1968 United States presidential election in Virginia

Main article: 1968 United States presidential election

1968 United States presidential election in Virginia

←  1964 November 5, 1968 1972  →
Turnout	50.1% [1]
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace Party Republican Democratic American Independent Home state New York [lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay Electoral vote 12 0 0 Popular vote 590,319 442,387 320,272 Percentage 43.41% 32.53% 23.55%
County and Independent City Results Nixon   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Humphrey   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   70-80% Wallace   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

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

For over sixty years Virginia had had the most restricted electorate in the United States due to a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests. ^[2] Virginia would be almost entirely controlled by the conservative Democratic Byrd Organization for four decades, ^[3] although during the Organization’s last twenty years of controlling the state it would direct many Virginia voters away from the national Democratic Party due to opposition to black civil rights and to the fiscal liberalism of the New Deal. ^[4] After the Twenty-Fourth Amendment and Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections the state’s electorate would substantially expand since the lower classes were no longer burdened by poll taxes. At the same time, the postwar Republican trend of the Northeast-aligned Washington D.C. and Richmond suburbs, which had begun as early as 1944, would accelerate ^[5] and become intensified by the mobilisation of working-class Piedmont whites against a national Democratic Party strongly associated with black interests. ^[6]

Campaign

51% of white voters supported Nixon, 28% supported Wallace, and 21% supported Humphrey. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Predictions

The following newspapers gave these predictions about how Virginia would vote in the 1968 presidential election:

Source	Ranking	As of
Fort Worth Star-Telegram [10]	Tossup	September 14, 1968
Pensacola News Journal [11]	Tilt R	September 23, 1968
Daily Press [12]	Lean R	October 11, 1968
The Charlotte News [13]	Likely R	October 12, 1968
Shreveport Times [14]	Lean R	November 3, 1968
The Selma Times-Journal [15]	Likely R	November 3, 1968
The Roanoke Times [16]	Likely R	November 3, 1968
Fort Lauderdale News [17]	Likely R	November 4, 1968

Analysis

Virginia was won by Republican nominee and former Vice President Richard Nixon of California with 43.41 percent of the vote, against incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota with 32.53 percent and former Alabama Governor George Wallace who gained 23.55 percent. Nixon also won the national election with 43.42 percent of the vote. Regardless, all candidates had strong regional support in the state; Nixon's votes came mostly from Northern Virginia and the Appalachian Mountain areas, while Humphrey's votes were mainly from the Tidewater region and unionized coal counties in Southwest Virginia, ^[18] which had both benefited from increased voter registration under the Voting Rights Act and been centres of opposition to the Byrd Organization in previous generations. Wallace received his core support in the Southern Virginia counties, ^[19] where the core of Byrd machine power had been located. ^[20]

As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update] , this is the last occasion when Powhatan County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It is also the last occasion when Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County and Pittsylvania County have not voted for the Republican nominee. ^[21] Essex County would not vote Democratic again until 1996, and James City County would not vote Democratic again until 2020. ^[22]

Nixon’s victory was the first of ten consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Virginia would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Barack Obama in 2008. Since 2008, Virginia has consistently voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. Nixon was the first Republican to ever carry Amherst and Craig counties, the first since Warren G. Harding in 1920 to carry Dickenson County and Russell County, and the first since Herbert Hoover in 1928 to carry Patrick County. ^[22]

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Virginia [23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon	590,319	43.41%	12
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	442,387	32.53%	0
	American Independent	George Wallace	320,272	23.55%	0
	Socialist Labor	Henning A. Blomen	4,671	0.34%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Dick Gregory	1,680	0.12%	0
	Prohibition	E. Harold Munn	599	0.04%	0
Totals			1,359,928	100.00%	12

Results by county or independent city

1968 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities
	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic		George Corley Wallace American Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accomack County	3,231	35.19%	2,467	26.87%	3,460	37.69%	23	0.25%	-229 [lower-alpha 2]	-2.49%	9,181
Albemarle County	4,512	53.45%	2,255	26.71%	1,657	19.63%	17	0.20%	2,257	26.74%	8,441
Alleghany County	1,649	43.47%	988	26.05%	1,153	30.40%	3	0.08%	496 [lower-alpha 2]	13.08%	3,793
Amelia County	857	33.90%	830	32.83%	832	32.91%	9	0.36%	25 [lower-alpha 2]	0.99%	2,528
Amherst County	2,656	39.80%	1,543	23.12%	2,449	36.69%	26	0.39%	207 [lower-alpha 2]	3.10%	6,674
Appomattox County	1,753	43.42%	756	18.73%	1,512	37.45%	16	0.40%	241 [lower-alpha 2]	5.97%	4,037
Arlington County	28,163	45.92%	26,107	42.57%	6,746	11.00%	310	0.51%	2,056	3.35%	61,326
Augusta County	6,313	57.92%	2,028	18.61%	2,483	22.78%	76	0.70%	3,830 [lower-alpha 2]	35.14%	10,900
Bath County	872	45.97%	494	26.04%	529	27.89%	2	0.11%	343 [lower-alpha 2]	18.08%	1,897
Bedford County	2,807	35.80%	1,574	20.08%	3,316	42.30%	143	1.82%	-509 [lower-alpha 2]	-6.49%	7,840
Bland County	938	50.38%	560	30.08%	361	19.39%	3	0.16%	378	20.30%	1,862
Botetourt County	2,598	50.54%	1,272	24.75%	1,267	24.65%	3	0.06%	1,326	25.80%	5,140
Brunswick County	1,139	22.13%	1,910	37.11%	2,088	40.57%	10	0.19%	-178 [lower-alpha 3]	-3.46%	5,147
Buchanan County	3,699	37.68%	5,003	50.97%	1,067	10.87%	47	0.48%	-1,304	-13.28%	9,816
Buckingham County	1,027	32.05%	984	30.71%	1,185	36.99%	8	0.25%	-158 [lower-alpha 2]	-4.93%	3,204
Campbell County	5,731	44.73%	1,996	15.58%	4,425	34.54%	659	5.14%	1,306 [lower-alpha 2]	10.19%	12,811
Caroline County	1,162	26.25%	2,165	48.92%	1,084	24.49%	15	0.34%	-1,003	-22.66%	4,426
Carroll County	4,909	64.16%	1,773	23.17%	958	12.52%	11	0.14%	3,136	40.99%	7,651
Charles City County	320	16.33%	1,457	74.34%	176	8.98%	7	0.36%	-1,137	-58.01%	1,960
Charlotte County	1,042	24.43%	1,045	24.50%	2,163	50.72%	15	0.35%	-1,118 [lower-alpha 3]	-26.21%	4,265
Chesterfield County	22,015	56.03%	5,715	14.54%	11,504	29.28%	58	0.15%	10,511 [lower-alpha 2]	26.75%	39,292
Clarke County	1,127	42.62%	768	29.05%	742	28.06%	7	0.26%	359	13.58%	2,644
Craig County	581	46.18%	419	33.31%	256	20.35%	2	0.16%	162	12.88%	1,258
Culpeper County	2,229	47.49%	1,239	26.40%	1,217	25.93%	9	0.19%	990	21.09%	4,694
Cumberland County	844	34.70%	978	40.21%	602	24.75%	8	0.33%	-134	-5.51%	2,432
Dickenson County	3,412	46.01%	3,355	45.25%	639	8.62%	9	0.12%	57	0.77%	7,415
Dinwiddie County	1,451	27.60%	1,551	29.50%	2,245	42.70%	10	0.19%	-694 [lower-alpha 3]	-13.20%	5,257
Essex County	791	36.55%	897	41.45%	468	21.63%	8	0.37%	-106	-4.90%	2,164
Fairfax County	57,462	48.98%	44,796	38.18%	14,805	12.62%	256	0.22%	12,666	10.80%	117,319
Fauquier County	2,845	43.76%	2,099	32.29%	1,536	23.63%	21	0.32%	746	11.48%	6,501
Floyd County	2,275	64.32%	715	20.21%	537	15.18%	10	0.28%	1,560	44.11%	3,537
Fluvanna County	913	42.56%	569	26.53%	660	30.77%	3	0.14%	253 [lower-alpha 2]	11.79%	2,145
Franklin County	3,036	36.54%	2,025	24.37%	3,219	38.75%	28	0.34%	-183 [lower-alpha 2]	-2.20%	8,308
Frederick County	3,696	49.58%	1,612	21.63%	2,137	28.67%	9	0.12%	1,559 [lower-alpha 2]	20.91%	7,454
Giles County	2,722	43.36%	2,045	32.58%	1,372	21.86%	138	2.20%	677	10.79%	6,277
Gloucester County	1,619	37.10%	1,210	27.73%	1,526	34.97%	9	0.21%	93 [lower-alpha 2]	2.13%	4,364
Goochland County	1,216	35.13%	1,389	40.13%	836	24.15%	20	0.58%	-173	-5.00%	3,461
Grayson County	3,563	54.09%	1,926	29.24%	1,090	16.55%	8	0.12%	1,637	24.85%	6,587
Greene County	856	55.26%	255	16.46%	433	27.95%	5	0.32%	423 [lower-alpha 2]	27.31%	1,549
Greensville County	529	16.71%	1,367	43.19%	1,256	39.68%	13	0.41%	111 [lower-alpha 3]	3.51%	3,165
Halifax County	2,634	28.94%	2,199	24.16%	4,235	46.53%	34	0.37%	-1,601 [lower-alpha 2]	-17.59%	9,102
Hanover County	5,425	50.01%	2,079	19.17%	3,330	30.70%	13	0.12%	2,095 [lower-alpha 2]	19.31%	10,847
Henrico County	34,212	62.52%	8,600	15.71%	11,868	21.69%	46	0.08%	22,344 [lower-alpha 2]	40.83%	54,726
Henry County	3,946	25.92%	4,175	27.42%	6,802	44.68%	301	1.98%	-2,627 [lower-alpha 3]	-17.26%	15,224
Highland County	619	57.90%	284	26.57%	166	15.53%	0	0.00%	335	31.34%	1,069
Isle of Wight County	1,312	23.28%	1,977	35.08%	2,328	41.31%	18	0.32%	-351 [lower-alpha 3]	-6.23%	5,635
James City County	1,443	35.50%	1,521	37.42%	1,083	26.64%	18	0.44%	-78	-1.92%	4,065
King and Queen County	568	27.40%	882	42.55%	614	29.62%	9	0.43%	268 [lower-alpha 3]	12.93%	2,073
King George County	829	37.77%	730	33.26%	632	28.79%	4	0.18%	99	4.51%	2,195
King William County	1,046	43.03%	764	31.43%	615	25.30%	6	0.25%	282	11.60%	2,431
Lancaster County	1,640	44.93%	1,134	31.07%	876	24.00%	0	0.00%	506	13.86%	3,650
Lee County	4,450	47.35%	4,105	43.67%	827	8.80%	17	0.18%	345	3.67%	9,399
Loudoun County	4,577	45.91%	3,262	32.72%	2,117	21.23%	14	0.14%	1,315	13.19%	9,970
Louisa County	1,510	38.09%	1,290	32.54%	1,149	28.99%	15	0.38%	220	5.55%	3,964
Lunenburg County	1,181	29.44%	1,180	29.41%	1,630	40.63%	21	0.52%	-449 [lower-alpha 2]	-11.19%	4,012
Madison County	1,188	48.71%	478	19.60%	763	31.28%	10	0.41%	425 [lower-alpha 2]	17.43%	2,439
Mathews County	1,309	47.14%	691	24.88%	773	27.84%	4	0.14%	536 [lower-alpha 2]	19.30%	2,777
Mecklenburg County	2,750	29.01%	2,667	28.14%	4,022	42.44%	39	0.41%	-1,272 [lower-alpha 2]	-13.42%	9,478
Middlesex County	809	39.62%	575	28.16%	655	32.08%	3	0.15%	154 [lower-alpha 2]	7.54%	2,042
Montgomery County	7,098	61.47%	2,700	23.38%	1,712	14.83%	37	0.32%	4,398	38.09%	11,547
Nansemond County	2,101	20.94%	4,174	41.60%	3,723	37.11%	35	0.35%	451 [lower-alpha 3]	4.50%	10,033
Nelson County	1,130	32.98%	1,120	32.69%	1,163	33.95%	13	0.38%	-33 [lower-alpha 2]	-0.96%	3,426
New Kent County	526	27.63%	765	40.18%	609	31.99%	4	0.21%	156 [lower-alpha 3]	8.19%	1,904
Northampton County	1,410	35.48%	1,418	35.68%	1,129	28.41%	17	0.43%	-8	-0.20%	3,974
Northumberland County	1,438	41.18%	1,077	30.84%	968	27.72%	9	0.26%	361	10.34%	3,492
Nottoway County	1,614	33.42%	1,529	31.66%	1,673	34.64%	14	0.29%	-59 [lower-alpha 2]	-1.22%	4,830
Orange County	1,727	47.17%	879	24.01%	1,050	28.68%	5	0.14%	677 [lower-alpha 2]	18.49%	3,661
Page County	3,667	53.93%	2,125	31.25%	995	14.63%	13	0.19%	1,542	22.68%	6,800
Patrick County	2,187	41.46%	1,105	20.95%	1,974	37.42%	9	0.17%	213 [lower-alpha 2]	4.04%	5,275
Pittsylvania County	5,096	25.62%	5,427	27.29%	9,302	46.77%	65	0.33%	-3,875 [lower-alpha 3]	-19.48%	19,890
Powhatan County	722	27.11%	1,004	37.70%	929	34.89%	8	0.30%	75 [lower-alpha 3]	2.82%	2,663
Prince Edward County	1,857	39.80%	1,567	33.58%	1,224	26.23%	18	0.39%	290	6.22%	4,666
Prince George County	1,559	32.75%	1,272	26.72%	1,920	40.33%	10	0.21%	-361 [lower-alpha 2]	-7.58%	4,761
Prince William County	7,944	42.51%	5,566	29.79%	5,160	27.61%	16	0.09%	2,378	12.73%	18,686
Pulaski County	4,409	53.35%	2,497	30.21%	1,346	16.29%	13	0.16%	1,912	23.13%	8,265
Rappahannock County	594	43.58%	394	28.91%	372	27.29%	3	0.22%	200	14.67%	1,363
Richmond County	1,011	48.86%	490	23.68%	563	27.21%	5	0.24%	448 [lower-alpha 2]	21.65%	2,069
Roanoke County	12,439	58.89%	3,902	18.47%	4,745	22.46%	38	0.18%	7,694 [lower-alpha 2]	36.42%	21,124
Rockbridge County	2,280	56.80%	845	21.05%	885	22.05%	4	0.10%	1,395 [lower-alpha 2]	34.75%	4,014
Rockingham County	7,779	66.40%	2,111	18.02%	1,817	15.51%	8	0.07%	5,668	48.38%	11,715
Russell County	3,858	43.49%	3,554	40.06%	1,369	15.43%	91	1.03%	304	3.43%	8,872
Scott County	5,345	53.54%	3,144	31.49%	1,474	14.76%	21	0.21%	2,201	22.05%	9,984
Shenandoah County	5,461	62.91%	1,654	19.05%	1,561	17.98%	5	0.06%	3,807	43.85%	8,681
Smyth County	5,297	54.32%	2,631	26.98%	1,808	18.54%	15	0.15%	2,666	27.34%	9,751
Southampton County	1,376	26.15%	1,803	34.26%	2,070	39.34%	13	0.25%	-267 [lower-alpha 3]	-5.07%	5,262
Spotsylvania County	1,675	34.00%	1,647	33.43%	1,589	32.26%	15	0.30%	28	0.57%	4,926
Stafford County	2,572	39.68%	1,698	26.20%	2,197	33.89%	15	0.23%	375 [lower-alpha 2]	5.79%	6,482
Surry County	523	22.10%	1,126	47.59%	708	29.92%	9	0.38%	418 [lower-alpha 3]	17.67%	2,366
Sussex County	1,105	29.12%	1,541	40.62%	1,135	29.92%	13	0.34%	406 [lower-alpha 3]	10.70%	3,794
Tazewell County	4,434	39.11%	4,734	41.75%	2,023	17.84%	147	1.30%	-300	-2.65%	11,338
Warren County	2,297	43.37%	1,513	28.57%	1,479	27.93%	7	0.13%	784	14.80%	5,296
Washington County	6,665	51.16%	3,243	24.89%	3,092	23.73%	29	0.22%	3,422	26.26%	13,029
Westmoreland County	1,402	39.99%	1,156	32.97%	943	26.90%	5	0.14%	246	7.02%	3,506
Wise County	5,004	39.70%	5,942	47.14%	1,635	12.97%	25	0.20%	-938	-7.44%	12,606
Wythe County	3,638	52.25%	1,765	25.35%	1,377	19.78%	183	2.63%	1,873	26.90%	6,963
York County	3,356	36.93%	2,370	26.08%	3,330	36.64%	32	0.35%	26 [lower-alpha 2]	0.29%	9,088
Alexandria City	13,265	41.69%	14,351	45.11%	4,131	12.98%	69	0.22%	-1,086	-3.41%	31,816
Bedford City	1,047	43.99%	569	23.91%	679	28.53%	85	3.57%	368 [lower-alpha 2]	15.46%	2,380
Bristol City	1,930	44.09%	1,531	34.98%	911	20.81%	5	0.11%	399	9.12%	4,377
Buena Vista City	814	49.04%	387	23.31%	456	27.47%	3	0.18%	358 [lower-alpha 2]	21.57%	1,660
Charlottesville City	5,601	49.41%	3,831	33.80%	1,781	15.71%	122	1.08%	1,770	15.62%	11,335
Chesapeake City	6,234	25.18%	6,843	27.64%	11,084	44.77%	599	2.42%	-4,241 [lower-alpha 3]	-17.13%	24,760
Clifton Forge City	925	43.59%	734	34.59%	462	21.77%	1	0.05%	191	9.00%	2,122
Colonial Heights City	2,650	48.96%	650	12.01%	2,106	38.91%	7	0.13%	544 [lower-alpha 2]	10.05%	5,413
Covington City	1,551	43.14%	1,195	33.24%	846	23.53%	3	0.08%	356	9.90%	3,595
Danville City	6,796	40.27%	4,495	26.64%	5,391	31.95%	192	1.14%	1,405 [lower-alpha 2]	8.33%	16,874
Emporia City	812	37.06%	657	29.99%	716	32.68%	6	0.27%	96 [lower-alpha 2]	4.38%	2,191
Fairfax City	2,963	48.70%	2,153	35.39%	959	15.76%	9	0.15%	810	13.31%	6,084
Falls Church City	2,005	45.76%	1,860	42.45%	504	11.50%	13	0.30%	145	3.31%	4,382
Franklin City	951	42.15%	792	35.11%	511	22.65%	2	0.09%	159	7.05%	2,256
Fredericksburg City	2,142	42.27%	2,036	40.17%	878	17.32%	12	0.24%	106	2.09%	5,068
Galax City	1,257	54.44%	748	32.39%	304	13.17%	0	0.00%	509	22.04%	2,309
Hampton City	10,532	32.30%	11,308	34.68%	10,690	32.79%	76	0.23%	618 [lower-alpha 3]	1.90%	32,606
Harrisonburg City	2,859	65.69%	1,036	23.81%	453	10.41%	4	0.09%	1,823	41.89%	4,352
Hopewell City	2,942	43.63%	1,568	23.25%	2,092	31.02%	141	2.09%	850 [lower-alpha 2]	12.61%	6,743
Lexington City	1,170	56.12%	734	35.20%	177	8.49%	4	0.19%	436	20.91%	2,085
Lynchburg City	9,943	54.34%	4,305	23.53%	3,649	19.94%	402	2.20%	5,638	30.81%	18,299
Martinsville City	2,618	35.98%	2,727	37.48%	1,856	25.51%	75	1.03%	-109	-1.50%	7,276
Newport News City	12,774	34.46%	13,370	36.07%	10,763	29.04%	162	0.44%	-596	-1.61%	37,069
Norfolk City	22,302	33.88%	28,477	43.26%	14,500	22.03%	550	0.84%	-6,175	-9.38%	65,829
Norton City	495	39.07%	555	43.80%	215	16.97%	2	0.16%	-60	-4.74%	1,267
Petersburg City	3,478	31.14%	5,519	49.41%	2,158	19.32%	14	0.13%	-2,041	-18.27%	11,169
Portsmouth City	9,402	25.15%	15,734	42.09%	12,127	32.44%	118	0.32%	3,607 [lower-alpha 3]	9.65%	37,381
Radford City	2,077	55.40%	1,206	32.17%	461	12.30%	5	0.13%	871	23.23%	3,749
Richmond City	26,380	39.57%	32,857	49.28%	7,325	10.99%	106	0.16%	-6,477	-9.72%	66,668
Roanoke City	15,368	51.21%	9,281	30.93%	5,269	17.56%	90	0.30%	6,087	20.28%	30,008
Salem City	3,955	57.77%	1,369	20.00%	1,507	22.01%	15	0.22%	2,448 [lower-alpha 2]	35.76%	6,846
South Boston City	1,298	50.17%	620	23.97%	662	25.59%	7	0.27%	636 [lower-alpha 2]	24.58%	2,587
Staunton City	4,434	61.40%	1,729	23.94%	1,054	14.60%	4	0.06%	2,705	37.46%	7,221
Suffolk City	1,277	37.95%	1,044	31.03%	1,039	30.88%	5	0.15%	233	6.92%	3,365
Virginia Beach City	16,316	43.23%	10,101	26.76%	10,962	29.04%	363	0.96%	5,354 [lower-alpha 2]	14.19%	37,742
Waynesboro City	3,301	61.38%	1,446	26.89%	613	11.40%	18	0.33%	1,855	34.49%	5,378
Williamsburg City	1,156	46.73%	991	40.06%	247	9.98%	80	3.23%	165	6.67%	2,474
Winchester City	2,695	55.76%	1,360	28.14%	770	15.93%	8	0.17%	1,335	27.62%	4,833
Totals	590,319	43.36%	442,387	32.49%	321,833	23.64%	6,952	0.51%	147,932	10.87%	1,361,491

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. In this county or city where Humphrey ran third behind Wallace, margin given is Nixon vote total minus Wallace vote total.
3. In this county or city where Nixon ran third behind Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote.

References

1. "Population Estimates and Projections" (PDF).
2. Kousser, J. Morgan. The Shaping of Southern Politics Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910. Yale University Press. pp. 178–181. ISBN   0-300-01696-4.
3. Key, Valdimer Orlando (1949). Southern Politics in State and Nation. pp. 20–25.
4. Ely, James W. The crisis of conservative Virginia: the Byrd organization and the politics of massive resistance. p. 16. ISBN   0870491881.
5. Atkinson, Frank B. (2006). The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-party Competition in Virginia, 1945-1980. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9780742552098.
6. Phillips, Kevin P. (1969). The Emerging Republican Majority. pp. 260–266. ISBN   0870000586.
7. Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
8. Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
9. Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
10. Broder, David S. (September 14, 1968). "As Campaign Heats Up, Electoral Vote Pattern Favors GOP". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . The Washington Post. p. 6-A.
11. "Who's on Top? Humphrey? Nixon? Wallace? — Here's a Capsule Version of election Outlook Across Nation". Pensacola News Journal. September 23, 1968. p. 8B.
12. Murray, David. "Wallace Might Take 6 Southern States". Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia. p. 51.
13. "In South It's Nixon vs. Wallace". The Charlotte News . Charlotte, North Carolina. October 12, 1968. pp. 1, 3.
14. Broder, David S. (November 3, 1968). "After Hoopla Finished, Nixon Still Winning, Survey Shows". Shreveport Times . p. 4-B.
15. "Summary of 50 States on Coming Election". The Selma Times-Journal . Selma, Alabama. November 3, 1968. p. 5.
16. Carico, Melville (November 3, 1968). "Election Fever Grips Virginia". The Roanoke Times . Roanoke, Virginia. p. 1.
17. Lawrence, David (November 4, 1968). "As Editors' Forecast Returns: Nixon 37, Humphrey 7, Wallace 7". Fort Lauderdale News . p. 11A.
18. Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 207
19. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
20. Ely. The crisis of conservative Virginia, pp. 12-13
21. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
22. Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 326–331. ISBN   0786422173.
23. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. pp. 46 & 47.

Works cited

• Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN   0674941306.