North Carolina 1968 Senate Election

Name: North Carolina 1968 Senate Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Sam J. Ervin vs. Robert V. Somers

Sam J. Ervin won the North Carolina 1968 senate election with 870,406 votes (60.6%), a margin of D+21.1.

Statewide Results

60.6%

39.4%

870,406

Sam J. Ervin (60.6%)

566,934

Robert V. Somers (39.4%)

Total Votes: 1,437,340|Margin: D+21.1

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
WARREN	D+81.8	D+39.9	D+19.4	4,888	R+0.2%
NORTHAMPTON	D+75.2	D+45.0	D+22.8	7,381	R+12.8%
ROBESON	D+72.7	D+42.5	D+8.2	18,049	R+11.2%
HOKE	D+72.2	D+47.7	D+13.5	4,355	R+10.9%
GATES	D+68.4	D+42.6	D+13.5	2,282	R+20.7%
GREENE	D+67.8	D+12.0	R+7.1	4,622	R+18.9%
HERTFORD	D+67.6	D+37.1	D+17.2	5,242	R+21.3%
MARTIN	D+66.4	D+29.5	R+4.9	7,099	R+0.3%
CURRITUCK	D+66.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	2,196	R+23.5%
BERTIE	D+64.2	D+38.5	D+15.6	5,214	R+23.4%
GRANVILLE	D+63.5	D+22.1	R+9.4	7,332	R+8.9%
HALIFAX	D+62.7	D+15.9	D+2.5	13,898	R+18.6%
PERQUIMANS	D+62.7	D+12.3	R+14.7	2,627	R+12.9%
BLADEN	D+62.5	D+37.6	D+3.7	7,480	R+10.9%
CAMDEN	D+61.5	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,693	R+21.8%
SCOTLAND	D+61.4	D+34.1	R+0.6	5,313	R+14.8%
VANCE	D+60.5	D+12.3	R+7.5	10,197	R+13.5%
CHOWAN	D+59.5	D+19.7	R+11.1	3,169	R+20.7%
EDGECOMBE	D+58.7	D+14.4	D+4.5	12,696	R+17.9%
CASWELL	D+55.1	D+23.8	D+2.0	5,033	R+5.4%
ANSON	D+54.3	D+42.4	D+14.8	7,179	R+14.0%
FRANKLIN	D+53.6	D+21.1	R+11.3	8,796	R+24.2%
TYRRELL	D+52.6	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,012	R+24.7%
PASQUOTANK	D+51.8	D+10.2	R+9.3	6,223	R+15.5%
PITT	D+50.6	R+0.9	R+16.9	19,345	R+22.8%
PERSON	D+50.4	D+11.0	R+24.8	7,735	R+15.2%
PENDER	D+49.6	D+18.1	R+7.7	5,072	R+19.9%
WILSON	D+48.7	R+1.7	R+18.9	14,122	R+21.2%
COLUMBUS	D+48.7	D+29.4	R+2.4	12,621	R+21.7%
RICHMOND	D+48.6	D+30.2	D+4.8	8,992	R+10.4%
HYDE	D+45.6	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,740	R+14.4%
NASH	D+43.8	R+14.6	R+33.6	16,690	R+25.0%
DARE	D+43.3	R+5.3	R+44.0	2,291	R+18.0%
CUMBERLAND	D+41.5	D+1.2	R+16.5	26,975	R+1.8%
JONES	D+40.9	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,857	R+36.9%
LEE	D+40.4	D+5.5	R+35.2	6,501	R+11.0%
WASHINGTON	D+37.4	D+21.1	D+6.5	4,280	R+22.3%
CLEVELAND	D+37.0	D+5.9	R+24.8	20,434	R+12.1%
PAMLICO	D+36.9	D+18.9	R+8.5	3,009	R+8.3%
ONSLOW	D+35.5	R+8.9	R+41.7	11,079	R+19.9%
ORANGE	D+34.8	D+20.9	D+13.7	16,612	R+1.5%
LENOIR	D+34.0	R+12.9	R+21.7	13,860	R+13.8%
HAYWOOD	D+33.1	D+14.9	R+12.1	14,591	R+0.1%
DUPLIN	D+33.1	D+16.2	R+6.0	10,706	R+21.6%
UNION	D+32.7	D+5.4	R+41.0	12,635	R+19.7%
CRAVEN	D+29.8	R+4.6	R+28.3	11,382	R+28.2%
DURHAM	D+29.0	D+11.9	D+5.0	31,847	R+8.3%
ALAMANCE	D+26.2	R+8.9	R+39.7	31,007	D+1.4%
BEAUFORT	D+25.8	R+5.7	R+21.5	9,868	R+47.9%
RUTHERFORD	D+24.7	R+0.3	R+24.7	16,196	R+5.8%
WAKE	D+24.7	R+0.7	R+23.5	58,113	R+10.2%
NEW HANOVER	D+24.6	R+11.1	R+30.7	24,402	R+18.3%
ROCKINGHAM	D+24.2	D+2.1	R+25.5	21,700	R+16.3%
MCDOWELL	D+23.0	R+9.2	R+30.4	9,751	R+0.2%
WAYNE	D+23.0	R+14.3	R+28.4	16,453	R+36.4%
BRUNSWICK	D+23.0	D+6.6	R+17.6	7,557	D+0.1%
GASTON	D+22.8	R+13.5	R+46.9	38,522	R+6.1%
MECKLENBURG	D+22.0	R+1.0	R+25.6	97,780	D+13.8%
HARNETT	D+22.0	D+9.2	R+22.3	14,505	R+22.7%
SWAIN	D+21.8	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,241	D+5.5%
CHATHAM	D+19.7	D+13.1	R+7.1	9,934	R+6.7%
CARTERET	D+16.9	R+8.5	R+32.8	10,586	R+12.4%
MOORE	D+14.9	R+11.0	R+35.0	11,261	D+1.8%
BUNCOMBE	D+14.9	R+2.4	R+23.5	45,115	R+0.8%
TRANSYLVANIA	D+14.3	R+8.9	R+30.1	8,329	D+3.1%
MONTGOMERY	D+13.3	D+6.9	R+14.3	7,538	D+2.4%
JACKSON	D+12.2	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,497	R+2.0%
GUILFORD	D+12.1	R+8.6	R+22.7	72,908	D+8.9%
ALLEGHANY	D+10.4	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,514	R+11.4%
ROWAN	D+9.6	R+22.2	R+40.6	31,249	R+5.2%
YANCEY	D+9.4	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,262	R+5.2%
MACON	D+9.4	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,202	R+4.5%
IREDELL	D+9.3	R+10.3	R+40.5	23,455	R+7.1%
BURKE	D+8.7	R+5.0	R+28.8	21,578	D+1.2%
JOHNSTON	D+8.4	R+4.1	R+34.8	17,401	R+34.4%
FORSYTH	D+8.1	R+4.2	R+23.3	63,843	R+14.3%
POLK	D+7.2	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,102	R+2.1%
SAMPSON	D+5.4	D+5.6	R+7.8	15,180	R+4.1%
MADISON	D+5.0	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,725	R+18.6%
STOKES	D+3.5	R+11.4	R+31.5	9,934	R+7.8%
LINCOLN	D+2.6	R+7.1	R+35.5	12,945	R+5.2%
SURRY	D+2.6	R+5.6	R+29.9	17,879	R+13.5%
CABARRUS	D+1.2	R+21.0	R+45.2	24,213	R+7.2%
CALDWELL	R+2.7	R+18.9	R+39.8	19,341	R+12.6%
ASHE	R+3.3	R+11.5	R+24.4	9,066	R+9.4%
CHEROKEE	R+3.5	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,763	R+1.9%
DAVIDSON	R+5.7	R+21.5	R+45.2	33,857	R+12.7%
CATAWBA	R+5.8	R+23.8	R+45.7	31,071	R+6.9%
GRAHAM	R+6.1	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,947	R+13.9%
WATAUGA	R+6.3	R+9.4	R+28.9	8,636	D+1.1%
CLAY	R+6.3	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,455	R+11.8%
STANLY	R+7.0	R+10.9	R+36.2	17,482	R+3.4%
ALEXANDER	R+13.3	R+16.5	R+40.6	7,979	R+14.7%
RANDOLPH	R+15.2	R+31.8	R+54.8	24,342	R+2.0%
DAVIE	R+15.5	R+30.5	R+47.6	7,386	R+1.4%
HENDERSON	R+21.8	R+27.0	R+45.5	14,584	R+15.9%
WILKES	R+22.7	R+27.2	R+46.2	18,087	R+12.2%
YADKIN	R+29.8	R+31.8	R+48.9	9,151	R+11.0%
MITCHELL	R+41.6	R+40.8	R+57.2	4,900	R+16.2%
AVERY	R+42.5	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,196	R+9.9%

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