1968 United States presidential election in California

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1968 United States presidential election in California
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Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York[lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote 40 0 0
Popular vote 3,467,664 3,244,318 487,270
Percentage 47.82% 44.74% 6.72%
California Presidential Election Results by County, 1968.svg
County Results
  Humphrey—50-60%
  Humphrey—<50%
  Nixon—<50%
  Nixon—50-60%
  Nixon—60-70%
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

 Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1968 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1968 United States presidential election. California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York, over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota. The American Independent Party candidate, former Alabama governor George Wallace, performed rather well in California despite being miles away from his base in the Deep South.

Although Nixon was born and raised California, he had moved to New York following his failed 1962 gubernatorial bid, and thus identified New York as his home state in this election. After he won the election, Nixon moved his residency back to California.

Nixon is the last Republican candidate to carry Santa Cruz County by a majority of the popular vote, although Republicans in 1972 and 1980 carried the county by plurality, whilst Humphrey is the last Democrat to carry Kings County.[1]

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election where California did not have the highest number of electoral votes.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1968[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon 3,467,664 47.82% 40
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 3,244,318 44.74% 0
American Independent George Wallace 487,270 6.72% 0
Peace and Freedom Eldridge Cleaver 27,707 0.38% 0
No party Eugene McCarthy (write-in) 20,721 0.29% 0
No party Dick Gregory (write-in) 3,230 0.04% 0
No party Henning A. Blomen (write-in) 341 0.00% 0
No party Charlene Mitchell (write-in) 260 0.00% 0
No party E. Harold Munn (write-in) 59 0.00% 0
No party Write-ins 17 0.00% 0
Invalid or blank votes —
Totals 7,251,587 100.00% 40
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican		 Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Democratic		 George Corley Wallace
American Independent		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin
 % #  % #  % #  % #  % #
Mono 64.28% 1,130 26.45% 465 8.87% 156 0.40% 7 37.83% 665
Orange 63.14% 314,905 29.85% 148,869 6.62% 33,034 0.38% 1,899 33.29% 166,036
Sutter 59.57% 8,665 31.79% 4,624 8.44% 1,228 0.19% 28 27.78% 4,041
Alpine 59.29% 150 32.81% 83 7.91% 20 0.00% 0 26.48% 67
Butte 56.68% 22,225 32.87% 12,887 9.92% 3,891 0.53% 208 23.81% 9,338
San Diego 56.26% 261,540 36.07% 167,669 7.17% 33,340 0.50% 2,314 20.19% 93,871
Inyo 54.45% 3,641 34.60% 2,314 10.68% 714 0.27% 18 19.85% 1,327
Glenn 53.91% 3,848 34.55% 2,466 11.32% 808 0.22% 16 19.36% 1,382
Imperial 52.91% 10,818 36.59% 7,481 10.27% 2,100 0.23% 47 16.32% 3,337
Calaveras 52.16% 3,042 36.59% 2,134 11.03% 643 0.22% 13 15.57% 908
Riverside 52.90% 83,414 38.78% 61,146 7.88% 12,432 0.43% 678 14.12% 22,268
Modoc 52.43% 1,713 38.69% 1,264 8.69% 284 0.18% 6 13.74% 449
Santa Barbara 53.59% 50,068 40.21% 37,565 5.44% 5,083 0.75% 704 13.38% 12,503
Tulare 52.17% 29,314 39.47% 22,180 8.15% 4,580 0.20% 115 12.70% 7,134
Nevada 51.39% 6,061 39.06% 4,607 9.14% 1,078 0.41% 48 12.33% 1,454
Colusa 51.58% 2,361 40.59% 1,858 7.52% 344 0.31% 14 10.99% 503
Mariposa 49.92% 1,496 39.61% 1,187 10.08% 302 0.40% 12 10.31% 309
Ventura 51.35% 59,705 41.11% 47,794 7.08% 8,234 0.45% 528 10.24% 11,911
San Bernardino 50.07% 111,974 39.99% 89,418 9.47% 21,187 0.46% 1,037 10.08% 22,556
Santa Cruz 50.79% 25,365 41.03% 20,492 6.94% 34,65 1.25% 622 9.76% 4,873
San Luis Obispo 51.27% 19,420 41.78% 15,828 6.38% 2,416 0.57% 217 9.49% 3,592
El Dorado 49.00% 7,468 39.72% 6,054 11.00% 1,676 0.28% 43 9.28% 1,414
Yuba 48.17% 5,371 40.01% 4,461 11.62% 1,296 0.20% 22 8.16% 910
Monterey 50.16% 33,670 42.10% 28,261 7.15% 4,800 0.59% 393 8.06% 5,409
Lake 49.00% 4,464 41.46% 3,777 9.20% 838 0.35% 32 7.54% 687
Marin 50.05% 41,422 43.84% 36,278 4.59% 3,801 1.52% 1,254 6.21% 5,144
Tehama 47.26% 5,198 41.50% 4,565 11.06% 1,216 0.18% 20 5.76% 633
Sonoma 48.79% 38,088 43.03% 33,587 7.53% 5,875 0.65% 509 5.76% 4,501
San Joaquin 47.97% 47,293 42.68% 42,073 9.05% 8,923 0.30% 300 5.29% 5,220
Tuolumne 47.48% 4,330 42.91% 3,913 9.49% 865 0.12% 11 4.57% 417
Kern 46.61% 53,990 42.55% 49,284 10.63% 12,309 0.21% 249 4.06% 4,706
Del Norte 46.19% 2,387 43.27% 2,236 9.58% 495 0.97% 50 2.92% 151
San Benito 47.54% 2,961 45.10% 2,809 7.18% 447 0.19% 12 2.44% 152
Mendocino 46.39% 8,305 44.32% 7,935 8.68% 1,554 0.61% 110 2.07% 370
Los Angeles 47.65% 1,266,480 46.02% 1,223,251 5.68% 151,050 0.65% 17,201 1.63% 43,229
Humboldt 46.17% 16,719 45.50% 16,476 7.62% 2,759 0.72% 260 0.67% 243
Siskiyou 46.13% 6,334 45.59% 6,260 7.92% 1,088 0.36% 50 0.54% 74
Trinity 43.12% 1,426 43.33% 1,433 13.06% 432 0.48% 16 -0.21% -7
Sierra 45.93% 548 46.86% 559 7.12% 85 0.08% 1 -0.93% -11
Napa 43.76% 14,270 45.27% 14,762 10.66% 3,476 0.32% 104 -1.51% -492
Contra Costa 44.53% 97,486 46.44% 101,668 8.37% 18,330 0.65% 1,433 -1.91% -4,182
Stanislaus 45.45% 29,573 48.13% 31,316 6.11% 3,973 0.31% 201 -2.68% -1,743
Santa Clara 45.61% 163,446 48.42% 173,511 5.23% 18,754 0.74% 2,656 -2.81% -10,065
Amador 42.10% 2,269 45.27% 2,440 12.24% 660 0.39% 21 -3.17% -171
San Mateo 43.72% 98,654 47.20% 106,519 6.52% 14,720 2.56% 5,775 -3.48% -7,865
Fresno 43.60% 59,901 47.42% 65,153 8.22% 11,292 0.76% 1,050 -3.82% -5,252
Kings 43.07% 7,796 47.75% 8,643 9.06% 1,640 0.12% 22 -4.68% -847
Madera 43.55% 6,229 48.47% 6,932 7.83% 1,120 0.15% 22 -4.92% -703
Placer 42.64% 12,427 48.21% 14,050 8.83% 2,574 0.32% 93 -5.57% -1,623
Lassen 41.06% 2,553 47.12% 2,930 11.45% 712 0.37% 23 -6.06% -377
Shasta 40.44% 11,821 49.64% 14,510 9.63% 2,815 0.29% 84 -9.20% -2,689
Sacramento 41.66% 97,177 50.92% 118,769 6.98% 16,269 0.44% 1,031 -9.26% -21,592
Merced 40.90% 11,595 50.98% 14,453 7.93% 2,248 0.19% 53 -10.08% -2,858
Plumas 37.37% 2,097 52.77% 2,961 9.43% 529 0.43% 24 -15.40% -864
Yolo 38.41% 11,123 54.67% 15,833 6.02% 1,742 0.90% 262 -16.26% -4,710
Alameda 37.63% 153,285 53.90% 219,545 6.98% 28,426 1.50% 6,093 -16.27% -66,260
Solano 34.71% 17,683 53.52% 27,271 11.40% 5,810 0.37% 188 -18.81% -9,588
San Francisco 33.66% 100,970 59.18% 177,509 5.78% 17,332 1.38% 4,136 -25.52% -76,539

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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Notes

  1. ↑ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
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