1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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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.[1]
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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 462,411 | 43.79 | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 397,541 | 37.65 | |
| American | George Wallace | 193,098 | 18.29 | |
| Socialist Workers | Fred Halstead | 2,843 | 0.27 | |
| Total votes | 1,055,893 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Richard Nixon[2] Republican | Hubert Humphrey[2] Democratic | George Wallace[2] American | Fred Halstead[2] Socialist 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[b] | 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[b] | -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[b] | 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[b] | -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[b] | -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[b] | 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[b] | -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[c] | 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[b] | 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[c] | 24.80% | 5,959 |
| Todd | 1,433 | 31.99% | 1,082 | 24.16% | 1,932 | 43.13% | 32 | 0.71% | -499[c] | -11.14% | 4,479 |
| Trigg | 1,100 | 30.38% | 1,330 | 36.73% | 1,180 | 32.59% | 11 | 0.30% | 150[b] | 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[b] | 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% | 4,472 |
| Totals | 462,411 | 43.79% | 397,541 | 37.65% | 193,098 | 18.29% | 2,843 | 0.27% | 64,870 | 6.14% | 1,055,893 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Although 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b c d Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 05, 1968
