November 5, 1968

Republican Wins 1968

Republican defeats Democratic with 344 electoral votes, winning 34 states.

Democratic

194 EV

270 to win

Republican

344 EV

194

344

270

Republican wins

344

Electoral Votes

43.4%

Popular Vote

States Carried

73,205,009

Total Votes Cast

Republican won the 1968 presidential election with 344 electoral votes to Democratic's 194. Republican received 43.4% of the popular vote and carried 34 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—4 flipped Republican and 96 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1968	Democratic	Republican	194-344	R+0.7%	GOP
1964	Democratic	Republican	487-51	D+22.9%	DEM
1960	Democratic	Republican	279-256	D+0.2%	DEM
1956	Democratic	Republican	72-456	R+15.4%	GOP
1952	Democratic	Republican	82-446	R+10.8%	GOP

State-by-State Results

17 Dem34 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1968	1964	1960	1956	1952
District of Columbia	3	D+63.6	D+71.0	—	—	—
Rhode Island	4	D+32.3	D+61.7	D+27.3	R+16.5	R+1.8
Massachusetts	11	D+30.1	D+52.7	D+20.7	R+18.9	R+8.8
Hawaii	4	D+21.1	D+57.5	D+0.1	—	—
Minnesota	10	D+12.5	D+27.8	D+1.4	R+7.6	R+11.2
Maine	4	D+12.2	D+37.7	R+14.1	R+41.7	R+32.3
Mississippi	6	D+9.5	R+74.3	D+11.7	D+33.8	D+20.9
West Virginia	4	D+8.8	D+35.9	D+5.5	R+8.2	D+3.9
Michigan	15	D+6.7	D+33.6	D+2.0	R+11.5	R+11.5
New York	28	D+5.5	D+37.3	D+5.3	R+22.4	R+11.9
Connecticut	7	D+5.2	D+35.7	D+7.5	R+27.5	R+11.8
Louisiana	8	D+4.8	D+13.6	D+21.8	R+13.8	D+5.8
Alabama	9	D+4.7	R+69.5	D+14.3	D+17.1	D+29.5
Pennsylvania	19	D+3.6	D+30.2	D+2.3	R+13.2	R+5.9
Washington	12	D+2.1	D+24.6	R+2.4	R+8.5	R+9.6
Maryland	10	D+1.6	D+30.9	D+7.2	R+20.1	R+11.5
Texas	40	D+1.3	D+26.8	D+2.0	R+11.3	R+6.4
Arkansas	6	R+0.4	D+12.7	D+7.1	D+6.6	D+12.1
Missouri	10	R+1.1	D+28.1	D+0.5	D+0.2	R+1.6
New Jersey	14	R+2.1	D+31.8	D+0.8	R+30.5	R+14.8
Alaska	3	R+2.1	D+31.6	R+1.9	—	—
Ohio	17	R+2.3	D+25.9	R+6.6	R+22.2	R+13.5
Illinois	19	R+2.9	D+18.9	D+0.2	R+19.2	R+9.9
California	54	R+3.1	D+18.3	R+0.6	R+11.1	R+13.6
Delaware	3	R+3.5	D+22.2	D+1.6	R+10.5	R+3.9
Wisconsin	10	R+3.6	D+24.4	R+3.7	R+23.7	R+22.3
Georgia	16	R+3.6	R+8.3	D+25.1	D+34.1	D+39.3
Oregon	8	R+6.0	D+27.8	R+5.2	R+10.5	R+21.6
Kentucky	8	R+6.1	D+28.4	R+7.2	R+9.1	D+0.1
Nevada	6	R+8.2	D+17.2	D+2.3	R+15.9	R+22.9
New Hampshire	4	R+8.2	D+27.8	R+6.8	R+32.3	R+21.8
South Carolina	9	R+8.5	R+17.8	D+2.5	D+20.2	D+1.4
Montana	4	R+9.0	D+18.4	R+2.5	R+14.3	R+19.3
Colorado	10	R+9.2	D+23.1	R+9.7	R+19.7	R+21.3
Vermont	3	R+9.2	D+32.6	R+17.3	R+44.4	R+43.2
Florida	30	R+9.6	D+2.3	R+3.0	R+14.5	R+10.0
Tennessee	11	R+9.7	D+11.0	R+7.1	R+0.6	R+0.3
North Carolina	16	R+10.3	D+12.3	D+4.2	D+1.3	D+7.8
Virginia	13	R+10.9	D+7.1	R+5.4	R+17.0	R+13.0
South Dakota	3	R+11.3	D+11.2	R+16.4	R+16.8	R+38.5
New Mexico	5	R+12.1	D+18.6	D+0.7	R+16.0	R+11.1
Iowa	6	R+12.2	D+24.0	R+13.5	R+18.4	R+28.2
Indiana	11	R+12.3	D+12.4	R+10.4	R+20.2	R+17.1
Oklahoma	7	R+15.7	D+11.5	R+18.0	R+10.3	R+9.2
North Dakota	3	R+17.7	D+16.1	R+10.9	R+23.6	R+42.6
Utah	6	R+19.4	D+9.4	R+9.6	R+29.1	R+17.9
Arizona	11	R+19.8	R+0.8	R+11.2	R+22.1	R+16.7
Kansas	6	R+20.1	D+9.0	R+21.4	R+31.2	R+38.3
Wyoming	3	R+20.3	D+13.1	R+10.0	R+20.2	R+25.6
Idaho	4	R+26.1	D+1.8	R+7.6	R+22.4	R+31.0
Nebraska	5	R+28.0	D+5.2	R+24.1	R+31.0	R+38.3

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

4 total

Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska, AKR+86.7%Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, AKR+84.6%West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, LAR+81.0%Franklin Parish, Louisiana, LAR+80.8%

Flipped Democratic

96 total

Jefferson County, Mississippi, MSD+148.0%Claiborne County, Mississippi, MSD+141.4%Holmes County, Mississippi, MSD+138.5%Wilkinson County, Mississippi, MSD+134.7%Issaquena County, Mississippi, MSD+129.8%

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