1968 Republican Party presidential primaries

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1968 Republican presidential primaries
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1,333 delegates to the 1968 Republican National Convention
667 (majority) votes needed to win
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Candidate Richard Nixon Nelson Rockefeller Ronald Reagan
Home state New York [lower-alpha 1] New York California
Delegate count619 [1] 267 [2] 192 [3]
Contests won1012
Popular vote1,679,443164,3401,696,632
Percentage37.5%3.7%37.9%
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     Nixon     Rockefeller     Reagan
     Romney     Favorite Sons [lower-alpha 2]      Uncommitted
Previous Republican nominee

Barry Goldwater

Republican nominee

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon campaign rally NIXONcampaigns.jpg
Richard Nixon campaign rally

From March 12 to June 11, 1968, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1968 United States presidential election. Former vice president Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1968 Republican National Convention held from August 5 to August 8, 1968, in Miami Beach, Florida. [4]

Contents

Schedule and results

1968 Republican Primaries and State Conventions

Tablemaker's Note: [lower-alpha 3]

Date
(daily totals)		ContestTotal
pledged delegates
Delegates won and popular vote
Richard NixonNelson RockefellerRonald ReaganGeorge RomneyFavorite
Sons		Harold StassenOthersUncommitted
February 3Pennsylvania
State Committee [5] 		10 (of 64)----10 Del. [lower-alpha 4] ---
February 10Oklahoma
District Conventions [6] [7] 		12 (of 22)10 Del. [lower-alpha 5] -2 Del.-----
North Carolina
District Conventions [lower-alpha 6] [8] 		12 (of 26)10 Del.------2 Del.
February 18North Carolina
District Conventions [lower-alpha 7] [9] 		10 (of 26)5 Del.------5 Del.
February 24Oklahoma
State Convention [10] 		10 (of 22)7 Del.-3 Del.-0 Del. [lower-alpha 8] ---
March 2North Carolina
State Convention [11] 		4 (of 26)-------4 Del.
Tennessee
5th District Convention [12] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 9] ---
March 9Kansas
4th District Convention [13] 		2 (of 20)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 10] ---
March 12 New Hampshire
Primary [14]
103,938		8 (of 8)8 Del.
80,666
(77.61%)		11,241 WI
(10.82%)		362 WI
(0.35%)		1,743
(1.68%)		-429
(0.41%)		9,497 WI [lower-alpha 11]
(9.14%)		-
March 16Kansas
2nd District Convention [15] 		2 (of 20)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 12] ---
Virginia
1st District Convention [16] [17] 		2 (of 24)1 Del.------1 Del.
March 23Kansas
1st District Convention [18] 		2 (of 20)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 13] ---
March 28Tennessee
9th District Convention [lower-alpha 14] [19] [20] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 15] ---
March 30Kansas
5th District Convention [21] 		2 (of 20)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 16] ---
South Carolina
State Convention [22] 		22 (of 22)----22 Del. [lower-alpha 17] ---
Tennessee
3rd District Convention [23] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 18] ---
April 2Wisconsin
Primary [24]
490,739		30 (of 30)30 Del.
390,368
(79.55%)		7,995 WI
(1.63%)		50,727
(10.34%)		2,087 WI
(0.43%)		-28,531
(5.81%)		4,268 WI [lower-alpha 19]
(0.87%)		6,763
(1.38%)
April 4Tennessee
8th District Convention [25] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 20] ---
April 6Kansas
3rd District Convention [26] 		2 (of 20)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 21] ---
Tennessee
1st District Convention [27] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 22] ---
Virginia
2nd and 4th
District Conventions [28] 		4 (of 24)2 Del.------2 Del.
April 13Tennessee
6th District Convention [29] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 23] ---
Virginia
5th District Convention [30] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
April 15Virginia
3rd District Convention [31] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
April 16Iowa
District Conventions [32] 		14 (of 24)9 Del.5 Del. [lower-alpha 24] ------
April 17Iowa
State Convention [33] 		10 (of 26)7 Del. [lower-alpha 25] ------3 Del.
April 19Kentucky
District Conventions [34] 		14 (of 24)-------14 Del. [lower-alpha 26]
April 20Kentucky
State Convention [35] 		10 (of 24)-------10 Del. [lower-alpha 27]
Minnesota
6th District Convention [36] 		2 (of 26)2 Del.-------
Virginia
8th District Convention [37] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
April 23Pennsylvania
Pres. Primary [38]
288,384		0 (of 64)171,815 WI
(59.58%)		52,915 WI
(18.35%)		8,636 WI
(3.00%)		---55,018 WI [lower-alpha 28]
(19.08%)		6,763
(1.38%)
Pennsylvania
Del. Primary [39] 		54 (of 64)----54 Del. [lower-alpha 29] ---
April 26Tennessee
7th District Convention [40] 		2 (of 28)----2 Del. [lower-alpha 30] ---
Virginia
10th District Convention [41] 		2 (of 24)1 Del.1 Del.------
April 27Arizona
State Convention [42] 		16 (of 16)13 Del.------3 Del.
Kansas
State Convention [43] 		10 (of 20)----10 Del. [lower-alpha 31] ---
Michigan
State Convention [44] 		48 (of 48)---48 Del.----
Minnesota
3rd, 5th and 7th
District Conventions [45] [46] 		6 (of 26)4 Del.2 Del.------
Nevada
State Convention [47] 		12 (of 12)8 Del.2 Del.-----2 Del.
Tennessee
2nd and 4th
District Conventions [48] [49] 		4 (of 28)----4 Del. [lower-alpha 32] ---
Virginia
7th District Convention [50] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
April 30Delaware
State Convention [51] 		12 (of 12)7 Del.5 Del.------
Massachusetts
Primary [52]
106,521		34 (of 34)27,447 WI
(25.77%)		34 Del.
31,964 WI
(30.01%)		1,770 WI
(1.66%)		49 WI
(0.05%)		31,465 [lower-alpha 33]
(29.54%)		-13,826 WI [lower-alpha 34]
(12.98%)		-
May 4Minnesota
1st and 4th
District Conventions [53] 		4 (of 26)4 Del.-------
Virginia
State Convention [54] 		4 (of 24)4 Del.-------
May 5Georgia
State Convention [55] 		30 [lower-alpha 35] (of 30)23 Del.1 Del.6 Del.-----
May 7Indiana
Primary [56]
508,362		26 (of 26)26 Del.
508,362
(100.00%)		-------
Ohio
Pres. Primary [57]
614,492		0 (of 58)----614,492 [lower-alpha 36]
(100.00%)		---
Ohio
Del. Primary [58]
508,362		58 (of 58)2 Del.---55 Del. [lower-alpha 37] 1 Del.--
Washington, D.C.
Primary [59]
13,430		9 (of 9)9 Del. [lower-alpha 38]
12,102
(90.11%)		1,328 [lower-alpha 39]
(9.89%)		-----
May 11Hawaii
State Convention [60] 		14 (of 14)----14 Del. [lower-alpha 40] ---
Maine
State Convention [61] 		12 (of 12)4 Del.6 Del.-----4 Del.
Minnesota
2nd and 8th
District Conventions [62] 		4 (of 26)4 Del.-------
Wyoming
State Convention [63] 		12 (of 12)10 Del.------2 Del. [lower-alpha 41]
May 12Alaska
State Convention [64] 		12 (of 12)----12 Del. [lower-alpha 42] ---
May 14Nebraska
Pres. Primary [65]
200,707		0 (of 10)140,336
(69.92%)		10,225 WI
(5.09%)		42,703
(21.28%)		40 WI
(0.02%)		-2,638
(1.31%)		4,765 WI [lower-alpha 43]
(2.37%)		-
Nebraska
Del. Primary [66] [67] 		16 (of 16)15 Del.------1 Del.
West Virginia
Del. Primary [68] 		14 (of 14)7 Del.1 Del.-----6 Del.
May 15Missouri
3rd District Convention [69] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
Rhode Island
State Convention [70] 		14 (of 14)-14 Del. [lower-alpha 44] ------
May 17Missouri
6th District Convention [71] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
May 18Missouri
2nd District Convention [72] 		2 (of 24)1 Del.------1 Del.
Vermont
State Convention [73] 		12 (of 12)9 Del.2 Del.-----1 Del.
May 22Louisiana
8th District Convention [74] 		2 (of 26)2 Del.-------
Missouri
1st District Convention [75] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
May 23Louisiana
5th District Convention [76] 		2 (of 26)--2 Del.-----
May 25Colorado
1st District Convention [77] 		2 (of 18)1 Del.-1 Del.-----
Louisiana
4th and 6th
District Conventions [78] [79] [80] 		4 (of 26)4 Del. [lower-alpha 45] -------
Missouri
4th, 9th and 10th
District Convention [81] [82] 		6 (of 24)6 Del.-------
Tennessee
State Convention [83] 		10 (of 28)10 Del.-------
May 26Louisiana
3rd District Convention [84] 		2 (of 26)--2 Del.-----
May 28Florida
Primary [85]
51,509		36 (of 36)-------36 Del.
51,509
(100.00%)
Louisiana
7th District Convention [86] 		2 (of 26)-------2 Del. [lower-alpha 46]
Missouri
5th
District Convention [87] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
Oregon
Primary [88]
312,159		18 (of 18)18 Del.
203,037
(65.04%)		36,305 WI
(11.63%)		63,707
(20.41%)		---9,110 WI [lower-alpha 47]
(2.92%)		-
May 30Louisiana
1st and 2nd
District Conventions [lower-alpha 48] [89] 		4 (of 26)4 Del.-------
June 1Mississippi
State Convention [90] 		20 (of 20)7 Del.-2 Del.----11 Del. [lower-alpha 49]
June 4California
Primary [91]
1,525,091		86 (of 86)--86 Del.
1,525,091
(100.00%)		-----
Colorado
2nd District Convention [92] 		2 (of 18)2 Del.-------
New Jersey
Pres. Primary [93]
88,592		0 (of 40)71,809 WI
(81.06%)		11,530 WI
(13.02%)		2,737 WI
(3.09%)		---2,516 WI [lower-alpha 50]
(2.84%)		-
New Jersey
Del. Primary [94] 		40 (of 40)----40 Del. [lower-alpha 51] ---
South Dakota
Primary [95]
68,113		14 (of 14)14 Del.
68,113
(100.00%)		-------
June 7Colorado
3rd and 4th
District Convention [96] 		4 (of 18)4 Del.-------
Missouri
8th
District Convention [97] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
June 8Colorado
State Convention [98] 		10 (of 18)8 Del.------2 Del.
Missouri
7th
District Convention [99] 		2 (of 24)2 Del.-------
June 11Illinois
Pres. Primary [100]
22,403		0 (of 58)17,490 WI
(78.07%)		2,165 WI
(9.66%)		1,601 WI
(7.15%)		16 WI
(0.07%)		--1,131 WI [lower-alpha 52]
(5.05%)		-
Illinois
Del. Primary [101]
48 (of 58)40 Del.------8 Del.
Texas
State Convention [102] 		56 (of 56)----56 Del. [lower-alpha 53] ---
June 14Minnesota
State Convention [103] 		4 (of 26)3 Del.7 Del.------
North Dakota
State Convention [104] 		8 (of 8)6 Del.------2 Del.
June 15Connecticut
State Convention [105] 		16 (of 16)3 Del.13 Del. [lower-alpha 54] ------
Idaho
State Convention [106] 		14 (of 14)8 Del.-6 Del.-----
June 18New York
Del. Primary [107]
82 (of 82)4 Del.78 Del.------
June 22Louisiana
State Convention [108] 		20 (of 30)7 Del.-2 Del.----1 Del.
Maryland
State Convention [109] 		26 (of 26)----26 Del. [lower-alpha 55] ---
Montana
State Convention [110] 		14 (of 14)13 Del.-1 Del.-----
New Mexico
State Convention [111] 		12 (of 12)6 Del.-3 Del.----5 Del. [lower-alpha 56]
Washington
State Convention [112] 		24 (of 24)23 Del.------1 Del.
June 28Alabama
District Conventions [113] 		16 (of 26)7 Del.-2 Del.----7 Del. [lower-alpha 57]
June 29Alabama
State Convention [114] 		10 (of 26)-------10 Del.
Arkansas
State Convention [115] 		18 (of 18)----18 Del. [lower-alpha 58] ---
Illinois
State Convention [116]
10 (of 58)8 Del.------2 Del.
Missouri
State Convention [117] 		4 (of 24)1 Del.------3 Del.
Virginia
6th and 9th
District Conventions [118] 		4 (of 24)4 Del.-------
July 13Utah
State Convention [119] 		8 (of 8)3 Del.-5 Del.-----
1,333 delegates
4,473,551 votes		475
1,679,443
(37.54%)		174
164,340
(3.67%)		123
1,696,632
(37.93%)		48
4,447
(0.10%)		345
645,957
(14.44%)		1
31,655
(0.71%)		0
110,438
(2.47%)		151
140,639
(3.14%)
Suspected Delegate Count
August 4, 1968 [120] 		619
(46.44%)		267
(20.03%)		192
(14.40%)		48
(3.60%)		157
(11.78%)		--50
(3.75%)

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Candidates

The following political leaders were candidates for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination:

Major candidates

These candidates participated in multiple state primaries or were included in multiple major national polls.

CandidateMost recent positionHome stateCampaign
Richard Nixon Richard Nixon portrait.jpg Vice President of the United States
(1953–1961)		 Flag-map of New York.svg
New York 		Richard Nixon 1968 campaign sticker.svg
(Campaign)
Nelson Rockefeller NelsonRockefeller.png Governor
of New York
(1959–1973)		 Flag-map of New York.svg
New York 		Nelson Rockefeller 1968 bumper sticker.svg
(Campaign)
Ronald Reagan Ronald-Reagan-governor-California.jpg Governor
of California
(1967–1975)		 Flag-map of California.svg
California 		Ronald Reagan 1968 campaign logo.svg
(Campaign)
Accepted draft: August 5, 1968
George W. Romney George Romney 1964 RNC 02746u (cropped).jpg Governor
of Michigan
(1963–1969)		 Flag map of Michigan.svg
Michigan 		Romney in 68.jpg
(Campaign)
Announced: Nov. 18, 1967
Withdrew: February 28, 1968

Favorite sons

The following candidates ran only in their home state's primary, caucus, or convention. They ran for the purpose of controlling their state's respective delegate slate at the national convention and did not appear to be considered national candidates by the media. The media referred to them as "favorite son" candidates.

Declined to run

The following persons were listed in two or more major national polls or were the subject of media speculation surrounding their potential candidacy, but declined to actively seek the nomination.

Polling

National polling

Graph of opinion polls conducted

Before November 1966

Poll sourcePublication
Everett Dirksen
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
George Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
William Scranton
Other
Undecided
Gallup [133] Jan. 10, 1965–18%15%27%–14%6%8%9% [lower-alpha 59] 3%
Gallup [134] March 24, 1965–16%11%36%–14%4%8%8% [lower-alpha 60] 3%
Gallup [135] June 27, 19657%14%13%25%3%11%6%7%11% [lower-alpha 61] 3%
Gallup [136] Sep. 26, 19655%12%9%28%2%15%7%8%9% [lower-alpha 62] 8%
Gallup [137] Oct. 19656%11%12%26%3%15%7%7%6% [lower-alpha 63] 7%
Gallup [137] Dec. 5, 19655%12%13%34%1%11%4%5%10% [lower-alpha 64] 5%
Gallup [138] Feb. 6, 19665%15%11%33%3%10%5%5%11% [lower-alpha 65] 2%
Gallup [139] April 10, 19667%12%13%27%4%14%5%6%3% [lower-alpha 66] 9%
Gallup [140] April 1966––––11%34%–17%18% [lower-alpha 67] 20%
Gallup [140] July 10, 1966––––17%38%–20%11% [lower-alpha 68] 14%
  1. ↑ 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, including the January 6, 1969 edition of the Congressional Record, list his home state as New York.
  2. ↑ Favorite sons received the support of Alaska (Wally Hickel), Hawaii (Hiram Fong), New Jersey (Clifford Case), South Carolina (Strom Thurmond), Ohio (Jim Rhodes), Pennsylvania (Raymond Shafer), Maryland (Spiro Agnew), Texas (John Tower), Kansas (Frank Carlson), and Tennessee (Howard Baker).
  3. ↑ This should not be taken as a finalized list of results. While a significant amount of research was done, there were a number of Delegates who were not bound by the instruction, or "Pledged" to a candidate, though an attempt has been made to display their initial preferences. Some states also held primaries for the delegate positions, and these on occasion were where slates or candidates pledge to a certain candidate might be elected; however, as these elections allowed for a single person to vote for multiple candidates, as many as the number of positions being filled, it is difficult to determine how many people actually voted in these primaries. For this reason, while the results of some are in the table, they are not included in the popular vote summaries at the bottom of the table. Also information on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, who elected five and three delegates respectively to the Republican Convention, was not found.
  4. ↑ Committed to Governor Raymond Shafer of Pennsylvania.
  5. ↑ Two delegates initially refused to commit to a candidate, but later backed Nixon.
  6. ↑ Only six of eleven districts held conventions on this date.
  7. ↑ Only five of eleven districts held conventions on this date.
  8. ↑ A resolution was passed endorsing Governor Dewey Bartlett as a favorite-son, but he withdrew himself from consideration.
  9. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  10. ↑ Committed to Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas.
  11. ↑ Includes 5,511 Write-In votes (5.30%) for Eugene McCarthy, 1,778 Write-In votes (1.71%) for Lyndon Johnson, 527 votes (0.51%) for Willis Stone, 374 Write-In votes (5.30%) for Paul Fisher, and 247 Write-In votes (0.24%) for Herbert Hoover
  12. ↑ Committed to Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas.
  13. ↑ Committed to Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas.
  14. ↑ The date is assumed; while scheduled for this date, it may have been interrupted by the Memphis Riots.
  15. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  16. ↑ Committed to Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas.
  17. ↑ Committed to Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
  18. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  19. ↑ Includes 585 Write-In votes (0.12%) for George Wallace and 301 Write-In votes (0.06%) for Robert Kennedy
  20. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  21. ↑ Committed to Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas.
  22. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  23. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  24. ↑ This is an estimate, as no hard number was provided in the source.
  25. ↑ The source claims that Nixon could call upon 16 of the 24 Iowa delegates; the estimate of 7 accounts for the minimum 9 elected in the District Conventions.
  26. ↑ No poll was done on the delegation, so preferences are not known.
  27. ↑ No poll was done on the delegation, so preferences are not known.
  28. ↑ Includes 18,800 Write-In votes (6.52%) for Eugene McCarthy, 13,290 Write-In votes (4.61%) for George Wallace, 10,431 Write-In votes (3.62%) for Robert Kennedy, 4,651 Write-In votes (1.61%) for Hubert Humphrey, 3,088 Write-In votes (1.07%) for Lyndon Johnson, and 1,271 Write-In votes (0.44%) for Raymond Shafer
  29. ↑ Loosely Committed to Governor Raymond Shafer of Pennsylvania.
  30. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  31. ↑ Committed to Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas.
  32. ↑ Committed to Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
  33. ↑ All votes for Governor John Volpe of Massachusetts.
  34. ↑ Includes 9,758 Write-In votes (9.16%) for Eugene McCarthy, 1,184 Write-In votes (1.11%) for Robert Kennedy, 828 Write-In votes (0.78%) for Hubert Humphrey, 297 Write-In votes (0.28%) for George Wallace, and 70 Write-In votes (0.07%) for Charles Percey
  35. ↑ District Conventions were held the earlier on April 20; preferences are not known amongst those delegates, however.
  36. ↑ All votes for Governor James Rhodes of Ohio.
  37. ↑ Committed to Governor James Rhodes of Ohio.
  38. ↑ The local Nixon and Rockefeller camapigns ran a unified slate. The delegates were divided six to Nixon, three to Rockefeller
  39. ↑ Nominally unpledged, the slate was reportedly for Reagan.
  40. ↑ Committed to Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii.
  41. ↑ Both favored either Rockefeller or Reagan.
  42. ↑ Committed to Governor Walter Hickel of Alaska.
  43. ↑ Includes 1,544 Write-In votes (0.77%) for Eugene McCarthy, 1,302 votes (0.65%) for Americus Liberator, 885 Write-In votes (0.44%) for Robert Kennedy, 533 Write-In votes (0.27%) for George Wallace, 219 Write-In votes (0.11%) for Hubert Humphrey, 32 Write-In votes (0.02%) for John Lindsay, and 19 Write-In votes (0.01%) for Lyndon Johnson.
  44. ↑ Nominally uncommitted, the delegates were reportedly solidly behind Rockefeller
  45. ↑ In the 4th District there was a resolution passed advocating for the nomination of Charlton Lyons, the '64 Republican nominee for Governor, as a Favorite Son for the Louisiana delegation.
  46. ↑ Preferences are not known.
  47. ↑ Includes 7,387 Write-In votes (2.37%) for Eugene McCarthy, and 1,723 Write-In votes (0.55%) for Robert Kennedy.
  48. ↑ The date is assumed from the source, as hard data on the 1st and 2nd District Conventions could not be found.
  49. ↑ Two delegates not polled are included here; seven delegates leaned towards either Nixon or Reagan equally.
  50. ↑ Includes 1,358 Write-In votes (1.53%) for Eugene McCarthy, 616 Write-In votes (0.70%) for George Wallace, 227 Write-In votes (0.26%) for Robert Kennedy, 145 Write-In votes (0.16%) for Hubert Humphrey, and 6 Write-In votes (0.01%) for Lyndon Johnson.
  51. ↑ Committed to Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey.
  52. ↑ Includes 586 Write-In votes (2.62%) for George Wallace, 162 Write-In votes (0.72%) for Eugene McCarthy, and 120 Write-In votes (0.54%) for Charles Percy.
  53. ↑ Committed to Senator John Tower of Texas.
  54. ↑ Nominally uncommitted, the delegates were reportedly behind Rockefeller
  55. ↑ Committed to Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland.
  56. ↑ Three were said to favor either Reagan or Nixon.
  57. ↑ Two delegates were supportive of either Nixon or Reagan in opposition to Rockefeller; the other five were Uncommitted.
  58. ↑ Committed to Governor Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas.
  59. ↑ Robert Taft Jr. with 4%, Mark Hatfield with 3%, and Charles Percy with 2%
  60. ↑ Robert Taft Jr. with 4%, Mark Hatfield and Charles Percy with 2% each
  61. ↑ John Lindsay with 5%, Robert Taft Jr. with 3%, Mark Hatfield with 2%, and Charles Percy with 1%
  62. ↑ John Lindsay with 3%, Robert Taft Jr. with 3%, Mark Hatfield with 2%, and Charles Percy with 1%
  63. ↑ John Lindsay with 2%, Robert Taft Jr. with 2%, Mark Hatfield and Charles Percy with 1% each
  64. ↑ John Lindsay with 4%, Robert Taft Jr. with 3%, Mark Hatfield with 2%, and Charles Percy with 1%
  65. ↑ John Lindsay with 4%, Robert Taft Jr. with 4%, Charles Percy with 2% and Mark Hatfield with 1%
  66. ↑ John Lindsay with 2% and Mark Hatfield with 1%
  67. ↑ John Lindsay with 11% and Mark Hatfield with 7%
  68. ↑ John Lindsay with 6% and Mark Hatfield with 5%

After November 1966

Poll sourcePublication
Richard Nixon
Charles Percy
Ronald Reagan
George Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
Other
Undecided
Gallup [141] Nov. 25, 196631%–8%39%5%11% [lower-alpha 1] 7%
Gallup [142] [lower-alpha 2] Feb. 12, 196739%6%7%28%11%5% [lower-alpha 3] 4%
Gallup [143] March 19, 196739%4%8%30%9%6% [lower-alpha 4] 4%
Gallup [144] May 21, 196743%6%7%28%7%5% [lower-alpha 5] 4%
Gallup [145] July 12, 196739%7%11%25%10%4% [lower-alpha 6] 4%
Gallup [146] Aug. 23, 196733%6%15%26%12%5% [lower-alpha 7] 3%
Gallup [147] Aug. 22–26, 196735%6%11%24%14%4% [lower-alpha 8] 6%
Gallup [147] Sep. 15–19, 196740%9%16%14%17%2% [lower-alpha 9] 2%
Gallup [148] Nov. 19, 196742%5%13%14%15%6% [lower-alpha 10] 5%
Gallup [149] Jan 196842%5%8%12%27%4% [lower-alpha 11] 2%
Gallup [149] Feb. 21, 196851%3%8%7%25%5% [lower-alpha 12] 1%
Gallup [150] July 28, 196860%2%7%–23%6% [lower-alpha 13]
  1. ↑ Mark Hatfield with 3% and John Lindsay with 2%
  2. ↑ This poll was withdrawn from national newspapers by the Gallup organization after allegations of inconsistent methodology.
  3. ↑ Mark Hatfield with 3% and John Lindsay with 2%
  4. ↑ Mark Hatfield with 4% and John Lindsay with 2%
  5. ↑ Mark Hatfield with 3% and John Lindsay with 2%
  6. ↑ Mark Hatfield and John Lindsay with 2% each
  7. ↑ Charles Percy with 6%, John Lindsay with 3%, and Mark Hatfield with 2%
  8. ↑ Mark Hatfield and John Lindsay with 2% each
  9. ↑ Mark Hatfield and John Lindsay with 1% each
  10. ↑ Mark Hatfield and John Lindsay with 3% each
  11. ↑ Mark Hatfield with 2%, John Lindsay and James M. Gavin with 1% each
  12. ↑ Mark Hatfield with 2%, John Lindsay with 2%, and James M. Gavin with 1%
  13. ↑ John Lindsay with 4%, Mark Hatfield with 1%, and Harold Stassen with 1%

Head-to-head polling

Nixon v. Romney

Poll sourceDate(s)
Richard Nixon
George Romney
Undecided
Gallup [151] Nov. 25, 196555%38%7%
Gallup [140] July 10, 196655%40%5%
Gallup [152] Nov. 196765%31%4%
Gallup [152] Jan. 31, 196868%26%6%

Statewide polling

New Hampshire

Poll sourcePublication
Richard Nixon
George Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
Other
Roper Research Associates [141] March 4, 196865%9%13%13% [lower-alpha 1]

Primary race

Nixon was the front-runner for the Republican nomination and to a great extent the story of the Republican primary campaign and nomination is the story of one Nixon opponent after another entering the race and then dropping out.

Nixon's first challenger was Michigan Governor George W. Romney. A Gallup poll in mid-1967 showed Nixon with 39%, followed by Romney with 25%. However, in a slip of the tongue, Romney told a news reporter that he had been "brainwashed" by the military and the diplomatic corps into supporting the Vietnam War; the remark led to weeks of ridicule in the national news media. As the year 1968 opened, Romney was opposed to further American intervention in Vietnam and had decided to run as the Republican version of Eugene McCarthy ( The New York Times 2/18/1968). Romney's support slowly faded and he withdrew from the race on February 28, 1968. ( The New York Times 2/29/1968).

Questions were occasionally asked about Romney's eligibility to hold the office of President due to his birth in Mexico, given an asserted ambiguity in the United States Constitution over the phrase "natural-born citizen". [153] [154] By February 1967, some newspapers were questioning Romney's eligibility given his Mexican birth. [155]

He departed the race before the matter could be more definitively resolved. [154]

Nixon won a resounding victory in the important New Hampshire primary on March 12, winning 78% of the vote. Anti-war Republicans wrote in the name of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, the leader of the GOP's liberal wing, who received 11% of the vote and became Nixon's new challenger. Nixon led Rockefeller in the polls throughout the primary campaign. Rockefeller defeated Nixon in the Massachusetts primary on April 30 but otherwise fared poorly in the state primaries and conventions.

By early spring, California Governor Ronald Reagan, the leader of the GOP's conservative wing, had become Nixon's chief rival. In the Nebraska primary on May 14, Nixon won with 70% of the vote to 21% for Reagan and 5% for Rockefeller. While this was a wide margin for Nixon, Reagan remained Nixon's leading challenger. Nixon won the next primary of importance, Oregon, on May 15 with 65% of the vote and won all the following primaries except for California (June 4), where only Reagan appeared on the ballot. Reagan's margin in California gave him a plurality of the nationwide primary vote, but when the Republican National Convention assembled, Nixon had 656 delegates according to a UPI poll (with 667 needed for the nomination).

Total popular vote

Endorsements

List of Nelson Rockefeller endorsements
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Celebrities
Individuals
List of George Romney endorsements
Governors
Statewide Officials

The convention

At the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, Reagan and Rockefeller planned to unite their forces in a stop-Nixon movement, but the strategy fell apart when neither man agreed to support the other for the nomination. Rockefeller in particular was seen as unacceptable to Southern Conservatives. Nixon won the nomination on the first ballot. He was able to secure the nomination to the support of many Southern delegates, after he and his subordinates made concessions to Strom Thurmond and Harry Dent. [174] Nixon then chose Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew to be his Vice-Presidential candidate, despite complaints from within the GOP that Agnew was an unknown quantity, and that a better-known and more popular candidate, such as Romney, should have been the Vice-Presidential nominee. However, Agnew was seen as a candidate who could appeal to Rockefeller Republicans, was acceptable to Southern Conservatives, and had a solid law-and-order record. [175] It was also reported that Nixon's first choice for running mate was his longtime friend and ally, Robert Finch, who was Lt. Governor of California since 1967 and later his HEW Secretary, but Finch declined the offer.

The Republican Convention Tally (667 needed to secure nominate) [176]
President(before switches)(after switches)Vice PresidentVice-Presidential votes
Richard M. Nixon 6921238 Spiro T. Agnew 1119
Nelson Rockefeller 27793 George Romney 186
Ronald Reagan 1822 John V. Lindsay 10
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes 55— Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke 1
Michigan Governor George Romney 50— James A. Rhodes 1
New Jersey Senator Clifford Case 22—Not Voting16
Kansas Senator Frank Carlson 20——
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller 18——
Hawaii Senator Hiram Fong 14——
Harold Stassen 2——
New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay 1——

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "widely distributed"

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