1968 United States presidential election in Kansas

The 1968 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Richard Nixon won Kansas against both Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. Nixon carried every county except traditionally Democratic Wyandotte.[1]

1968 United States presidential election in Kansas

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NomineeRichard NixonHubert HumphreyGeorge Wallace
PartyRepublicanDemocraticConservative
Home stateNew York[a]MinnesotaAlabama
Running mateSpiro AgnewEdmund MuskieS. Marvin Griffin
Electoral vote700
Popular vote478,674302,99688,921
Percentage54.84%34.72%10.19%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote
Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Richard M. NixonRepublicanNew York478,67454.84%7 Spiro AgnewMaryland7
Hubert H. HumphreyDemocratMinnesota302,99634.72%0 Edmund MuskieMaine0
George C. WallaceConservativeAlabama88,92110.19%0 S. Marvin GriffinGeorgia0
E. Harold MunnProhibitionMichigan2,1920.25%0 Rolland FisherKansas0
Total872,783100%77
Needed to win270270

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
George Wallace
Conservative
E. Harold Munn
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Allen3,52059.66%1,87531.78%4928.34%130.22%1,64527.88%5,900
Anderson2,16856.84%1,24232.56%39710.41%70.18%92624.28%3,814
Atchison3,64446.00%3,37942.65%88811.21%110.14%2653.35%7,922
Barber2,02360.55%1,02730.74%2838.47%80.24%99629.81%3,341
Barton6,70054.88%4,46436.57%1,0178.33%270.22%2,23618.31%12,208
Bourbon3,98356.87%2,24132.00%76910.98%110.16%1,74224.87%7,004
Brown3,74869.15%1,19922.12%4638.54%100.18%2,54947.03%5,420
Butler7,89350.79%5,95238.30%1,67110.75%250.16%1,94112.49%15,541
Chase1,03862.61%46227.86%1549.29%40.24%57634.75%1,658
Chautauqua1,53765.52%47820.38%32914.02%20.09%1,05945.14%2,346
Cherokee4,21147.46%3,59740.54%1,05411.88%100.11%6146.92%8,872
Cheyenne1,42370.66%41220.46%1748.64%50.25%1,01150.20%2,014
Clark92058.26%44628.25%21013.30%30.19%47430.01%1,579
Clay3,33571.95%92619.98%3577.70%170.37%2,40951.97%4,635
Cloud3,28256.17%2,13236.49%4127.05%170.29%1,15019.68%5,843
Coffey2,22363.06%93326.47%36710.41%20.06%1,29036.59%3,525
Comanche90662.66%45131.19%855.88%40.28%45531.47%1,446
Cowley8,07054.30%5,01433.74%1,75111.78%260.17%3,05620.56%14,861
Crawford7,34445.30%7,19144.35%1,65310.20%250.15%1530.95%16,213
Decatur1,65465.74%65225.91%2068.19%40.16%1,00239.83%2,516
Dickinson5,57464.32%2,39927.68%6757.79%180.21%3,17536.64%8,666
Doniphan2,40263.31%95825.25%42511.20%90.24%1,44438.06%3,794
Douglas10,53353.79%6,93635.42%2,08010.62%340.17%3,59718.37%19,583
Edwards1,24354.90%83236.75%1828.04%70.31%41118.15%2,264
Elk1,32764.64%50324.50%21610.52%70.34%82440.14%2,053
Ellis3,94446.72%3,80945.12%6717.95%170.20%1351.60%8,441
Ellsworth1,77657.53%1,06034.34%2467.97%50.16%71623.19%3,087
Finney3,29552.11%2,52139.87%4967.84%110.17%77412.24%6,323
Ford4,64552.80%3,19136.27%93510.63%260.30%1,45416.53%8,797
Franklin4,87559.17%2,52430.63%82510.01%150.18%2,35128.54%8,239
Geary2,95450.70%2,22838.24%62510.73%200.34%72612.46%5,827
Gove1,01859.05%53831.21%1649.51%40.23%48027.84%1,724
Graham1,30860.72%59727.72%24311.28%60.28%71133.00%2,154
Grant1,12157.16%61831.51%21711.07%50.25%50325.65%1,961
Gray95255.25%61235.52%1518.76%80.46%34019.73%1,723
Greeley46559.85%22729.21%8210.55%30.39%23830.64%777
Greenwood2,93765.99%1,12225.21%3818.56%110.25%1,81540.78%4,451
Hamilton75156.25%41030.71%17012.73%40.30%34125.54%1,335
Harper2,35163.99%1,01527.63%2978.08%110.30%1,33636.36%3,674
Harvey6,68261.64%3,35130.91%7807.19%280.26%3,33130.73%10,841
Haskell76254.16%47633.83%16711.87%20.14%28620.33%1,407
Hodgeman75659.20%38730.31%13010.18%40.31%36928.89%1,277
Jackson2,67860.71%1,22527.77%50111.36%70.16%1,45332.94%4,411
Jefferson2,78156.58%1,35527.57%77415.75%50.10%1,42629.01%4,915
Jewell2,17266.18%84225.66%2527.68%160.49%1,33040.52%3,282
Johnson55,06062.63%26,03429.61%6,6357.55%1830.21%29,02633.02%87,912
Kearny72158.00%42334.03%957.64%40.32%29823.97%1,243
Kingman2,31860.29%1,20131.24%3198.30%70.18%1,11729.05%3,845
Kiowa1,48470.87%48122.97%1235.87%60.29%1,00347.90%2,094
Labette5,50351.19%3,97436.97%1,25111.64%220.20%1,52914.22%10,750
Lane78160.64%38529.89%1189.16%40.31%39630.75%1,288
Leavenworth7,08148.35%5,54637.87%2,00013.66%180.12%1,53510.48%14,645
Lincoln1,72168.16%58323.09%2178.59%40.16%1,13845.07%2,525
Linn2,25063.11%89325.05%41911.75%30.08%1,35738.06%3,565
Logan1,12063.78%41123.41%22112.59%40.23%70940.37%1,756
Lyon6,55857.30%4,02035.12%8477.40%210.18%2,53822.18%11,446
McPherson6,42064.98%2,89329.28%5435.50%240.24%3,52735.70%9,880
Marion4,28770.37%1,49424.52%3044.99%70.11%2,79345.85%6,092
Marshall3,83558.85%1,94929.91%73111.22%20.03%1,88628.94%6,517
Meade1,51166.24%57225.08%1968.59%20.09%93941.16%2,281
Miami3,61448.93%2,73937.08%1,02313.85%100.14%87511.85%7,386
Mitchell2,42862.89%1,14429.63%2837.33%60.16%1,28433.26%3,861
Montgomery9,69755.77%5,21029.97%2,45614.13%230.13%4,48725.80%17,386
Morris1,93860.00%97630.22%3139.69%30.09%96229.78%3,230
Morton77051.03%47531.48%26217.36%20.13%29519.55%1,509
Nemaha3,00354.01%1,92534.62%62811.29%40.07%1,07819.39%5,560
Neosho3,95052.92%2,72536.51%78410.50%50.07%1,22516.41%7,464
Ness1,35258.23%76733.03%1928.27%110.47%58525.20%2,322
Norton2,54370.91%84123.45%1935.38%90.25%1,70247.46%3,586
Osage3,15756.15%1,66429.60%79214.09%90.16%1,49326.55%5,622
Osborne2,07365.39%79325.02%3019.50%30.09%1,28040.37%3,170
Ottawa1,74062.66%77727.98%2539.11%70.25%96334.68%2,777
Pawnee2,03754.19%1,41637.67%3007.98%60.16%62116.52%3,759
Phillips2,56768.29%84422.45%3409.04%80.21%1,72345.84%3,759
Pottawatomie3,26763.68%1,36826.67%4909.55%50.10%1,89937.01%5,130
Pratt2,67057.91%1,49032.31%4359.43%160.35%1,18025.60%4,611
Rawlins1,43865.90%55325.34%1537.01%381.74%88540.56%2,182
Reno11,80450.29%9,87242.06%1,7107.28%880.37%1,9328.23%23,474
Republic2,84166.25%1,18727.68%2405.60%200.47%1,65438.57%4,288
Rice3,14156.23%2,04936.68%3866.91%100.18%1,09219.55%5,586
Riley8,29662.17%4,25831.91%7725.78%190.14%4,03830.26%13,345
Rooks2,25263.01%1,01228.32%3078.59%30.08%1,24034.69%3,574
Rush1,47157.46%86433.75%2178.48%80.31%60723.71%2,560
Russell3,17767.04%1,26126.61%2906.12%110.23%1,91640.43%4,739
Saline9,32455.43%6,28637.37%1,1696.95%430.26%3,03818.06%16,822
Scott1,37466.25%50024.11%1939.31%70.34%87442.14%2,074
Sedgwick60,85351.80%44,04137.49%12,25510.43%3200.27%16,81214.31%117,469
Seward3,06562.32%1,29126.25%55011.18%120.24%1,77436.07%4,918
Shawnee31,14052.03%21,73536.32%6,81711.39%1580.26%9,40515.71%59,850
Sheridan1,00258.36%56332.79%1448.39%80.47%43925.57%1,717
Sherman1,80357.53%95430.44%36811.74%90.29%84927.09%3,134
Smith2,55867.49%93924.78%2797.36%140.37%1,61942.71%3,790
Stafford1,85155.75%1,20536.30%2537.62%110.33%64619.45%3,320
Stanton54159.52%28831.68%788.58%20.22%25327.84%909
Stevens1,15758.38%52826.64%29614.93%10.05%62931.74%1,982
Sumner5,62254.48%3,56234.52%1,11610.81%200.19%2,06019.96%10,320
Thomas1,97159.82%1,07432.59%2417.31%90.27%89727.23%3,295
Trego1,21158.67%62330.18%22610.95%40.19%58828.49%2,064
Wabaunsee1,97964.17%69522.54%40213.04%80.26%1,28441.63%3,084
Wallace60861.54%23523.79%14414.57%10.10%37337.75%988
Washington3,17768.29%1,13124.31%3327.14%120.26%2,04643.98%4,652
Wichita75760.37%36429.03%13010.37%30.24%39331.34%1,254
Wilson3,34063.35%1,27624.20%64012.14%160.30%2,06439.15%5,272
Woodson1,45062.63%63927.60%2229.59%40.17%81135.03%2,315
Wyandotte23,09133.38%34,18949.43%11,51016.64%3810.55%-11,098-16.05%69,171
Totals478,67454.84%302,99634.72%88,92110.19%2,1920.25%175,67820.12%872,783

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

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