1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming

The 1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming

November 5, 1968
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state New York[lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Marvin Griffin
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 70,927 45,173 11,105
Percentage 55.8% 35.5% 8.7%

County Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Wyoming was won by the Republican nominees Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and his running mate Edmund Muskie of Maine.

Nixon carried Wyoming with 55.76% of the vote to Humphrey's 35.51%, a victory margin of 20.25%. Also on the ballot was former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace, running as an Independent in Wyoming. Although Wallace carried five states in the South, he had only modest appeal in Wyoming. His performance was the best by any third-party candidate in Wyoming since Robert La Follette won nearly a third of the vote in 1924, but nonetheless did not equal his vote share in the fellow Western states of Alaska, Idaho and Nevada.

With 55.76 percent of the popular vote, Wyoming would prove to be Nixon's fifth strongest state in the 1968 election after Nebraska, Idaho, Utah and North Dakota.[1]

Statewide Results

1968 United States presidential election in Wyoming[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 70,927 55.76%
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 45,173 35.51%
Independent George Wallace 11,105 8.73%
Total votes 127,205 100.00%

Results by county

County Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Democratic
George Corley Wallace
Independent
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Albany 4,422 48.71% 4,079 44.93% 578 6.37% 343 3.78% 9,079
Big Horn 2,771 64.07% 1,201 27.77% 353 8.16% 1,570 36.30% 4,325
Campbell 1,694 66.67% 558 21.96% 289 11.37% 1,136 44.71% 2,541
Carbon 2,532 44.77% 2,725 48.18% 399 7.05% -193 -3.41% 5,656
Converse 1,658 69.61% 492 20.65% 232 9.74% 1,166 48.96% 2,382
Crook 1,240 71.55% 318 18.35% 175 10.10% 922 53.20% 1,733
Fremont 5,417 57.64% 3,093 32.91% 888 9.45% 2,324 24.73% 9,398
Goshen 2,719 57.65% 1,529 32.42% 468 9.92% 1,190 25.23% 4,716
Hot Springs 1,273 59.38% 705 32.88% 166 7.74% 568 26.50% 2,144
Johnson 1,737 73.85% 398 16.92% 217 9.23% 1,339 56.93% 2,352
Laramie 9,824 46.80% 9,519 45.35% 1,649 7.86% 305 1.45% 20,992
Lincoln 2,030 57.01% 1,246 34.99% 285 8.00% 784 22.02% 3,561
Natrona 10,679 57.19% 5,900 31.59% 2,095 11.22% 4,779 25.60% 18,674
Niobrara 1,136 76.24% 250 16.78% 104 6.98% 886 59.46% 1,490
Park 4,677 65.56% 1,852 25.96% 605 8.48% 2,825 39.60% 7,134
Platte 1,613 54.36% 1,035 34.88% 319 10.75% 578 19.48% 2,967
Sheridan 5,163 61.22% 2,659 31.53% 612 7.26% 2,504 29.69% 8,434
Sublette 1,152 68.25% 310 18.36% 226 13.39% 842 49.89% 1,688
Sweetwater 2,726 36.60% 4,086 54.85% 637 8.55% -1,360 -18.25% 7,449
Teton 1,419 69.25% 461 22.50% 169 8.25% 958 46.75% 2,049
Uinta 1,510 52.36% 1,199 41.57% 175 6.07% 311 10.79% 2,884
Washakie 2,038 64.01% 948 29.77% 198 6.22% 1,090 34.24% 3,184
Weston 1,497 63.08% 610 25.71% 266 11.21% 887 37.37% 2,373
Totals70,92755.76%45,17335.51%11,1058.73%25,75420.25%127,205

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.

References

  1. "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. David Leip. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Wyoming". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
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