1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas

Last updated

1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Flag of Arkansas (1924-2011).svg
  1964 November 5, 1968 1972  
  George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg Nixon 30-0316a (cropped).jpg Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Capitol (cropped).jpg
Nominee George Wallace Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey
Party American Independent Republican Democratic
Home state Alabama New York [lower-alpha 1] Minnesota
Running mate Curtis LeMay Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie
Electoral vote600
Popular vote240,982190,759188,228
Percentage38.87%30.77%30.36%

Arkansas Presidential Election Results 1968.svg
County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. American Independent candidate George Wallace won the state of Arkansas with 235,627 votes, with Republican Richard Nixon winning 189,062 and Democrat Hubert Humphrey winning 184,901. [1]

Contents

With 38.87% of the popular vote, Arkansas would prove to be Wallace's weakest state that he carried in the 1968 election after Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. [2] This was the first time since 1872 that Arkansas did not vote for the Democratic candidate, and would be the last time until 2008 that Arkansas did not back the winner of the presidential election. As of 2020, this remains the last time that a Republican has won the presidency without carrying Arkansas. [3]

46% of white voters supported Wallace, 36% supported Nixon, and 19% supported Humphrey. [4] [5] [6]

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas [7]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
American Independent George Wallace 240,98238.87%6
Republican Richard Nixon 190,75930.77%0
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 188,22830.36%0
Totals619,969100.00%6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)54%/73%

Results by county

CountyRichard Milhous Nixon

Republican

Hubert Horatio Humphrey

Democratic

George Corley Wallace

American Independent

Total votes cast
# %# %# %
Arkansas 1,80623.76%2,01926.57%3,77549.67%7,600
Ashley 1,47018.59%2,03525.74%4,40155.67%7,906
Baxter 3,40149.53%1,95228.43%1,51322.04%6,866
Benton 8,10449.94%4,08825.19%4,03624.87%16,228
Boone 3,34945.10%1,90725.68%2,16929.21%7,425
Bradley 80216.69%1,45730.32%2,54652.99%4,805
Calhoun 28713.11%68831.42%1,21555.48%2,190
Carroll 2,59651.22%1,29825.61%1,17423.16%5,068
Chicot 86515.32%2,59545.95%2,18738.73%5,647
Clark 1,64222.96%2,73338.22%2,77638.82%7,151
Clay 2,41037.91%1,66326.16%2,28535.94%6,358
Cleburne 1,30131.27%1,20228.89%1,65739.83%4,160
Cleveland 31212.63%40716.48%1,75170.89%2,470
Columbia 1,91623.24%2,48730.16%3,84346.60%8,246
Conway 1,97330.40%2,56039.44%1,95830.16%6,491
Craighead 5,04732.50%3,73824.07%6,74243.42%15,527
Crawford 2,72337.73%1,57821.86%2,91740.41%7,218
Crittenden 2,45423.18%3,47532.83%4,65743.99%10,586
Cross 1,09319.16%1,55527.26%3,05653.58%5,704
Dallas 67218.43%1,25334.36%1,72247.22%3,647
Desha 97217.00%2,27039.71%2,47443.28%5,716
Drew 1,04022.27%1,32428.35%2,30749.39%4,671
Faulkner 2,79125.55%3,75634.39%4,37540.06%10,922
Franklin 1,33329.02%1,14925.02%2,11145.96%4,593
Fulton 1,19836.34%1,01930.91%1,08032.76%3,297
Garland 7,67437.83%5,65527.88%6,95534.29%20,284
Grant 62717.07%85223.20%2,19459.73%3,673
Greene 2,85935.40%2,19727.20%3,02137.40%8,077
Hempstead 1,78324.62%2,32232.07%3,13643.31%7,241
Hot Spring 1,78022.10%2,13726.53%4,13951.38%8,056
Howard 1,28632.09%1,06126.48%1,66041.43%4,007
Independence 2,78235.48%2,28929.19%2,77035.33%7,841
Izard 93131.16%94831.73%1,10937.12%2,988
Jackson 1,35619.56%2,05129.59%3,52550.85%6,932
Jefferson 4,86020.22%9,12537.96%10,05341.82%24,038
Johnson 1,66732.64%1,74734.21%1,69333.15%5,107
Lafayette 67218.75%1,20833.71%1,70447.54%3,584
Lawrence 1,78828.77%1,61325.96%2,81345.27%6,214
Lee 83417.10%2,13543.79%1,90739.11%4,876
Lincoln 48812.91%1,20931.98%2,08455.12%3,781
Little River 74522.51%1,09232.99%1,47344.50%3,310
Logan 2,34136.02%1,99830.74%2,16033.24%6,499
Lonoke 1,67721.80%2,01426.18%4,00252.02%7,693
Madison 2,32047.14%1,57431.98%1,02820.89%4,922
Marion 1,38542.59%99030.44%87726.97%3,252
Miller 2,66224.99%2,92927.49%5,06247.52%10,653
Mississippi 4,36928.17%4,99332.19%6,14739.64%15,509
Monroe 80416.10%1,78335.71%2,40648.19%4,993
Montgomery 88535.04%64925.69%99239.27%2,526
Nevada 84021.42%1,30833.36%1,77345.22%3,921
Newton 1,46750.83%85229.52%56719.65%2,886
Ouachita 2,20918.65%4,60338.87%5,03142.48%11,843
Perry 74032.31%63427.69%91640.00%2,290
Phillips 2,15418.78%5,03943.92%4,27937.30%11,472
Pike 1,10433.51%65619.91%1,53546.59%3,295
Poinsett 2,14027.14%1,67221.20%4,07451.66%7,886
Polk 2,09440.30%1,29024.83%1,81234.87%5,196
Pope 3,31938.30%2,57829.75%2,76931.95%8,666
Prairie 69319.35%87524.43%2,01456.23%3,582
Pulaski 26,70933.32%27,59734.43%25,84432.24%80,150
Randolph 1,23729.35%1,36732.44%1,61038.21%4,214
St. Francis 1,60817.58%3,28435.91%4,25446.51%9,146
Saline 2,61423.15%3,11127.55%5,56949.31%11,294
Scott 1,16234.18%1,00029.41%1,23836.41%3,400
Searcy 1,90956.83%72421.55%72621.61%3,359
Sebastian 12,07344.65%6,32023.37%8,64931.98%27,042
Sevier 1,21731.64%1,12929.35%1,50139.02%3,847
Sharp 1,13632.83%1,02529.62%1,29937.54%3,460
Stone 98737.05%69826.20%97936.75%2,664
Union 4,91928.60%4,42625.74%7,85345.66%17,198
Van Buren 1,32535.83%1,14931.07%1,22433.10%3,698
Washington 10,64048.67%6,13128.04%5,09223.29%21,863
White 3,88732.02%3,19826.34%5,05441.63%12,139
Woodruff 62517.22%1,27035.00%1,73447.78%3,629
Yell 1,81934.44%1,51328.65%1,94936.91%5,281
Totals [lower-alpha 2] 189,06231.01%184,90130.33%235,62738.65%609,590

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent

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.
  2. These totals are less than the sum of the county tables for all three candidates.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina</span>

The 1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 5, 1968, and was part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Montana</span> Election in Montana

The 1968 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1968, and was 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Alabama</span> Election in Alabama

The 1968 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1968. In Alabama, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other 49 states.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in New Hampshire</span> Election in New Hampshire

The 1968 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Virginia</span> Election in Virginia

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Maine</span> Election in Maine

The 1968 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Georgia</span> Election in Georgia

The 1968 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 5, 1968. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace received the most votes, and won all twelve of the state's electoral college votes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Texas</span> Election in Texas

The 1968 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. The state chose 25 electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1972 United States presidential election in Florida</span> Election in Florida

The 1972 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 7, 1972, as part of the concurrent United States presidential election. Florida voters chose seventeen electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon won the state over the Democratic nominee, South Dakota Senator George McGovern, by a landslide margin of 44.11% and over one million votes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina</span> Election in South Carolina

The 1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Mississippi</span> Election in Mississippi

The 1968 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 1968. Mississippi voters chose seven electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President. During the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement dictated Mississippi's politics, with effectively the entire white population vehemently opposed to federal policies of racial desegregation and black voting rights. In 1960, the state had been narrowly captured by a slate of unpledged Democratic electors, but in 1964 universal white opposition to the Civil Rights Act and negligible black voter registration meant that white Mississippians turned almost unanimously to Republican Barry Goldwater. Goldwater's support for "constitutional government and local self-rule" meant that the absence from the ballot of "states' rights" parties or unpledged electors was unimportant. The Arizona Senator was one of only six Republicans to vote against the Civil Rights Act, and so the small electorate of Mississippi supported him almost unanimously.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1972 United States presidential election in Oklahoma</span> Election in Oklahoma

The 1972 United States presidential election in Oklahoma was held on November 7, 1972 as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee</span> Election in Tennessee

The 1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming</span>

The 1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Michigan</span> Election in Michigan

The 1968 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana</span> Election in Louisiana

The 1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Along with four other contiguous southern states, former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace won the state for the American Party by a large margin against Democrat Hubert Humphrey and Republican Richard Nixon. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Jefferson Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Lafayette Parish, Ouachita Parish, Bossier Parish, Union Parish, and LaSalle Parish did not vote for the Republican presidential candidate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Maryland</span> U.S. presidential election in Maryland

The 1968 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Maryland was won by Hubert Humphrey by a margin of 20,315 votes against Richard Nixon and by 359,576 votes against George Wallace.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Delaware</span> Election in Delaware

The 1968 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 5, 1968. State voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Oklahoma</span> Election in Oklahoma

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut</span> Election in Connecticut

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.

References

  1. Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
  5. Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  6. Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  7. Gans, Curtis (2011). Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009. Washington, DC: CQPress. p. 579. ISBN   9781604265958.

Works cited