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The 1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
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Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, won the state with 462,411 votes and 43.79 percent of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 397,541 votes and 37.65 percent of the vote, followed by American Party candidate George Wallace, who took 193,098 votes and 18.29 percent of the vote.[1]
With his victory in the state, Nixon became the first Republican presidential candidate to carry Kentucky more than once, as he also carried the state in his unsuccessful bid in 1960.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard Nixon | 462,411 | 43.79 | |
Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 397,541 | 37.65 | |
American | George Wallace | 193,098 | 18.29 | |
Socialist Workers | Fred Halstead | 2,843 | 0.27 | |
Total votes | 1,055,893 | 100% |
County | Richard Nixon[2] Republican |
Hubert Humphrey[2] Democratic |
George Wallace[2] American |
Fred Halstead[2] Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 3,239 | 59.43% | 1,362 | 24.99% | 844 | 15.49% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,877 | 34.44% | 5,450 |
Allen | 2,952 | 61.63% | 927 | 19.35% | 905 | 18.89% | 6 | 0.13% | 2,025 | 42.28% | 4,790 |
Anderson | 1,594 | 44.33% | 1,334 | 37.10% | 657 | 18.27% | 11 | 0.31% | 260 | 7.23% | 3,596 |
Ballard | 564 | 16.38% | 1,632 | 47.39% | 1,197 | 34.76% | 51 | 1.48% | 435[lower-alpha 2] | 12.63% | 3,444 |
Barren | 4,209 | 42.84% | 3,464 | 35.25% | 2,140 | 21.78% | 13 | 0.13% | 745 | 7.59% | 9,826 |
Bath | 1,277 | 38.34% | 1,394 | 41.85% | 658 | 19.75% | 2 | 0.06% | -117 | -3.51% | 3,331 |
Bell | 4,905 | 47.74% | 4,138 | 40.27% | 1,204 | 11.72% | 28 | 0.27% | 767 | 7.47% | 10,275 |
Boone | 4,081 | 45.09% | 2,725 | 30.11% | 2,240 | 24.75% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,356 | 14.98% | 9,051 |
Bourbon | 1,848 | 33.85% | 2,566 | 47.00% | 1,023 | 18.74% | 23 | 0.42% | -718 | -13.15% | 5,460 |
Boyd | 8,632 | 45.43% | 7,914 | 41.65% | 2,443 | 12.86% | 12 | 0.06% | 718 | 3.78% | 19,001 |
Boyle | 2,715 | 40.29% | 2,663 | 39.52% | 1,356 | 20.12% | 4 | 0.06% | 52 | 0.77% | 6,738 |
Bracken | 1,115 | 40.81% | 1,067 | 39.06% | 548 | 20.06% | 2 | 0.07% | 48 | 1.75% | 2,732 |
Breathitt | 1,361 | 29.09% | 2,954 | 63.15% | 361 | 7.72% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,593 | -34.06% | 4,678 |
Breckinridge | 2,779 | 47.32% | 2,024 | 34.46% | 1,067 | 18.17% | 3 | 0.05% | 755 | 12.86% | 5,873 |
Bullitt | 1,965 | 31.14% | 2,135 | 33.84% | 2,180 | 34.55% | 30 | 0.48% | -45[lower-alpha 2] | -0.71% | 6,310 |
Butler | 2,637 | 66.47% | 691 | 17.42% | 634 | 15.98% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,946 | 49.05% | 3,967 |
Caldwell | 2,139 | 42.23% | 1,439 | 28.41% | 1,426 | 28.15% | 61 | 1.20% | 700 | 13.82% | 5,065 |
Calloway | 2,672 | 30.78% | 3,854 | 44.39% | 2,150 | 24.76% | 6 | 0.07% | -1,182 | -13.61% | 8,682 |
Campbell | 13,681 | 48.51% | 9,747 | 34.56% | 4,750 | 16.84% | 25 | 0.09% | 3,934 | 13.95% | 28,203 |
Carlisle | 479 | 19.65% | 1,144 | 46.92% | 807 | 33.10% | 8 | 0.33% | 337[lower-alpha 2] | 13.82% | 2,438 |
Carroll | 868 | 27.54% | 1,765 | 56.00% | 514 | 16.31% | 5 | 0.16% | -897 | -28.46% | 3,152 |
Carter | 3,234 | 49.67% | 2,344 | 36.00% | 926 | 14.22% | 7 | 0.11% | 890 | 13.67% | 6,511 |
Casey | 3,698 | 70.64% | 879 | 16.79% | 649 | 12.40% | 9 | 0.17% | 2,819 | 53.85% | 5,235 |
Christian | 3,788 | 30.03% | 4,281 | 33.94% | 4,527 | 35.89% | 18 | 0.14% | -246[lower-alpha 2] | -1.95% | 12,614 |
Clark | 2,698 | 39.63% | 2,385 | 35.03% | 1,722 | 25.29% | 3 | 0.04% | 313 | 4.60% | 6,808 |
Clay | 4,663 | 75.16% | 1,213 | 19.55% | 327 | 5.27% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,450 | 55.61% | 6,204 |
Clinton | 2,572 | 75.09% | 568 | 16.58% | 280 | 8.18% | 5 | 0.15% | 2,004 | 58.51% | 3,425 |
Crittenden | 1,942 | 54.97% | 838 | 23.72% | 748 | 21.17% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,104 | 31.25% | 3,533 |
Cumberland | 2,116 | 67.82% | 646 | 20.71% | 355 | 11.38% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,470 | 47.11% | 3,120 |
Daviess | 10,111 | 40.22% | 9,947 | 39.56% | 5,015 | 19.95% | 69 | 0.27% | 164 | 0.66% | 25,142 |
Edmonson | 2,280 | 65.44% | 679 | 19.49% | 516 | 14.81% | 9 | 0.26% | 1,601 | 45.95% | 3,484 |
Elliott | 515 | 23.56% | 1,387 | 63.45% | 280 | 12.81% | 4 | 0.18% | -872 | -39.89% | 2,186 |
Estill | 2,236 | 53.57% | 1,261 | 30.21% | 675 | 16.17% | 2 | 0.05% | 975 | 23.36% | 4,174 |
Fayette | 24,948 | 49.53% | 16,902 | 33.55% | 8,354 | 16.58% | 169 | 0.34% | 8,046 | 15.98% | 50,373 |
Fleming | 2,220 | 53.28% | 1,406 | 33.74% | 535 | 12.84% | 6 | 0.14% | 814 | 19.54% | 4,167 |
Floyd | 3,550 | 27.22% | 8,333 | 63.89% | 1,150 | 8.82% | 10 | 0.08% | -4,783 | -36.67% | 13,043 |
Franklin | 4,057 | 30.82% | 6,396 | 48.58% | 2,655 | 20.17% | 57 | 0.43% | -2,339 | -17.76% | 13,165 |
Fulton | 1,079 | 28.26% | 1,204 | 31.53% | 1,526 | 39.97% | 9 | 0.24% | -322[lower-alpha 2] | -8.44% | 3,818 |
Gallatin | 413 | 29.35% | 685 | 48.69% | 304 | 21.61% | 5 | 0.36% | -272 | -19.34% | 1,407 |
Garrard | 2,205 | 56.15% | 1,000 | 25.46% | 675 | 17.19% | 47 | 1.20% | 1,205 | 30.69% | 3,927 |
Grant | 1,386 | 39.35% | 1,169 | 33.19% | 941 | 26.72% | 26 | 0.74% | 217 | 6.16% | 3,522 |
Graves | 3,239 | 26.52% | 5,103 | 41.78% | 3,829 | 31.35% | 42 | 0.34% | 1,274[lower-alpha 2] | 10.43% | 12,213 |
Grayson | 3,598 | 61.14% | 1,595 | 27.10% | 657 | 11.16% | 35 | 0.59% | 2,003 | 34.04% | 5,885 |
Green | 2,448 | 58.71% | 1,003 | 24.05% | 712 | 17.07% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,445 | 34.66% | 4,170 |
Greenup | 4,698 | 43.68% | 4,689 | 43.60% | 1,365 | 12.69% | 3 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.08% | 10,755 |
Hancock | 1,049 | 44.70% | 867 | 36.94% | 419 | 17.85% | 12 | 0.51% | 182 | 7.76% | 2,347 |
Hardin | 5,329 | 41.84% | 4,470 | 35.09% | 2,845 | 22.34% | 93 | 0.73% | 859 | 6.75% | 12,737 |
Harlan | 4,572 | 34.96% | 6,389 | 48.86% | 2,099 | 16.05% | 17 | 0.13% | -1,817 | -13.90% | 13,077 |
Harrison | 1,637 | 33.75% | 2,373 | 48.93% | 839 | 17.30% | 1 | 0.02% | -736 | -15.18% | 4,850 |
Hart | 2,817 | 51.37% | 1,658 | 30.23% | 1,002 | 18.27% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,159 | 21.14% | 5,484 |
Henderson | 3,512 | 32.74% | 5,062 | 47.19% | 2,132 | 19.88% | 20 | 0.19% | -1,550 | -14.45% | 10,726 |
Henry | 1,271 | 32.04% | 1,978 | 49.86% | 711 | 17.92% | 7 | 0.18% | -707 | -17.82% | 3,967 |
Hickman | 623 | 23.19% | 880 | 32.76% | 1,154 | 42.96% | 29 | 1.08% | -274[lower-alpha 2] | -10.20% | 2,686 |
Hopkins | 3,791 | 31.94% | 4,391 | 37.00% | 3,668 | 30.90% | 19 | 0.16% | -600 | -5.06% | 11,869 |
Jackson | 3,098 | 84.09% | 304 | 8.25% | 279 | 7.57% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,794 | 75.84% | 3,684 |
Jefferson | 95,942 | 43.09% | 90,242 | 40.53% | 35,561 | 15.97% | 912 | 0.41% | 5,700 | 2.56% | 222,657 |
Jessamine | 2,338 | 45.46% | 1,334 | 25.94% | 1,440 | 28.00% | 31 | 0.60% | 898[lower-alpha 3] | 17.46% | 5,143 |
Johnson | 4,046 | 61.90% | 2,142 | 32.77% | 344 | 5.26% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,904 | 29.13% | 6,536 |
Kenton | 17,263 | 43.64% | 14,656 | 37.05% | 7,612 | 19.24% | 26 | 0.07% | 2,607 | 6.59% | 39,557 |
Knott | 1,098 | 22.56% | 3,335 | 68.52% | 428 | 8.79% | 6 | 0.12% | -2,237 | -45.96% | 4,867 |
Knox | 4,388 | 57.77% | 2,244 | 29.55% | 944 | 12.43% | 19 | 0.25% | 2,144 | 28.22% | 7,595 |
LaRue | 1,862 | 47.78% | 1,251 | 32.10% | 776 | 19.91% | 8 | 0.21% | 611 | 15.68% | 3,897 |
Laurel | 6,251 | 67.57% | 1,756 | 18.98% | 1,236 | 13.36% | 8 | 0.09% | 4,495 | 48.59% | 9,251 |
Lawrence | 1,946 | 45.80% | 1,825 | 42.95% | 476 | 11.20% | 2 | 0.05% | 121 | 2.85% | 4,249 |
Lee | 1,339 | 58.27% | 674 | 29.33% | 285 | 12.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 665 | 28.94% | 2,298 |
Leslie | 2,615 | 71.08% | 828 | 22.51% | 236 | 6.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,787 | 48.57% | 3,679 |
Letcher | 3,243 | 42.30% | 3,499 | 45.64% | 920 | 12.00% | 5 | 0.07% | -256 | -3.34% | 7,667 |
Lewis | 2,760 | 64.83% | 1,017 | 23.89% | 472 | 11.09% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,743 | 40.94% | 4,257 |
Lincoln | 2,591 | 47.45% | 1,736 | 31.79% | 1,129 | 20.67% | 5 | 0.09% | 855 | 15.66% | 5,461 |
Livingston | 1,079 | 32.63% | 1,272 | 38.46% | 953 | 28.82% | 3 | 0.09% | -193 | -5.83% | 3,307 |
Logan | 3,402 | 39.16% | 3,339 | 38.44% | 1,881 | 21.65% | 65 | 0.75% | 63 | 0.72% | 8,687 |
Lyon | 579 | 29.88% | 719 | 37.10% | 619 | 31.94% | 21 | 1.08% | 100[lower-alpha 2] | 5.16% | 1,938 |
Madison | 5,325 | 44.83% | 3,884 | 32.70% | 2,558 | 21.54% | 111 | 0.93% | 1,441 | 12.13% | 11,878 |
Magoffin | 1,967 | 47.71% | 1,927 | 46.74% | 229 | 5.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 | 0.97% | 4,123 |
Marion | 1,620 | 33.02% | 2,436 | 49.65% | 849 | 17.31% | 1 | 0.02% | -816 | -16.63% | 4,906 |
Marshall | 2,432 | 30.70% | 3,301 | 41.67% | 2,183 | 27.56% | 5 | 0.06% | -869 | -10.97% | 7,921 |
Martin | 1,943 | 68.42% | 759 | 26.73% | 136 | 4.79% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,184 | 41.69% | 2,840 |
Mason | 2,661 | 40.50% | 2,772 | 42.19% | 1,131 | 17.21% | 6 | 0.09% | -111 | -1.69% | 6,570 |
McCracken | 5,887 | 27.33% | 9,741 | 45.21% | 5,810 | 26.97% | 106 | 0.49% | -3,854 | -17.88% | 21,544 |
McCreary | 2,670 | 67.61% | 759 | 19.22% | 479 | 12.13% | 41 | 1.04% | 1,911 | 48.39% | 3,949 |
McLean | 1,372 | 35.73% | 1,373 | 35.76% | 1,084 | 28.23% | 11 | 0.29% | -1 | -0.03% | 3,840 |
Meade | 1,385 | 32.98% | 1,926 | 45.86% | 886 | 21.10% | 3 | 0.07% | -541 | -12.88% | 4,200 |
Menifee | 509 | 38.65% | 554 | 42.07% | 247 | 18.75% | 7 | 0.53% | -45 | -3.42% | 1,317 |
Mercer | 2,432 | 43.07% | 1,950 | 34.54% | 1,227 | 21.73% | 37 | 0.66% | 482 | 8.53% | 5,646 |
Metcalfe | 1,566 | 51.41% | 1,001 | 32.86% | 469 | 15.40% | 10 | 0.33% | 565 | 18.55% | 3,046 |
Monroe | 4,086 | 76.06% | 693 | 12.90% | 590 | 10.98% | 3 | 0.06% | 3,393 | 63.16% | 5,372 |
Montgomery | 2,113 | 46.87% | 1,408 | 31.23% | 980 | 21.74% | 7 | 0.16% | 705 | 15.64% | 4,508 |
Morgan | 1,341 | 33.86% | 2,222 | 56.10% | 398 | 10.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -881 | -22.24% | 3,961 |
Muhlenberg | 3,853 | 39.52% | 3,688 | 37.83% | 2,198 | 22.54% | 11 | 0.11% | 165 | 1.69% | 9,750 |
Nelson | 2,373 | 34.31% | 3,420 | 49.45% | 1,104 | 15.96% | 19 | 0.27% | -1,047 | -15.14% | 6,916 |
Nicholas | 725 | 35.16% | 911 | 44.18% | 413 | 20.03% | 13 | 0.63% | -186 | -9.02% | 2,062 |
Ohio | 3,504 | 54.16% | 1,695 | 26.20% | 1,263 | 19.52% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,809 | 27.96% | 6,470 |
Oldham | 1,655 | 41.45% | 1,399 | 35.04% | 937 | 23.47% | 2 | 0.05% | 256 | 6.41% | 3,993 |
Owen | 827 | 26.39% | 1,608 | 51.31% | 697 | 22.24% | 2 | 0.06% | -781 | -24.92% | 3,134 |
Owsley | 1,417 | 75.49% | 303 | 16.14% | 157 | 8.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,114 | 59.35% | 1,877 |
Pendleton | 1,614 | 45.68% | 1,156 | 32.72% | 760 | 21.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 458 | 12.96% | 3,533 |
Perry | 3,993 | 41.85% | 4,562 | 47.81% | 983 | 10.30% | 3 | 0.03% | -569 | -5.96% | 9,541 |
Pike | 8,911 | 39.56% | 11,663 | 51.78% | 1,933 | 8.58% | 19 | 0.08% | -2,752 | -12.22% | 22,526 |
Powell | 1,157 | 42.57% | 934 | 34.36% | 625 | 22.99% | 2 | 0.07% | 223 | 8.21% | 2,718 |
Pulaski | 8,290 | 64.26% | 2,823 | 21.88% | 1,780 | 13.80% | 8 | 0.06% | 5,467 | 42.38% | 12,901 |
Robertson | 416 | 41.15% | 406 | 40.16% | 186 | 18.40% | 3 | 0.30% | 10 | 0.99% | 1,011 |
Rockcastle | 3,072 | 66.96% | 868 | 18.92% | 644 | 14.04% | 4 | 0.09% | 2,204 | 48.04% | 4,588 |
Rowan | 2,017 | 45.23% | 1,898 | 42.57% | 541 | 12.13% | 3 | 0.07% | 119 | 2.66% | 4,459 |
Russell | 3,035 | 64.29% | 961 | 20.36% | 718 | 15.21% | 7 | 0.15% | 2,074 | 43.93% | 4,721 |
Scott | 1,748 | 35.07% | 1,961 | 39.35% | 1,242 | 24.92% | 33 | 0.66% | -213 | -4.28% | 4,984 |
Shelby | 2,287 | 37.78% | 2,579 | 42.60% | 1,185 | 19.57% | 3 | 0.05% | -292 | -4.82% | 6,054 |
Simpson | 1,435 | 33.07% | 1,505 | 34.69% | 1,390 | 32.04% | 9 | 0.21% | -70 | -1.62% | 4,339 |
Spencer | 733 | 41.89% | 564 | 32.23% | 448 | 25.60% | 5 | 0.29% | 169 | 9.66% | 1,750 |
Taylor | 3,032 | 50.88% | 1,367 | 22.94% | 1,554 | 26.08% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,478[lower-alpha 3] | 24.80% | 5,959 |
Todd | 1,433 | 31.99% | 1,082 | 24.16% | 1,932 | 43.13% | 32 | 0.71% | -499[lower-alpha 3] | -11.14% | 4,479 |
Trigg | 1,100 | 30.38% | 1,330 | 36.73% | 1,180 | 32.59% | 11 | 0.30% | 150[lower-alpha 2] | 4.14% | 3,621 |
Trimble | 511 | 25.98% | 1,045 | 53.13% | 406 | 20.64% | 5 | 0.25% | -534 | -27.15% | 1,967 |
Union | 1,371 | 23.66% | 2,616 | 45.15% | 1,804 | 31.14% | 3 | 0.05% | 812[lower-alpha 2] | 14.01% | 5,794 |
Warren | 8,084 | 45.76% | 5,200 | 29.44% | 4,365 | 24.71% | 16 | 0.09% | 2,884 | 16.32% | 17,665 |
Washington | 1,863 | 46.35% | 1,675 | 41.68% | 472 | 11.74% | 9 | 0.22% | 188 | 4.67% | 4,019 |
Wayne | 3,055 | 61.08% | 1,467 | 29.33% | 475 | 9.50% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,588 | 31.75% | 5,002 |
Webster | 1,446 | 29.48% | 2,114 | 43.10% | 1,337 | 27.26% | 8 | 0.16% | -668 | -13.62% | 4,905 |
Whitley | 5,639 | 59.74% | 2,134 | 22.61% | 1,650 | 17.48% | 16 | 0.17% | 3,505 | 37.13% | 9,439 |
Wolfe | 758 | 34.35% | 1,162 | 52.65% | 282 | 12.78% | 5 | 0.23% | -404 | -18.30% | 2,207 |
Woodford | 1,901 | 42.51% | 1,646 | 36.81% | 894 | 19.99% | 31 | 0.69% | 255 | 5.70% | 4,472 |
Totals | 462,411 | 43.79% | 397,541 | 37.65% | 193,098 | 18.29% | 2,843 | 0.27% | 64,870 | 6.14% | 1,055,893 |
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