1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas

The United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1968 was held on November 5th, 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]

With 38.65% 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 election in which the Republican nominee won the presidency without carrying Arkansas, as well as the last time Arkansas voted for a different candidate than neighboring Missouri.

Results[]

1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	American Independent	George Wallace	240,982	38.87%	6
	Republican	Richard Nixon	190,759	30.77%	0
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	188,228	30.36%	0
Totals			619,969	100.00%	6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)					54%/73%

Results by county[]

County	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic		George Corley Wallace American Independent		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Arkansas	1,806	23.76%	2,019	26.57%	3,775	49.67%	7,600
Ashley	1,470	18.59%	2,035	25.74%	4,401	55.67%	7,906
Baxter	3,401	49.53%	1,952	28.43%	1,513	22.04%	6,866
Benton	8,104	49.94%	4,088	25.19%	4,036	24.87%	16,228
Boone	3,349	45.10%	1,907	25.68%	2,169	29.21%	7,425
Bradley	802	16.69%	1,457	30.32%	2,546	52.99%	4,805
Calhoun	287	13.11%	688	31.42%	1,215	55.48%	2,190
Carroll	2,596	51.22%	1,298	25.61%	1,174	23.16%	5,068
Chicot	865	15.32%	2,595	45.95%	2,187	38.73%	5,647
Clark	1,642	22.96%	2,733	38.22%	2,776	38.82%	7,151
Clay	2,410	37.91%	1,663	26.16%	2,285	35.94%	6,358
Cleburne	1,301	31.27%	1,202	28.89%	1,657	39.83%	4,160
Cleveland	312	12.63%	407	16.48%	1,751	70.89%	2,470
Columbia	1,916	23.24%	2,487	30.16%	3,843	46.60%	8,246
Conway	1,973	30.40%	2,560	39.44%	1,958	30.16%	6,491
Craighead	5,047	32.50%	3,738	24.07%	6,742	43.42%	15,527
Crawford	2,723	37.73%	1,578	21.86%	2,917	40.41%	7,218
Crittenden	2,454	23.18%	3,475	32.83%	4,657	43.99%	10,586
Cross	1,093	19.16%	1,555	27.26%	3,056	53.58%	5,704
Dallas	672	18.43%	1,253	34.36%	1,722	47.22%	3,647
Desha	972	17.00%	2,270	39.71%	2,474	43.28%	5,716
Drew	1,040	22.27%	1,324	28.35%	2,307	49.39%	4,671
Faulkner	2,791	25.55%	3,756	34.39%	4,375	40.06%	10,922
Franklin	1,333	29.02%	1,149	25.02%	2,111	45.96%	4,593
Fulton	1,198	36.34%	1,019	30.91%	1,080	32.76%	3,297
Garland	7,674	37.83%	5,655	27.88%	6,955	34.29%	20,284
Grant	627	17.07%	852	23.20%	2,194	59.73%	3,673
Greene	2,859	35.40%	2,197	27.20%	3,021	37.40%	8,077
Hempstead	1,783	24.62%	2,322	32.07%	3,136	43.31%	7,241
Hot Spring	1,780	22.10%	2,137	26.53%	4,139	51.38%	8,056
Howard	1,286	32.09%	1,061	26.48%	1,660	41.43%	4,007
Independence	2,782	35.48%	2,289	29.19%	2,770	35.33%	7,841
Izard	931	31.16%	948	31.73%	1,109	37.12%	2,988
Jackson	1,356	19.56%	2,051	29.59%	3,525	50.85%	6,932
Jefferson	4,860	20.22%	9,125	37.96%	10,053	41.82%	24,038
Johnson	1,667	32.64%	1,747	34.21%	1,693	33.15%	5,107
Lafayette	672	18.75%	1,208	33.71%	1,704	47.54%	3,584
Lawrence	1,788	28.77%	1,613	25.96%	2,813	45.27%	6,214
Lee	834	17.10%	2,135	43.79%	1,907	39.11%	4,876
Lincoln	488	12.91%	1,209	31.98%	2,084	55.12%	3,781
Little River	745	22.51%	1,092	32.99%	1,473	44.50%	3,310
Logan	2,341	36.02%	1,998	30.74%	2,160	33.24%	6,499
Lonoke	1,677	21.80%	2,014	26.18%	4,002	52.02%	7,693
Madison	2,320	47.14%	1,574	31.98%	1,028	20.89%	4,922
Marion	1,385	42.59%	990	30.44%	877	26.97%	3,252
Miller	2,662	24.99%	2,929	27.49%	5,062	47.52%	10,653
Mississippi	4,369	28.17%	4,993	32.19%	6,147	39.64%	15,509
Monroe	804	16.10%	1,783	35.71%	2,406	48.19%	4,993
Montgomery	885	35.04%	649	25.69%	992	39.27%	2,526
Nevada	840	21.42%	1,308	33.36%	1,773	45.22%	3,921
Newton	1,467	50.83%	852	29.52%	567	19.65%	2,886
Ouachita	2,209	18.65%	4,603	38.87%	5,031	42.48%	11,843
Perry	740	32.31%	634	27.69%	916	40.00%	2,290
Phillips	2,154	18.78%	5,039	43.92%	4,279	37.30%	11,472
Pike	1,104	33.51%	656	19.91%	1,535	46.59%	3,295
Poinsett	2,140	27.14%	1,672	21.20%	4,074	51.66%	7,886
Polk	2,094	40.30%	1,290	24.83%	1,812	34.87%	5,196
Pope	3,319	38.30%	2,578	29.75%	2,769	31.95%	8,666
Prairie	693	19.35%	875	24.43%	2,014	56.23%	3,582
Pulaski	26,709	33.32%	27,597	34.43%	25,844	32.24%	80,150
Randolph	1,237	29.35%	1,367	32.44%	1,610	38.21%	4,214
St. Francis	1,608	17.58%	3,284	35.91%	4,254	46.51%	9,146
Saline	2,614	23.15%	3,111	27.55%	5,569	49.31%	11,294
Scott	1,162	34.18%	1,000	29.41%	1,238	36.41%	3,400
Searcy	1,909	56.83%	724	21.55%	726	21.61%	3,359
Sebastian	12,073	44.65%	6,320	23.37%	8,649	31.98%	27,042
Sevier	1,217	31.64%	1,129	29.35%	1,501	39.02%	3,847
Sharp	1,136	32.83%	1,025	29.62%	1,299	37.54%	3,460
Stone	987	37.05%	698	26.20%	979	36.75%	2,664
Union	4,919	28.60%	4,426	25.74%	7,853	45.66%	17,198
Van Buren	1,325	35.83%	1,149	31.07%	1,224	33.10%	3,698
Washington	10,640	48.67%	6,131	28.04%	5,092	23.29%	21,863
White	3,887	32.02%	3,198	26.34%	5,054	41.63%	12,139
Woodruff	625	17.22%	1,270	35.00%	1,734	47.78%	3,629
Yell	1,819	34.44%	1,513	28.65%	1,949	36.91%	5,281
Totals^[b]	189,062	31.01%	184,901	30.33%	235,627	38.65%	609,590

Notes[]

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

References[]

^ Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
^ Gans, Curtis (2011). Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009. Washington, DC: CQPress. p. 579. ISBN 9781604265958.

[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.

[5] These totals are less than the sum of the county tables for all three candidates.

[Presidential-2] Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2017-04-24.

[3] "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

[4] Gans, Curtis (2011). Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009. Washington, DC: CQPress. p. 579. ISBN 9781604265958.

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1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas

Contents

Results[]

Results by county[]

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