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Elections in Connecticut |
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The 1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York and American Independent candidate, referred to on the ballot as the "George Wallace Party," Southern populist Governor George Wallace of Alabama. Humphrey's running mate was Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine, while Nixon ran with Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland and Wallace's running mate was Curtis LeMay of California.
Humphrey carried Connecticut by a fair margin of 5.16%. This marked the first time since 1888 that Connecticut would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election, and remained the last such occasion until 2000. This was also the last presidential election until Bill Clinton in 1992 that a Democratic candidate would win the state. Nixon became the first Republican to ever win without Windham, Tolland, and New London counties. The first to win without Middlesex and Hartford Counties since 1888. As of 2023, this was the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic nominee carried the towns of Prospect and Watertown.
1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Hubert H. Humphrey | 621,561 | 49.48% | 8 | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 556,721 | 44.32% | 0 | |
George Wallace Party | George Wallace | 76,650 | 6.10% | 0 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 1,300 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,256,232 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2] | |||||||
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County | Humphrey % | Humphrey # | Nixon % | Nixon # | Others % | Others # | Total # |
Fairfield | 41.7& | 139,364 | 51.8% | 173,108 | 6.4% | 21,477 | 333,949 |
Hartford | 56.2% | 190,865 | 38.8% | 131,740 | 4.9% | 16,779 | 339,384 |
Litchfield | 45.6% | 29,340 | 48.9% | 31,429 | 5.5% | 3,526 | 64,295 |
Middlesex | 49.0% | 23,727 | 45.4% | 21,999 | 5.6% | 2,706 | 48,432 |
New Haven | 50.8% | 159,653 | 41.5% | 130,501 | 7.6% | 23,985 | 314,139 |
New London | 49.7% | 41,507 | 44.4% | 37,116 | 5.8% | 4,879 | 83,502 |
Tolland | 49.2% | 18,007 | 45.5% | 16,666 | 5.2% | 1,918 | 36,591 |
Windham | 55.1% | 19,098 | 40.9% | 14,162 | 4.0% | 1,380 | 34,640 |
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