1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Turnout	88.79% [1]
Nominee Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon George Wallace Party Democratic Republican George Wallace Party [a] Home state Minnesota New York [b] Alabama Running mate Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew Curtis LeMay Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 621,561 556,721 76,650 Percentage 49.48% 44.32% 6.10%
County Results Municipality Results Humphrey   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Nixon   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%
President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York and American Independent candidate, referred to on the ballot as the "George Wallace Party," Southern populist Governor George Wallace of Alabama. Humphrey's running mate was Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine, while Nixon ran with Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland and Wallace's running mate was Curtis LeMay of California.

Humphrey carried Connecticut by a fair margin of 5.16%. This marked the first time since 1888 that Connecticut would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election, and remained the last such occasion until 2000. This was also the last presidential election until Bill Clinton in 1992 that a Democratic candidate would win the state, after which it has always gone Democratic.

To date, this is the last time that the towns of Prospect and Watertown voted Democratic.

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hubert H. Humphrey	621,561	49.48%	8
	Republican	Richard Nixon	556,721	44.32%	0
	George Wallace Party	George Wallace	76,650	6.10%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	1,300	0.10%	0
Totals			1,256,232	100.00%	8

By county

County [3]	Hubert Humphrey Democratic		Richard Nixon Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Fairfield	139,364	41.69%	173,108	51.78%	21,820	6.53%	-33,744	-10.09%	334,292
Hartford	190,865	56.19%	131,740	38.78%	17,096	5.03%	59,125	17.41%	339,701
Litchfield	29,340	45.57%	31,429	48.82%	3,611	5.61%	-2,089	-3.25%	64,380
Middlesex	23,727	48.90%	21,999	45.34%	2,798	5.76%	1,728	3.56%	48,524
New Haven	159,653	50.78%	130,501	41.50%	24,278	7.72%	29,152	9.28%	314,432
New London	41,507	49.66%	37,116	44.41%	4,951	5.93%	4,391	5.25%	83,574
Tolland	18,007	49.13%	16,666	45.47%	1,982	5.40%	1,341	3.66%	36,655
Windham	19,098	55.08%	14,162	40.84%	1,414	4.08%	4,936	14.24%	34,674
Totals	621,561	49.48%	556,721	44.32%	77,950	6.20%	64,840	5.16%	1,256,232

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Fairfield
• Litchfield

See also

• United States presidential elections in Connecticut

Notes

1. On the Connecticut ballot, George Wallace was listed as the candidate of the "George Wallace Party"
2. 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.

References

1. "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1969". CT State Library.
2. "1968 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
3. STATE OF CONNECTICUT - PUBLIC DOCUMENT No. 26 : STATEMENT OF VOTE GENERAL ELECTION November 5, 1968 (PDF). State of Connecticut. 1968.