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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.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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%
Total872,783

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
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

YearWinnerMargin
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