This article provides a list of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 1968 United States presidential election.
Presidential election
editCandidates |
Richard Nixon |
Hubert Humphrey |
George Wallace |
Undecided/Other |
Events |
Conventions |
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Poll source | Date | Richard Nixon Republican |
Hubert Humphrey Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided/Other | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Election Results | November 5, 1968 | 43.42% | 42.72% | 13.53% | 0.33% | 0.70 |
Harris[1] | November 4, 1968 | 40% | 43% | 13% | 4% | 3 |
Gallup[2] | November 4, 1968 | 42% | 40% | 14% | 4% | 2 |
Harris[3] | November 1, 1968 | 40% | 37% | 16% | 7% | 3 |
Gallup[4] | October 24, 1968 | 44% | 36% | 15% | 5% | 8 |
Harris[5] | October 18, 1968 | 40% | 35% | 18% | 7% | 5 |
Gallup[6] | October 9, 1968 | 44% | 29% | 20% | 7% | 8 |
Gallup[7] | September 29, 1968 | 43% | 28% | 21% | 8% | 15 |
Harris[8] | September 23, 1968 | 39% | 31% | 21% | 9% | 8 |
Gallup[9] | September 11, 1968 | 43% | 31% | 19% | 7% | 12 |
Harris[10] | August 27, 1968 | 40% | 34% | 17% | 9% | 6 |
Gallup[11] | August 21, 1968 | 45% | 29% | 18% | 8% | 16 |
Harris[12][13] | July 31, 1968 | 36% | 41% | 16% | 7% | 5 |
Crossley[14][15] | July 31, 1968 | 39% | 36% | 19% | 6% | 3 |
Gallup[16] | July 31, 1968 | 40% | 38% | 16% | 6% | 2 |
Harris[17][18] | July 20, 1968 | 35% | 37% | 17% | 11% | 2 |
Gallup[19] | July 11, 1968 | 35% | 40% | 16% | 9% | 5 |
Harris[20] | June 24, 1968 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Gallup[21] | June 23, 1968 | 37% | 42% | 14% | 7% | 5 |
Gallup[22] | June 12, 1968 | 36% | 42% | 14% | 8% | 6 |
Harris[23] | May 23, 1968 | 37% | 41% | 14% | 8% | 4 |
Gallup[24] | May 12, 1968 | 39% | 36% | 14% | 11% | 3 |
Harris[25] | May 6, 1968 | 36% | 38% | 13% | 13% | 2 |
Gallup[26] | April 21, 1968 | 43% | 34% | 14% | 9% | 9 |
Harris[27] | April 6, 1968 | 34% | 35% | 12% | 19% | 1 |
Hypothetical Polling
editPoll source | Date | Richard Nixon Republican |
Eugene McCarthy Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris[28] | August 27, 1968 | 41% | 35% | 16% | 8% | 6 |
Gallup[29] | August 21, 1968 | 42% | 37% | 16% | 5% | 5 |
Harris[30][31] | July 31, 1968 | 35% | 43% | 15% | 7% | 8 |
Crossley[32][33] | July 31, 1968 | 40% | 41% | 11% | 8% | 1 |
Gallup[34] | July 31, 1968 | 41% | 36% | 16% | 7% | 5 |
Harris[35][36] | July 20, 1968 | 34% | 42% | 16% | 8% | 8 |
Gallup[37] | July 11, 1968 | 36% | 39% | 18% | 7% | 3 |
Gallup[38] | June 23, 1968 | 39% | 41% | 14% | 6% | 2 |
Harris[39] | May 23, 1968 | 40% | 39% | 14% | 7% | 1 |
Gallup[40] | May 12, 1968 | 39% | 36% | 14% | 10% | 3 |
Harris[41] | May 6, 1968 | 37% | 40% | 13% | 10% | 3 |
Gallup[42] | April 21, 1968 | 41% | 38% | 10% | 11% | 3 |
Harris[43] | April 6, 1968 | 33% | 39% | 10% | 18% | 6 |
Poll source | Date | Richard Nixon Republican |
Lyndon Johnson Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris[44] | August 28, 1968 | 42% | 36% | 16% | 6% | 6 |
Harris[45] | July 30, 1968 | 35% | 41% | 17% | 7% | 6 |
Harris[46] | March, 1968[a] | 39% | 41% | 13% | 7% | 3 |
Gallup[47] | March 26, 1968 | 41% | 39% | - | 14% | 3 |
Harris[48] | February 27, 1968 | 38% | 47% | 11% | 4% | 9 |
Gallup[49] | February 24, 1968 | 42% | 42% | - | 16% | Tied |
39% | 39% | 11% | 11% | Tied | ||
Harris[50] | February 20, 1968 | 43% | 48% | - | 9% | 5 |
Gallup[51] | January 20, 1968 | 39% | 51% | - | 10% | 12 |
Poll source | Date | Richard Nixon Republican |
Lyndon Johnson Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Eugene McCarthy Peace |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gallup[52] | January 6, 1968 | 30% | 39% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 9 |
Poll source | Date | Richard Nixon Republican |
Robert Kennedy Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris[53] | May 23, 1968 | 40% | 42% | 13% | 5% | 2 |
Gallup[54] | May 12, 1968 | 42% | 32% | 15% | 11% | 10 |
Harris[55] | May 6, 1968 | 40% | 38% | 14% | 8% | 2 |
Gallup[56] | April 21, 1968 | 41% | 38% | 10% | 11% | 3 |
Harris[57] | April 6, 1968 | 35% | 41% | 8% | 16% | 6 |
Poll source | Date | Nelson Rockefeller Republican |
Hubert Humphrey Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris[58][59] | July 31, 1968 | 40% | 34% | 20% | 6% | 6 |
Crossley[60][61] | July 31, 1968 | 37% | 31% | 22% | 10% | 6 |
Gallup[62] | July 31, 1968 | 36% | 36% | 21% | 7% | Tied |
Harris[63][64] | July 20, 1968 | 37% | 34% | 19% | 10% | 3 |
Gallup[65] | July 11, 1968 | 36% | 36% | 21% | 7% | Tied |
Gallup[66] | June 23, 1968 | 39% | 38% | 17% | 6% | 1 |
Gallup[67] | June 12, 1968 | 36% | 39% | 17% | 8% | 3 |
Harris[68] | May 23, 1968 | 37% | 40% | 17% | 6% | 3 |
Gallup[69] | May 12, 1968 | 40% | 33% | 16% | 11% | 3 |
Harris[70][71] | May 6, 1968 | 39% | 37% | 16% | 8% | 2 |
Poll source | Date | Nelson Rockefeller Republican |
Eugene McCarthy Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris[72][73] | July 31, 1968 | 40% | 34% | 20% | 6% | 6 |
Crossley[74][75] | July 31, 1968 | 38% | 30% | 22% | 10% | 8 |
Gallup[76] | July 31, 1968 | 36% | 35% | 21% | 7% | 1 |
Harris[77][78] | July 20, 1968 | 32% | 38% | 20% | 10% | 6 |
Gallup[79] | July 11, 1968 | 35% | 37% | 20% | 8% | 2 |
Gallup[80] | June 23, 1968 | 38% | 39% | 16% | 7% | 1 |
Harris[81] | May 23, 1968 | 38% | 36% | 19% | 8% | 2 |
Gallup[82] | May 12, 1968 | 40% | 31% | 17% | 12% | 9 |
Harris[83][84] | May 6, 1968 | 38% | 36% | 15% | 11% | 2 |
Poll source | Date | Nelson Rockefeller Republican |
Robert Kennedy Democratic |
George Wallace American Ind. |
Undecided | Leading by (points) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harris[85] | May 23, 1968 | 41% | 36% | 17% | 6% | 5 |
Gallup[86] | May 12, 1968 | 42% | 28% | 18% | 12% | 14 |
Harris[87][88] | May 6, 1968 | 41% | 33% | 17% | 9% | 8 |
Notes
edit- ^ The original announcement of the March Harris poll has not been found in the New York Times' Archives, but it is referenced in comparison to a later poll made in July.
References
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- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2168.
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- ^ "Humphrey Gains In A Harris Poll" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-10-19. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "Gallup Poll Finds Nixon Is Maintaining Large Lead" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-10-10. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2162.
- ^ "New Harris Poll Puts Nixon On Top" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2159.
- ^ "New Harris Poll Puts Nixon On Top" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2155.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Comparison of 4 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-02. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Crossley Findings" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2150.
- ^ "McCarthy, Buoyed by 2 Polls, Sees 'Even Chance" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-07-21. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "New Harris Poll Puts Nixon On Top" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2139.
- ^ "Poll Finds Kennedy Would Aid Ticket" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-06-24. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2134.
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- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2126.
- ^ "Kennedy's Lead Fades in 2 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2122.
- ^ "Harris Poll Shows Kennedy, McCarthy In Front of Nixon" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "New Harris Poll Puts Nixon On Top" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2156.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Comparison of 4 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-02. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Crossley Findings" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2151.
- ^ "McCarthy, Buoyed by 2 Polls, Sees 'Even Chance" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-07-21. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "New Harris Poll Puts Nixon On Top" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2143.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2134.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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- ^ "Harris Poll Shows Kennedy, McCarthy In Front of Nixon" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "New Harris Poll Puts Nixon On Top" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-28. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Poll Says Johnson Still Leads Nation" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-07-31. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Poll Says Johnson Still Leads Nation" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-07-31. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Rockefeller Gains On Nixon in a Poll; Johnson Tops Both" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-03-27. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Harris Poll Shows Votes For Wallace Would Aid Johnson" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-02-27. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Rockefeller Gains On Nixon in a Poll; Johnson Tops Both" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-02-25. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Poll Shows Nixon Gains on Johnson" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-02-20. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Rockefeller Gains On Nixon in a Poll; Johnson Tops Both" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-01-21. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "McCarthy Draws 12% In Poll" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-01-07. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2126.
- ^ "Kennedy's Lead Fades in 2 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2121.
- ^ "Harris Poll Shows Kennedy, McCarthy In Front of Nixon" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Comparison of 4 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-02. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Crossley Findings" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2151.
- ^ "McCarthy, Buoyed by 2 Polls, Sees 'Even Chance" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-07-21. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Comparison of 4 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-02. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2141.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2135.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2131.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2126.
- ^ "Kennedy's Lead Fades in 2 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Comparison of 4 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-02. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ "Harris Poll Gives Rockefeller A Lift" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Crossley Findings" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-01. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2151.
- ^ "McCarthy, Buoyed by 2 Polls, Sees 'Even Chance" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-07-21. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Comparison of 4 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-08-02. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2145.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2135.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2126.
- ^ "Kennedy's Lead Fades in 2 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Gallup, George (1972). The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971. Vol. III. p. 2126.
- ^ "Kennedy's Lead Fades in 2 Polls" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Harris Poll Finds Gain By Humphrey" (PDF). New York Times. 1968-05-23. Retrieved 2020-12-09.