eventually selected by George Wallace and Griffin was initially selected as a temporary running mate but by the time Wallace selected LeMay, the State did not allow 3rd parties to make changes on the ballot. 0 331,968 10.04% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Richard Nixon Republican 375px 375px County results Humphrey #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% ff7f00 The 1968 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia participated in the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by the Democratic Party candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, defeating the Republican Party candidate, former vice president Richard Nixon, by a margin of 6.72%, making the state 7.42% more Democratic than the national average.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Leip David uselectionatlas.org 2017-04-22 American Independent Party candidate George Wallace, former and future governor of Alabama, received 10% of the vote. Humphrey's margin of victory was significantly narrower than President Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide 33.60-point triumph in 1964. American involvement in the Vietnam War and rioting throughout the country (including in Detroit) brought about unpopularity for the incumbent president and disenchantment towards his political agenda. Vice President Humphrey vowed to continue the policies of Johnson's Great Society and support civil rights for African Americans, while former vice president Nixon ran on a law and order platform focused on fighting crime and opposing the Johnson administration's handling of the war in Vietnam. Governor Wallace ran a right-wing populist campaign railing against rioting, desegregation, and the counterculture. Although Wallace did not poll as well in the Midwest as he did in the South, he was able to appeal to blue-collar working-class voters who traditionally voted Democratic but had become disillusioned with crime and the civil-rights movement. As a result, he siphoned off enough votes to allow Nixon to win every state in the region except for Humphrey's home state of Minnesota and Michigan. Even with Michigan being Wallace's second-best Midwestern state behind Ohio, Humphrey was able to hold on to the Wolverine State's electoral votes for the Democrats once more, mainly by running up margins in heavily populated Wayne County (Detroit), neighboring Macomb and Monroe Counties, Genesee County (Flint), and the Upper Peninsula. Nixon would become the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Michigan and this feat would be reprised by George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Humphrey was the first losing Democrat to carry Michigan since Lewis Cass in 1848. Michigan would not vote Democratic again until 1992. This is the last presidential election where Macomb County voted Democratic and Oakland County Republican during the same election. During the post-World War II suburbanization of Detroit, Macomb County saw the influx of white blue-collar Detroiters, who typically backed Democrats, whilst Oakland County residents were more affluent and typically white-collar, usually voting Republican (except in 1964).Macomb County politics in a class by itself — for weirdness https://www.toledoblade.com/JackLessenberry/2016/11/18/Macomb-County-politics-in-a-class-by-itself-for-weirdness/stories/20161117233 2025-07-27 The Blade en After that, the two counties would back the same candidate in every election until 2004, when, due to class realignment, Oakland County voted Democratic and Macomb County Republican. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that Wayne County cast more than a million votes. Campaign The Peace and Freedom Party who appealed to the counterculture along with student radicals and black votersO'Driscoll Sean December 8, 2023 Donald Trump Could Be Disqualified Due to 55-Year-Old Ruling https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-colorado-ballot-insurrectionist-supreme-court-1850765 October 31, 2024 Newsweek held their party convention at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with Eldridge Cleaver of the Black Panther Party being nominated for president despite being under the minimum age requirement to be president as Cleaver was 33August 19, 1968 Cleaver of Black Panthers Is Nominee of Leftists The New York Times 32 and the minimum age requirement to be president is that one be at least 35 years old when taking office.ArtII.S1.C5.1 Qualifications for the Presidency https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C5-1/ALDE_00013692/ October 31, 2024 Constitution Annotated Despite being underage he would still appear on the ballot in Michigan. Marvin Griffin appeared on the ballot as George Wallace's running mate in Michigan because Griffin was intended to be a filler candidate and by the time Wallace had selected Curtis LeMay as his running mate it was too late in the state for changes regarding 3rd party candidates on the ballot in the stateSeptember 26, 1968 Griffin Will Be On State Ballot https://books.google.com/books?id=XkwoAAAAIBAJ&dq=Griffin+wallace+michigan+ballot&pg=PA12&article_id=2104,2919082 December 2, 2024 The Owosso Argus-Press Google News Archive Associated PressOctober 14, 1968 LeMay Won't Be On Ballot https://books.google.com/books?id=akwoAAAAIBAJ&dq=Griffin+wallace+michigan+ballot&pg=PA17&article_id=3094,5003536 December 2, 2024 The Owosso Argus-Press Google News Archive Associated Press as Curtis LeMay was selected as his running mate in OctoberRasberry Robert W. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131170/m2/1/high_res_d/n_03988.pdf THE "PUBLIC IMAGE" OF GEORGE WALLACE IN THE 1968 PRESIDENTIAL, ELECTION North Texas State University 1969 118d Thesis and the deadline for 3rd party candidates was in September. Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSt. Petersburg TimesBroder David S. State By State, Nixon's Ahead https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=feST4K8J0scC&dat=19680911&printsec=frontpage&hl=en November 27, 2024 St. Petersburg Times 14–A Google News Archive 85 49Lean DSeptember 11, 1968 Results 1968 United States presidential election in MichiganMichigan Manual 1969-1970 1969 Michigan Department of Administration 481-483 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071179272&view=1up&seq=549 26 May 2026 Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 1,593,082 48.18% Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 1,370,665 41.46% George Wallace American Independent Party 331,968 10.04% Eldridge Cleaver Peace and Freedom Party 4,585 0.14% Fred Halstead Socialist Workers Party (United States) 4,099 0.12% Henning A. Blomen Socialist Labor Party of America 1,762 0.05% E. Harold Munn Prohibition Party 60 0.00% Scattering Write-ins 29 0.00% 3,306,250 100.00% Results by county County Hubert HumphreyDemocratic Richard NixonRepublican George WallaceAmerican Independent All OthersVarious Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Alcona95830.39%1,85258.76%33810.72%40.13%-894-28.37%3,152Alger1,92754.87%1,40640.03%1734.93%60.17%52114.84%3,512Allegan7,27629.72%14,76960.32%2,3899.76%490.20%-7,493-30.60%24,483Alpena4,78842.52%5,71750.77%7476.63%90.08%-929-8.25%11,261Antrim1,69033.35%3,00259.23%3747.38%20.04%-1,312-25.88%5,068Arenac1,57339.43%2,08952.37%3248.12%30.08%-516-12.94%3,989Baraga1,68050.63%1,50845.45%1163.50%140.42%1725.18%3,318Barry5,20633.81%8,49255.14%1,67410.87%280.18%-3,286-21.33%15,400Bay21,41050.30%18,77944.12%2,2915.38%870.20%2,6316.18%42,567Benzie1,14732.68%2,13860.91%2196.24%60.17%-991-28.23%3,510Berrien21,26633.80%32,13651.08%9,33314.83%1810.29%-10,870-17.28%62,916Branch4,51835.70%7,07155.88%1,0378.20%280.22%-2,553-20.18%12,654Calhoun22,63341.18%26,18147.64%5,94410.82%2020.37%-3,548-6.46%54,960Cass5,61637.68%6,99646.93%2,25715.14%370.25%-1,380-9.25%14,906Charlevoix2,44636.49%3,69655.14%5568.29%50.07%-1,250-18.65%6,703Cheboygan2,84041.17%3,42249.60%6349.19%30.04%-582-8.43%6,899Chippewa4,13240.13%5,35952.04%7937.70%130.13%-1,227-11.91%10,297Clare1,90932.74%3,31556.85%60210.32%50.09%-1,406-24.11%5,831Clinton5,54833.45%9,41656.77%1,5919.59%300.18%-3,868-23.32%16,585Crawford84536.74%1,26655.04%1878.13%20.09%-421-18.30%2,300Delta7,82154.45%5,82940.58%7004.87%140.10%1,99213.87%14,364Dickinson5,72651.15%4,92043.95%5334.76%150.13%8067.20%11,194Eaton8,34733.62%14,18457.13%2,2529.07%430.17%-5,837-23.51%24,826Emmet2,62435.04%4,40558.83%4465.96%130.17%-1,781-23.79%7,488Genesee75,17445.83%63,94838.99%24,53914.96%3520.21%11,2266.84%164,013Gladwin1,66833.21%2,84056.55%51110.18%30.06%-1,172-23.34%5,022Gogebic5,83956.00%4,14039.71%4344.16%130.12%1,69916.29%10,426Grand Traverse4,74132.55%8,96061.51%8435.79%230.16%-4,219-28.96%14,567Gratiot4,04030.13%8,40462.68%9497.08%150.11%-4,364-32.55%13,408Hillsdale3,80328.29%8,50663.27%1,1078.23%280.21%-4,703-34.98%13,444Houghton6,98849.41%6,63946.94%4733.34%430.30%3492.47%14,143Huron3,60726.62%8,74364.51%1,1788.69%240.18%-5,136-37.89%13,552Ingham37,36241.08%46,80551.46%6,4327.07%3540.39%-9,443-10.38%90,953Ionia6,05537.92%8,62554.01%1,2617.90%270.17%-2,570-16.09%15,968Iosco2,53334.51%4,06855.42%73610.03%30.04%-1,535-20.91%7,340Iron4,13053.14%3,29242.36%3404.37%100.13%83810.78%7,772Isabella4,45035.90%7,11157.37%8086.52%270.22%-2,661-21.47%12,396Jackson18,20535.11%27,82853.66%5,68910.97%1350.26%-9,623-18.55%51,857Kalamazoo26,43735.81%39,79653.90%7,39810.02%2010.27%-13,359-18.09%73,832Kalkaska75333.72%1,19053.29%28812.90%20.09%-437-19.57%2,233Kent61,89138.72%85,81053.68%11,5847.25%5650.35%-23,919-14.96%159,850Keweenaw60250.42%52543.97%655.44%20.17%776.45%1,194Lake1,48252.97%1,09439.10%2207.86%20.07%38813.87%2,798Lapeer5,19932.17%8,86654.85%2,08112.88%170.11%-3,667-22.68%16,163Leelanau1,56233.53%2,79860.06%2926.27%70.15%-1,236-26.53%4,659Lenawee10,55236.20%16,28055.85%2,1977.54%1180.40%-5,728-19.65%29,147Livingston7,05235.85%10,03451.01%2,54312.93%410.21%-2,982-15.16%19,670Luce85536.92%1,35158.33%1094.71%10.04%-496-21.41%2,316Mackinac1,75138.26%2,50754.77%3176.93%20.04%-756-16.51%4,577Macomb114,55255.19%63,13930.42%29,23914.09%6470.31%51,41324.77%207,577Manistee3,67144.20%4,00748.24%6147.39%140.17%-336-4.04%8,306Marquette11,19953.34%8,96042.68%8023.82%340.16%2,23910.66%20,995Mason3,66037.23%5,31154.02%8548.69%60.06%-1,651-16.79%9,831Mecosta2,73832.49%5,05359.97%6257.42%100.12%-2,315-27.48%8,426Menominee4,87748.25%4,59945.50%6206.13%120.12%2782.75%10,108Midland7,42831.40%14,32960.57%1,8497.82%520.22%-6,901-29.17%23,658Missaukee73623.06%2,16167.72%2929.15%20.06%-1,425-44.66%3,191Monroe18,92147.81%15,68539.64%4,87312.31%930.24%3,2368.17%39,572Montcalm5,30335.59%8,32955.89%1,2448.35%260.17%-3,026-20.30%14,902Montmorency81034.45%1,27954.40%26011.06%20.09%-469-19.95%2,351Muskegon24,49241.74%28,23348.11%5,8089.90%1500.26%-3,741-6.37%58,683Newaygo3,36930.49%6,62659.97%1,0429.43%110.10%-3,257-29.48%11,048Oakland154,63044.76%156,53845.31%33,0249.56%1,2660.37%-1,908-0.55%345,458Oceana2,15230.93%3,91156.22%87612.59%180.26%-1,759-25.29%6,957Ogemaw1,64735.57%2,52654.56%4549.81%30.06%-879-18.99%4,630Ontonagon2,46249.15%2,29045.72%2525.03%50.10%1723.43%5,009Osceola1,50925.97%3,70563.77%58310.03%130.22%-2,196-37.80%5,810Oscoda56330.53%1,12460.95%1578.51%00.00%-561-30.42%1,844Otsego1,66143.79%1,87149.33%2596.83%20.05%-210-5.54%3,793Ottawa12,43125.19%33,35667.60%3,4607.01%950.19%-20,925-42.41%49,342Presque Isle2,30043.80%2,56548.85%3857.33%10.02%-265-5.05%5,251Roscommon1,63934.78%2,63555.91%4319.14%80.17%-996-21.13%4,713Saginaw32,26641.67%38,07049.17%6,9068.92%1810.23%-5,804-7.50%77,423Sanilac3,19322.54%9,27365.45%1,69211.94%100.07%-6,080-42.91%14,168Schoolcraft1,86948.62%1,74545.40%2275.91%30.08%1243.22%3,844Shiawassee8,61938.25%11,46550.88%2,37710.55%710.32%-2,846-12.63%22,532St. Clair16,25138.09%21,08449.41%5,26112.33%730.17%-4,833-11.32%42,669St. Joseph5,41330.68%10,44559.20%1,7599.97%280.16%-5,032-28.52%17,645Tuscola4,69828.28%10,20561.44%1,68210.13%250.15%-5,507-33.16%16,610Van Buren7,30435.44%10,67651.81%2,56012.42%670.33%-3,372-16.37%20,607Washtenaw33,07342.50%36,43246.82%7,4569.58%8531.10%-3,359-4.32%77,814Wayne654,15763.25%270,56626.16%105,60610.21%3,9310.38%383,59137.09%1,034,260Wexford2,83236.59%4,36456.38%5356.91%90.12%-1,532-19.79%7,740Totals1,593,08248.18%1,370,66541.46%331,96810.04%10,5350.32%222,4176.72%3,306,250 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 16em Alcona Allegan Alpena Antrim Arenac Barry Benzie Berrien Branch Calhoun Cass Charlevoix Cheboygan Chippewa Clare Clinton Crawford Eaton Emmet Gladwin Grand Traverse Hillsdale Huron Ingham Ionia Iosco Isabella Jackson Kalamazoo Kalkaska Kent Lapeer Leelanau Lenawee Livingston Luce Mackinac Manistee Mason Mecosta Midland Montcalm Montmorency Muskegon Newaygo Oakland Ogemaw Osceola Oscoda Otsego Presque Isle Roscommon Saginaw Shiawassee St. Clair St. Joseph Tuscola Van Buren Washtenaw Wexford Results by congressional district District1968 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://elecmapco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=b9b65438b2844f3383af457a0f068d4f December 3, 2024 Western Washington UniversityNixonHumphreyWallace1st28.2%55.6%16.2%2nd48.1%41.7%10.2%3rd53.1%36.7%10.1%4th54.5%33.2%12.3%5th53.9%38.8%7.3%6th52.1%39%8.9%7th40.5%47.7%14.8%8th53.2%36.6%10.2%9th56.9%34.7%8.3%10th55.1%37.2%7.7%11th46.8%47.6%5.5%12th30.5%55.4%14.2%13th10.7%84.2%5%14th33.8%54.5%11.7%15th28.2%55.6%16.2%16th27.3%60%12.7%17th30.7%59.5%9.8%18th45.5%46.7%7.8%19th44.3%43.8%12% See also United States presidential elections in Michigan Notes References Michigan United States presidential election 1968