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Election 1968 Results

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1968 presidential election in Nevada

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) in Nevada in 1968, 47.5% to 39.3%, a margin of 8.2 points and 12,590 votes.

Nevada changed party: in 1964 it went Democratic, for Lyndon B. Johnson.

Republicans led in 14 of the 17 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Clark, cast 75,065 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.3 points. The closest was Esmeralda, where 20 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard Nixon won	Republican	73,188	47.5%
Hubert Humphrey	Democratic	60,598	39.3%
George Wallace	American Independent	20,432	13.2%
Total		154,218

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Clark	33,225 44.3%	31,522 42.0%	10,318	75,065	D+2.3
Washoe	14,560 33.9%	23,492 54.6%	4,936	42,988	R+20.8
Ormsby (Ext)	1,770 31.6%	3,169 56.6%	662	5,601	R+25.0
Elko	1,686 34.2%	2,687 54.5%	559	4,932	R+20.3
White Pine	2,062 50.2%	1,670 40.7%	376	4,108	D+9.5
Churchill	1,211 32.4%	1,954 52.2%	575	3,740	R+19.9
Lyon	939 31.3%	1,616 53.9%	444	2,999	R+22.6
Mineral	1,242 43.3%	927 32.3%	700	2,869	D+11.0
Douglas	670 23.9%	1,801 64.4%	327	2,798	R+40.4
Humboldt	885 35.0%	1,287 51.0%	353	2,525	R+15.9
Nye	728 35.2%	843 40.7%	500	2,071	R+5.6
Pershing	466 38.4%	567 46.7%	180	1,213	R+8.3
Lincoln	414 37.2%	555 49.9%	144	1,113	R+12.7
Lander	301 33.1%	461 50.7%	147	909	R+17.6
Eureka	149 30.4%	277 56.5%	64	490	R+26.1
Storey	172 38.7%	222 50.0%	50	444	R+11.3
Esmeralda	118 33.4%	138 39.1%	97	353	R+5.7

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.

Nevada in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+3.1
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+2.4
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+2.4
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+12.5
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+2.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.5
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+1.0
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+2.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.9
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+33.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+35.6
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+4.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+27.4
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+8.2
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+17.2
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+2.3
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+15.9
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.9
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+3.1
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+45.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.8
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+13.1
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+19.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+20.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+23.8
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+23.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+24.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+62.3
1892	Third party (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+15.8
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+4.8
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+5.5
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+14.9
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+10.8

1968 presidential election in Nevada

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