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The 1968 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Colorado was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–New York), with 50.46% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D–Minnesota), with 41.32% of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed quite well, finishing with 7.50% of the popular vote.[3][4] This was the last election until 2020 that Colorado voted more Democratic than its neighbor, New Mexico.[5]
Nixon's victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Colorado wouldn't vote Democratic again until Bill Clinton in 1992. After voting Republican again for the next three elections in 1996, 2000, and in 2004, it has since become a safe Democratic state.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard Nixon | 409,345 | 50.46% | |
Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 335,174 | 41.32% | |
American Independent | George Wallace | 60,813 | 7.50% | |
Socialist Labor | Henning A. Blomen | 3,016 | 0.37% | |
New Party | Dick Gregory | 1,393 | 0.17% | |
Write-ins | — | 948 | 0.12% | |
Prohibition | E. Harold Munn | 275 | 0.03% | |
Socialist Workers | Fred Halstead | 235 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 811,199 | 100% |
County[6] | Richard Nixon Republican |
Hubert Humphrey Democratic |
George Wallace American Independent |
Henning A. Blomen Socialist Labor |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 24,343 | 43.87% | 25,111 | 45.25% | 5,702 | 10.28% | 270 | 0.49% | 67 | 0.12% | -768 | -1.38% | 55,493 |
Alamosa | 2,277 | 55.00% | 1,574 | 38.02% | 287 | 6.93% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 703 | 16.98% | 4,140 |
Arapahoe | 33,712 | 59.65% | 18,569 | 32.85% | 3,953 | 6.99% | 175 | 0.31% | 110 | 0.19% | 15,143 | 26.80% | 56,519 |
Archuleta | 486 | 49.69% | 409 | 41.82% | 83 | 8.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 77 | 7.87% | 978 |
Baca | 1,441 | 57.55% | 719 | 28.71% | 340 | 13.58% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.12% | 722 | 28.84% | 2,504 |
Bent | 1,228 | 47.47% | 1,126 | 43.53% | 231 | 8.93% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 102 | 3.94% | 2,587 |
Boulder | 27,671 | 57.66% | 17,422 | 36.30% | 2,497 | 5.20% | 125 | 0.26% | 273 | 0.57% | 10,249 | 21.36% | 47,988 |
Chaffee | 2,121 | 51.07% | 1,667 | 40.14% | 358 | 8.62% | 4 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.07% | 454 | 10.93% | 4,153 |
Cheyenne | 664 | 55.70% | 392 | 32.89% | 136 | 11.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 | 22.81% | 1,192 |
Clear Creek | 1,011 | 52.71% | 719 | 37.49% | 183 | 9.54% | 2 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.15% | 292 | 15.22% | 1,918 |
Conejos | 1,361 | 45.67% | 1,492 | 50.07% | 117 | 3.93% | 4 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.20% | -131 | -4.40% | 2,980 |
Costilla | 477 | 32.19% | 933 | 62.96% | 32 | 2.16% | 14 | 0.94% | 26 | 1.75% | -456 | -30.77% | 1,482 |
Crowley | 775 | 50.36% | 565 | 36.71% | 196 | 12.74% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.06% | 210 | 13.65% | 1,539 |
Custer | 433 | 60.47% | 204 | 28.49% | 77 | 10.75% | 1 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 229 | 31.98% | 716 |
Delta | 3,692 | 55.50% | 2,327 | 34.98% | 618 | 9.29% | 3 | 0.05% | 12 | 0.18% | 1,365 | 20.52% | 6,652 |
Denver | 92,003 | 43.54% | 106,081 | 50.20% | 11,408 | 5.40% | 1,221 | 0.58% | 604 | 0.28% | -14,078 | -6.66% | 211,317 |
Dolores | 392 | 52.97% | 217 | 29.32% | 131 | 17.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 175 | 23.65% | 740 |
Douglas | 1,910 | 61.53% | 857 | 27.61% | 327 | 10.53% | 4 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,053 | 33.92% | 3,104 |
Eagle | 1,049 | 49.11% | 927 | 43.40% | 160 | 7.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 5.71% | 2,136 |
El Paso | 32,066 | 53.75% | 21,232 | 35.59% | 6,199 | 10.39% | 31 | 0.05% | 127 | 0.22% | 10,834 | 18.16% | 59,655 |
Elbert | 1,043 | 60.92% | 484 | 28.27% | 185 | 10.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 559 | 32.65% | 1,712 |
Fremont | 4,908 | 53.45% | 3,292 | 35.85% | 967 | 10.53% | 5 | 0.05% | 11 | 0.12% | 1,616 | 17.60% | 9,183 |
Garfield | 3,157 | 52.24% | 2,273 | 37.61% | 607 | 10.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.08% | 884 | 14.63% | 6,043 |
Gilpin | 358 | 52.57% | 218 | 32.01% | 99 | 14.54% | 1 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.73% | 140 | 20.56% | 681 |
Grand | 1,167 | 67.38% | 433 | 25.00% | 127 | 7.33% | 1 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.24% | 734 | 42.38% | 1,732 |
Gunnison | 1,411 | 58.19% | 866 | 35.71% | 139 | 5.73% | 7 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.08% | 545 | 22.48% | 2,425 |
Hinsdale | 127 | 66.15% | 43 | 22.40% | 22 | 11.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 84 | 43.75% | 192 |
Huerfano | 1,133 | 35.14% | 1,934 | 59.99% | 150 | 4.65% | 5 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.06% | -801 | -24.85% | 3,224 |
Jackson | 474 | 67.52% | 177 | 25.21% | 51 | 7.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 297 | 42.31% | 702 |
Jefferson | 50,847 | 56.90% | 31,392 | 35.13% | 6,767 | 7.57% | 192 | 0.21% | 159 | 0.18% | 19,455 | 21.77% | 89,357 |
Kiowa | 689 | 56.29% | 423 | 34.56% | 112 | 9.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 21.73% | 1,224 |
Kit Carson | 1,977 | 61.08% | 1,026 | 31.70% | 232 | 7.17% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 951 | 29.38% | 3,237 |
La Plata | 4,269 | 57.10% | 2,523 | 33.75% | 673 | 9.00% | 1 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.13% | 1,746 | 23.35% | 7,476 |
Lake | 1,025 | 35.50% | 1,550 | 53.69% | 287 | 9.94% | 21 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.13% | -525 | -18.19% | 2,887 |
Larimer | 18,438 | 62.13% | 9,152 | 30.84% | 1,819 | 6.13% | 156 | 0.53% | 111 | 0.37% | 9,286 | 31.29% | 29,676 |
Las Animas | 2,499 | 33.30% | 4,602 | 61.33% | 388 | 5.17% | 4 | 0.05% | 11 | 0.15% | -2,103 | -28.03% | 7,504 |
Lincoln | 1,407 | 57.08% | 809 | 32.82% | 247 | 10.02% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 598 | 24.26% | 2,465 |
Logan | 4,323 | 56.95% | 2,521 | 33.21% | 736 | 9.70% | 8 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,802 | 23.74% | 7,591 |
Mesa | 10,745 | 49.58% | 8,775 | 40.49% | 2,076 | 9.58% | 17 | 0.08% | 58 | 0.26% | 1,970 | 9.09% | 21,671 |
Mineral | 116 | 43.77% | 126 | 47.55% | 22 | 8.30% | 1 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -10 | -3.78% | 265 |
Moffat | 1,785 | 62.09% | 765 | 26.61% | 322 | 11.20% | 2 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,020 | 35.48% | 2,875 |
Montezuma | 2,461 | 56.42% | 1,349 | 30.93% | 545 | 12.49% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,112 | 25.49% | 4,362 |
Montrose | 3,547 | 52.85% | 2,394 | 35.67% | 753 | 11.22% | 7 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.16% | 1,153 | 17.18% | 6,712 |
Morgan | 4,598 | 61.21% | 2,310 | 30.75% | 593 | 7.89% | 6 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,288 | 30.46% | 7,512 |
Otero | 4,690 | 49.66% | 3,891 | 41.20% | 723 | 7.65% | 104 | 1.10% | 37 | 0.39% | 799 | 8.46% | 9,445 |
Ouray | 401 | 52.01% | 250 | 32.43% | 120 | 15.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 151 | 19.58% | 771 |
Park | 601 | 58.58% | 286 | 27.88% | 134 | 13.06% | 3 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.20% | 315 | 30.70% | 1,026 |
Phillips | 1,237 | 56.87% | 723 | 33.24% | 211 | 9.70% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 514 | 23.63% | 2,175 |
Pitkin | 1,135 | 56.16% | 728 | 36.02% | 136 | 6.73% | 22 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 598 | 20.14% | 2,021 |
Prowers | 2,741 | 49.07% | 2,329 | 41.69% | 503 | 9.00% | 2 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.20% | 412 | 7.38% | 5,586 |
Pueblo | 16,646 | 34.47% | 27,215 | 56.36% | 3,823 | 7.92% | 525 | 1.09% | 82 | 0.18% | -10,569 | -21.89% | 48,291 |
Rio Blanco | 1,294 | 64.60% | 502 | 25.06% | 204 | 10.18% | 2 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 792 | 39.54% | 2,003 |
Rio Grande | 2,442 | 58.32% | 1,562 | 37.31% | 182 | 4.35% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 880 | 21.01% | 4,187 |
Routt | 1,602 | 53.83% | 1,076 | 36.16% | 292 | 9.81% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.13% | 526 | 17.67% | 2,976 |
Saguache | 824 | 52.45% | 648 | 41.25% | 97 | 6.17% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 176 | 11.20% | 1,571 |
San Juan | 165 | 46.09% | 134 | 37.43% | 59 | 16.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 31 | 8.66% | 358 |
San Miguel | 422 | 53.22% | 311 | 39.22% | 60 | 7.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 14.00% | 793 |
Sedgwick | 1,007 | 60.92% | 546 | 33.03% | 100 | 6.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 461 | 27.89% | 1,653 |
Summit | 536 | 57.39% | 301 | 32.23% | 95 | 10.17% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 235 | 25.16% | 934 |
Teller | 722 | 52.39% | 403 | 29.25% | 249 | 18.07% | 4 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 319 | 23.14% | 1,378 |
Washington | 1,634 | 60.92% | 694 | 25.88% | 352 | 13.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 940 | 35.04% | 2,682 |
Weld | 17,101 | 57.26% | 10,420 | 34.89% | 2,189 | 7.33% | 101 | 0.34% | 54 | 0.19% | 6,681 | 22.37% | 29,865 |
Yuma | 2,529 | 62.68% | 1,175 | 29.12% | 330 | 8.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,354 | 33.56% | 4,035 |
Total | 409,345 | 50.46% | 335,174 | 41.32% | 60,813 | 7.50% | 3,016 | 0.37% | 2,851 | 0.35% | 74,171 | 9.14% | 811,199 |
Nixon won 3 of 4 congressional districts while Humphrey won a single district.[7]
District[7] | Nixon | Humphrey | Wallace |
---|---|---|---|
1st | 43.9% | 50.6% | 6.7% |
2nd | 51.1% | 37.3% | 7.7% |
3rd | 47.5% | 43.3% | 9.2% |
4th | 56.3% | 35.4% | 8.3% |
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