1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska Last updated April 03, 2025
1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska County Results
Nixon
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Humphrey
40-50%
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 [ 1] 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. [ 2] [ 3]
With 59.82% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's best state in the election, [ 4] just as it had been eight years earlier .
Primary elections Primary elections were held on May 14, 1968. The presidential primaries were a preference poll and nonbinding. [ 5]
Democratic primary results Although the primary was nonbinding, 24 out of the 28 delegates were uncommitted. Of the 28 delegates 3 were pledged to Kennedy and 1 to McCarthy. [ 5]
Republican primary results Despite the fact the primary was nonbinding, 1 of the 16 delegates was uncommitted "but known to favor Nixon" while the rest were pledged to Nixon. [ 5]
Candidate [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Number of votes % of the vote Richard Nixon 140,336 69.92% Ronald Reagan 42,703 21.28% Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) 10,225 5.09% Harold Stassen 2,638 1.31% Eugene McCarthy (Write-in) 1,544 0.77% Americus "Mike" Liberator 1,302 0.65% Robert F. Kennedy (Write-in) 885 0.44% George Wallace (Write-in) 533 0.27% Other candidates 232 0.12% Hubert Humphrey (Write-in) 219 0.11% George W. Romney (Write-in) 40 0.11% John Lindsay (Write-in) 32 0.02% Lyndon B. Johnson (Write-in) 19 0.01% Total 198,069 100%
American Independent primary results Candidate [ 5] Number of votes % of the vote George Wallace 493 97.8% Other candidates (Write-ins) 11 2.2% Total 504 100%
Results Results by county County [ 8] Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % 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
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Notes ↑ 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. This page is based on this
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