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The 1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose five [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by the Republican candidate former Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.82% of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 31.81% of the popular vote. American candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 8.36% of the popular vote. [3] [4]
With 59.82% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's best state in the election, [5] just as it had been eight years earlier.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 321,163 | 59.82% | |
Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 170,784 | 31.81% | |
American | George Wallace | 44,904 | 8.36% | |
Total votes | 536,851 | 100% |
County [6] | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 7,191 | 63.29% | 3,524 | 31.02% | 647 | 5.69% | 3,667 | 32.27% | 11,362 |
Antelope | 2,805 | 68.13% | 952 | 23.12% | 360 | 8.74% | 1,853 | 45.01% | 4,117 |
Arthur | 218 | 77.86% | 47 | 16.79% | 15 | 5.36% | 171 | 61.07% | 280 |
Banner | 350 | 71.28% | 72 | 14.66% | 69 | 14.05% | 278 | 56.62% | 491 |
Blaine | 344 | 79.45% | 64 | 14.78% | 25 | 5.77% | 280 | 64.67% | 433 |
Boone | 2,179 | 64.01% | 934 | 27.44% | 291 | 8.55% | 1,245 | 36.57% | 3,404 |
Box Butte | 2,728 | 67.47% | 1,052 | 26.02% | 263 | 6.51% | 1,676 | 41.45% | 4,043 |
Boyd | 1,250 | 64.63% | 437 | 22.60% | 247 | 12.77% | 813 | 42.03% | 1,934 |
Brown | 1,340 | 71.62% | 369 | 19.72% | 162 | 8.66% | 971 | 51.90% | 1,871 |
Buffalo | 6,786 | 65.29% | 2,875 | 27.66% | 733 | 7.05% | 3,911 | 37.63% | 10,394 |
Burt | 2,615 | 68.55% | 937 | 24.56% | 263 | 6.89% | 1,678 | 43.99% | 3,815 |
Butler | 1,646 | 46.84% | 1,544 | 43.94% | 324 | 9.22% | 102 | 2.90% | 3,514 |
Cass | 3,185 | 57.61% | 1,739 | 31.45% | 605 | 10.94% | 1,446 | 26.16% | 5,529 |
Cedar | 2,853 | 61.53% | 1,444 | 31.14% | 340 | 7.33% | 1,409 | 30.39% | 4,637 |
Chase | 1,171 | 67.81% | 363 | 21.02% | 193 | 11.18% | 808 | 46.79% | 1,727 |
Cherry | 2,199 | 73.23% | 582 | 19.38% | 222 | 7.39% | 1,617 | 53.85% | 3,003 |
Cheyenne | 2,725 | 65.95% | 993 | 24.03% | 414 | 10.02% | 1,732 | 41.92% | 4,132 |
Clay | 2,273 | 66.58% | 935 | 27.39% | 206 | 6.03% | 1,338 | 39.19% | 3,414 |
Colfax | 2,264 | 64.48% | 932 | 26.55% | 315 | 8.97% | 1,332 | 37.93% | 3,511 |
Cuming | 3,254 | 72.55% | 935 | 20.85% | 296 | 6.60% | 2,319 | 51.70% | 4,485 |
Custer | 4,325 | 70.52% | 1,407 | 22.94% | 401 | 6.54% | 2,918 | 47.58% | 6,133 |
Dakota | 2,383 | 56.60% | 1,541 | 36.60% | 286 | 6.79% | 842 | 20.00% | 4,210 |
Dawes | 2,600 | 71.94% | 741 | 20.50% | 273 | 7.55% | 1,859 | 51.44% | 3,614 |
Dawson | 5,221 | 71.97% | 1,614 | 22.25% | 419 | 5.78% | 3,607 | 49.72% | 7,254 |
Deuel | 997 | 75.25% | 250 | 18.87% | 78 | 5.89% | 747 | 56.38% | 1,325 |
Dixon | 2,051 | 65.65% | 890 | 28.49% | 183 | 5.86% | 1,161 | 37.16% | 3,124 |
Dodge | 8,059 | 63.78% | 3,755 | 29.72% | 822 | 6.51% | 4,304 | 34.06% | 12,636 |
Douglas | 69,808 | 50.89% | 51,617 | 37.63% | 15,739 | 11.47% | 18,191 | 13.26% | 137,164 |
Dundy | 1,001 | 72.01% | 261 | 18.78% | 128 | 9.21% | 740 | 53.23% | 1,390 |
Fillmore | 2,213 | 59.60% | 1,297 | 34.93% | 203 | 5.47% | 916 | 24.67% | 3,713 |
Franklin | 1,447 | 65.03% | 626 | 28.13% | 152 | 6.83% | 821 | 36.90% | 2,225 |
Frontier | 1,183 | 70.21% | 345 | 20.47% | 157 | 9.32% | 838 | 49.74% | 1,685 |
Furnas | 2,137 | 69.81% | 701 | 22.90% | 223 | 7.29% | 1,436 | 46.91% | 3,061 |
Gage | 5,465 | 55.73% | 3,704 | 37.77% | 637 | 6.50% | 1,761 | 17.96% | 9,806 |
Garden | 1,120 | 78.60% | 206 | 14.46% | 99 | 6.95% | 914 | 64.14% | 1,425 |
Garfield | 797 | 76.41% | 183 | 17.55% | 63 | 6.04% | 614 | 58.86% | 1,043 |
Gosper | 701 | 71.02% | 229 | 23.20% | 57 | 5.78% | 472 | 47.82% | 987 |
Grant | 311 | 74.94% | 84 | 20.24% | 20 | 4.82% | 227 | 54.70% | 415 |
Greeley | 882 | 50.03% | 739 | 41.92% | 142 | 8.05% | 143 | 8.11% | 1,763 |
Hall | 8,457 | 61.01% | 4,571 | 32.98% | 833 | 6.01% | 3,886 | 28.03% | 13,861 |
Hamilton | 2,592 | 70.94% | 918 | 25.12% | 144 | 3.94% | 1,674 | 45.82% | 3,654 |
Harlan | 1,392 | 64.03% | 579 | 26.63% | 203 | 9.34% | 813 | 37.40% | 2,174 |
Hayes | 496 | 71.26% | 127 | 18.25% | 73 | 10.49% | 369 | 53.01% | 696 |
Hitchcock | 1,173 | 66.91% | 387 | 22.08% | 193 | 11.01% | 786 | 44.83% | 1,753 |
Holt | 3,319 | 66.02% | 1,278 | 25.42% | 430 | 8.55% | 2,041 | 40.60% | 5,027 |
Hooker | 350 | 87.94% | 36 | 9.05% | 12 | 3.02% | 314 | 78.89% | 398 |
Howard | 1,256 | 51.37% | 1,003 | 41.02% | 186 | 7.61% | 253 | 10.35% | 2,445 |
Jefferson | 2,793 | 60.23% | 1,572 | 33.90% | 272 | 5.87% | 1,221 | 26.33% | 4,637 |
Johnson | 1,508 | 60.76% | 759 | 30.58% | 215 | 8.66% | 749 | 30.18% | 2,482 |
Kearney | 1,806 | 64.00% | 825 | 29.23% | 191 | 6.77% | 981 | 34.77% | 2,822 |
Keith | 2,126 | 70.91% | 694 | 23.15% | 178 | 5.94% | 1,432 | 47.76% | 2,998 |
Keya Paha | 531 | 76.96% | 109 | 15.80% | 50 | 7.25% | 422 | 61.16% | 690 |
Kimball | 1,423 | 68.61% | 414 | 19.96% | 237 | 11.43% | 1,009 | 48.65% | 2,074 |
Knox | 3,129 | 68.20% | 1,131 | 24.65% | 328 | 7.15% | 1,998 | 43.55% | 4,588 |
Lancaster | 33,051 | 55.52% | 23,539 | 39.54% | 2,940 | 4.94% | 9,512 | 15.98% | 59,530 |
Lincoln | 5,996 | 58.39% | 3,491 | 34.00% | 782 | 7.62% | 2,505 | 24.39% | 10,269 |
Logan | 363 | 66.36% | 130 | 23.77% | 54 | 9.87% | 233 | 42.59% | 547 |
Loup | 331 | 76.44% | 64 | 14.78% | 38 | 8.78% | 267 | 61.66% | 433 |
Madison | 7,066 | 70.35% | 2,364 | 23.54% | 614 | 6.11% | 4,702 | 46.81% | 10,044 |
McPherson | 236 | 76.13% | 40 | 12.90% | 34 | 10.97% | 196 | 63.23% | 310 |
Merrick | 2,031 | 65.88% | 840 | 27.25% | 212 | 6.88% | 1,191 | 38.63% | 3,083 |
Morrill | 1,516 | 68.66% | 480 | 21.74% | 212 | 9.60% | 1,036 | 46.92% | 2,208 |
Nance | 1,316 | 60.79% | 677 | 31.27% | 172 | 7.94% | 639 | 29.52% | 2,165 |
Nemaha | 2,290 | 63.47% | 1,023 | 28.35% | 295 | 8.18% | 1,267 | 35.12% | 3,608 |
Nuckolls | 1,894 | 59.32% | 1,127 | 35.30% | 172 | 5.39% | 767 | 24.02% | 3,193 |
Otoe | 3,840 | 65.96% | 1,508 | 25.90% | 474 | 8.14% | 2,332 | 40.06% | 5,822 |
Pawnee | 1,209 | 60.30% | 583 | 29.08% | 213 | 10.62% | 626 | 31.22% | 2,005 |
Perkins | 1,165 | 70.52% | 360 | 21.79% | 127 | 7.69% | 805 | 48.73% | 1,652 |
Phelps | 2,976 | 73.39% | 825 | 20.35% | 254 | 6.26% | 2,151 | 53.04% | 4,055 |
Pierce | 2,408 | 73.44% | 674 | 20.56% | 197 | 6.01% | 1,734 | 52.88% | 3,279 |
Platte | 5,817 | 60.69% | 2,999 | 31.29% | 768 | 8.01% | 2,818 | 29.40% | 9,584 |
Polk | 1,795 | 66.83% | 690 | 25.69% | 201 | 7.48% | 1,105 | 41.14% | 2,686 |
Red Willow | 3,066 | 67.02% | 1,145 | 25.03% | 364 | 7.96% | 1,921 | 41.99% | 4,575 |
Richardson | 3,133 | 59.66% | 1,591 | 30.30% | 527 | 10.04% | 1,542 | 29.36% | 5,251 |
Rock | 791 | 76.72% | 146 | 14.16% | 94 | 9.12% | 645 | 62.56% | 1,031 |
Saline | 2,341 | 44.73% | 2,543 | 48.59% | 350 | 6.69% | -202 | -3.86% | 5,234 |
Sarpy | 6,019 | 52.48% | 3,506 | 30.57% | 1,945 | 16.96% | 2,513 | 21.91% | 11,470 |
Saunders | 3,429 | 57.39% | 1,990 | 33.31% | 556 | 9.31% | 1,439 | 24.08% | 5,975 |
Scotts Bluff | 7,356 | 67.17% | 2,649 | 24.19% | 946 | 8.64% | 4,707 | 42.98% | 10,951 |
Seward | 2,939 | 60.59% | 1,658 | 34.18% | 254 | 5.24% | 1,281 | 26.41% | 4,851 |
Sheridan | 2,236 | 76.29% | 454 | 15.49% | 241 | 8.22% | 1,782 | 60.80% | 2,931 |
Sherman | 955 | 48.09% | 851 | 42.85% | 180 | 9.06% | 104 | 5.24% | 1,986 |
Sioux | 565 | 71.43% | 157 | 19.85% | 69 | 8.72% | 408 | 51.58% | 791 |
Stanton | 1,408 | 71.36% | 411 | 20.83% | 154 | 7.81% | 997 | 50.53% | 1,973 |
Thayer | 2,331 | 65.31% | 1,061 | 29.73% | 177 | 4.96% | 1,270 | 35.58% | 3,569 |
Thomas | 354 | 76.79% | 76 | 16.49% | 31 | 6.72% | 278 | 60.30% | 461 |
Thurston | 1,341 | 56.99% | 802 | 34.08% | 210 | 8.92% | 539 | 22.91% | 2,353 |
Valley | 1,759 | 64.41% | 793 | 29.04% | 179 | 6.55% | 966 | 35.37% | 2,731 |
Washington | 3,063 | 63.36% | 1,279 | 26.46% | 492 | 10.18% | 1,784 | 36.90% | 4,834 |
Wayne | 2,582 | 72.53% | 786 | 22.08% | 192 | 5.39% | 1,796 | 50.45% | 3,560 |
Webster | 1,521 | 61.13% | 781 | 31.39% | 186 | 7.48% | 740 | 29.74% | 2,488 |
Wheeler | 323 | 64.21% | 131 | 26.04% | 49 | 9.74% | 192 | 38.17% | 503 |
York | 3,923 | 72.39% | 1,237 | 22.83% | 259 | 4.78% | 2,686 | 49.56% | 5,419 |
Totals | 321,163 | 59.82% | 170,784 | 31.81% | 44,904 | 8.36% | 150,379 | 28.01% | 536,851 |
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