1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1968 United States presidential election 1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1964 1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1972 November 5, 1968 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 9 462,411 43.79% Hubert Humphrey vice presidential portrait color02 (Cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Edmund Muskie 0 397,541 37.65% George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg George Wallace American Independent Party Alabama ff7f00 S. Marvin Griffin 0 193,098 18.29% 380px County results 380px Congressional district results 380px Nixon #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Humphrey #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Wallace #ffccaa 30–40% #ffb380 40–50% President Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) The 1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, won the state with 462,411 votes and 43.79 percent of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 397,541 votes and 37.65 percent of the vote, followed by American Party candidate George Wallace, who took 193,098 votes and 18.29 percent of the vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1968&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky With his victory in the state, Nixon became the first Republican presidential candidate to carry Kentucky more than once, as he also carried the state in his unsuccessful bid in 1960. Results 1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 462,411 43.79 Hubert Humphrey Democratic Party (United States) 397,541 37.65 George Wallace American Party (1969) 193,098 18.29 Fred Halstead Socialist Workers Party (United States) 2,843 0.27 1,055,893 100.00 Results by county County Richard NixonOur Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 05, 1968Republican Hubert HumphreyDemocratic George WallaceAmerican Fred HalsteadSocialist Workers Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adair 3,239 59.43% 1,362 24.99% 844 15.49% 5 0.09% 1,877 34.44% 5,450 Allen 2,952 61.63% 927 19.35% 905 18.89% 6 0.13% 2,025 42.28% 4,790 Anderson 1,594 44.33% 1,334 37.10% 657 18.27% 11 0.31% 260 7.23% 3,596 Ballard 564 16.38% 1,632 47.39% 1,197 34.76% 51 1.48% 435"WallacedNixon" In this county where Nixon ran third behind Humphrey and Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage. 12.63% 3,444 Barren 4,209 42.84% 3,464 35.25% 2,140 21.78% 13 0.13% 745 7.59% 9,826 Bath 1,277 38.34% 1,394 41.85% 658 19.75% 2 0.06% -117 -3.51% 3,331 Bell 4,905 47.74% 4,138 40.27% 1,204 11.72% 28 0.27% 767 7.47% 10,275 Boone 4,081 45.09% 2,725 30.11% 2,240 24.75% 5 0.06% 1,356 14.98% 9,051 Bourbon 1,848 33.85% 2,566 47.00% 1,023 18.74% 23 0.42% -718 -13.15% 5,460 Boyd 8,632 45.43% 7,914 41.65% 2,443 12.86% 12 0.06% 718 3.78% 19,001 Boyle 2,715 40.29% 2,663 39.52% 1,356 20.12% 4 0.06% 52 0.77% 6,738 Bracken 1,115 40.81% 1,067 39.06% 548 20.06% 2 0.07% 48 1.75% 2,732 Breathitt 1,361 29.09% 2,954 63.15% 361 7.72% 2 0.04% -1,593 -34.06% 4,678 Breckinridge 2,779 47.32% 2,024 34.46% 1,067 18.17% 3 0.05% 755 12.86% 5,873 Bullitt 1,965 31.14% 2,135 33.84% 2,180 34.55% 30 0.48% -45"WallacedNixon" -0.71% 6,310 Butler 2,637 66.47% 691 17.42% 634 15.98% 5 0.13% 1,946 49.05% 3,967 Caldwell 2,139 42.23% 1,439 28.41% 1,426 28.15% 61 1.20% 700 13.82% 5,065 Calloway 2,672 30.78% 3,854 44.39% 2,150 24.76% 6 0.07% -1,182 -13.61% 8,682 Campbell 13,681 48.51% 9,747 34.56% 4,750 16.84% 25 0.09% 3,934 13.95% 28,203 Carlisle 479 19.65% 1,144 46.92% 807 33.10% 8 0.33% 337"WallacedNixon" 13.82% 2,438 Carroll 868 27.54% 1,765 56.00% 514 16.31% 5 0.16% -897 -28.46% 3,152 Carter 3,234 49.67% 2,344 36.00% 926 14.22% 7 0.11% 890 13.67% 6,511 Casey 3,698 70.64% 879 16.79% 649 12.40% 9 0.17% 2,819 53.85% 5,235 Christian 3,788 30.03% 4,281 33.94% 4,527 35.89% 18 0.14% -246"WallacedNixon" -1.95% 12,614 Clark 2,698 39.63% 2,385 35.03% 1,722 25.29% 3 0.04% 313 4.60% 6,808 Clay 4,663 75.16% 1,213 19.55% 327 5.27% 1 0.02% 3,450 55.61% 6,204 Clinton 2,572 75.09% 568 16.58% 280 8.18% 5 0.15% 2,004 58.51% 3,425 Crittenden 1,942 54.97% 838 23.72% 748 21.17% 5 0.14% 1,104 31.25% 3,533 Cumberland 2,116 67.82% 646 20.71% 355 11.38% 3 0.10% 1,470 47.11% 3,120 Daviess 10,111 40.22% 9,947 39.56% 5,015 19.95% 69 0.27% 164 0.66% 25,142 Edmonson 2,280 65.44% 679 19.49% 516 14.81% 9 0.26% 1,601 45.95% 3,484 Elliott 515 23.56% 1,387 63.45% 280 12.81% 4 0.18% -872 -39.89% 2,186 Estill 2,236 53.57% 1,261 30.21% 675 16.17% 2 0.05% 975 23.36% 4,174 Fayette 24,948 49.53% 16,902 33.55% 8,354 16.58% 169 0.34% 8,046 15.98% 50,373 Fleming 2,220 53.28% 1,406 33.74% 535 12.84% 6 0.14% 814 19.54% 4,167 Floyd 3,550 27.22% 8,333 63.89% 1,150 8.82% 10 0.08% -4,783 -36.67% 13,043 Franklin 4,057 30.82% 6,396 48.58% 2,655 20.17% 57 0.43% -2,339 -17.76% 13,165 Fulton 1,079 28.26% 1,204 31.53% 1,526 39.97% 9 0.24% -322"WallacedNixon" -8.44% 3,818 Gallatin 413 29.35% 685 48.69% 304 21.61% 5 0.36% -272 -19.34% 1,407 Garrard 2,205 56.15% 1,000 25.46% 675 17.19% 47 1.20% 1,205 30.69% 3,927 Grant 1,386 39.35% 1,169 33.19% 941 26.72% 26 0.74% 217 6.16% 3,522 Graves 3,239 26.52% 5,103 41.78% 3,829 31.35% 42 0.34% 1,274"WallacedNixon" 10.43% 12,213 Grayson 3,598 61.14% 1,595 27.10% 657 11.16% 35 0.59% 2,003 34.04% 5,885 Green 2,448 58.71% 1,003 24.05% 712 17.07% 7 0.17% 1,445 34.66% 4,170 Greenup 4,698 43.68% 4,689 43.60% 1,365 12.69% 3 0.03% 9 0.08% 10,755 Hancock 1,049 44.70% 867 36.94% 419 17.85% 12 0.51% 182 7.76% 2,347 Hardin 5,329 41.84% 4,470 35.09% 2,845 22.34% 93 0.73% 859 6.75% 12,737 Harlan 4,572 34.96% 6,389 48.86% 2,099 16.05% 17 0.13% -1,817 -13.90% 13,077 Harrison 1,637 33.75% 2,373 48.93% 839 17.30% 1 0.02% -736 -15.18% 4,850 Hart 2,817 51.37% 1,658 30.23% 1,002 18.27% 7 0.13% 1,159 21.14% 5,484 Henderson 3,512 32.74% 5,062 47.19% 2,132 19.88% 20 0.19% -1,550 -14.45% 10,726 Henry 1,271 32.04% 1,978 49.86% 711 17.92% 7 0.18% -707 -17.82% 3,967 Hickman 623 23.19% 880 32.76% 1,154 42.96% 29 1.08% -274"WallacedNixon" -10.20% 2,686 Hopkins 3,791 31.94% 4,391 37.00% 3,668 30.90% 19 0.16% -600 -5.06% 11,869 Jackson 3,098 84.09% 304 8.25% 279 7.57% 3 0.08% 2,794 75.84% 3,684 Jefferson 95,942 43.09% 90,242 40.53% 35,561 15.97% 912 0.41% 5,700 2.56% 222,657 Jessamine 2,338 45.46% 1,334 25.94% 1,440 28.00% 31 0.60% 898"WallacedHumphrey" In this county where Humphrey ran third behind Nixon and Wallace, margin given is Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage. 17.46% 5,143 Johnson 4,046 61.90% 2,142 32.77% 344 5.26% 4 0.06% 1,904 29.13% 6,536 Kenton 17,263 43.64% 14,656 37.05% 7,612 19.24% 26 0.07% 2,607 6.59% 39,557 Knott 1,098 22.56% 3,335 68.52% 428 8.79% 6 0.12% -2,237 -45.96% 4,867 Knox 4,388 57.77% 2,244 29.55% 944 12.43% 19 0.25% 2,144 28.22% 7,595 LaRue 1,862 47.78% 1,251 32.10% 776 19.91% 8 0.21% 611 15.68% 3,897 Laurel 6,251 67.57% 1,756 18.98% 1,236 13.36% 8 0.09% 4,495 48.59% 9,251 Lawrence 1,946 45.80% 1,825 42.95% 476 11.20% 2 0.05% 121 2.85% 4,249 Lee 1,339 58.27% 674 29.33% 285 12.40% 0 0.00% 665 28.94% 2,298 Leslie 2,615 71.08% 828 22.51% 236 6.41% 0 0.00% 1,787 48.57% 3,679 Letcher 3,243 42.30% 3,499 45.64% 920 12.00% 5 0.07% -256 -3.34% 7,667 Lewis 2,760 64.83% 1,017 23.89% 472 11.09% 8 0.19% 1,743 40.94% 4,257 Lincoln 2,591 47.45% 1,736 31.79% 1,129 20.67% 5 0.09% 855 15.66% 5,461 Livingston 1,079 32.63% 1,272 38.46% 953 28.82% 3 0.09% -193 -5.83% 3,307 Logan 3,402 39.16% 3,339 38.44% 1,881 21.65% 65 0.75% 63 0.72% 8,687 Lyon 579 29.88% 719 37.10% 619 31.94% 21 1.08% 100"WallacedNixon" 5.16% 1,938 Madison 5,325 44.83% 3,884 32.70% 2,558 21.54% 111 0.93% 1,441 12.13% 11,878 Magoffin 1,967 47.71% 1,927 46.74% 229 5.55% 0 0.00% 40 0.97% 4,123 Marion 1,620 33.02% 2,436 49.65% 849 17.31% 1 0.02% -816 -16.63% 4,906 Marshall 2,432 30.70% 3,301 41.67% 2,183 27.56% 5 0.06% -869 -10.97% 7,921 Martin 1,943 68.42% 759 26.73% 136 4.79% 2 0.07% 1,184 41.69% 2,840 Mason 2,661 40.50% 2,772 42.19% 1,131 17.21% 6 0.09% -111 -1.69% 6,570 McCracken 5,887 27.33% 9,741 45.21% 5,810 26.97% 106 0.49% -3,854 -17.88% 21,544 McCreary 2,670 67.61% 759 19.22% 479 12.13% 41 1.04% 1,911 48.39% 3,949 McLean 1,372 35.73% 1,373 35.76% 1,084 28.23% 11 0.29% -1 -0.03% 3,840 Meade 1,385 32.98% 1,926 45.86% 886 21.10% 3 0.07% -541 -12.88% 4,200 Menifee 509 38.65% 554 42.07% 247 18.75% 7 0.53% -45 -3.42% 1,317 Mercer 2,432 43.07% 1,950 34.54% 1,227 21.73% 37 0.66% 482 8.53% 5,646 Metcalfe 1,566 51.41% 1,001 32.86% 469 15.40% 10 0.33% 565 18.55% 3,046 Monroe 4,086 76.06% 693 12.90% 590 10.98% 3 0.06% 3,393 63.16% 5,372 Montgomery 2,113 46.87% 1,408 31.23% 980 21.74% 7 0.16% 705 15.64% 4,508 Morgan 1,341 33.86% 2,222 56.10% 398 10.05% 0 0.00% -881 -22.24% 3,961 Muhlenberg 3,853 39.52% 3,688 37.83% 2,198 22.54% 11 0.11% 165 1.69% 9,750 Nelson 2,373 34.31% 3,420 49.45% 1,104 15.96% 19 0.27% -1,047 -15.14% 6,916 Nicholas 725 35.16% 911 44.18% 413 20.03% 13 0.63% -186 -9.02% 2,062 Ohio 3,504 54.16% 1,695 26.20% 1,263 19.52% 8 0.12% 1,809 27.96% 6,470 Oldham 1,655 41.45% 1,399 35.04% 937 23.47% 2 0.05% 256 6.41% 3,993 Owen 827 26.39% 1,608 51.31% 697 22.24% 2 0.06% -781 -24.92% 3,134 Owsley 1,417 75.49% 303 16.14% 157 8.36% 0 0.00% 1,114 59.35% 1,877 Pendleton 1,614 45.68% 1,156 32.72% 760 21.51% 3 0.08% 458 12.96% 3,533 Perry 3,993 41.85% 4,562 47.81% 983 10.30% 3 0.03% -569 -5.96% 9,541 Pike 8,911 39.56% 11,663 51.78% 1,933 8.58% 19 0.08% -2,752 -12.22% 22,526 Powell 1,157 42.57% 934 34.36% 625 22.99% 2 0.07% 223 8.21% 2,718 Pulaski 8,290 64.26% 2,823 21.88% 1,780 13.80% 8 0.06% 5,467 42.38% 12,901 Robertson 416 41.15% 406 40.16% 186 18.40% 3 0.30% 10 0.99% 1,011 Rockcastle 3,072 66.96% 868 18.92% 644 14.04% 4 0.09% 2,204 48.04% 4,588 Rowan 2,017 45.23% 1,898 42.57% 541 12.13% 3 0.07% 119 2.66% 4,459 Russell 3,035 64.29% 961 20.36% 718 15.21% 7 0.15% 2,074 43.93% 4,721 Scott 1,748 35.07% 1,961 39.35% 1,242 24.92% 33 0.66% -213 -4.28% 4,984 Shelby 2,287 37.78% 2,579 42.60% 1,185 19.57% 3 0.05% -292 -4.82% 6,054 Simpson 1,435 33.07% 1,505 34.69% 1,390 32.04% 9 0.21% -70 -1.62% 4,339 Spencer 733 41.89% 564 32.23% 448 25.60% 5 0.29% 169 9.66% 1,750 Taylor 3,032 50.88% 1,367 22.94% 1,554 26.08% 6 0.10% 1,478"WallacedHumphrey" 24.80% 5,959 Todd 1,433 31.99% 1,082 24.16% 1,932 43.13% 32 0.71% -499"WallacedHumphrey" -11.14% 4,479 Trigg 1,100 30.38% 1,330 36.73% 1,180 32.59% 11 0.30% 150"WallacedNixon" 4.14% 3,621 Trimble 511 25.98% 1,045 53.13% 406 20.64% 5 0.25% -534 -27.15% 1,967 Union 1,371 23.66% 2,616 45.15% 1,804 31.14% 3 0.05% 812"WallacedNixon" 14.01% 5,794 Warren 8,084 45.76% 5,200 29.44% 4,365 24.71% 16 0.09% 2,884 16.32% 17,665 Washington 1,863 46.35% 1,675 41.68% 472 11.74% 9 0.22% 188 4.67% 4,019 Wayne 3,055 61.08% 1,467 29.33% 475 9.50% 5 0.10% 1,588 31.75% 5,002 Webster 1,446 29.48% 2,114 43.10% 1,337 27.26% 8 0.16% -668 -13.62% 4,905 Whitley 5,639 59.74% 2,134 22.61% 1,650 17.48% 16 0.17% 3,505 37.13% 9,439 Wolfe 758 34.35% 1,162 52.65% 282 12.78% 5 0.23% -404 -18.30% 2,207 Woodford 1,901 42.51% 1,646 36.81% 894 19.99% 31 0.69% 255 5.70% 4,472Totals462,41143.79%397,54137.65%193,09818.29%2,8430.27%64,8706.14%1,055,893 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 18em Anderson Barren Boone Bell Boyd Boyle Bracken Breckinridge Carter Caldwell Campbell Clark Daviess Estill Fayette Fleming Garrard Grant Green Greenup Hancock Hardin Hart Jefferson Jessamine Kenton Knox LaRue Lawrence Lee Lincoln Logan Madison Magoffin Martin Metcalfe Mercer Montgomery Muhlenberg Ohio Oldham Pendleton Powell Robertson Rowan Spencer Taylor Warren Washington Woodford Wayne Whitley Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent Bullitt Christian Fulton Hickman Todd Results by congressional district Out of Kentucky's 7 congressional districts Nixon won a majority or plurality in 4 of them while Humphrey won 3 congressional districts.1968 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://elecmapco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=b9b65438b2844f3383af457a0f068d4f September 13, 2025 Western Washington University DistrictNixonHumphreyWallace1st32.3%39.1%28.7%2nd44.2%35%20.8%3rd39.3%46%14.7%4th46.8%34.2%19%5th60.3%25.9%13.8%6th42.7%37.7%19.6%7th42.5%46.9%10.7% Notes References Kentucky 1968 Category:1968 Kentucky elections