Election 1968 Results
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1968 presidential election in Kansas
Richard Nixon (Republican) beat Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) in Kansas in 1968, 54.8% to 34.7%, a margin of 20.1 points and 175,678 votes.
Kansas changed party: in 1964 it went Democratic, for Lyndon B. Johnson.
Republicans led in 104 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 117,469 votes and went to the Republican by 14.3 points. The closest was Ellis, where 135 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon won | Republican | 478,674 | 54.8% |
| Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 302,996 | 34.7% |
| George Wallace | American Independent | 88,921 | 10.2% |
| All other candidates | 2,192 | 0.3% | |
| Total | 872,783 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 44,041 37.5% | 60,853 51.8% | 12,575 | 117,469 | R+14.3 |
| Johnson | 26,034 29.6% | 55,060 62.6% | 6,818 | 87,912 | R+33.0 |
| Wyandotte | 34,189 49.4% | 23,091 33.4% | 11,891 | 69,171 | D+16.0 |
| Shawnee | 21,735 36.3% | 31,140 52.0% | 6,975 | 59,850 | R+15.7 |
| Reno | 9,872 42.1% | 11,804 50.3% | 1,798 | 23,474 | R+8.2 |
| Douglas | 6,936 35.4% | 10,533 53.8% | 2,114 | 19,583 | R+18.4 |
| Montgomery | 5,210 30.0% | 9,697 55.8% | 2,479 | 17,386 | R+25.8 |
| Saline | 6,286 37.4% | 9,324 55.4% | 1,212 | 16,822 | R+18.1 |
| Crawford | 7,191 44.4% | 7,344 45.3% | 1,678 | 16,213 | R+0.9 |
| Butler | 5,952 38.3% | 7,893 50.8% | 1,696 | 15,541 | R+12.5 |
| Cowley | 5,014 33.7% | 8,070 54.3% | 1,777 | 14,861 | R+20.6 |
| Leavenworth | 5,546 37.9% | 7,081 48.4% | 2,018 | 14,645 | R+10.5 |
| Riley | 4,258 31.9% | 8,296 62.2% | 791 | 13,345 | R+30.3 |
| Barton | 4,464 36.6% | 6,700 54.9% | 1,044 | 12,208 | R+18.3 |
| Lyon | 4,020 35.1% | 6,558 57.3% | 868 | 11,446 | R+22.2 |
| Harvey | 3,351 30.9% | 6,682 61.6% | 808 | 10,841 | R+30.7 |
| Labette | 3,974 37.0% | 5,503 51.2% | 1,273 | 10,750 | R+14.2 |
| Sumner | 3,562 34.5% | 5,622 54.5% | 1,136 | 10,320 | R+20.0 |
| McPherson | 2,893 29.3% | 6,420 65.0% | 567 | 9,880 | R+35.7 |
| Cherokee | 3,597 40.5% | 4,211 47.5% | 1,064 | 8,872 | R+6.9 |
| Ford | 3,191 36.3% | 4,645 52.8% | 961 | 8,797 | R+16.5 |
| Dickinson | 2,399 27.7% | 5,574 64.3% | 693 | 8,666 | R+36.6 |
| Ellis | 3,809 45.1% | 3,944 46.7% | 688 | 8,441 | R+1.6 |
| Franklin | 2,524 30.6% | 4,875 59.2% | 840 | 8,239 | R+28.5 |
| Atchison | 3,379 42.7% | 3,644 46.0% | 899 | 7,922 | R+3.3 |
| Neosho | 2,725 36.5% | 3,950 52.9% | 789 | 7,464 | R+16.4 |
| Miami | 2,739 37.1% | 3,614 48.9% | 1,033 | 7,386 | R+11.8 |
| Bourbon | 2,241 32.0% | 3,983 56.9% | 780 | 7,004 | R+24.9 |
| Marshall | 1,949 29.9% | 3,835 58.8% | 733 | 6,517 | R+28.9 |
| Finney | 2,521 39.9% | 3,295 52.1% | 507 | 6,323 | R+12.2 |
| Marion | 1,494 24.5% | 4,287 70.4% | 311 | 6,092 | R+45.8 |
| Allen | 1,875 31.8% | 3,520 59.7% | 505 | 5,900 | R+27.9 |
| Cloud | 2,132 36.5% | 3,282 56.2% | 429 | 5,843 | R+19.7 |
| Geary | 2,228 38.2% | 2,954 50.7% | 645 | 5,827 | R+12.5 |
| Osage | 1,664 29.6% | 3,157 56.2% | 801 | 5,622 | R+26.6 |
| Rice | 2,049 36.7% | 3,141 56.2% | 396 | 5,586 | R+19.5 |
| Nemaha | 1,925 34.6% | 3,003 54.0% | 632 | 5,560 | R+19.4 |
| Brown | 1,199 22.1% | 3,748 69.2% | 473 | 5,420 | R+47.0 |
| Wilson | 1,276 24.2% | 3,340 63.4% | 656 | 5,272 | R+39.2 |
| Pottawatomie | 1,368 26.7% | 3,267 63.7% | 495 | 5,130 | R+37.0 |
| Seward | 1,291 26.3% | 3,065 62.3% | 562 | 4,918 | R+36.1 |
| Jefferson | 1,355 27.6% | 2,781 56.6% | 779 | 4,915 | R+29.0 |
| Russell | 1,261 26.6% | 3,177 67.0% | 301 | 4,739 | R+40.4 |
| Washington | 1,131 24.3% | 3,177 68.3% | 344 | 4,652 | R+44.0 |
| Clay | 926 20.0% | 3,335 72.0% | 374 | 4,635 | R+52.0 |
| Pratt | 1,490 32.3% | 2,670 57.9% | 451 | 4,611 | R+25.6 |
| Greenwood | 1,122 25.2% | 2,937 66.0% | 392 | 4,451 | R+40.8 |
| Jackson | 1,225 27.8% | 2,678 60.7% | 508 | 4,411 | R+32.9 |
| Republic | 1,187 27.7% | 2,841 66.3% | 260 | 4,288 | R+38.6 |
| Mitchell | 1,144 29.6% | 2,428 62.9% | 289 | 3,861 | R+33.3 |
| Kingman | 1,201 31.2% | 2,318 60.3% | 326 | 3,845 | R+29.1 |
| Anderson | 1,242 32.6% | 2,168 56.8% | 404 | 3,814 | R+24.3 |
| Doniphan | 958 25.3% | 2,402 63.3% | 434 | 3,794 | R+38.1 |
| Smith | 939 24.8% | 2,558 67.5% | 293 | 3,790 | R+42.7 |
| Pawnee | 1,416 37.7% | 2,037 54.2% | 306 | 3,759 | R+16.5 |
| Phillips | 844 22.5% | 2,567 68.3% | 348 | 3,759 | R+45.8 |
| Harper | 1,015 27.6% | 2,351 64.0% | 308 | 3,674 | R+36.4 |
| Norton | 841 23.5% | 2,543 70.9% | 202 | 3,586 | R+47.5 |
| Rooks | 1,012 28.3% | 2,252 63.0% | 310 | 3,574 | R+34.7 |
| Linn | 893 25.0% | 2,250 63.1% | 422 | 3,565 | R+38.1 |
| Coffey | 933 26.5% | 2,223 63.1% | 369 | 3,525 | R+36.6 |
| Barber | 1,027 30.7% | 2,023 60.6% | 291 | 3,341 | R+29.8 |
| Stafford | 1,205 36.3% | 1,851 55.8% | 264 | 3,320 | R+19.5 |
| Thomas | 1,074 32.6% | 1,971 59.8% | 250 | 3,295 | R+27.2 |
| Jewell | 842 25.7% | 2,172 66.2% | 268 | 3,282 | R+40.5 |
| Morris | 976 30.2% | 1,938 60.0% | 316 | 3,230 | R+29.8 |
| Osborne | 793 25.0% | 2,073 65.4% | 304 | 3,170 | R+40.4 |
| Sherman | 954 30.4% | 1,803 57.5% | 377 | 3,134 | R+27.1 |
| Ellsworth | 1,060 34.3% | 1,776 57.5% | 251 | 3,087 | R+23.2 |
| Wabaunsee | 695 22.5% | 1,979 64.2% | 410 | 3,084 | R+41.6 |
| Ottawa | 777 28.0% | 1,740 62.7% | 260 | 2,777 | R+34.7 |
| Rush | 864 33.8% | 1,471 57.5% | 225 | 2,560 | R+23.7 |
| Lincoln | 583 23.1% | 1,721 68.2% | 221 | 2,525 | R+45.1 |
| Decatur | 652 25.9% | 1,654 65.7% | 210 | 2,516 | R+39.8 |
| Chautauqua | 478 20.4% | 1,537 65.5% | 331 | 2,346 | R+45.1 |
| Ness | 767 33.0% | 1,352 58.2% | 203 | 2,322 | R+25.2 |
| Woodson | 639 27.6% | 1,450 62.6% | 226 | 2,315 | R+35.0 |
| Meade | 572 25.1% | 1,511 66.2% | 198 | 2,281 | R+41.2 |
| Edwards | 832 36.7% | 1,243 54.9% | 189 | 2,264 | R+18.2 |
| Rawlins | 553 25.3% | 1,438 65.9% | 191 | 2,182 | R+40.6 |
| Graham | 597 27.7% | 1,308 60.7% | 249 | 2,154 | R+33.0 |
| Kiowa | 481 23.0% | 1,484 70.9% | 129 | 2,094 | R+47.9 |
| Scott | 500 24.1% | 1,374 66.2% | 200 | 2,074 | R+42.1 |
| Trego | 623 30.2% | 1,211 58.7% | 230 | 2,064 | R+28.5 |
| Elk | 503 24.5% | 1,327 64.6% | 223 | 2,053 | R+40.1 |
| Cheyenne | 412 20.5% | 1,423 70.7% | 179 | 2,014 | R+50.2 |
| Stevens | 528 26.6% | 1,157 58.4% | 297 | 1,982 | R+31.7 |
| Grant | 618 31.5% | 1,121 57.2% | 222 | 1,961 | R+25.7 |
| Logan | 411 23.4% | 1,120 63.8% | 225 | 1,756 | R+40.4 |
| Gove | 538 31.2% | 1,018 59.0% | 168 | 1,724 | R+27.8 |
| Gray | 612 35.5% | 952 55.3% | 159 | 1,723 | R+19.7 |
| Sheridan | 563 32.8% | 1,002 58.4% | 152 | 1,717 | R+25.6 |
| Chase | 462 27.9% | 1,038 62.6% | 158 | 1,658 | R+34.7 |
| Clark | 446 28.2% | 920 58.3% | 213 | 1,579 | R+30.0 |
| Morton | 475 31.5% | 770 51.0% | 264 | 1,509 | R+19.5 |
| Comanche | 451 31.2% | 906 62.7% | 89 | 1,446 | R+31.5 |
| Haskell | 476 33.8% | 762 54.2% | 169 | 1,407 | R+20.3 |
| Hamilton | 410 30.7% | 751 56.3% | 174 | 1,335 | R+25.5 |
| Lane | 385 29.9% | 781 60.6% | 122 | 1,288 | R+30.7 |
| Hodgeman | 387 30.3% | 756 59.2% | 134 | 1,277 | R+28.9 |
| Wichita | 364 29.0% | 757 60.4% | 133 | 1,254 | R+31.3 |
| Kearny | 423 34.0% | 721 58.0% | 99 | 1,243 | R+24.0 |
| Wallace | 235 23.8% | 608 61.5% | 145 | 988 | R+37.8 |
| Stanton | 288 31.7% | 541 59.5% | 80 | 909 | R+27.8 |
| Greeley | 227 29.2% | 465 59.8% | 85 | 777 | R+30.6 |
Counties as they stood in 1968; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Kansas in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+16.1 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+14.6 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+20.6 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+21.7 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+15.0 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+25.4 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+20.8 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+18.2 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+5.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+33.7 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.6 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+38.2 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+9.0 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+21.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+31.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+38.3 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+9.0 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+21.1 |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie (R) | R+14.5 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+7.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.4 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+45.0 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+37.9 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+32.2 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+5.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+18.8 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+9.6 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+38.7 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+6.6 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+3.7 |
| 1892 | James B. Weaver (other) | |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+24.2 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+24.2 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+30.7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+32.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+33.7 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+37.7 |