1968 United States presidential election in West Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential elections in West Virginia West Virginia presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in West Virginia 1964 1972 United States presidential election in West Virginia 1972 November 5, 1968 75.9% (of registered voters) 71.0% (of voting age population)West Virginia Blue Book - 1993 - Page 723 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/publications/bluebook/WVS_Bluebook_1993.pdf West Virginia Legislature 160x160px Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 7 374,091 49.60% 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 0 307,555 40.78% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party Alabama S. Marvin Griffin 0 72,560 9.62% ff9955 1968 United States presidential election in West Virginia results map by county.svg 300px County results Humphrey #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f40 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1968 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose sevenhttps://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. West Virginia was won by the Democratic candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 49.60 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican candidate, former Senator and Vice President Richard Nixon, with 40.78 percent of the popular vote. American Party candidate and former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace also appeared on the ballot, finishing with 9.62 percent of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=54&year=1968 1968 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia May 27, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1968 The American Presidency Project — Election of 1968 May 27, 2017 West Virginia was Wallace's weakest antebellum slave state, whilst it was Humphrey's strongest as it had been for outgoing President Johnson. Wallace fared best in the Eastern Panhandle, urbanised Kanawha County and the emerging Rust Belt of the extreme Northern Panhandle, but even in those areas he did not crack a sixth of the vote in any county. Strong unionisation meant that the state's predominant poverty-stricken white population did not turn to Wallace in significant numbers.Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 10 978-0-691-16324-6 The state's relative loyalty to Humphrey was enhanced by its deep ties to the New Deal and the resultant unionisation, as in all of Appalachian coal country between the 1930s and 1990s.Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 135, 288, 347, 374 This was helped by the fact that Johnson focused on this state, alongside Texas and culturally allied Kentucky, as critical for Humphrey's hope of regaining the White House.Wainstock Dennis Election year 1968: the turning point 172 1936274418 Humphrey nonetheless did lose eighteen percent on Johnson's record performance from 1964. Results 1968 United States presidential election in West Virginia Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 374,091 49.60% Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 307,555 40.78% George Wallace American Party (1969) 72,560 9.62% 754,206 100.00% Results by county CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2460 WV US President — November 05, 1968 Hubert HumphreyDemocratic Richard NixonRepublican George WallaceAmerican Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % Barbour 3,210 47.34% 3,206 47.28% 365 5.38% 4 0.06% 6,781 Berkeley 4,929 34.06% 7,223 49.91% 2,321 16.04% -2,294 -15.85% 14,473 Boone 6,391 62.13% 2,970 28.87% 926 9.00% 3,421 33.26% 10,287 Braxton 3,268 54.02% 2,441 40.35% 341 5.64% 827 13.67% 6,050 Brooke 7,506 57.12% 4,191 31.89% 1,444 10.99% 3,315 25.23% 13,141 Cabell 19,018 44.12% 19,418 45.05% 4,666 10.83% -400 -0.93% 43,102 Calhoun 1,682 46.57% 1,612 44.63% 318 8.80% 70 1.94% 3,612 Clay 1,916 51.24% 1,474 39.42% 349 9.33% 442 11.82% 3,739 Doddridge 844 29.60% 1,861 65.28% 146 5.12% -1,017 -35.68% 2,851 Fayette 14,546 66.96% 5,246 24.15% 1,931 8.89% 9,300 42.81% 21,723 Gilmer 1,582 49.48% 1,401 43.82% 214 6.69% 181 5.66% 3,197 Grant 786 19.76% 2,936 73.81% 256 6.44% -2,150 -54.05% 3,978 Greenbrier 6,318 46.46% 5,559 40.88% 1,722 12.66% 759 5.58% 13,599 Hampshire 1,791 40.30% 1,959 44.08% 694 15.62% -168 -3.78% 4,444 Hancock 10,174 54.03% 6,181 32.82% 2,476 13.15% 3,993 21.21% 18,831 Hardy 1,767 43.90% 1,768 43.93% 490 12.17% -1 -0.03% 4,025 Harrison 18,872 54.22% 13,703 39.37% 2,234 6.42% 5,169 14.85% 34,809 Jackson 3,462 36.13% 5,173 53.99% 947 9.88% -1,711 -17.86% 9,582 Jefferson 3,129 45.16% 2,718 39.23% 1,082 15.62% 411 5.93% 6,929 Kanawha 46,650 46.70% 41,712 41.76% 11,524 11.54% 4,938 4.94% 99,886 Lewis 3,168 40.43% 4,027 51.40% 640 8.17% -859 -10.97% 7,835 Lincoln 4,386 50.82% 3,662 42.43% 583 6.75% 724 8.39% 8,631 Logan 13,686 67.42% 4,754 23.42% 1,861 9.17% 8,932 44.00% 20,301 Marion 17,246 58.94% 10,177 34.78% 1,838 6.28% 7,069 24.16% 29,261 Marshall 8,449 49.47% 7,252 42.46% 1,379 8.07% 1,197 7.01% 17,080 Mason 4,549 42.77% 5,208 48.97% 879 8.26% -659 -6.20% 10,636 McDowell 12,842 67.81% 4,020 21.23% 2,075 10.96% 8,822 46.58% 18,937 Mercer 12,739 48.83% 9,985 38.28% 3,363 12.89% 2,754 10.55% 26,087 Mineral 4,225 42.07% 4,545 45.26% 1,273 12.68% -320 -3.19% 10,043 Mingo 8,677 62.89% 3,988 28.90% 1,133 8.21% 4,689 33.99% 13,798 Monongalia 13,128 54.83% 9,261 38.68% 1,556 6.50% 3,867 16.15% 23,945 Monroe 2,412 40.95% 2,925 49.66% 553 9.39% -513 -8.71% 5,890 Morgan 1,015 27.28% 2,244 60.32% 461 12.39% -1,229 -33.04% 3,720 Nicholas 4,858 51.81% 3,678 39.22% 841 8.97% 1,180 12.59% 9,377 Ohio 15,026 49.65% 13,073 43.20% 2,164 7.15% 1,953 6.45% 30,263 Pendleton 1,643 45.29% 1,687 46.50% 298 8.21% -44 -1.21% 3,628 Pleasants 1,522 46.69% 1,534 47.06% 204 6.26% -12 -0.37% 3,260 Pocahontas 1,948 43.93% 2,040 46.01% 446 10.06% -92 -2.08% 4,434 Preston 4,020 39.35% 5,636 55.16% 561 5.49% -1,616 -15.81% 10,217 Putnam 5,009 43.18% 5,252 45.27% 1,340 11.55% -243 -2.09% 11,601 Raleigh 17,744 60.14% 8,775 29.74% 2,987 10.12% 8,969 30.40% 29,506 Randolph 5,562 50.72% 4,508 41.11% 897 8.18% 1,054 9.61% 10,967 Ritchie 1,281 27.42% 3,106 66.50% 284 6.08% -1,825 -39.08% 4,671 Roane 2,639 38.17% 3,851 55.70% 424 6.13% -1,212 -17.53% 6,914 Summers 3,521 52.75% 2,305 34.53% 849 12.72% 1,216 18.22% 6,675 Taylor 2,953 45.92% 3,012 46.84% 466 7.25% -59 -0.92% 6,431 Tucker 1,758 48.82% 1,511 41.96% 332 9.22% 247 6.86% 3,601 Tyler 1,324 29.20% 2,897 63.90% 313 6.90% -1,573 -34.70% 4,534 Upshur 2,319 31.72% 4,565 62.44% 427 5.84% -2,246 -30.72% 7,311 Wayne 8,227 50.41% 6,004 36.79% 2,088 12.79% 2,223 13.62% 16,319 Webster 2,582 62.87% 1,241 30.22% 284 6.92% 1,341 32.65% 4,107 Wetzel 4,038 45.12% 4,122 46.06% 789 8.82% -84 -0.94% 8,949 Wirt 820 40.78% 1,051 52.26% 140 6.96% -231 -11.48% 2,011 Wood 14,293 39.02% 18,960 51.76% 3,379 9.22% -4,667 -12.74% 36,632 Wyoming 6,641 57.27% 3,947 34.04% 1,007 8.68% 2,694 23.23% 11,595Totals374,09149.60%307,55540.78%72,5609.62%66,5368.82%754,206 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Berkeley Cabell Doddridge Hampshire Hardy Jackson Lewis Mineral Mason Monroe Pendleton Pleasants Pocahontas Preston Putnam Roane Taylor Upshur Wetzel Wood Wirt Notes References West Virginia 1968 Category:1968 West Virginia elections