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The '''1968 United States presidential election in Missouri''' took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and [[Washington, D.C.|the District of Columbia]] were part of the [[1968 United States presidential election]]. Voters chose 12 electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], which selected the [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. |
The '''1968 United States presidential election in Missouri''' took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and [[Washington, D.C.|the District of Columbia]] were part of the [[1968 United States presidential election]]. Voters chose 12 electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], which selected the [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. |
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Former Vice President [[Richard Nixon]], the Republican nominee, narrowly won [[Missouri]] with 811,932 votes and 44.87 percent of the vote, with Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], the Democratic nominee, taking 791,444 votes and 43.74 percent of the vote, followed by [[American Independent Party|American Party of Missouri]] candidate [[George Wallace]], who took 206,126 votes and 11.39 percent of the vote. Wallace's strongest support came from the [[Missouri Bootheel]], with its significant rural black population and powerful cultural and geographic ties to Kentucky's [[Jackson Purchase]], the [[Arkansas Delta]] and [[West Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite book|last=[[Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips]]|first=Kevin P.|title=The Emerging Republican Majority|pages=368–370|isbn=9780691163246}}</ref> He carried the state's southeasternmost county, [[Pemiscot County, Missouri|Pemiscot]], and ran second ahead of Nixon in two others nearby. |
Former Vice President [[Richard Nixon]], the Republican nominee, narrowly won [[Missouri]] with 811,932 votes and 44.87 percent of the vote, with Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], the Democratic nominee, taking 791,444 votes and 43.74 percent of the vote, followed by [[American Independent Party|American Party of Missouri]] candidate [[George Wallace]], who took 206,126 votes and 11.39 percent of the vote. Wallace's strongest support came from the [[Missouri Bootheel]], with its significant rural black population and powerful cultural and geographic ties to Kentucky's [[Jackson Purchase]], the [[Arkansas Delta]] and [[West Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite book|last=[[Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips]]|first=Kevin P.|title=The Emerging Republican Majority|pages=368–370|isbn=9780691163246}}</ref> He carried the state's southeasternmost county, [[Pemiscot County, Missouri|Pemiscot]], and ran second ahead of Nixon in two others nearby. As of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], this is the last election in which Missouri voted for a different candidate than neighboring [[1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas|Arkansas]]. |
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Nixon overcame Humphrey's 85,000-vote margin in [[St. Louis]] by dominating the state's interior and holding his deficit to Humphrey in [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]], where most of [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] is located, to 21,000 votes. |
Nixon overcame Humphrey's 85,000-vote margin in [[St. Louis]] by dominating the state's interior and holding his deficit to Humphrey in [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]], where most of [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] is located, to 21,000 votes. Nixon was the first Republican to win [[Audrain County, Missouri|Audrain County]] and Boone County since 1868, whilst [[Callaway County, Missouri|Callaway]] and [[Platte County, Missouri|Platte]] counties voted Republican for the first time ever.<ref name="Geography">{{cite book|last=Menendez|first=Albert J.|title=The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004|pages=239–246|isbn=0786422173}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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===Results by county=== |
===Results by county=== |
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! colspan="10" |1968 United States presidential election in Missouri<ref>{{cite report|year=1969|title=State of Missouri Official Manual for the Years 1969-1970|chapter=General Election Returns Vote for President, By Counties, at General Election November 5, 1968|location=[[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]], [[Missouri]]|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State}}</ref> |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| {{nowrap|Richard Milhous Nixon}}<br />Republican |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin |
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! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Total votes cast |
! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|Total votes cast}} |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 6.23% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 6.23% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,393 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,393 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 24. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 24.18% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,762 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,762 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 9.35% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 9.35% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 199 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 199 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1.84% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,823 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,823 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7.82% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7.82% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,139 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,139 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 22. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 22.07% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,693 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,693 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7.84% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7.84% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 146 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 146 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 0. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 0.57% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 25,703 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 25,703 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,738 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,738 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]] |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| {{nowrap|[[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,298 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,298 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.34% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.34% |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 12.18% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 12.18% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,642 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,642 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 18. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 18.87% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 19,305 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 19,305 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 9.49% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 9.49% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,207 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,207 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 17. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 17.76% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,798 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,798 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 9.63% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 9.63% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 33 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 33 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 0. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 0.62% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,284 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,284 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.15% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.15% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,433 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,433 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 39. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.00% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,238 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,238 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7.12% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7.12% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,317 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,317 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 17. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 17.69% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,443 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,443 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.62% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.62% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,402 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,402 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 22. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 22.19% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,319 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,319 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.25% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.25% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,598 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,598 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 35. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 35.22% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,537 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,537 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 23.54% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 23.54% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -697 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -697 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -5. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -5.65% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12,332 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12,332 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.13% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.13% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,257 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,257 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11.66% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 19,349 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 19,349 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7.47% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7.47% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,237 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,237 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 22. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 22.06% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,608 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,608 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 8.50% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 8.50% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 310 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 310 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3.87% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,020 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,020 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 14.68% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 14.68% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,868 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,868 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 29. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 29.15% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,838 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,838 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 12.48% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 12.48% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -21,068 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -21,068 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -9. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -9.07% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 232,220 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 232,220 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.27% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.27% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,807 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,807 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 18. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 18.76% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 30,962 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 30,962 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7.85% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7.85% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,124 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,124 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 27. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.30% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,442 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,442 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 11.57% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 11.57% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -29 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -29 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -0. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -0.62% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,642 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,642 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 17.01% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 17.01% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 43 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 43 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 0. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 0.56% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,624 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,624 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 14.30% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 14.30% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 643 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 643 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 14. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 14.95% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,300 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,300 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.69% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.69% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,523 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,523 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 27. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.78% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,483 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,483 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 11.12% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 11.12% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1,427 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1,427 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -30. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -30.75% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,641 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,641 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 9.96% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 9.96% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,257 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,257 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 24. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 24.85% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,059 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,059 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| [[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid]] |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| {{nowrap|[[New Madrid County, Missouri|New Madrid]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,317 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,317 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 24.40% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 24.40% |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 31.42% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 31.42% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,211{{efn|name="WallacedNixon"}} |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,211{{efn|name="WallacedNixon"}} |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -12. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -12.75% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -9,496 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -9,496 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 17.54% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 17.54% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -513 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -513 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -14. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -14.39% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,564 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,564 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7.82% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7.82% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,567 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,567 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 31. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 31.09% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,041 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,041 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 37.71% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 37.71% |
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| {{party shading/American}}| -269{{efn|name="WallacedNixon"}} |
| {{party shading/American}}| -269{{efn|name="WallacedNixon"}} |
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| {{party shading/American}}| -3. |
| {{party shading/American}}| -3.44% |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 7,822 |
| {{party shading/American}}| 7,822 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 16.04% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 16.04% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 171 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 171 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1.51% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,316 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,316 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 9.62% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 9.62% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1,228 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1,228 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -13. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -13.23% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,285 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,285 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 16.97% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 16.97% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -347 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -347 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -13. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -13.44% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,581 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,581 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,090 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,090 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| [[ |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| {{nowrap|[[Saint Charles County, Missouri|Saint Charles]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,533 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,533 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.63% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.63% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 29,659 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 29,659 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| [[ |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| {{nowrap|[[Saint Clair County, Missouri|Saint Clair]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,271 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,271 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 54.36% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 54.36% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,178 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,178 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| [[ |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| {{nowrap|[[Saint Francois County, Missouri|Saint Francois]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,492 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,492 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.60% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.60% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 15,738 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 15,738 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| [[ |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| {{nowrap|[[Saint Louis County, Missouri|Saint Louis County]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 180,355 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 180,355 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 46.80% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 46.80% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 385,375 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 385,375 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| [[ |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| {{nowrap|[[Saint Louis, Missouri|Saint Louis City]]}} |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 58,252 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 58,252 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.37% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.37% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 220,914 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 220,914 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,937 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,937 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.09% |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.09% |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 8.74% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 8.74% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -352 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -352 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -8. |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| -8.59% |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,096 |
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,096 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 10.19% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 10.19% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,002 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,002 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 44. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.84% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,465 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,465 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 8.41% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 8.41% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,070 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,070 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 42. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.06% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,922 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,922 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 12.08% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 12.08% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 905 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 905 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 11.15% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,120 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,120 |
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| {{party shading/American}}| 14.21% |
| {{party shading/American}}| 14.21% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 442 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 442 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 9. |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 9.80% |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,511 |
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,511 |
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The 1968 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, narrowly won Missouri with 811,932 votes and 44.87 percent of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 791,444 votes and 43.74 percent of the vote, followed by American Party of Missouri candidate George Wallace, who took 206,126 votes and 11.39 percent of the vote. Wallace's strongest support came from the Missouri Bootheel, with its significant rural black population and powerful cultural and geographic ties to Kentucky's Jackson Purchase, the Arkansas Delta and West Tennessee.[1] He carried the state's southeasternmost county, Pemiscot, and ran second ahead of Nixon in two others nearby. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Missouri voted for a different candidate than neighboring Arkansas.
Nixon overcame Humphrey's 85,000-vote margin in St. Louis by dominating the state's interior and holding his deficit to Humphrey in Jackson County, where most of Kansas City is located, to 21,000 votes. Nixon was the first Republican to win Audrain County and Boone County since 1868, whilst Callaway and Platte counties voted Republican for the first time ever.[2]
Results
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Richard M. Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 12[3] | 811,932 | 44.87% |
Hubert H. Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democrat | 0 | 791,444 | 43.74% |
George Wallace | S. Marvin Griffin | American Party of Missouri | 0 | 206,126 | 11.39% |
Results by county
1968 United States presidential election in Missouri[4] | |||||||||
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County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic |
George Corley Wallace American Party of Missouri |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 4,624 | 58.82% | 2,645 | 33.65% | 592 | 7.53% | 1,979 | 25.17% | 7,861 |
Andrew | 3,398 | 58.97% | 2,005 | 34.80% | 359 | 6.23% | 1,393 | 24.18% | 5,762 |
Atchison | 2,206 | 51.36% | 1,752 | 40.79% | 337 | 7.85% | 454 | 10.57% | 4,295 |
Audrain | 5,005 | 46.24% | 4,806 | 44.41% | 1,012 | 9.35% | 199 | 1.84% | 10,823 |
Barry | 5,537 | 57.12% | 3,398 | 35.06% | 758 | 7.82% | 2,139 | 22.07% | 9,693 |
Barton | 2,928 | 55.68% | 1,832 | 34.84% | 499 | 9.49% | 1,096 | 20.84% | 5,259 |
Bates | 4,087 | 49.49% | 3,370 | 40.81% | 801 | 9.70% | 717 | 8.68% | 8,258 |
Benton | 2,899 | 61.13% | 1,345 | 28.36% | 498 | 10.50% | 1,554 | 32.77% | 4,742 |
Bollinger | 2,283 | 50.08% | 1,693 | 37.14% | 583 | 12.79% | 590 | 12.94% | 4,559 |
Boone | 11,917 | 46.36% | 11,771 | 45.80% | 2,015 | 7.84% | 146 | 0.57% | 25,703 |
Buchanan | 16,101 | 46.38% | 15,860 | 45.69% | 2,752 | 7.93% | 241 | 0.69% | 34,713 |
Butler | 6,326 | 46.98% | 4,379 | 32.52% | 2,759 | 20.49% | 1,947 | 14.46% | 13,464 |
Caldwell | 2,631 | 57.81% | 1,490 | 32.74% | 430 | 9.45% | 1,141 | 25.07% | 4,551 |
Callaway | 4,277 | 46.03% | 3,738 | 40.23% | 1,276 | 13.73% | 539 | 5.80% | 9,291 |
Camden | 3,500 | 61.00% | 1,605 | 27.97% | 633 | 11.03% | 1,895 | 33.03% | 5,738 |
Cape Girardeau | 10,298 | 53.34% | 6,656 | 34.48% | 2,351 | 12.18% | 3,642 | 18.87% | 19,305 |
Carroll | 3,680 | 54.13% | 2,473 | 36.38% | 645 | 9.49% | 1,207 | 17.76% | 6,798 |
Carter | 861 | 45.60% | 738 | 39.09% | 289 | 15.31% | 123 | 6.51% | 1,888 |
Cass | 5,271 | 45.14% | 4,468 | 38.26% | 1,938 | 16.60% | 803 | 6.88% | 11,677 |
Cedar | 2,940 | 64.08% | 1,218 | 26.55% | 430 | 9.37% | 1,722 | 37.53% | 4,588 |
Chariton | 2,404 | 45.50% | 2,371 | 44.87% | 509 | 9.63% | 33 | 0.62% | 5,284 |
Christian | 4,019 | 64.43% | 1,586 | 25.42% | 633 | 10.15% | 2,433 | 39.00% | 6,238 |
Clark | 2,111 | 53.55% | 1,489 | 37.77% | 342 | 8.68% | 622 | 15.78% | 3,942 |
Clay | 19,643 | 44.48% | 17,547 | 39.73% | 6,972 | 15.79% | 2,096 | 4.75% | 44,162 |
Clinton | 2,659 | 45.82% | 2,525 | 43.51% | 619 | 10.67% | 134 | 2.31% | 5,803 |
Cole | 11,575 | 60.55% | 5,916 | 30.95% | 1,625 | 8.50% | 5,659 | 29.60% | 19,116 |
Cooper | 4,115 | 55.29% | 2,798 | 37.59% | 530 | 7.12% | 1,317 | 17.69% | 7,443 |
Crawford | 3,525 | 55.78% | 2,123 | 33.60% | 671 | 10.62% | 1,402 | 22.19% | 6,319 |
Dade | 2,250 | 64.34% | 917 | 26.22% | 330 | 9.44% | 1,333 | 38.12% | 3,497 |
Dallas | 2,835 | 62.49% | 1,237 | 27.26% | 465 | 10.25% | 1,598 | 35.22% | 4,537 |
Daviess | 2,288 | 53.23% | 1,676 | 38.99% | 334 | 7.77% | 612 | 14.24% | 4,298 |
DeKalb | 2,112 | 54.87% | 1,452 | 37.72% | 285 | 7.40% | 660 | 17.15% | 3,849 |
Dent | 2,369 | 50.97% | 1,810 | 38.94% | 469 | 10.09% | 559 | 12.03% | 4,648 |
Douglas | 2,836 | 67.11% | 978 | 23.14% | 412 | 9.75% | 1,858 | 43.97% | 4,226 |
Dunklin | 4,366 | 35.40% | 5,063 | 41.06% | 2,903 | 23.54% | -697 | -5.65% | 12,332 |
Franklin | 9,823 | 50.77% | 7,566 | 39.10% | 1,960 | 10.13% | 2,257 | 11.66% | 19,349 |
Gasconade | 4,400 | 74.64% | 1,131 | 19.19% | 364 | 6.17% | 3,269 | 55.45% | 5,895 |
Gentry | 2,286 | 48.73% | 2,189 | 46.66% | 216 | 4.60% | 97 | 2.07% | 4,691 |
Greene | 32,638 | 55.27% | 19,659 | 33.29% | 6,751 | 11.43% | 12,979 | 21.98% | 59,048 |
Grundy | 3,213 | 57.29% | 1,976 | 35.24% | 419 | 7.47% | 1,237 | 22.06% | 5,608 |
Harrison | 3,092 | 59.55% | 1,688 | 32.51% | 412 | 7.94% | 1,404 | 27.04% | 5,192 |
Henry | 3,824 | 47.68% | 3,514 | 43.82% | 682 | 8.50% | 310 | 3.87% | 8,020 |
Hickory | 1,484 | 66.55% | 537 | 24.08% | 209 | 9.37% | 947 | 42.47% | 2,230 |
Holt | 2,031 | 56.09% | 1,211 | 33.44% | 379 | 10.47% | 820 | 22.65% | 3,621 |
Howard | 1,825 | 39.12% | 2,333 | 50.01% | 507 | 10.87% | -508 | -10.89% | 4,665 |
Howell | 5,631 | 57.24% | 2,763 | 28.08% | 1,444 | 14.68% | 2,868 | 29.15% | 9,838 |
Iron | 1,600 | 41.60% | 1,755 | 45.63% | 491 | 12.77% | -155 | -4.03% | 3,846 |
Jackson | 91,086 | 39.22% | 112,154 | 48.30% | 28,980 | 12.48% | -21,068 | -9.07% | 232,220 |
Jasper | 16,794 | 54.24% | 10,987 | 35.49% | 3,181 | 10.27% | 5,807 | 18.76% | 30,962 |
Jefferson | 11,708 | 37.70% | 13,230 | 42.60% | 6,115 | 19.69% | -1,522 | -4.90% | 31,053 |
Johnson | 4,834 | 51.78% | 3,484 | 37.32% | 1,018 | 10.90% | 1,350 | 14.46% | 9,336 |
Knox | 1,562 | 49.29% | 1,257 | 39.67% | 350 | 11.04% | 305 | 9.62% | 3,169 |
Laclede | 4,860 | 56.06% | 2,958 | 34.12% | 852 | 9.83% | 1,902 | 21.94% | 8,670 |
Lafayette | 6,840 | 53.42% | 4,859 | 37.95% | 1,105 | 8.63% | 1,981 | 15.47% | 12,804 |
Lawrence | 6,834 | 59.73% | 3,710 | 32.42% | 898 | 7.85% | 3,124 | 27.30% | 11,442 |
Lewis | 2,038 | 43.90% | 2,067 | 44.53% | 537 | 11.57% | -29 | -0.62% | 4,642 |
Lincoln | 3,185 | 41.78% | 3,142 | 41.21% | 1,297 | 17.01% | 43 | 0.56% | 7,624 |
Linn | 3,795 | 46.05% | 3,933 | 47.72% | 513 | 6.22% | -138 | -1.67% | 8,241 |
Livingston | 3,827 | 48.99% | 3,467 | 44.38% | 518 | 6.63% | 360 | 4.61% | 7,812 |
Macon | 3,804 | 47.04% | 3,462 | 42.81% | 821 | 10.15% | 342 | 4.23% | 8,087 |
Madison | 2,164 | 50.33% | 1,521 | 35.37% | 615 | 14.30% | 643 | 14.95% | 4,300 |
Maries | 1,438 | 47.52% | 1,185 | 39.16% | 403 | 13.32% | 253 | 8.36% | 3,026 |
Marion | 4,732 | 41.62% | 5,416 | 47.64% | 1,221 | 10.74% | -684 | -6.02% | 11,369 |
McDonald | 3,025 | 51.32% | 2,188 | 37.12% | 681 | 11.55% | 837 | 14.20% | 5,894 |
Mercer | 1,406 | 60.76% | 783 | 33.84% | 125 | 5.40% | 623 | 26.92% | 2,314 |
Miller | 4,425 | 64.88% | 1,727 | 25.32% | 668 | 9.79% | 2,698 | 39.56% | 6,820 |
Mississippi | 1,421 | 26.82% | 2,303 | 43.46% | 1,575 | 29.72% | 728[b] | -13.74% | -5,299 |
Moniteau | 3,210 | 58.54% | 1,687 | 30.77% | 586 | 10.69% | 1,523 | 27.78% | 5,483 |
Monroe | 1,349 | 29.07% | 2,776 | 59.81% | 516 | 11.12% | -1,427 | -30.75% | 4,641 |
Montgomery | 2,903 | 53.59% | 1,891 | 34.91% | 623 | 11.50% | 1,012 | 18.68% | 5,417 |
Morgan | 2,906 | 57.44% | 1,649 | 32.60% | 504 | 9.96% | 1,257 | 24.85% | 5,059 |
New Madrid | 2,317 | 24.40% | 4,195 | 44.18% | 2,984 | 31.42% | 1,211[b] | -12.75% | -9,496 |
Newton | 7,343 | 52.87% | 5,064 | 36.46% | 1,481 | 10.66% | 2,279 | 16.41% | 13,888 |
Nodaway | 4,736 | 48.11% | 4,494 | 45.65% | 615 | 6.25% | 242 | 2.46% | 9,845 |
Oregon | 1,213 | 34.03% | 1,726 | 48.43% | 625 | 17.54% | -513 | -14.39% | 3,564 |
Osage | 3,107 | 61.63% | 1,540 | 30.55% | 394 | 7.82% | 1,567 | 31.09% | 5,041 |
Ozark | 1,967 | 68.37% | 606 | 21.06% | 304 | 10.57% | 1,361 | 47.31% | 2,877 |
Pemiscot | 2,191 | 28.01% | 2,681 | 34.28% | 2,950 | 37.71% | -269[b] | -3.44% | 7,822 |
Perry | 3,858 | 61.45% | 1,958 | 31.19% | 462 | 7.36% | 1,900 | 30.26% | 6,278 |
Pettis | 6,738 | 46.08% | 6,334 | 43.32% | 1,549 | 10.59% | 404 | 2.76% | 14,621 |
Phelps | 5,577 | 47.33% | 4,211 | 35.74% | 1,995 | 16.93% | 1,366 | 11.59% | 11,783 |
Pike | 3,072 | 43.47% | 3,192 | 45.17% | 803 | 11.36% | -120 | -1.70% | 7,067 |
Platte | 4,836 | 42.74% | 4,665 | 41.22% | 1,815 | 16.04% | 171 | 1.51% | 11,316 |
Polk | 4,145 | 59.82% | 2,170 | 31.32% | 614 | 8.86% | 1,975 | 28.50% | 6,929 |
Pulaski | 2,555 | 45.82% | 2,303 | 41.30% | 718 | 12.88% | 252 | 4.52% | 5,576 |
Putnam | 1,971 | 63.75% | 952 | 30.79% | 169 | 5.47% | 1,019 | 32.96% | 3,092 |
Ralls | 1,175 | 33.07% | 1,900 | 53.48% | 478 | 13.45% | -725 | -20.41% | 3,553 |
Randolph | 3,582 | 38.58% | 4,810 | 51.80% | 893 | 9.62% | -1,228 | -13.23% | 9,285 |
Ray | 2,587 | 35.90% | 3,541 | 49.14% | 1,078 | 14.96% | -954 | -13.24% | 7,206 |
Reynolds | 898 | 34.79% | 1,245 | 48.24% | 438 | 16.97% | -347 | -13.44% | 2,581 |
Ripley | 1,973 | 48.24% | 1,440 | 35.21% | 677 | 16.55% | 533 | 13.03% | 4,090 |
Saint Charles | 13,533 | 45.63% | 10,374 | 34.98% | 5,752 | 19.39% | 3,159 | 10.65% | 29,659 |
Saint Clair | 2,271 | 54.36% | 1,496 | 35.81% | 411 | 9.84% | 775 | 18.55% | 4,178 |
Saint Francois | 7,492 | 47.60% | 6,379 | 40.53% | 1,867 | 11.86% | 1,113 | 7.07% | 15,738 |
Saint Louis County | 180,355 | 46.80% | 165,786 | 43.02% | 39,234 | 10.18% | 14,569 | 3.78% | 385,375 |
Saint Louis City | 58,252 | 26.37% | 143,010 | 64.74% | 19,652 | 8.90% | -84,758 | -38.37% | 220,914 |
Sainte Genevieve | 1,937 | 42.09% | 2,225 | 48.35% | 440 | 9.56% | -288 | -6.26% | 4,602 |
Saline | 4,698 | 46.76% | 4,646 | 46.24% | 704 | 7.01% | 52 | 0.52% | 10,048 |
Schuyler | 1,291 | 53.17% | 969 | 39.91% | 168 | 6.92% | 322 | 13.26% | 2,428 |
Scotland | 1,554 | 50.06% | 1,340 | 43.17% | 210 | 6.77% | 214 | 6.89% | 3,104 |
Scott | 3,856 | 36.23% | 4,313 | 40.52% | 2,474 | 23.25% | -457 | -4.29% | 10,643 |
Shannon | 1,048 | 38.67% | 1,216 | 44.87% | 446 | 16.46% | -168 | -6.20% | 2,710 |
Shelby | 1,693 | 41.33% | 2,045 | 49.93% | 358 | 8.74% | -352 | -8.59% | 4,096 |
Stoddard | 3,919 | 44.43% | 3,150 | 35.71% | 1,751 | 19.85% | 769 | 8.72% | 8,820 |
Stone | 3,006 | 67.32% | 1,004 | 22.49% | 455 | 10.19% | 2,002 | 44.84% | 4,465 |
Sullivan | 2,332 | 52.24% | 1,907 | 42.72% | 225 | 5.04% | 425 | 9.52% | 4,464 |
Taney | 3,289 | 66.82% | 1,219 | 24.77% | 414 | 8.41% | 2,070 | 42.06% | 4,922 |
Texas | 4,022 | 49.53% | 3,117 | 38.39% | 981 | 12.08% | 905 | 11.15% | 8,120 |
Vernon | 3,590 | 45.27% | 3,557 | 44.85% | 783 | 9.87% | 33 | 0.42% | 7,930 |
Warren | 2,669 | 62.55% | 1,033 | 24.21% | 565 | 13.24% | 1,636 | 38.34% | 4,267 |
Washington | 2,641 | 46.26% | 2,292 | 40.15% | 776 | 13.59% | 349 | 6.11% | 5,709 |
Wayne | 2,156 | 47.79% | 1,714 | 38.00% | 641 | 14.21% | 442 | 9.80% | 4,511 |
Webster | 4,118 | 56.90% | 2,547 | 35.19% | 572 | 7.90% | 1,571 | 21.71% | 7,237 |
Worth | 924 | 48.55% | 853 | 44.82% | 126 | 6.62% | 71 | 3.73% | 1,903 |
Wright | 3,576 | 66.22% | 1,337 | 24.76% | 487 | 9.02% | 2,239 | 41.46% | 5,400 |
Totals | 811,932 | 44.87% | 791,444 | 43.74% | 206,126 | 11.39% | 20,488 | 1.13% | 1,809,502 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Adair
- Atchison
- Andrew
- Audrain
- Barry
- Barton
- Bates
- Bollinger
- Boone
- Buchanan
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Callaway
- Cape Girardeau
- Carroll
- Carter
- Cass
- Chariton
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Cooper
- Crawford
- Daviess
- DeKalb
- Dent
- Franklin
- Greene
- Gentry
- Henry
- Harrison
- Holt
- Howell
- Jasper
- Johnson
- Knox
- Laclede
- Lafayette
- Lawrence
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Livingston
- Macon
- Madison
- Maries
- McDonald
- Mercer
- Montgomery
- Oregon
- Newton
- Nodaway
- Pettis
- Phelps
- Perry
- Platte
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Ripley
- St. Clair
- St. Francois
- St. Louis
- Schuyler
- Scotland
- Saline
- Stoddard
- Sullivan
- Texas
- Vernon
- Washington
- Webster
- Wayne
- Worth
Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent
See also
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.
- ^ a b c In this county where Nixon ran third behind both Humphrey and Wallace, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage.
References
- ^ Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority. pp. 368–370. ISBN 9780691163246.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 239–246. ISBN 0786422173.
- ^ 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
- ^ "General Election Returns Vote for President, By Counties, at General Election November 5, 1968". State of Missouri Official Manual for the Years 1969-1970 (Report). Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State. 1969.