1968 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 January 2025 1968 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1956 presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Georgia 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia 1972 November 5, 1968 160x160px George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party ff7f00 Alabama Curtis LeMayThe Independent electors were originally pledged to vice presidential candidate S. Marvin Griffin, but they cast their vice presidential ballots for national nominee Curtis LeMay."General Election November 5, 1968," Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 1968-1972 (Jackson, 1969) 12 535,550 42.83% 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 0 380,111 30.40% File:Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 0 334,440 26.75% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) File:1968 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg County results Wallace #ffccaa 30–40% #ffb380 40–50% #ff9955 50–60% #ff7f2a 60–70% #ff6600 70–80% #d45500 80–90% Nixon #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% Humphrey #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% 290px The 1968 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 5, 1968. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace received the most votes, and won all twelve of the state's electoral college votes.1968 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia US Election Atlas Wallace, who ran a campaign based upon support for segregation, won all but seventeen of the state's 159 counties. Nixon won ten, all either suburban Atlanta, Athens, or Augusta area counties, or historically pro-Union counties of North Georgia. Owing to Wallace's sweep of almost all of the state south of the Unionist North Georgia counties and outside of Atlanta, Cobb and DeKalb counties were two of only three amongst 210 Southern counties carried by Goldwater for the Republicans for the first time ever or since Reconstruction to vote for Nixon.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 94-95 0786422173 With 42.83% of the popular vote, Georgia would prove to be Wallace's fourth strongest state after Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.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 Among white voters, 51% supported Wallace, 36% supported Nixon, and 13% supported Humphrey.Black Black 1992 147Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results United States presidential election in Georgia, 1968PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes American Independent George Wallace 535,550 42.83% 12 Republican Richard Nixon 380,111 30.40% 0 Democratic Hubert Humphrey 334,440 26.75% 0 Write-insEugene McCarthy560.00%0 Write-insDick Gregory90.00%0 Write-insFred Halstead70.00%0 Write-insEldridge Cleaver20.00%0 Write-insCharlene Mitchell20.00%0 Write-insHenning A. Blomen10.00%0 Totals 1,250,266 100.00% 12 Voter turnout — Results by county CountyFortson, Jr. Ben W. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/ggpd/pdfs/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bs4-b1968-bfolio.pdf Official state of Georgia tabulation by counties for Presidential Electors, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, General Election November 5, 1968 Georgia Secretary of State 1968 Report PDFGeorge WallaceAmerican IndependentRichard NixonRepublicanHubert HumphreyDemocraticVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Appling2,67863.26%79518.78%76017.95%1,88344.48%4,233Atkinson1,55461.47%28811.39%68627.14%86834.33%2,528Bacon1,93569.11%58620.93%2799.96%1,34948.18%2,800Baker1,06762.25%995.78%54831.97%51930.28%1,714Baldwin2,67837.66%2,31832.60%2,10929.66%60.10%3605.06%7,111Banks1,43467.39%39818.70%29613.91%1,03648.69%2,128Barrow2,73152.79%1,37226.52%1,07020.68%1,35926.27%5,173Bartow4,05249.11%2,04524.78%2,14926.05%50.10%1,90323.06%8,251Ben Hill1,83354.38%66119.61%87625.99%10.00%95728.39%3,371Berrien2,81073.41%56614.79%45111.78%10.00%2,24458.62%3,828Bibb17,32841.86%13,49032.59%10,57925.55%3,8389.27%41,397Bleckley2,45868.07%75620.94%39610.97%10.00%1,70247.13%3,611Brantley1,70975.52%23710.47%31714.01%1,39261.51%2,263Brooks2,40463.60%58915.58%78720.82%1,61742.78%3,780Bryan1,42860.28%38116.08%56023.64%86836.64%2,369Bulloch3,95350.33%2,11326.90%1,78822.77%1,84023.43%7,854Burke1,80236.82%1,41628.93%1,67634.25%1262.57%4,894Butts1,49049.13%58419.25%95931.62%53117.51%3,033Calhoun97951.26%23412.25%69736.49%28214.77%1,910Camden1,98851.17%75119.33%1,14629.50%84221.67%3,885Candler1,62458.78%55219.98%58721.25%1,03737.53%2,763Carroll6,50954.38%3,13526.19%2,32619.43%3,37428.19%11,970Catoosa6,44968.66%2,04321.75%9019.59%4,40646.91%9,393Charlton1,15759.52%33217.08%45523.41%70236.11%1,944Chatham17,23832.19%18,10633.81%18,20133.99%-95-0.18%53,545Chattahoochee30358.16%7013.44%14828.41%15529.75%521Chattooga3,02456.35%1,08720.26%1,25523.39%1,76932.96%5,366Cherokee3,35144.91%2,67535.85%1,43419.22%20.00%6769.06%7,462Clarke3,45223.31%5,80039.17%5,54337.43%130.10%-257-1.74%14,808Clay60848.33%13310.57%51641.02%10.10%927.31%1,258Clayton11,66549.77%8,25635.22%3,51014.98%70.00%3,40914.55%23,438Clinch1,14264.16%30417.08%33418.76%80845.40%1,780Cobb17,80539.38%18,64941.25%8,75519.37%-844-1.87%45,209Coffee3,78559.54%1,24119.52%1,33120.94%2,45438.60%6,357Colquitt6,32567.82%1,88220.18%1,11912.00%4,44347.64%9,326Columbia2,20746.48%1,63634.46%90519.06%57112.02%4,748Cook2,43868.41%52114.62%60316.92%20.10%1,83551.49%3,564Coweta3,79150.97%2,44232.84%1,20416.19%1,34918.13%7,437Crawford88654.66%24615.18%48930.17%39724.49%1,621Crisp3,27162.63%93517.90%1,01719.47%2,25443.16%5,223Dade2,46073.32%61318.27%2828.41%1,84755.05%3,355Dawson84552.81%50931.81%24615.38%33621.00%1,600Decatur4,57664.87%74910.62%1,72924.51%2,84740.36%7,054DeKalb23,95422.98%52,48550.35%27,79626.67%20.00%-24,689-23.68%104,237Dodge3,40659.85%1,05518.54%1,23021.61%2,17638.24%5,691Dooly1,80357.49%45414.48%87928.03%92429.46%3,136Dougherty9,31749.66%5,61129.91%3,83120.42%30.00%3,70619.75%18,762Douglas4,15957.37%1,84825.49%1,24217.13%2,31131.88%7,249Early2,79771.55%3278.37%78520.08%2,01251.47%3,909Echols53383.02%538.26%568.72%47774.30%642Effingham2,56164.59%76919.39%63516.02%1,79245.20%3,965Elbert3,25260.42%91416.98%1,21622.59%2,03637.83%5,382Emanuel3,30754.11%1,29721.22%1,50824.67%1,79929.44%6,112Evans1,47558.76%54321.63%49219.60%93237.13%2,510Fannin1,18820.16%3,47558.98%1,22920.86%-2,246-38.12%5,892Fayette1,88857.09%86726.22%55116.66%10.00%1,02130.87%3,307Floyd10,00146.49%7,47034.72%4,03618.76%50.00%2,53111.77%21,512Forsyth2,39754.07%1,38931.33%64714.60%1,00822.74%4,433Franklin2,69164.49%71617.16%76618.36%1,92546.13%4,173Fulton36,99520.66%64,15335.83%77,84743.47%730.00%-13,694-7.64%179,068Gilmer1,25931.30%2,07451.55%69017.15%-815-20.25%4,023Glascock73375.96%18519.17%474.87%54856.79%965Glynn5,34143.36%3,72530.24%3,24726.36%40.00%1,61613.12%12,317Gordon3,07750.83%1,81529.99%1,16119.18%1,26220.84%6,053Grady3,81765.78%5619.67%1,42524.56%2,39241.22%5,803Greene1,22334.84%65218.58%1,63546.58%-412-11.74%3,510Gwinnett8,90950.94%5,35030.59%3,22618.45%40.00%3,55920.35%17,489Habersham3,00852.87%1,61128.32%1,07018.81%1,39724.55%5,689Hall5,54640.65%4,92336.08%3,17423.26%6234.57%13,643Hancock1,10430.25%38110.44%2,16559.32%-1,061-29.07%3,650Haralson3,25159.40%1,45126.51%77114.09%1,80032.89%5,473Harris1,85146.93%1,02125.89%1,07227.18%77919.75%3,944Hart3,20867.20%58612.27%97920.51%10.00%2,22946.69%4,774Heard1,15363.63%30316.72%35619.65%79743.98%1,812Henry3,60445.40%2,01725.41%2,31729.19%1,28716.21%7,938Houston7,33950.76%4,28529.64%2,83119.58%20.00%3,05421.12%14,457Irwin1,95568.36%43015.03%47416.57%10.00%1,48151.79%2,860Jackson3,47356.48%1,13918.52%1,53725.00%1,93631.48%6,149Jasper92641.77%45620.57%83537.66%914.11%2,217Jeff Davis1,95867.26%57719.82%37612.92%1,38147.44%2,911Jefferson2,09040.05%1,22723.51%1,89936.39%20.00%1913.66%5,218Jenkins1,24949.43%57422.71%70427.86%54521.57%2,527Johnson2,04171.16%38113.28%44615.55%1,59555.61%2,868Jones1,77049.61%69319.42%1,10530.97%66518.64%3,568Lamar1,44051.34%57520.50%79028.16%65023.18%2,805Lanier1,02466.41%24115.63%27717.96%74748.45%1,542Laurens6,64951.79%2,73821.33%3,45126.88%3,19824.91%12,838Lee1,20153.05%38917.18%67329.73%10.00%52823.32%2,264Liberty1,36538.68%59216.78%1,57244.55%-207-5.87%3,529Lincoln1,29058.93%40818.64%49122.43%79936.50%2,189Long1,03758.69%1568.83%57432.48%46326.21%1,767Lowndes5,67950.91%3,07327.55%2,40221.53%2,60623.36%11,154Lumpkin1,04849.18%68732.24%39618.58%36116.94%2,131McDuffie1,70942.46%1,32432.89%99124.62%10.00%3859.57%4,025McIntosh84140.07%31515.01%94344.93%-102-4.86%2,099Macon1,55950.11%59819.22%95430.67%60519.44%3,111Madison2,52967.42%60016.00%62116.56%10.00%1,90850.86%3,751Marion84966.22%18614.51%24719.27%60246.95%1,282Meriwether2,57147.17%1,12020.55%1,76032.29%81114.88%5,451Miller1,86281.60%24910.91%1717.49%1,61370.69%2,282Mitchell3,64764.73%73112.97%1,25522.28%10.00%2,39242.45%5,634Monroe1,42244.16%77023.91%1,02831.93%39412.23%3,220Montgomery1,43362.63%35215.38%50321.98%93040.65%2,288Morgan1,39146.68%61620.67%97332.65%41814.03%2,980Murray1,75045.50%1,27833.23%81821.27%47212.27%3,846Muscogee15,80445.69%11,19332.36%7,59121.95%20.00%4,61113.33%34,590Newton3,01745.20%1,66024.87%1,99629.90%20.00%1,02115.30%6,675Oconee1,40555.49%71328.16%41416.35%69227.33%2,532Oglethorpe1,73766.73%38314.71%48318.56%1,25448.17%2,603Paulding3,05460.43%97719.33%1,02320.24%2,03140.19%5,054Peach1,63841.96%90423.16%1,36234.89%2767.07%3,904Pickens1,39237.34%1,65944.50%67718.16%-267-7.16%3,728Pierce2,14466.38%57917.93%50715.70%1,56548.45%3,230Pike1,44259.61%34514.26%63226.13%81033.48%2,419Polk4,24053.16%1,72921.68%2,00725.16%2,23328.00%7,976Pulaski1,56958.59%59522.22%51419.19%97436.37%2,678Putnam1,17742.91%59421.66%97235.44%2057.47%2,743Quitman45961.45%9012.05%19826.51%26134.94%747Rabun1,40752.52%68025.38%59022.02%20.10%72727.14%2,679Randolph1,43848.45%50216.91%1,02834.64%41013.81%2,968Richmond9,53226.26%14,99341.30%11,77032.42%70.00%-3,223-8.88%36,302Rockdale2,21547.91%1,19525.85%1,21326.24%1,00221.67%4,623Schley61956.68%16415.02%30928.30%31028.38%1,092Screven1,83044.02%91622.04%1,41133.94%41910.08%4,157Seminole1,92277.10%2018.06%36914.80%10.00%1,55362.30%2,493Spalding4,95345.11%3,07728.03%2,94926.86%1,87617.08%10,979Stephens2,80254.60%1,29525.23%1,03520.17%1,50729.37%5,132Stewart93256.35%23314.09%48929.56%44326.79%1,654Sumter3,48953.08%1,38321.04%1,70125.88%1,78827.20%6,573Talbot68845.41%31720.92%51033.66%17811.75%1,515Taliaferro50835.83%23216.36%67847.81%-170-11.98%1,418Tattnall3,40565.30%85216.34%95718.35%2,44846.95%5,214Taylor1,62660.00%39314.50%69125.50%93534.50%2,710Telfair2,50258.73%72016.90%1,03824.37%1,46434.36%4,260Terrell1,79849.68%54515.06%1,27535.23%10.00%52314.45%3,619Thomas5,03950.98%2,26122.87%2,58326.13%20.00%2,45624.85%9,885Tift3,94257.79%1,69224.81%1,18717.40%2,25032.98%6,821Toombs3,40559.76%1,39724.52%89615.72%2,00835.24%5,698Towns58920.66%1,49252.33%77027.01%-722-25.32%2,851Treutlen1,08157.01%47425.00%34117.99%60732.01%1,896Troup6,23250.39%3,23926.19%2,89623.42%2,99324.20%12,367Turner1,84568.95%41915.66%41215.40%1,42653.29%2,676Twiggs1,16750.41%33614.51%81235.08%35515.33%2,315Union90629.22%1,22139.37%97431.41%-247-7.96%3,101Upson3,59954.75%1,49422.73%1,48022.52%2,10532.02%6,573Walker8,72560.92%3,66425.58%1,93013.48%20.00%5,06135.34%14,321Walton4,04757.83%1,39919.99%1,55222.18%2,49535.65%6,998Ware5,89557.81%2,04720.07%2,25522.11%3,64035.70%10,197Warren76743.70%40623.13%58233.16%18510.54%1,755Washington2,02943.00%1,24726.43%1,44330.58%58612.42%4,719Wayne3,42259.88%1,31322.97%98017.15%2,10936.91%5,715Webster49469.28%7210.10%14720.62%34748.66%713Wheeler93455.83%25115.00%48829.17%44626.66%1,673White1,15749.13%76232.36%43518.47%10.00%39516.77%2,355Whitfield3,95434.36%4,82841.95%2,72323.66%30.00%-874-7.59%11,508Wilcox1,82268.29%38114.28%46517.43%1,35750.86%2,668Wilkes1,70948.35%87324.70%95326.96%75621.39%3,535Wilkinson1,87055.26%68520.24%82924.50%1,04130.76%3,384Worth3,04969.74%60313.79%71916.45%10.00%2,33053.29%4,372Totals535,55042.83%380,11130.40%334,44026.75%1650.01%155,43912.43%1,250,266 Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent 20em Baker Catoosa Calhoun Clay Clayton Columbia Crawford Dooly Dade Douglas Fayette Gwinnett Lee Lowndes Macon Marion Peach Quitman Stewart Talbot Twiggs Walker Warren Webster Wilkinson Appling Atkinson Bacon Baldwin Barrow Ben Hill Berrien Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Burke Bulloch Camden Candler Carroll Charlton Chattahoochee Cherokee Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Decatur Dodge Dougherty Early Echols Effingham Emanuel Evans Floyd Glascock Glynn Grady Haralson Harris Houston Irwin Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lincoln McDuffie Miller Monroe Montgomery Muscogee Oconee Oglethorpe Pierce Pike Pulaski Putnam Randolph Schley Screven Seminole Sumter Tattnall Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Turner Walton Wayne Wilcox Wilkes Worth Bibb Taylor Telfair Washington Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent 20em Banks Bartow Butts Chattooga Coweta Dawson Elbert Forsyth Franklin Gordon Habersham Hall Hart Heard Henry Jackson Long Lumpkin Madison Morgan Murray Meriwether Newton Pualding Polk Spalding Stephens Rabun Rockdale Treutlen Troup Upson Ware Wheeler White Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Chatham Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clarke Towns Union Whitfield 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 Georgia 1968 Category:1968 in Georgia (U.S. state)