The 1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by the Republican candidate former Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.82% of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, with 31.81% of the popular vote. American candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 8.36% of the popular vote.[3][4]
With 59.82% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's best state in the election,[5] just as it had been eight years earlier.
Primary elections
editPrimary elections were held on May 14, 1968. The presidential primaries were a preference poll and nonbinding.[6]
Democratic primary results
editAlthough the primary was nonbinding, 24 out of the 28 delegates were uncommitted. Of the 28 delegates 3 were pledged to Kennedy and 1 to McCarthy.[6]
| Candidate[6][7][8] | Number of votes | % of the vote |
|---|---|---|
| Robert F. Kennedy | 84,102 | 51.72% |
| Eugene McCarthy | 50,655 | 31.15% |
| Hubert Humphrey (Write-in) | 12,087 | 7.43% |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 9,187 | 5.65% |
| Richard M. Nixon (Write-in) | 2,731 | 1.68% |
| Ronald Reagan (Write-in) | 1,905 | 1.17% |
| George Wallace (Write-in) | 1,298 | 0.80% |
| Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) | 509 | 0.31% |
| Other candidates | 125 | 0.08% |
| Americus "Mike" Liberator (Write-in) | 12 | 0.01% |
| Total | 162,611 | 100% |
Republican primary results
editDespite the fact the primary was nonbinding, 1 of the 16 delegates was uncommitted "but known to favor Nixon" while the rest were pledged to Nixon.[6]
| Candidate[6][7][8] | Number of votes | % of the vote |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | 140,336 | 69.92% |
| Ronald Reagan | 42,703 | 21.28% |
| Nelson Rockefeller (Write-in) | 10,225 | 5.09% |
| Harold Stassen | 2,638 | 1.31% |
| Eugene McCarthy (Write-in) | 1,544 | 0.77% |
| Americus "Mike" Liberator | 1,302 | 0.65% |
| Robert F. Kennedy (Write-in) | 885 | 0.44% |
| George Wallace (Write-in) | 533 | 0.27% |
| Other candidates | 232 | 0.12% |
| Hubert Humphrey (Write-in) | 219 | 0.11% |
| George W. Romney (Write-in) | 40 | 0.11% |
| John Lindsay (Write-in) | 32 | 0.02% |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (Write-in) | 19 | 0.01% |
| Total | 198,069 | 100% |
American Independent primary results
edit| Candidate[6] | Number of votes | % of the vote |
|---|---|---|
| George Wallace | 493 | 97.8% |
| Other candidates (Write-ins) | 11 | 2.2% |
| Total | 504 | 100% |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 321,163 | 59.82% | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 170,784 | 31.81% | |
| American | George Wallace | 44,904 | 8.36% | |
| Total votes | 536,851 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County[9] | Richard Nixon Republican |
Hubert Humphrey Democratic |
George Wallace American |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,191 | 63.29% | 3,524 | 31.02% | 647 | 5.69% | 3,667 | 32.27% | 11,362 |
| Antelope | 2,805 | 68.13% | 952 | 23.12% | 360 | 8.74% | 1,853 | 45.01% | 4,117 |
| Arthur | 218 | 77.86% | 47 | 16.79% | 15 | 5.36% | 171 | 61.07% | 280 |
| Banner | 350 | 71.28% | 72 | 14.66% | 69 | 14.05% | 278 | 56.62% | 491 |
| Blaine | 344 | 79.45% | 64 | 14.78% | 25 | 5.77% | 280 | 64.67% | 433 |
| Boone | 2,179 | 64.01% | 934 | 27.44% | 291 | 8.55% | 1,245 | 36.57% | 3,404 |
| Box Butte | 2,728 | 67.47% | 1,052 | 26.02% | 263 | 6.51% | 1,676 | 41.45% | 4,043 |
| Boyd | 1,250 | 64.63% | 437 | 22.60% | 247 | 12.77% | 813 | 42.03% | 1,934 |
| Brown | 1,340 | 71.62% | 369 | 19.72% | 162 | 8.66% | 971 | 51.90% | 1,871 |
| Buffalo | 6,786 | 65.29% | 2,875 | 27.66% | 733 | 7.05% | 3,911 | 37.63% | 10,394 |
| Burt | 2,615 | 68.55% | 937 | 24.56% | 263 | 6.89% | 1,678 | 43.99% | 3,815 |
| Butler | 1,646 | 46.84% | 1,544 | 43.94% | 324 | 9.22% | 102 | 2.90% | 3,514 |
| Cass | 3,185 | 57.61% | 1,739 | 31.45% | 605 | 10.94% | 1,446 | 26.16% | 5,529 |
| Cedar | 2,853 | 61.53% | 1,444 | 31.14% | 340 | 7.33% | 1,409 | 30.39% | 4,637 |
| Chase | 1,171 | 67.81% | 363 | 21.02% | 193 | 11.18% | 808 | 46.79% | 1,727 |
| Cherry | 2,199 | 73.23% | 582 | 19.38% | 222 | 7.39% | 1,617 | 53.85% | 3,003 |
| Cheyenne | 2,725 | 65.95% | 993 | 24.03% | 414 | 10.02% | 1,732 | 41.92% | 4,132 |
| Clay | 2,273 | 66.58% | 935 | 27.39% | 206 | 6.03% | 1,338 | 39.19% | 3,414 |
| Colfax | 2,264 | 64.48% | 932 | 26.55% | 315 | 8.97% | 1,332 | 37.93% | 3,511 |
| Cuming | 3,254 | 72.55% | 935 | 20.85% | 296 | 6.60% | 2,319 | 51.70% | 4,485 |
| Custer | 4,325 | 70.52% | 1,407 | 22.94% | 401 | 6.54% | 2,918 | 47.58% | 6,133 |
| Dakota | 2,383 | 56.60% | 1,541 | 36.60% | 286 | 6.79% | 842 | 20.00% | 4,210 |
| Dawes | 2,600 | 71.94% | 741 | 20.50% | 273 | 7.55% | 1,859 | 51.44% | 3,614 |
| Dawson | 5,221 | 71.97% | 1,614 | 22.25% | 419 | 5.78% | 3,607 | 49.72% | 7,254 |
| Deuel | 997 | 75.25% | 250 | 18.87% | 78 | 5.89% | 747 | 56.38% | 1,325 |
| Dixon | 2,051 | 65.65% | 890 | 28.49% | 183 | 5.86% | 1,161 | 37.16% | 3,124 |
| Dodge | 8,059 | 63.78% | 3,755 | 29.72% | 822 | 6.51% | 4,304 | 34.06% | 12,636 |
| Douglas | 69,808 | 50.89% | 51,617 | 37.63% | 15,739 | 11.47% | 18,191 | 13.26% | 137,164 |
| Dundy | 1,001 | 72.01% | 261 | 18.78% | 128 | 9.21% | 740 | 53.23% | 1,390 |
| Fillmore | 2,213 | 59.60% | 1,297 | 34.93% | 203 | 5.47% | 916 | 24.67% | 3,713 |
| Franklin | 1,447 | 65.03% | 626 | 28.13% | 152 | 6.83% | 821 | 36.90% | 2,225 |
| Frontier | 1,183 | 70.21% | 345 | 20.47% | 157 | 9.32% | 838 | 49.74% | 1,685 |
| Furnas | 2,137 | 69.81% | 701 | 22.90% | 223 | 7.29% | 1,436 | 46.91% | 3,061 |
| Gage | 5,465 | 55.73% | 3,704 | 37.77% | 637 | 6.50% | 1,761 | 17.96% | 9,806 |
| Garden | 1,120 | 78.60% | 206 | 14.46% | 99 | 6.95% | 914 | 64.14% | 1,425 |
| Garfield | 797 | 76.41% | 183 | 17.55% | 63 | 6.04% | 614 | 58.86% | 1,043 |
| Gosper | 701 | 71.02% | 229 | 23.20% | 57 | 5.78% | 472 | 47.82% | 987 |
| Grant | 311 | 74.94% | 84 | 20.24% | 20 | 4.82% | 227 | 54.70% | 415 |
| Greeley | 882 | 50.03% | 739 | 41.92% | 142 | 8.05% | 143 | 8.11% | 1,763 |
| Hall | 8,457 | 61.01% | 4,571 | 32.98% | 833 | 6.01% | 3,886 | 28.03% | 13,861 |
| Hamilton | 2,592 | 70.94% | 918 | 25.12% | 144 | 3.94% | 1,674 | 45.82% | 3,654 |
| Harlan | 1,392 | 64.03% | 579 | 26.63% | 203 | 9.34% | 813 | 37.40% | 2,174 |
| Hayes | 496 | 71.26% | 127 | 18.25% | 73 | 10.49% | 369 | 53.01% | 696 |
| Hitchcock | 1,173 | 66.91% | 387 | 22.08% | 193 | 11.01% | 786 | 44.83% | 1,753 |
| Holt | 3,319 | 66.02% | 1,278 | 25.42% | 430 | 8.55% | 2,041 | 40.60% | 5,027 |
| Hooker | 350 | 87.94% | 36 | 9.05% | 12 | 3.02% | 314 | 78.89% | 398 |
| Howard | 1,256 | 51.37% | 1,003 | 41.02% | 186 | 7.61% | 253 | 10.35% | 2,445 |
| Jefferson | 2,793 | 60.23% | 1,572 | 33.90% | 272 | 5.87% | 1,221 | 26.33% | 4,637 |
| Johnson | 1,508 | 60.76% | 759 | 30.58% | 215 | 8.66% | 749 | 30.18% | 2,482 |
| Kearney | 1,806 | 64.00% | 825 | 29.23% | 191 | 6.77% | 981 | 34.77% | 2,822 |
| Keith | 2,126 | 70.91% | 694 | 23.15% | 178 | 5.94% | 1,432 | 47.76% | 2,998 |
| Keya Paha | 531 | 76.96% | 109 | 15.80% | 50 | 7.25% | 422 | 61.16% | 690 |
| Kimball | 1,423 | 68.61% | 414 | 19.96% | 237 | 11.43% | 1,009 | 48.65% | 2,074 |
| Knox | 3,129 | 68.20% | 1,131 | 24.65% | 328 | 7.15% | 1,998 | 43.55% | 4,588 |
| Lancaster | 33,051 | 55.52% | 23,539 | 39.54% | 2,940 | 4.94% | 9,512 | 15.98% | 59,530 |
| Lincoln | 5,996 | 58.39% | 3,491 | 34.00% | 782 | 7.62% | 2,505 | 24.39% | 10,269 |
| Logan | 363 | 66.36% | 130 | 23.77% | 54 | 9.87% | 233 | 42.59% | 547 |
| Loup | 331 | 76.44% | 64 | 14.78% | 38 | 8.78% | 267 | 61.66% | 433 |
| Madison | 7,066 | 70.35% | 2,364 | 23.54% | 614 | 6.11% | 4,702 | 46.81% | 10,044 |
| McPherson | 236 | 76.13% | 40 | 12.90% | 34 | 10.97% | 196 | 63.23% | 310 |
| Merrick | 2,031 | 65.88% | 840 | 27.25% | 212 | 6.88% | 1,191 | 38.63% | 3,083 |
| Morrill | 1,516 | 68.66% | 480 | 21.74% | 212 | 9.60% | 1,036 | 46.92% | 2,208 |
| Nance | 1,316 | 60.79% | 677 | 31.27% | 172 | 7.94% | 639 | 29.52% | 2,165 |
| Nemaha | 2,290 | 63.47% | 1,023 | 28.35% | 295 | 8.18% | 1,267 | 35.12% | 3,608 |
| Nuckolls | 1,894 | 59.32% | 1,127 | 35.30% | 172 | 5.39% | 767 | 24.02% | 3,193 |
| Otoe | 3,840 | 65.96% | 1,508 | 25.90% | 474 | 8.14% | 2,332 | 40.06% | 5,822 |
| Pawnee | 1,209 | 60.30% | 583 | 29.08% | 213 | 10.62% | 626 | 31.22% | 2,005 |
| Perkins | 1,165 | 70.52% | 360 | 21.79% | 127 | 7.69% | 805 | 48.73% | 1,652 |
| Phelps | 2,976 | 73.39% | 825 | 20.35% | 254 | 6.26% | 2,151 | 53.04% | 4,055 |
| Pierce | 2,408 | 73.44% | 674 | 20.56% | 197 | 6.01% | 1,734 | 52.88% | 3,279 |
| Platte | 5,817 | 60.69% | 2,999 | 31.29% | 768 | 8.01% | 2,818 | 29.40% | 9,584 |
| Polk | 1,795 | 66.83% | 690 | 25.69% | 201 | 7.48% | 1,105 | 41.14% | 2,686 |
| Red Willow | 3,066 | 67.02% | 1,145 | 25.03% | 364 | 7.96% | 1,921 | 41.99% | 4,575 |
| Richardson | 3,133 | 59.66% | 1,591 | 30.30% | 527 | 10.04% | 1,542 | 29.36% | 5,251 |
| Rock | 791 | 76.72% | 146 | 14.16% | 94 | 9.12% | 645 | 62.56% | 1,031 |
| Saline | 2,341 | 44.73% | 2,543 | 48.59% | 350 | 6.69% | -202 | -3.86% | 5,234 |
| Sarpy | 6,019 | 52.48% | 3,506 | 30.57% | 1,945 | 16.96% | 2,513 | 21.91% | 11,470 |
| Saunders | 3,429 | 57.39% | 1,990 | 33.31% | 556 | 9.31% | 1,439 | 24.08% | 5,975 |
| Scotts Bluff | 7,356 | 67.17% | 2,649 | 24.19% | 946 | 8.64% | 4,707 | 42.98% | 10,951 |
| Seward | 2,939 | 60.59% | 1,658 | 34.18% | 254 | 5.24% | 1,281 | 26.41% | 4,851 |
| Sheridan | 2,236 | 76.29% | 454 | 15.49% | 241 | 8.22% | 1,782 | 60.80% | 2,931 |
| Sherman | 955 | 48.09% | 851 | 42.85% | 180 | 9.06% | 104 | 5.24% | 1,986 |
| Sioux | 565 | 71.43% | 157 | 19.85% | 69 | 8.72% | 408 | 51.58% | 791 |
| Stanton | 1,408 | 71.36% | 411 | 20.83% | 154 | 7.81% | 997 | 50.53% | 1,973 |
| Thayer | 2,331 | 65.31% | 1,061 | 29.73% | 177 | 4.96% | 1,270 | 35.58% | 3,569 |
| Thomas | 354 | 76.79% | 76 | 16.49% | 31 | 6.72% | 278 | 60.30% | 461 |
| Thurston | 1,341 | 56.99% | 802 | 34.08% | 210 | 8.92% | 539 | 22.91% | 2,353 |
| Valley | 1,759 | 64.41% | 793 | 29.04% | 179 | 6.55% | 966 | 35.37% | 2,731 |
| Washington | 3,063 | 63.36% | 1,279 | 26.46% | 492 | 10.18% | 1,784 | 36.90% | 4,834 |
| Wayne | 2,582 | 72.53% | 786 | 22.08% | 192 | 5.39% | 1,796 | 50.45% | 3,560 |
| Webster | 1,521 | 61.13% | 781 | 31.39% | 186 | 7.48% | 740 | 29.74% | 2,488 |
| Wheeler | 323 | 64.21% | 131 | 26.04% | 49 | 9.74% | 192 | 38.17% | 503 |
| York | 3,923 | 72.39% | 1,237 | 22.83% | 259 | 4.78% | 2,686 | 49.56% | 5,419 |
| Totals | 321,163 | 59.82% | 170,784 | 31.81% | 44,904 | 8.36% | 150,379 | 28.01% | 536,851 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968". Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Results of the 15 Presidential Primaries in 1968". CQPRESS. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "Our Campaigns - NE US President - D Primary Race - May 14, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ a b OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS OF THE STATE OF ENBRASKA (PDF).
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 05, 1968". Our Campaigns.