1968 United States presidential election in Texas

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Texas Texas presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Texas 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Texas 1972 November 5, 1968 75.62% (of registered voters)48.70% (of voting age population)Tarrance Jr. 1970 8 x160px Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 25 1,266,804 41.14% 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 1,227,844 39.87% George Wallace George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg American Independent Party ff9955 Alabama Curtis LeMay 0 584,269 18.97% 350px 350px County results 350px Congressional district results 350px Partial precinct results Humphrey #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Nixon #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Wallace #ffccaa 30–40% #ffb380 40–50% #ff9955 50–60% #ff7f2A 60–70% Humphrey/Nixon Tie #e9dae8 30–40% #d4c4dc 40–50% Humphrey/Wallace Tie #e9dad5 30–40% #dcc5c0 40–50% No Vote #808080 President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1968 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. The state chose 25 electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, very narrowly carried Texas with 41.14% of the vote, giving him the state's 25 electoral votes.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=48&year=1968 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Texas April 24, 2016 However, he narrowly lost the general election to Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon. This was the first occasion when Texas had not backed the winning presidential candidate since voting for John W. Davis in 1924, and the last such occasion until 1992. This is also the most recent presidential election in which Texas would back a losing Democratic candidate, and the penultimate time it voted Democratic. When Texas "favorite son" Lyndon B. Johnson withdrew from the 1968 election in March, it was generally thought that the Republican Party would have a good chance of winning Texas despite losing by 27 points in 1964 and the presence of former Alabama Governor George Wallace running as a candidate for the American Independent Party, a far-right political party. Wallace was known for his pro-segregationist politics, which would win him five southern states in the general election.Wainstock, Dennis D.; Election Year 1968: The Turning Point p. 61 1936274426 However, in Humphrey's favor was the abolition of the poll tax via the Twenty-Fourth Amendment that permitted previously disfranchised Mexican-Americans to register and vote for the first time. The Mexican-American South Texas counties of Duval, Webb and Jim Hogg had been among the four most Democratic in the nation in 1964,Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1964 Presidential Election Statistics and despite polling fewer than eighteen thousand out of a state total exceeding three million votes, those three counties would provide over thirty percent of Humphrey's margin and Duval was again the most Democratic county in the nation. On September 21, a poll by Joe Belden gave Nixon and Humphrey each thirty percent of the vote and Wallace twenty-five percent.ABC News Political Unit; Election Night Fact Book, 1968, p. 149 In the period between Belden's poll and the election, Wallace lost considerable support largely to Humphrey, owing chiefly to Democrat Preston Smith's "resolutely law-and-order" campaign for the governorship.Cunningham, Sean P.; American Politics in the Postwar Sunbelt: Conservative Growth in a Battleground Region (Cambridge Essential Histories), p. 140 1107024528 This, along with strong loyalty of Texas Democrats much more conservative than the liberal Humphrey,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 281 9780691163246 was sufficient to allow the Democrats to carry the state. Exit polls suggest Humphrey gained a third of the non-Hispanic white vote in Texas, vis-à-vis around 25 percent in Virginia and less than 20% in all other southern states.Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 228 Wallace, who had been rivaling the two major party nominees in early polls, came in a distant third, with 18.97 percent of the vote, his lowest in any former Confederate state. Wallace did win 21 of Texas' 254 counties, which was enough for him to also carry one congressional district. Wallace's base of support was primarily in rural East Texas, which is more culturally tied to the Deep South than the rest of the state, although he did carry four counties in the West Texas region, with sparsely populated Loving County being the westernmost county in the country to vote for Wallace. Among white voters, 45% supported Nixon, 34% supported Humphrey, and 22% supported Wallace.Black Black 1992 147Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results 1968 United States presidential election in TexasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democrat Hubert Humphrey 1,266,804 41.14% 25 Republican Richard Nixon 1,227,844 39.87% 0 American IndependentGeorge Wallace 584,269 18.97% 0 Write-ins 489 0.02% 0 Totals 3,079,406 100.00% 25 Voter turnout (voting age/registered voters) 48.7%/75.6% Results by county CountyHubert HumphreyDemocraticRichard NixonRepublicanGeorge WallaceAmerican IndependentVarious candidatesWrite-insAn additional 190 write-in votes were not tabulated by countyMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # %Anderson3,44736.40%2,82829.86%3,19633.75%251"WallacedNixon" In this county where Nixon ran third behind both Humphrey and Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage.2.65%9,471Andrews92225.37%1,40038.53%1,31236.10%88"WallacedHumphrey" In this county where Humphrey ran third behind both Nixon and Wallace, margin given is Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage.2.43%3,634Angelina5,17432.48%4,64529.16%6,11138.36%−937"WallacedNixon"−5.88%15,930Aransas1,22245.01%1,07639.63%41715.36%1465.38%2,715Archer1,30855.49%63626.98%41317.52%67228.51%2,357Armstrong30131.99%43446.12%20621.89%−133−14.13%941Atascosa2,52249.47%1,80535.41%77115.12%71714.06%5,098Austin1,29929.83%1,97145.27%1,08424.90%−672−15.44%4,354Bailey82032.06%1,17445.90%56322.01%10.04%−354−13.84%2,558Bandera53529.72%84246.78%42323.50%−307−17.06%1,800Bastrop2,68752.51%1,45528.43%97519.05%1,23224.08%5,117Baylor1,06449.17%65730.36%44320.47%40718.81%2,164Bee2,95753.34%1,99535.98%58910.62%30.05%96217.36%5,544Bell11,89356.24%5,70526.98%3,54716.77%6,18829.26%21,145Bexar95,32551.56%72,95139.46%16,5988.98%22,37412.10%184,874Blanco62042.55%61442.14%22315.31%60.41%1,457Borden15740.67%11730.31%11229.02%4010.36%386Bosque1,81746.34%1,37735.12%72718.54%44011.22%3,921Bowie6,46833.00%5,96630.44%7,16536.56%−697"WallacedNixon"−3.56%19,599Brazoria11,43938.00%10,63135.32%8,02626.66%70.02%8082.68%30,103Brazos6,29940.43%6,83943.90%2,43715.64%40.03%−540−3.47%15,579Brewster95845.82%79037.78%34216.36%10.05%1688.04%2,091Briscoe52845.60%41135.49%21918.91%11710.11%1,158Brooks1,90473.12%53420.51%1666.37%1,37052.61%2,604Brown3,99946.49%2,99734.84%1,60618.67%1,00211.65%8,602Burleson1,67851.43%89127.31%69421.27%78724.12%3,263Burnet1,87647.16%1,45936.68%64316.16%41710.48%3,978Caldwell2,88956.32%1,40227.33%83716.32%20.04%1,48728.99%5,130Calhoun2,61248.82%1,67231.25%1,06519.91%10.02%94017.57%5,350Callahan1,43746.41%92129.75%73723.80%10.03%51616.66%3,096Cameron15,72653.26%11,75939.82%2,0426.92%3,96713.44%29,527Camp1,27243.85%55519.13%1,07437.02%198"WallacedNixon"6.83%2,901Carson90433.67%1,21145.10%57021.23%−307−11.43%2,685Cass2,53634.50%1,93026.26%2,88339.22%10.01%−347"WallacedNixon"−4.72%7,350Castro1,18141.61%1,03336.40%62321.95%10.04%1485.21%2,838Chambers1,21733.74%1,06129.42%1,32936.85%−112"WallacedNixon"−3.11%3,607Cherokee3,24233.74%2,57526.80%3,79139.46%−549"WallacedNixon"−5.72%9,608Childress1,09339.62%1,04537.88%62122.51%481.74%2,759Clay1,57349.56%93629.49%66520.95%63720.07%3,174Cochran63338.83%54833.62%44927.55%855.21%1,630Coke56348.58%38733.39%20817.95%10.09%17615.19%1,159Coleman1,44935.26%1,50736.68%1,15328.06%−58−1.42%4,109Collin5,91836.39%6,49439.93%3,85023.67%−576−3.54%16,262Collingsworth74638.59%71236.83%47524.57%341.76%1,933Colorado1,97636.34%2,29642.22%1,16321.39%30.06%−320−5.88%5,438Comal2,33834.84%3,64654.34%72410.79%20.03%−1,308−19.50%6,710Comanche1,98048.00%1,43634.81%70817.16%10.02%54413.19%4,125Concho50245.23%41137.03%19717.75%918.20%1,110Cooke2,71134.22%3,79947.96%1,41217.82%−1,088−13.74%7,922Coryell2,98751.00%1,69828.99%1,17220.01%1,28922.01%5,857Cottle74258.15%26821.00%26620.85%47437.15%1,276Crane49829.24%49328.95%71241.81%−214"WallacedNixon"−12.57%1,703Crockett57142.02%50937.45%27920.53%624.57%1,359Crosby1,57455.42%86530.46%40114.12%70924.96%2,840Culberson33042.69%29838.55%14518.76%324.14%773Dallam58829.28%99049.30%43021.41%−402−20.02%2,008Dallas123,80934.06%184,19350.66%55,55215.28%−60,384−16.60%363,554Dawson1,52233.72%2,09146.33%90019.94%−569−12.61%4,513Deaf Smith1,54532.78%2,47452.49%69114.66%30.06%−929−19.71%4,713Delta1,03755.10%37019.66%47525.24%562"WallacedNixon"29.86%1,882Denton7,46339.56%8,22243.59%3,17816.85%−759−4.03%18,863DeWitt1,87135.68%2,58949.37%78414.95%−718−13.69%5,244Dickens81152.87%42827.90%29519.23%38324.97%1,534Dimmit89653.98%58435.18%17710.66%30.18%31218.80%1,660Donley54333.37%81650.15%26816.47%−273−16.78%1,627Duval3,97888.74%3848.57%1212.70%3,59480.17%4,483Eastland2,88445.42%2,45338.63%1,01315.95%4316.79%6,350Ector5,31221.65%10,55743.02%8,67135.33%1,886"WallacedHumphrey"−7.69%24,540Edwards14823.16%40964.01%8212.83%−261−40.85%639Ellis5,43145.01%3,79431.44%2,83823.52%40.03%1,63713.57%12,067El Paso32,65847.94%30,34744.55%5,1117.50%2,3113.39%68,116Erath2,91548.11%2,20936.46%93515.43%70611.65%6,059Falls2,99052.47%1,34523.60%1,36423.93%1,626"WallacedNixon"28.54%5,699Fannin3,93154.77%1,58522.08%1,66123.14%2,270"WallacedNixon"31.63%7,177Fayette1,83331.74%2,38041.21%1,56227.05%−547−9.47%5,775Fisher1,56065.41%55523.27%26811.24%20.08%1,00542.14%2,385Floyd1,30536.08%1,46540.50%84723.42%−160−4.42%3,617Foard59460.74%21622.09%16817.18%37838.65%978Fort Bend4,49339.02%4,57339.72%2,44721.25%10.01%−80−0.70%11,514Franklin1,00150.33%48124.18%50725.49%494"WallacedNixon"24.84%1,989Freestone2,06650.48%95823.41%1,06926.12%997"WallacedNixon"24.36%4,093Frio1,33054.69%79532.69%30712.62%53522.00%2,432Gaines1,08730.78%1,40139.68%1,03729.37%60.17%−314−8.90%3,531Galveston26,04149.52%16,22930.86%10,32219.63%9,81218.66%52,592Garza66239.88%61537.05%38323.07%472.83%1,660Gillespie72517.66%2,94571.74%43210.52%30.07%−2,220−54.08%4,105Glasscock10623.71%16937.81%17238.48%−3"WallacedHumphrey"−0.67%447Goliad69044.43%70745.52%15610.05%−17−1.09%1,553Gonzales1,93043.97%1,47633.63%98322.40%45410.34%4,389Gray2,37421.99%5,99455.53%2,42722.48%3,567"WallacedHumphrey"−33.05%10,795Grayson10,37945.12%8,00734.81%4,61520.06%2,37210.31%23,001Gregg5,73324.80%9,27840.13%8,10935.07%1,169"WallacedHumphrey"5.06%23,120Grimes1,47341.79%1,07630.52%97627.69%39711.27%3,525Guadalupe3,52938.77%4,33247.59%1,24113.63%−803−8.82%9,102Hale3,29331.98%4,69645.60%2,30922.42%−1,403−13.62%10,298Hall1,03846.65%75333.84%43419.51%28512.81%2,225Hamilton1,11639.38%1,26644.67%45215.95%−150−5.29%2,834Hansford39217.92%1,35962.11%43719.97%922"WallacedHumphrey"−42.14%2,188Hardeman1,14544.92%87334.25%53120.83%27210.67%2,549Hardin2,89432.66%1,98622.41%3,97944.90%30.03%−1,085"WallacedNixon"−12.24%8,862Harris182,54638.75%202,07942.90%86,41218.35%−19,533−4.15%471,037Harrison4,95935.55%3,66826.29%5,32438.16%−365"WallacedNixon"−2.61%13,951Hartley29925.78%59751.47%26422.76%−298−25.69%1,160Haskell1,88858.80%71322.20%61019.00%1,17536.60%3,211Hays3,54657.35%1,99332.23%64310.40%10.02%1,55325.12%6,183Hemphill40030.77%69953.77%20115.46%−299−23.00%1,300Henderson3,11939.32%2,31529.19%2,49731.48%10.01%622"WallacedNixon"7.84%7,932Hidalgo20,08754.13%14,45538.95%2,5696.92%5,63215.18%37,111Hill3,41548.95%1,80925.93%1,75125.10%20.03%1,60623.02%6,977Hockley2,42639.47%2,26536.85%1,45623.69%1612.62%6,147Hood1,15553.45%59327.44%41119.02%20.09%56226.01%2,161Hopkins2,70041.59%1,86028.65%1,93229.76%768"WallacedNixon"11.83%6,492Houston2,78244.60%1,39122.30%2,06233.06%20.03%720"WallacedNixon"11.54%6,237Howard3,89737.11%3,81236.30%2,78926.56%30.03%850.81%10,501Hudspeth28940.88%28540.31%13218.67%10.14%40.57%707Hunt4,78537.08%4,65136.04%3,46926.88%1341.04%12,905Hutchinson2,41623.81%4,81347.43%2,91928.76%1,894"WallacedHumphrey"−18.67%10,148Irion18738.16%21143.06%9218.78%−24−4.90%490Jack1,13343.39%96637.00%51219.61%1676.39%2,611Jackson1,69839.62%1,43833.55%1,14526.71%50.12%2606.07%4,286Jasper2,43833.94%1,83925.60%2,90640.46%−468"WallacedNixon"−6.52%7,183Jeff Davis23948.19%19138.51%6613.31%489.68%496Jefferson30,03238.57%26,00733.40%21,82428.03%50.01%4,0255.17%77,868Jim Hogg1,27682.06%22314.34%533.41%30.19%1,05367.72%1,555Jim Wells6,30462.73%2,82728.13%9139.08%60.06%3,47734.60%10,050Johnson5,33042.95%4,37235.23%2,70921.83%9587.72%12,411Jones2,37247.64%1,67633.66%93118.70%69613.98%4,979Karnes2,27152.83%1,34231.22%68615.96%92921.61%4,299Kaufman3,31140.92%2,43130.04%2,35029.04%88010.88%8,092Kendall53821.77%1,56963.50%36414.73%−1,031−41.73%2,471Kenedy10054.64%7641.53%73.83%2413.11%183Kent30347.79%14322.56%18829.65%115"WallacedNixon"18.14%634Kerr1,87828.27%3,69255.58%1,07316.15%−1,814−27.31%6,643Kimble46333.85%64046.78%26419.30%10.07%−177−12.93%1,368King10948.66%4419.64%7131.70%38"WallacedNixon"16.96%224Kinney33355.59%19833.06%6811.35%13522.53%599Kleberg4,63357.80%2,71333.84%6708.36%1,92023.96%8,016Knox1,22257.45%58027.27%32515.28%64230.18%2,127Lamar4,63542.39%3,39531.05%2,90326.55%1,24011.34%10,933Lamb2,26735.86%2,59541.05%1,46023.09%−328−5.19%6,322Lampasas1,42350.50%93533.18%46016.32%48817.32%2,818La Salle64559.67%32429.97%11210.36%32129.70%1,081Lavaca2,16540.74%1,69831.95%1,45127.31%4678.79%5,314Lee1,28342.92%1,07535.97%63121.11%2086.95%2,989Leon1,53649.95%65921.43%88028.62%656"WallacedNixon"21.33%3,075Liberty3,46936.11%2,74628.58%3,39335.31%76"WallacedNixon"0.80%9,608Limestone2,79649.20%1,48526.13%1,40224.67%1,31123.07%5,683Lipscomb27918.06%1,07969.84%18712.10%−800−51.78%1,545Live Oak92239.33%93840.02%48420.65%−16−0.69%2,344Llano1,28245.38%1,07938.19%46416.42%2037.19%2,825Loving1822.22%2328.40%4049.38%−17"WallacedHumphrey"−20.98%81Lubbock15,43030.77%25,64651.13%9,07818.10%−10,216−20.36%50,154Lynn1,33346.25%1,00534.87%54418.88%32811.38%2,882Madison99441.99%60825.69%76532.32%229"WallacedNixon"9.67%2,367Marion1,26044.15%63722.32%95733.53%303"WallacedNixon"10.62%2,854Martin37329.72%34327.33%53942.95%−166"WallacedNixon"−13.23%1,255Mason56036.89%78951.98%16911.13%-229-15.09%1,518Matagorda3,59542.46%3,09436.55%1,77720.99%5015.91%8,466Maverick1,57062.65%77130.77%1656.58%79931.88%2,506McCulloch1,35350.88%94735.61%35913.50%40615.27%2,659McLennan22,38848.00%15,95834.22%8,26817.73%250.05%6,43013.78%46,639McMullen16037.38%16939.49%9923.13%−9−2.11%428Medina2,47147.06%2,05839.19%72213.75%4137.87%5,251Menard36237.28%49150.57%11812.15%−129−13.29%971Midland4,75620.48%12,78955.07%5,67524.44%20.01%7,114"WallacedHumphrey"−30.63%23,222Milam3,26951.01%1,61425.18%1,52523.79%10.02%1,65525.83%6,409Mills72243.42%64538.79%29617.80%774.63%1,663Mitchell1,58953.30%89329.96%49916.74%69623.34%2,981Montague2,55549.09%1,73633.35%91417.56%81915.74%5,205Montgomery4,02130.34%4,35332.84%4,87936.81%20.02%−526"WallacedHumphrey"−3.97%13,255Moore1,35927.20%2,37847.60%1,25825.18%10.02%−1,019−20.40%4,996Morris1,70141.61%1,06426.03%1,32332.36%378"WallacedNixon"9.25%4,088Motley39735.86%41537.49%29526.65%−18−1.63%1,107Nacogdoches3,44934.91%3,23532.74%3,19632.35%2142.17%9,880Navarro5,29650.98%2,84527.39%2,24521.61%20.02%2,45123.59%10,388Newton1,47641.68%55515.67%1,50942.62%10.03%−33"WallacedNixon"−0.94%3,541Nolan2,78446.88%1,96933.16%1,18519.96%81513.72%5,938Nueces39,02557.82%21,30731.57%7,15910.61%17,71826.25%67,491Ochiltree43213.79%2,20870.50%49215.71%1,716"WallacedHumphrey"−54.79%3,132Oldham23730.08%32040.61%23029.19%10.13%−83−10.53%788Orange6,48530.57%5,88627.74%8,84541.69%−2,360"WallacedNixon"−11.12%21,216Palo Pinto3,55247.77%2,62735.33%1,25716.90%92512.44%7,436Panola1,71128.77%1,58626.67%2,65044.56%−939"WallacedNixon"−15.79%5,947Parker4,30146.23%3,06832.98%1,93420.79%1,23313.25%9,303Parmer83326.85%1,53949.61%73023.53%−706−22.76%3,102Pecos1,59239.61%1,52437.92%90022.39%30.07%681.69%4,019Polk1,84140.31%1,01322.18%1,71237.49%10.02%129"WallacedNixon"2.82%4,567Potter8,23830.43%13,33849.27%5,48620.26%100.04%−5,100−18.84%27,072Presidio96961.25%48130.40%1328.34%48830.85%1,582Rains55846.35%34028.24%30625.42%21818.11%1,204Randall4,06021.84%11,40061.32%3,12816.82%40.02%−7,340−39.48%18,592Reagan37033.27%45440.83%28825.90%−84−7.56%1,112Real27739.40%29041.25%13619.35%−13−1.85%703Red River2,24543.99%1,30525.57%1,55430.45%691"WallacedNixon"13.54%5,104Reeves1,45641.49%1,31037.33%74321.17%1464.16%3,509Refugio1,69951.50%1,11433.77%48614.73%58517.73%3,299Roberts9017.51%31160.51%11321.98%198"WallacedHumphrey"−38.53%514Robertson2,83359.74%96520.35%94419.91%1,86839.39%4,742Rockwall77839.39%61431.09%58229.47%10.05%1648.30%1,975Runnels1,44837.88%1,70744.65%66817.47%−259−6.77%3,823Rusk4,07832.50%3,73929.80%4,72937.69%−651"WallacedNixon"−5.19%12,546Sabine1,07843.68%45518.44%93537.88%143"WallacedNixon"5.80%2,468San Augustine81733.21%50620.57%1,13746.22%−320"WallacedNixon"−13.01%2,460San Jacinto1,23553.49%38116.50%69330.01%542"WallacedNixon"23.48%2,309San Patricio6,81854.94%3,71729.95%1,87615.12%3,10124.99%12,411San Saba1,14053.27%53525.00%46521.73%60528.27%2,140Schleicher37839.71%39641.60%17818.70%−18−1.89%952Scurry2,03141.78%1,74535.90%1,08422.30%10.02%2865.88%4,861Shackelford67344.66%55736.96%27718.38%1167.70%1,507Shelby2,51136.27%1,12716.28%3,28547.45%−774"WallacedNixon"−11.18%6,923Sherman29721.28%72351.79%37626.93%347"WallacedHumphrey"−24.86%1,396Smith8,89729.10%12,07939.51%9,59531.39%2,484"WallacedHumphrey"−8.12%30,571Somervell38442.62%31334.74%20422.64%717.88%901Starr3,92273.08%1,37425.60%711.32%2,54847.48%5,367Stephens1,23940.61%1,28742.18%52517.21%−48−1.57%3,051Sterling15140.27%17045.33%5414.40%−19−5.06%375Stonewall63557.21%21319.19%26223.60%373"WallacedNixon"33.61%1,110Sutton35138.57%41245.27%14716.15%−61−6.70%910Swisher1,76049.44%1,17733.06%62317.50%58316.38%3,560Tarrant79,70541.79%81,78642.88%29,25615.34%−2,081−1.09%190,747Taylor9,10735.54%12,21847.68%4,28916.74%120.05%−3,111−12.14%25,626Terrell20133.44%25041.60%14924.79%10.17%−49−8.16%601Terry1,62536.71%1,94844.00%85419.29%−323−7.29%4,427Throckmorton61858.25%31729.88%12611.88%30128.37%1,061Titus2,31740.12%1,57227.22%1,88632.66%431"WallacedNixon"7.46%5,775Tom Green6,77434.67%9,68249.56%3,07415.74%60.03%−2,908−14.89%19,536Travis39,66748.07%34,30941.58%8,42410.21%1200.15%5,3586.49%82,520Trinity1,14641.24%63622.89%99735.88%149"WallacedNixon"5.36%2,779Tyler1,20431.80%1,12029.58%1,46238.62%−258"WallacedNixon"−6.82%3,786Upshur2,48036.02%1,51922.06%2,88641.92%−406"WallacedNixon"−5.90%6,885Upton46329.19%66441.87%45928.94%−201−12.68%1,586Uvalde1,73636.48%2,25247.32%76816.14%30.06%−516−10.84%4,759Val Verde3,20556.25%1,91433.59%57310.06%60.11%1,29122.66%5,698Van Zandt2,70640.08%1,95428.94%2,09130.97%615"WallacedNixon"9.11%6,751Victoria6,04241.02%6,35243.12%2,33615.86%−310−2.10%14,730Walker2,39141.30%1,94633.62%1,45225.08%4457.68%5,789Waller1,68448.97%95827.86%79723.18%72621.11%3,439Ward1,33131.21%1,55236.39%1,38232.40%170"WallacedHumphrey"3.99%4,265Washington1,68630.07%3,24457.86%67712.07%−1,558−27.79%5,607Webb9,41979.65%2,10317.78%3042.57%7,31661.87%11,826Wharton4,30443.22%3,77337.89%1,88218.90%5315.33%9,959Wheeler81231.74%1,17645.97%57022.28%−364−14.23%2,558Wichita15,38746.05%11,93735.72%6,08718.22%30.01%3,45010.33%33,414Wilbarger1,99638.40%1,90936.73%1,29224.86%10.02%871.67%5,198Willacy1,93053.05%1,24334.17%46512.78%68718.88%3,638Williamson5,52854.61%2,92328.87%1,66916.49%30.03%2,60525.74%10,123Wilson2,33655.63%1,32131.46%54212.91%1,01524.17%4,199Winkler93826.21%1,39138.87%1,24934.90%10.03%142"WallacedHumphrey"3.97%3,579Wise2,77447.31%1,98333.82%1,10718.88%79113.49%5,864Wood2,19235.02%2,04632.69%2,02032.27%10.02%1462.33%6,259Yoakum61524.98%1,12345.61%72429.41%399"WallacedHumphrey"−16.20%2,462Young2,48246.43%1,86034.79%1,00418.78%62211.64%5,346Zapata90975.00%25120.71%524.29%65854.29%1,212Zavala1,30759.01%69331.29%2149.66%10.05%61427.72%2,215Totals1,266,80441.14%1,227,84439.87%584,26918.97%4890.02%38,9601.27%3,079,406 Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent 18em Angelina Bowie Cass Chambers Cherokee Crane Hardin Harrison Jasper Loving Martin Montgomery Newton Orange Rusk San Augustine Shelby Tyler Upshur Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent Glasscock Panola Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 18em Andrews Armstrong Austin Bailey Bandera Brazos Carson Coleman Collin Colorado Comal Cooke Dallam Dallas Dawson Denton Deaf Smith DeWitt Donley Fayette Floyd Fort Bend Gaines Gillespie Goliad Guadalupe Hale Hamilton Harris Hartley Hemphill Irion Kerr Kimble Lamb Live Oak Lubbock Mason McMullen Menard Moore Motley Oldham Parmer Potter Reagan Real Runnels Schleicher Stephens Sterling Sutton Tarrant Taylor Terrell Terry Tom Green Upton Uvalde Victoria Ward Washington Wheeler Winkler Yoakum Results by congressional district Humphrey won 13 out of the 23 congressional districts in Texas, Nixon won 9, including six held by Democrats, and Wallace won 1, which was held by a Democrat.Tarrance Jr. 1970 22 District Humphrey Nixon Wallace RepresentativeTexas 1 1st 36.9% 27.0% 36.1%Wright PatmanTexas 2 2nd 35.3% 27.6% 37.1%John DowdyTexas 3 3rd 33.3% 51.2% 15.5% James M. CollinsTexas 4 4th35.6%36.4%28.0%Ray RobertsTexas 5 5th 35.6% 46.0% 15.0%Earle CabellTexas 6 6th 38.8% 38.7% 22.5%Olin E. TeagueTexas 7 7th 29.8% 52.7% 17.5%George H. W. BushTexas 8 8th 54.2% 21.4% 24.4%Robert C. EckhardtTexas 9 9th 42.7% 32.3% 25.0%Jack BrooksTexas 10 10th 47.6% 38.4% 14.0%J. J. PickleTexas 11 11th50.5%30.3%19.1%William R. PoageTexas 12 12th 46.7% 40.4% 12.8%Jim WrightTexas 13 13th37.9%46.3%15.9%Graham B. Purcell Jr.Texas 14 14th 50.1% 33.9% 16.0%John Andrew YoungTexas 15 15th 56.6% 36.6% 6.8%Kika de la GarzaTexas 16 16th 45.6% 42.8% 11.6%Richard Crawford WhiteTexas 17 17th43.7%38.0%18.3%Omar BurlesonTexas 18 18th 28.8% 50.3% 21.0%Robert PriceTexas 19 19th 31.1% 47.1% 27.1%George H. MahonTexas 20 20th 70.7% 23.3% 6.0%Henry B. GonzálezTexas 21 21st 32.6% 51.2% 16.2%O. C. FisherTexas 22 22nd40.4%43.7%15.9%Robert R. CaseyTexas 23 23rd54.4%32.9%12.6%Abraham Kazen Analysis thumb|Precinct results in Dallas County, displaying the stark differences in voting patterns between the city's urban core, suburban north, and rural outskirts. Humphrey performed best in the state's cities and rural areas, whereas Nixon performed best in the state's suburban areas. In cities, Humphrey won 43.5% of the vote to Nixon's 42.3% and Wallace's 14.2%. In the suburbs, Nixon won 41.9% of the vote to Humphrey's 35.3% and Wallace's 22.8%. In rural areas, Humphrey won 41.4% of the vote to Nixon's 34.5% and Wallace's 23.6%.Tarrance Jr. 1970 190 In the state's metropolitan areas, Humphrey overwhelmingly won the African American vote in inner urban precincts, while Nixon won the inner suburbs by wide margins.Urech James Spring 2024 How maps reveal hidden history https://www.smu.edu/-/media/Site/Libraries/about/publications/SMU-Libraries-Newsletter/smulibrariesnewsletter_spring2024_accessible.pdf June 11, 2024 SMU Libraries Newsletter 10 With his win in Texas, the state was the only former Confederate State in 1968 to vote Democratic. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last occasion the following counties have supported the Democratic candidate: Blanco, Nacogdoches, Rockwall and Scurry.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 318 0786422173 The 1968 election is also the last when the following Wallace counties have not voted Republican: Crane, Glasscock, Montgomery and Rusk. It was the only election between 1924 and 2012 when Val Verde County backed a losing presidential candidate.The Political Graveyard; Val Verde County, Texas This was the last time a Republican won the presidency while losing Texas. This was also the last time until 2008 that a Northern Democrat won any state in the former Confederacy. See also United States presidential elections in Texas Notes References 2 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 Tarrance Jr. V. Lance Texas Precinct Votes '68 Southern Methodist University Press 1970 Dallas, Texas en 75-125978 Category:1968 Texas elections 1968 Texas