1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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  1964 November 5, 1968 [1] 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-NPL Independent
Alliance American Independent
Home state New York [lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote400
Popular vote138,66994,76914,244
Percentage55.94%38.23%5.75%

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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 North Dakota took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. [2]

Contents

North Dakota was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican Party, New York), with 55.94% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (Democratic Party, Minnesota), with 38.23% of the popular vote, a 17.71% margin of victory. Independent candidate George Wallace received 5.75% of the popular vote. [3] [4] North Dakota was Nixon's fourth strongest state after Nebraska, Idaho and Utah. [5]

This is the last election in which North Dakota had four electoral college votes; it lost its 2nd district due to reapportionment based on the 1970 Census.

Results

1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon 138,669 55.94%
Democratic–NPL Hubert Humphrey 94,76938.23%
Independent George Wallace 14,2445.75%
Independent Fred Halstead 1280.05%
Independent E. Harold Munn 380.02%
Write-ins Various candidates340.01%
Total votes247,882 100%

Results by county

County [6] Richard Nixon
Republican
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic-NPL
George Wallace
Independent
Fred Halstead
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 1,02057.27%64135.99%1166.51%10.06%30.17%37921.28%1,781
Barnes 3,83156.30%2,62338.55%3485.11%10.01%20.03%1,20817.75%6,805
Benson 1,70746.86%1,77248.64%1644.50%00.00%00.00%-65-1.78%3,643
Billings 39561.91%17427.27%6910.82%00.00%00.00%22134.64%638
Bottineau 2,63360.06%1,52034.67%2305.25%10.02%00.00%1,11325.39%4,384
Bowman 92756.46%55934.04%1569.50%00.00%00.00%36822.42%1,642
Burke 1,23956.83%80837.06%1326.06%10.05%00.00%43119.77%2,180
Burleigh 10,66164.03%5,13930.87%8184.91%250.15%60.04%5,52233.16%16,649
Cass 15,24055.88%10,81939.67%1,1674.28%330.12%120.04%4,42116.21%27,271
Cavalier 1,95350.85%1,63142.46%2576.69%00.00%00.00%3228.39%3,841
Dickey 2,08762.34%1,09832.80%1614.81%20.06%00.00%98929.54%3,348
Divide 1,03250.39%91444.63%1024.98%00.00%00.00%1185.76%2,048
Dunn 1,20756.17%77235.92%1697.86%10.05%00.00%43520.25%2,149
Eddy 1,01851.10%89344.83%763.82%30.15%20.10%1256.27%1,992
Emmons 1,99165.04%75624.70%31110.16%20.07%10.03%1,23540.34%3,061
Foster 1,11952.31%89741.94%1235.75%00.00%00.00%22210.37%2,139
Golden Valley 73561.30%34829.02%1159.59%10.08%00.00%38732.28%1,199
Grand Forks 9,80252.00%7,69540.82%1,3327.07%180.10%20.01%2,10711.18%18,849
Grant 1,64871.78%48821.25%1576.84%20.09%10.04%1,16050.53%2,296
Griggs 1,11049.84%1,00845.26%1094.89%00.00%00.00%1024.58%2,227
Hettinger 1,42463.97%63828.66%1637.32%10.04%00.00%78635.31%2,226
Kidder 1,20461.84%54828.15%1929.86%10.05%20.10%65633.69%1,947
LaMoure 2,00857.90%1,26936.59%1895.45%20.06%00.00%73921.31%3,468
Logan 1,41670.45%45922.84%1356.72%00.00%00.00%95747.61%2,010
McHenry 2,22654.21%1,59538.85%2816.84%30.07%10.02%63115.36%4,106
McIntosh 2,25882.65%34212.52%1294.72%30.11%00.00%1,91670.13%2,732
McKenzie 1,62559.63%93534.31%1646.02%10.04%00.00%69025.32%2,725
McLean 2,76454.95%2,05040.76%2164.29%00.00%00.00%71414.19%5,030
Mercer 2,03969.38%73024.84%1695.75%10.03%00.00%1,30944.54%2,939
Morton 4,46555.02%3,15638.89%4896.03%10.01%40.05%1,30916.13%8,115
Mountrail 1,49444.33%1,66249.32%2126.29%20.06%00.00%-168-4.99%3,370
Nelson 1,52648.26%1,47746.71%1574.97%10.03%10.03%491.55%3,162
Oliver 61663.44%26927.70%858.75%10.10%00.00%34735.74%971
Pembina 2,57456.01%1,68636.68%3357.29%10.02%00.00%88819.33%4,596
Pierce 1,70057.07%1,04835.18%2297.69%10.03%10.03%65221.89%2,979
Ramsey 3,18954.56%2,38440.79%2694.60%30.05%00.00%80513.77%5,845
Ransom 1,94357.43%1,28638.01%1534.52%10.03%00.00%65719.42%3,383
Renville 85146.86%88048.46%844.63%10.06%00.00%-29-1.60%1,816
Richland 4,22454.38%3,09839.89%4435.70%10.01%10.01%1,12614.49%7,767
Rolette 1,21137.23%1,87057.49%1725.29%00.00%00.00%-659-20.26%3,253
Sargent 1,38648.65%1,30845.91%1545.41%10.04%00.00%782.74%2,849
Sheridan 1,29574.99%35020.27%794.57%10.06%20.12%94554.72%1,727
Sioux 48245.26%52549.30%585.45%00.00%00.00%-43-4.04%1,065
Slope 37955.57%23834.90%649.38%10.15%00.00%14120.67%682
Stark 4,36558.64%2,57734.62%5006.72%10.01%10.01%1,78824.02%7,444
Steele 95246.87%99148.79%884.33%00.00%00.00%-39-1.92%2,031
Stutsman 5,16256.21%3,53238.46%4775.19%50.05%80.09%1,63017.75%9,184
Towner 1,10949.84%99044.49%1245.57%20.09%00.00%1195.35%2,225
Traill 2,69257.55%1,74037.20%2435.19%20.04%10.02%95220.35%4,678
Walsh 3,41050.06%2,94843.28%4536.65%10.01%00.00%4626.78%6,812
Ward 9,07953.11%7,10541.56%8965.24%110.06%40.02%1,97411.55%17,095
Wells 2,26659.92%1,26533.45%2476.53%40.11%00.00%1,00126.47%3,782
Williams 3,98051.51%3,26342.23%4836.25%00.00%00.00%7179.28%7,726
Totals138,66955.94%94,76938.23%14,2445.75%1280.05%720.03%43,90017.71%247,882

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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.

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