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1968 United States presidential election in Kansas Kansas presidential no November 5, 1968 1964 United States presidential election in Kansas 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Kansas 1972 160x160px 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 7 478,674 54.84% Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 0 302,996 34.72% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace ff7f00 Conservative Alabama S. Marvin Griffin 0 88,921 10.19% 1968 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 310px County results
Nixon
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
Humphrey
#b9d7ff 40–50% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) American Independent Party
The 1968 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Richard Nixon won Kansas against both Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. Nixon carried every county except traditionally Democratic Wyandotte.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=20&year=1968&f=0&elect=0&off=0 1968 Presidential General Elections Results — Kansas Dave Leip’s U.S Election Atlas
Results
Richard M. Nixon Republican 478,674 New York 54.84% 7 Spiro Agnew Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey Democrat 302,996 Minnesota 34.72% 0 Edmund Muskie Maine
George C. Wallace Conservative 88,921 Alabama 10.19% 0 S. Marvin Griffin Georgia
E. Harold Munn Prohibition 2,192 Michigan 0.25% 0 Rolland Fisher Kansas
872,783 100.00% 7 270
Results by county
County Richard NixonRepublican Hubert HumphreyDemocratic George WallaceConservative E. Harold MunnProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Allen 3,520 59.66% 1,875 31.78% 492 8.34% 13 0.22% 1,645 27.88% 5,900 Anderson 2,168 56.84% 1,242 32.56% 397 10.41% 7 0.18% 926 24.28% 3,814 Atchison 3,644 46.00% 3,379 42.65% 888 11.21% 11 0.14% 265 3.35% 7,922 Barber 2,023 60.55% 1,027 30.74% 283 8.47% 8 0.24% 996 29.81% 3,341 Barton 6,700 54.88% 4,464 36.57% 1,017 8.33% 27 0.22% 2,236 18.31% 12,208 Bourbon 3,983 56.87% 2,241 32.00% 769 10.98% 11 0.16% 1,742 24.87% 7,004 Brown 3,748 69.15% 1,199 22.12% 463 8.54% 10 0.18% 2,549 47.03% 5,420 Butler 7,893 50.79% 5,952 38.30% 1,671 10.75% 25 0.16% 1,941 12.49% 15,541 Chase 1,038 62.61% 462 27.86% 154 9.29% 4 0.24% 576 34.75% 1,658 Chautauqua 1,537 65.52% 478 20.38% 329 14.02% 2 0.09% 1,059 45.14% 2,346 Cherokee 4,211 47.46% 3,597 40.54% 1,054 11.88% 10 0.11% 614 6.92% 8,872 Cheyenne 1,423 70.66% 412 20.46% 174 8.64% 5 0.25% 1,011 50.20% 2,014 Clark 920 58.26% 446 28.25% 210 13.30% 3 0.19% 474 30.01% 1,579 Clay 3,335 71.95% 926 19.98% 357 7.70% 17 0.37% 2,409 51.97% 4,635 Cloud 3,282 56.17% 2,132 36.49% 412 7.05% 17 0.29% 1,150 19.68% 5,843 Coffey 2,223 63.06% 933 26.47% 367 10.41% 2 0.06% 1,290 36.59% 3,525 Comanche 906 62.66% 451 31.19% 85 5.88% 4 0.28% 455 31.47% 1,446 Cowley 8,070 54.30% 5,014 33.74% 1,751 11.78% 26 0.17% 3,056 20.56% 14,861 Crawford 7,344 45.30% 7,191 44.35% 1,653 10.20% 25 0.15% 153 0.95% 16,213 Decatur 1,654 65.74% 652 25.91% 206 8.19% 4 0.16% 1,002 39.83% 2,516 Dickinson 5,574 64.32% 2,399 27.68% 675 7.79% 18 0.21% 3,175 36.64% 8,666 Doniphan 2,402 63.31% 958 25.25% 425 11.20% 9 0.24% 1,444 38.06% 3,794 Douglas 10,533 53.79% 6,936 35.42% 2,080 10.62% 34 0.17% 3,597 18.37% 19,583 Edwards 1,243 54.90% 832 36.75% 182 8.04% 7 0.31% 411 18.15% 2,264 Elk 1,327 64.64% 503 24.50% 216 10.52% 7 0.34% 824 40.14% 2,053 Ellis 3,944 46.72% 3,809 45.12% 671 7.95% 17 0.20% 135 1.60% 8,441 Ellsworth 1,776 57.53% 1,060 34.34% 246 7.97% 5 0.16% 716 23.19% 3,087 Finney 3,295 52.11% 2,521 39.87% 496 7.84% 11 0.17% 774 12.24% 6,323 Ford 4,645 52.80% 3,191 36.27% 935 10.63% 26 0.30% 1,454 16.53% 8,797 Franklin 4,875 59.17% 2,524 30.63% 825 10.01% 15 0.18% 2,351 28.54% 8,239 Geary 2,954 50.70% 2,228 38.24% 625 10.73% 20 0.34% 726 12.46% 5,827 Gove 1,018 59.05% 538 31.21% 164 9.51% 4 0.23% 480 27.84% 1,724 Graham 1,308 60.72% 597 27.72% 243 11.28% 6 0.28% 711 33.00% 2,154 Grant 1,121 57.16% 618 31.51% 217 11.07% 5 0.25% 503 25.65% 1,961 Gray 952 55.25% 612 35.52% 151 8.76% 8 0.46% 340 19.73% 1,723 Greeley 465 59.85% 227 29.21% 82 10.55% 3 0.39% 238 30.64% 777 Greenwood 2,937 65.99% 1,122 25.21% 381 8.56% 11 0.25% 1,815 40.78% 4,451 Hamilton 751 56.25% 410 30.71% 170 12.73% 4 0.30% 341 25.54% 1,335 Harper 2,351 63.99% 1,015 27.63% 297 8.08% 11 0.30% 1,336 36.36% 3,674 Harvey 6,682 61.64% 3,351 30.91% 780 7.19% 28 0.26% 3,331 30.73% 10,841 Haskell 762 54.16% 476 33.83% 167 11.87% 2 0.14% 286 20.33% 1,407 Hodgeman 756 59.20% 387 30.31% 130 10.18% 4 0.31% 369 28.89% 1,277 Jackson 2,678 60.71% 1,225 27.77% 501 11.36% 7 0.16% 1,453 32.94% 4,411 Jefferson 2,781 56.58% 1,355 27.57% 774 15.75% 5 0.10% 1,426 29.01% 4,915 Jewell 2,172 66.18% 842 25.66% 252 7.68% 16 0.49% 1,330 40.52% 3,282 Johnson 55,060 62.63% 26,034 29.61% 6,635 7.55% 183 0.21% 29,026 33.02% 87,912 Kearny 721 58.00% 423 34.03% 95 7.64% 4 0.32% 298 23.97% 1,243 Kingman 2,318 60.29% 1,201 31.24% 319 8.30% 7 0.18% 1,117 29.05% 3,845 Kiowa 1,484 70.87% 481 22.97% 123 5.87% 6 0.29% 1,003 47.90% 2,094 Labette 5,503 51.19% 3,974 36.97% 1,251 11.64% 22 0.20% 1,529 14.22% 10,750 Lane 781 60.64% 385 29.89% 118 9.16% 4 0.31% 396 30.75% 1,288 Leavenworth 7,081 48.35% 5,546 37.87% 2,000 13.66% 18 0.12% 1,535 10.48% 14,645 Lincoln 1,721 68.16% 583 23.09% 217 8.59% 4 0.16% 1,138 45.07% 2,525 Linn 2,250 63.11% 893 25.05% 419 11.75% 3 0.08% 1,357 38.06% 3,565 Logan 1,120 63.78% 411 23.41% 221 12.59% 4 0.23% 709 40.37% 1,756 Lyon 6,558 57.30% 4,020 35.12% 847 7.40% 21 0.18% 2,538 22.18% 11,446 McPherson 6,420 64.98% 2,893 29.28% 543 5.50% 24 0.24% 3,527 35.70% 9,880 Marion 4,287 70.37% 1,494 24.52% 304 4.99% 7 0.11% 2,793 45.85% 6,092 Marshall 3,835 58.85% 1,949 29.91% 731 11.22% 2 0.03% 1,886 28.94% 6,517 Meade 1,511 66.24% 572 25.08% 196 8.59% 2 0.09% 939 41.16% 2,281 Miami 3,614 48.93% 2,739 37.08% 1,023 13.85% 10 0.14% 875 11.85% 7,386 Mitchell 2,428 62.89% 1,144 29.63% 283 7.33% 6 0.16% 1,284 33.26% 3,861 Montgomery 9,697 55.77% 5,210 29.97% 2,456 14.13% 23 0.13% 4,487 25.80% 17,386 Morris 1,938 60.00% 976 30.22% 313 9.69% 3 0.09% 962 29.78% 3,230 Morton 770 51.03% 475 31.48% 262 17.36% 2 0.13% 295 19.55% 1,509 Nemaha 3,003 54.01% 1,925 34.62% 628 11.29% 4 0.07% 1,078 19.39% 5,560 Neosho 3,950 52.92% 2,725 36.51% 784 10.50% 5 0.07% 1,225 16.41% 7,464 Ness 1,352 58.23% 767 33.03% 192 8.27% 11 0.47% 585 25.20% 2,322 Norton 2,543 70.91% 841 23.45% 193 5.38% 9 0.25% 1,702 47.46% 3,586 Osage 3,157 56.15% 1,664 29.60% 792 14.09% 9 0.16% 1,493 26.55% 5,622 Osborne 2,073 65.39% 793 25.02% 301 9.50% 3 0.09% 1,280 40.37% 3,170 Ottawa 1,740 62.66% 777 27.98% 253 9.11% 7 0.25% 963 34.68% 2,777 Pawnee 2,037 54.19% 1,416 37.67% 300 7.98% 6 0.16% 621 16.52% 3,759 Phillips 2,567 68.29% 844 22.45% 340 9.04% 8 0.21% 1,723 45.84% 3,759 Pottawatomie 3,267 63.68% 1,368 26.67% 490 9.55% 5 0.10% 1,899 37.01% 5,130 Pratt 2,670 57.91% 1,490 32.31% 435 9.43% 16 0.35% 1,180 25.60% 4,611 Rawlins 1,438 65.90% 553 25.34% 153 7.01% 38 1.74% 885 40.56% 2,182 Reno 11,804 50.29% 9,872 42.06% 1,710 7.28% 88 0.37% 1,932 8.23% 23,474 Republic 2,841 66.25% 1,187 27.68% 240 5.60% 20 0.47% 1,654 38.57% 4,288 Rice 3,141 56.23% 2,049 36.68% 386 6.91% 10 0.18% 1,092 19.55% 5,586 Riley 8,296 62.17% 4,258 31.91% 772 5.78% 19 0.14% 4,038 30.26% 13,345 Rooks 2,252 63.01% 1,012 28.32% 307 8.59% 3 0.08% 1,240 34.69% 3,574 Rush 1,471 57.46% 864 33.75% 217 8.48% 8 0.31% 607 23.71% 2,560 Russell 3,177 67.04% 1,261 26.61% 290 6.12% 11 0.23% 1,916 40.43% 4,739 Saline 9,324 55.43% 6,286 37.37% 1,169 6.95% 43 0.26% 3,038 18.06% 16,822 Scott 1,374 66.25% 500 24.11% 193 9.31% 7 0.34% 874 42.14% 2,074 Sedgwick 60,853 51.80% 44,041 37.49% 12,255 10.43% 320 0.27% 16,812 14.31% 117,469 Seward 3,065 62.32% 1,291 26.25% 550 11.18% 12 0.24% 1,774 36.07% 4,918 Shawnee 31,140 52.03% 21,735 36.32% 6,817 11.39% 158 0.26% 9,405 15.71% 59,850 Sheridan 1,002 58.36% 563 32.79% 144 8.39% 8 0.47% 439 25.57% 1,717 Sherman 1,803 57.53% 954 30.44% 368 11.74% 9 0.29% 849 27.09% 3,134 Smith 2,558 67.49% 939 24.78% 279 7.36% 14 0.37% 1,619 42.71% 3,790 Stafford 1,851 55.75% 1,205 36.30% 253 7.62% 11 0.33% 646 19.45% 3,320 Stanton 541 59.52% 288 31.68% 78 8.58% 2 0.22% 253 27.84% 909 Stevens 1,157 58.38% 528 26.64% 296 14.93% 1 0.05% 629 31.74% 1,982 Sumner 5,622 54.48% 3,562 34.52% 1,116 10.81% 20 0.19% 2,060 19.96% 10,320 Thomas 1,971 59.82% 1,074 32.59% 241 7.31% 9 0.27% 897 27.23% 3,295 Trego 1,211 58.67% 623 30.18% 226 10.95% 4 0.19% 588 28.49% 2,064 Wabaunsee 1,979 64.17% 695 22.54% 402 13.04% 8 0.26% 1,284 41.63% 3,084 Wallace 608 61.54% 235 23.79% 144 14.57% 1 0.10% 373 37.75% 988 Washington 3,177 68.29% 1,131 24.31% 332 7.14% 12 0.26% 2,046 43.98% 4,652 Wichita 757 60.37% 364 29.03% 130 10.37% 3 0.24% 393 31.34% 1,254 Wilson 3,340 63.35% 1,276 24.20% 640 12.14% 16 0.30% 2,064 39.15% 5,272 Woodson 1,450 62.63% 639 27.60% 222 9.59% 4 0.17% 811 35.03% 2,315 Wyandotte 23,091 33.38% 34,189 49.43% 11,510 16.64% 381 0.55% -11,098 -16.05% 69,171Totals478,67454.84%302,99634.72%88,92110.19%2,1920.25%175,67820.12%872,783
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
18em
Wichita
Crawford
Shawnee
Lyon
Sherman
Sheridan
Trego
Ford
Russell
Ellis
Rush
Barton
Barber
Butler
Pawnee
Ottawa
Edwards
Rice
Reno
Harvey
Sumner
Saline
Cloud
Finney
Geary
Nemaha
Atchison
Leavenworth
Osage
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Allen
Cowley
Neosho
Labette
Cherokee
Pratt
Douglas
Lane
Stafford
Kingman
Bourbon
Clark
Gove
Comanche
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Hodgeman
Kearny
McPherson
Montgomery
Morton
Ness
Sedgwick
Stanton
Stevens
Thomas
See also
United States presidential elections in Kansas
Notes
References
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