1968 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1968 United States presidential election in Missouri
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  1964 November 5, 1968 1972  
  Nixon 30-0316a (cropped).jpg Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York [a] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie S. Marvin Griffin
Electoral vote1200
Popular vote811,932791,444206,126
Percentage44.87%43.74%11.39%

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County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, narrowly won Missouri with 811,932 votes and 44.87 percent of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 791,444 votes and 43.74 percent of the vote, followed by American Party of Missouri candidate George Wallace, who took 206,126 votes and 11.39 percent of the vote. Wallace's strongest support came from the Missouri Bootheel, with its significant rural black population and powerful cultural and geographic ties to Kentucky's Jackson Purchase, the Arkansas Delta and West Tennessee. [1] He carried the state's southeasternmost county, Pemiscot, and ran second ahead of Nixon in two others nearby. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Missouri voted for a different candidate than neighboring Arkansas.

Nixon overcame Humphrey's 85,000-vote margin in St. Louis by dominating the state's interior and holding his deficit to Humphrey in Jackson County, where most of Kansas City is located, to 21,000 votes. Nixon was the first Republican to win Audrain County and Boone County since 1868, whilst Callaway and Platte counties voted Republican for the first time ever. [2]

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Richard M. Nixon Spiro Agnew Republican 12 [3] 811,93244.87%
Hubert H. Humphrey Edmund Muskie Democrat 0791,44443.74%
George Wallace S. Marvin Griffin American Party of Missouri 0206,12611.39%

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
George Wallace
American Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adair 4,62458.82%2,64533.65%5927.53%1,97925.17%7,861
Andrew 3,39858.97%2,00534.80%3596.23%1,39324.17%5,762
Atchison 2,20651.36%1,75240.79%3377.85%45410.57%4,295
Audrain 5,00546.24%4,80644.41%1,0129.35%1991.83%10,823
Barry 5,53757.12%3,39835.06%7587.82%2,13922.06%9,693
Barton 2,92855.68%1,83234.84%4999.49%1,09620.84%5,259
Bates 4,08749.49%3,37040.81%8019.70%7178.68%8,258
Benton 2,89961.13%1,34528.36%49810.50%1,55432.77%4,742
Bollinger 2,28350.08%1,69337.14%58312.79%59012.94%4,559
Boone 11,91746.36%11,77145.80%2,0157.84%1460.56%25,703
Buchanan 16,10146.38%15,86045.69%2,7527.93%2410.69%34,713
Butler 6,32646.98%4,37932.52%2,75920.49%1,94714.46%13,464
Caldwell 2,63157.81%1,49032.74%4309.45%1,14125.07%4,551
Callaway 4,27746.03%3,73840.23%1,27613.73%5395.80%9,291
Camden 3,50061.00%1,60527.97%63311.03%1,89533.03%5,738
Cape Girardeau 10,29853.34%6,65634.48%2,35112.18%3,64218.86%19,305
Carroll 3,68054.13%2,47336.38%6459.49%1,20717.75%6,798
Carter 86145.60%73839.09%28915.31%1236.51%1,888
Cass 5,27145.14%4,46838.26%1,93816.60%8036.88%11,677
Cedar 2,94064.08%1,21826.55%4309.37%1,72237.53%4,588
Chariton 2,40445.50%2,37144.87%5099.63%330.63%5,284
Christian 4,01964.43%1,58625.42%63310.15%2,43339.01%6,238
Clark 2,11153.55%1,48937.77%3428.68%62215.78%3,942
Clay 19,64344.48%17,54739.73%6,97215.79%2,0964.75%44,162
Clinton 2,65945.82%2,52543.51%61910.67%1342.31%5,803
Cole 11,57560.55%5,91630.95%1,6258.50%5,65929.60%19,116
Cooper 4,11555.29%2,79837.59%5307.12%1,31717.70%7,443
Crawford 3,52555.78%2,12333.60%67110.62%1,40222.18%6,319
Dade 2,25064.34%91726.22%3309.44%1,33338.12%3,497
Dallas 2,83562.49%1,23727.26%46510.25%1,59835.23%4,537
Daviess 2,28853.23%1,67638.99%3347.77%61214.24%4,298
DeKalb 2,11254.87%1,45237.72%2857.40%66017.15%3,849
Dent 2,36950.97%1,81038.94%46910.09%55912.03%4,648
Douglas 2,83667.11%97823.14%4129.75%1,85843.97%4,226
Dunklin 4,36635.40%5,06341.06%2,90323.54%-697-5.66%12,332
Franklin 9,82350.77%7,56639.10%1,96010.13%2,25711.67%19,349
Gasconade 4,40074.64%1,13119.19%3646.17%3,26955.45%5,895
Gentry 2,28648.73%2,18946.66%2164.60%972.07%4,691
Greene 32,63855.27%19,65933.29%6,75111.43%12,97921.98%59,048
Grundy 3,21357.29%1,97635.24%4197.47%1,23722.05%5,608
Harrison 3,09259.55%1,68832.51%4127.94%1,40427.04%5,192
Henry 3,82447.68%3,51443.82%6828.50%3103.86%8,020
Hickory 1,48466.55%53724.08%2099.37%94742.47%2,230
Holt 2,03156.09%1,21133.44%37910.47%82022.65%3,621
Howard 1,82539.12%2,33350.01%50710.87%-508-10.89%4,665
Howell 5,63157.24%2,76328.08%1,44414.68%2,86829.16%9,838
Iron 1,60041.60%1,75545.63%49112.77%-155-4.03%3,846
Jackson 91,08639.22%112,15448.30%28,98012.48%-21,068-9.08%232,220
Jasper 16,79454.24%10,98735.49%3,18110.27%5,80718.75%30,962
Jefferson 11,70837.70%13,23042.60%6,11519.69%-1,522-4.90%31,053
Johnson 4,83451.78%3,48437.32%1,01810.90%1,35014.46%9,336
Knox 1,56249.29%1,25739.67%35011.04%3059.62%3,169
Laclede 4,86056.06%2,95834.12%8529.83%1,90221.94%8,670
Lafayette 6,84053.42%4,85937.95%1,1058.63%1,98115.47%12,804
Lawrence 6,83459.73%3,71032.42%8987.85%3,12427.31%11,442
Lewis 2,03843.90%2,06744.53%53711.57%-29-0.63%4,642
Lincoln 3,18541.78%3,14241.21%1,29717.01%430.57%7,624
Linn 3,79546.05%3,93347.72%5136.22%-138-1.67%8,241
Livingston 3,82748.99%3,46744.38%5186.63%3604.61%7,812
Macon 3,80447.04%3,46242.81%82110.15%3424.23%8,087
Madison 2,16450.33%1,52135.37%61514.30%64314.96%4,300
Maries 1,43847.52%1,18539.16%40313.32%2538.36%3,026
Marion 4,73241.62%5,41647.64%1,22110.74%-684-6.02%11,369
McDonald 3,02551.32%2,18837.12%68111.55%83714.20%5,894
Mercer 1,40660.76%78333.84%1255.40%62326.92%2,314
Miller 4,42564.88%1,72725.32%6689.79%2,69839.56%6,820
Mississippi 1,42126.82%2,30343.46%1,57529.72%728 [b] -13.74%-5,299
Moniteau 3,21058.54%1,68730.77%58610.69%1,52327.77%5,483
Monroe 1,34929.07%2,77659.81%51611.12%-1,427-30.74%4,641
Montgomery 2,90353.59%1,89134.91%62311.50%1,01218.68%5,417
Morgan 2,90657.44%1,64932.60%5049.96%1,25724.84%5,059
New Madrid 2,31724.40%4,19544.18%2,98431.42%1,211 [b] -12.76%-9,496
Newton 7,34352.87%5,06436.46%1,48110.66%2,27916.41%13,888
Nodaway 4,73648.11%4,49445.65%6156.25%2422.46%9,845
Oregon 1,21334.03%1,72648.43%62517.54%-513-14.40%3,564
Osage 3,10761.63%1,54030.55%3947.82%1,56731.08%5,041
Ozark 1,96768.37%60621.06%30410.57%1,36147.31%2,877
Pemiscot 2,19128.01%2,68134.28%2,95037.71%-269 [b] -3.43%7,822
Perry 3,85861.45%1,95831.19%4627.36%1,90030.26%6,278
Pettis 6,73846.08%6,33443.32%1,54910.59%4042.76%14,621
Phelps 5,57747.33%4,21135.74%1,99516.93%1,36611.59%11,783
Pike 3,07243.47%3,19245.17%80311.36%-120-1.70%7,067
Platte 4,83642.74%4,66541.22%1,81516.04%1711.52%11,316
Polk 4,14559.82%2,17031.32%6148.86%1,97528.50%6,929
Pulaski 2,55545.82%2,30341.30%71812.88%2524.52%5,576
Putnam 1,97163.75%95230.79%1695.47%1,01932.96%3,092
Ralls 1,17533.07%1,90053.48%47813.45%-725-20.41%3,553
Randolph 3,58238.58%4,81051.80%8939.62%-1,228-13.22%9,285
Ray 2,58735.90%3,54149.14%1,07814.96%-954-13.24%7,206
Reynolds 89834.79%1,24548.24%43816.97%-347-13.45%2,581
Ripley 1,97348.24%1,44035.21%67716.55%53313.03%4,090
St. Charles 13,53345.63%10,37434.98%5,75219.39%3,15910.65%29,659
St. Clair 2,27154.36%1,49635.81%4119.84%77518.55%4,178
St. Francois 7,49247.60%6,37940.53%1,86711.86%1,1137.07%15,738
St. Louis 180,35546.80%165,78643.02%39,23410.18%14,5693.78%385,375
St. Louis City 58,25226.37%143,01064.74%19,6528.90%-84,758-38.37%220,914
Ste. Genevieve 1,93742.09%2,22548.35%4409.56%-288-6.26%4,602
Saline 4,69846.76%4,64646.24%7047.01%520.52%10,048
Schuyler 1,29153.17%96939.91%1686.92%32213.26%2,428
Scotland 1,55450.06%1,34043.17%2106.77%2146.89%3,104
Scott 3,85636.23%4,31340.52%2,47423.25%-457-4.29%10,643
Shannon 1,04838.67%1,21644.87%44616.46%-168-6.20%2,710
Shelby 1,69341.33%2,04549.93%3588.74%-352-8.60%4,096
Stoddard 3,91944.43%3,15035.71%1,75119.85%7698.72%8,820
Stone 3,00667.32%1,00422.49%45510.19%2,00244.83%4,465
Sullivan 2,33252.24%1,90742.72%2255.04%4259.52%4,464
Taney 3,28966.82%1,21924.77%4148.41%2,07042.05%4,922
Texas 4,02249.53%3,11738.39%98112.08%90511.14%8,120
Vernon 3,59045.27%3,55744.85%7839.87%330.42%7,930
Warren 2,66962.55%1,03324.21%56513.24%1,63638.34%4,267
Washington 2,64146.26%2,29240.15%77613.59%3496.11%5,709
Wayne 2,15647.79%1,71438.00%64114.21%4429.79%4,511
Webster 4,11856.90%2,54735.19%5727.90%1,57121.71%7,237
Worth 92448.55%85344.82%1266.62%713.73%1,903
Wright 3,57666.22%1,33724.76%4879.02%2,23941.46%5,400
Totals811,93244.87%791,44443.74%206,12611.39%20,4881.13%1,809,502

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

See also

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 In this county where Nixon ran third behind both Humphrey and Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage.

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