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Elections in Kansas |
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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. [1] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] this is the last occasion Kansas has voted to the right of Utah, although both states have voted Republican at every election in that timespan.
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Richard M. Nixon | Republican | New York | 478,674 | 54.84% | 7 | Spiro Agnew | Maryland | 7 |
Hubert H. Humphrey | Democrat | Minnesota | 302,996 | 34.72% | 0 | Edmund Muskie | Maine | 0 |
George C. Wallace | Conservative | Alabama | 88,921 | 10.19% | 0 | S. Marvin Griffin | Georgia | 0 |
E. Harold Munn | Prohibition | Michigan | 2,192 | 0.25% | 0 | Rolland Fisher | Kansas | 0 |
Total | 872,783 | 100% | 7 | 7 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
1968 United States presidential election in Kansas by county | |||||||||||
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County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican | Hubert Horatio Humphrey jr. Democratic | George Corley Wallace Conservative | Earle Harold Munn Prohibition | 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 | 18.32% | 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 | 34.74% | 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 | 30.02% | 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 | 36.60% | 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 | 0.94% | 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 | 33.01% | 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 | 30.63% | 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 | 28.90% | 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 | 40.38% | 1,756 |
Lyon | 6,558 | 57.30% | 4,020 | 35.12% | 847 | 7.40% | 21 | 0.18% | 2,538 | 22.17% | 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 | 41.17% | 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 | 25.81% | 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 | 25.19% | 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 | 26.56% | 5,622 |
Osborne | 2,073 | 65.39% | 793 | 25.02% | 301 | 9.50% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,280 | 40.38% | 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 | 37.02% | 5,130 |
Pratt | 2,670 | 57.91% | 1,490 | 32.31% | 435 | 9.43% | 16 | 0.35% | 1,180 | 25.59% | 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 | 34.70% | 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 | 42.72% | 3,790 |
Stafford | 1,851 | 55.75% | 1,205 | 36.30% | 253 | 7.62% | 11 | 0.33% | 646 | 19.46% | 3,320 |
Stanton | 541 | 59.52% | 288 | 31.68% | 78 | 8.58% | 2 | 0.22% | 253 | 27.83% | 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 | 27.22% | 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 | -16.04% | 69,171 |
Totals | 478,674 | 54.84% | 302,996 | 34.72% | 88,921 | 10.19% | 2,192 | 0.25% | 175,678 | 20.13% | 872,783 |
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