1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state) Washington presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Washington (state) 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Washington (state) 1972 November 5, 1968https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1968 United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica May 27, 2017 160x160px Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 9 616,037 47.23% 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 0 588,510 45.12% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Alabama Marvin Griffin 0 96,990 7.44% 350px County results 350px Congressional district results Humphrey #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) ff7f00 The 1968 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose ninehttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1965_1969.html#1968 1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73) May 27, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Washington was won by the Democratic candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 47.23 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican candidate, former Senator and Vice President Richard Nixon, with 45.12 percent of the popular vote. American candidate George Wallace also appeared on the ballot, finishing with 7.44 percent of the popular vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&fips=53&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Washington May 27, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1968 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1968 May 27, 2017 Nixon became the first Republican to win the presidency without carrying Washington state since William McKinley in 1896. Despite Nixon losing the statewide election, he became the first Republican to carry Ferry County since Warren G. Harding did so in 1920.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 332-333 0786422173 Along with Maine, Washington was one of only two states that Nixon lost in 1968 that he won in his unsuccessful attempt at the presidency in 1960. George Wallace was most successful in Eastern Washington, a region settled by Upland Southerners, Okies, and Border State residents. This region has a tradition of hostility to Washington D.C. interference, and to Northeastern big business. Wallace possessed little appeal in heavily Yankee and Scandinavian-settled Western Washington.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 559 978-0-691-16324-6 This election would prove the last time the Democrats won any mainland postbellum state until Michael Dukakis carried Washington and Oregon in 1988 – in the intervening period many pundits spoke of a "Solid Republican West". As of 2024, this is the fifth and final election in which Washington voted for a different candidate than neighboring Oregon. Campaign Forecasts This table lists election forecasts for Washington state in the 1968 presidential election. 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 RSeptember 11, 1968 Results 1968 United States presidential election in WashingtonAbstract of Votes Presidential and State General Election Held on November 5, 1968 Presidential Candidates Washington Secretary of State Olympia, Washington 10 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556023457161&view=1up&seq=12 Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 616,037 47.23% Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 588,510 45.12% George Wallace American Independent Party 96,990 7.44% Eldridge Cleaver Peace and Freedom Party 1,609 0.12% Henning Blomen Socialist Labor Party of America 488 0.04% Charlene Mitchell #006633 Free Ballot 377 0.03% Fred Halstead Socialist Workers Party (United States) 270 0.02% 1,304,281 100% Results by county CountyHubert HumphreyDemocraticRichard NixonRepublicanGeorge WallaceAmerican IndependentOther candidatesVarious partiesMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # %Adams1,27030.67%2,57262.11%2997.22%00.00%-1,302-31.44%4,141Asotin2,69349.56%2,30742.45%4337.97%10.02%3867.11%5,434Benton10,87838.06%14,65951.29%3,02410.58%180.06%-3,781-13.23%28,579Chelan6,78739.39%9,09352.77%1,3247.68%260.15%-2,306-13.38%17,230Clallam7,03049.39%5,92141.60%1,2488.77%350.25%1,1097.79%14,234Clark23,04651.82%18,85842.40%2,5145.65%560.13%4,1889.42%44,474Columbia75435.04%1,22156.74%1758.13%20.09%-467-21.70%2,152Cowlitz13,36351.90%10,84242.10%1,5075.85%380.15%2,5219.80%25,750Douglas2,76441.47%3,23448.52%6639.95%40.06%-470-7.05%6,665Ferry59642.97%60843.84%18213.12%10.07%-12-0.87%1,387Franklin4,03842.17%4,23444.22%1,29913.57%40.04%-196-2.05%9,575Garfield60237.96%84153.03%1439.02%00.00%-239-15.07%1,586Grant5,77340.18%7,00748.77%1,57410.96%130.09%-1,234-8.59%14,367Grays Harbor13,48059.43%7,72034.03%1,4266.29%580.26%5,76025.40%22,684Island3,23840.48%4,07750.96%6778.46%80.10%-839-10.48%8,000Jefferson2,25149.97%1,82740.55%4079.03%200.44%4249.42%4,505King223,46947.05%218,45746.00%31,4506.62%1,5590.33%5,0121.05%474,935Kitsap22,27355.94%14,52036.47%2,9867.50%360.09%7,75319.47%39,815Kittitas3,92144.92%4,21248.25%5796.63%170.19%-291-3.33%8,729Klickitat2,45447.44%2,35545.52%3576.90%70.14%991.92%5,173Lewis8,44445.23%8,77947.03%1,4287.65%170.09%-335-1.80%18,668Lincoln1,72134.06%2,99459.25%3376.67%10.02%-1,273-25.19%5,053Mason4,54052.85%3,39739.55%6387.43%150.17%1,14313.30%8,590Okanogan4,37944.08%4,49045.19%1,06410.71%20.02%-111-1.11%9,935Pacific3,74056.62%2,49137.71%3645.51%100.15%1,24918.91%6,605Pend Oreille1,35049.74%1,11741.16%2459.03%20.07%2338.58%2,714Pierce72,67053.54%51,43637.90%11,3918.39%2210.16%21,23415.64%135,718San Juan68534.90%1,16459.30%1085.50%60.31%-479-24.40%1,963Skagit10,52946.60%10,35445.83%1,6677.38%440.19%1750.77%22,594Skamania1,22151.30%96840.67%1897.94%20.08%25310.63%2,380Snohomish44,01950.35%36,25241.47%7,0058.01%1480.17%7,7678.88%87,424Spokane49,42344.69%52,65047.61%8,4207.61%1010.09%-3,227-2.92%110,594Stevens2,94840.14%3,43546.77%95713.03%50.07%-487-6.63%7,345Thurston14,22846.65%13,74245.06%2,4938.17%360.12%4861.59%30,499Wahkiakum89953.67%64138.27%1317.82%40.24%25815.40%1,675Walla Walla5,84134.52%10,04259.34%1,0286.07%120.07%-4,201-24.82%16,923Whatcom14,00344.88%14,69547.10%2,3877.65%1140.37%-692-2.22%31,199Whitman5,21837.84%7,81056.64%7105.15%510.37%-2,592-18.80%13,789Yakima19,49938.09%27,48853.69%4,1618.13%500.10%-7,989-15.60%51,198Totals616,03747.23%588,51045.12%96,9907.44%2,7440.21%27,5272.11%1,304,281 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Benton Chelan Columbia Douglas Ferry Franklin Garfield Grant Island Kittitas Lewis Okanogan San Juan Spokane Stevens Walla Walla Whatcom Yakima Results by congressional district This table shows the results by congressional district. The candidate who won the largest amount of the vote nationally is shown first. Humphrey won 4 out of 7 of Washington's congressional districts while Nixon won the other 3 congressional districts.Park-Egan Kiernan 1968 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://elecmapco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=b9b65438b2844f3383af457a0f068d4f 6 November 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Results by Congressional District, 1952 to 2020 DistrictNixonHumphreyWallace1st50%44.9%5.1%2nd44.5%47.5%8%3rd41.8%51.5%6.7%4th52.7%38.7%8.6%5th48.3%43.5%8.2%6th37.6%54.2%8.3%7th40.4%51.7%7.9% See also United States presidential elections in Washington (state) Notes References Washington 1968 Category:1968 Washington (state) elections