See main article: 1968 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Arizona |
| Country: | Arizona |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Arizona |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Arizona |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1968 |
| Image1: | Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Richard Nixon |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Spiro Agnew |
| Electoral Vote1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 266,721 |
| Percentage1: | 54.78% |
| Nominee2: | Hubert Humphrey |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Edmund Muskie |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 170,514 |
| Percentage2: | 35.02% |
| Image3: | George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee3: | George Wallace |
| Party3: | American Independent Party |
| Colour3: | ff9955 |
| Home State3: | Alabama |
| Running Mate3: | Curtis LeMay |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 46,573 |
| Percentage3: | 9.56% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Richard Nixon |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1968 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1968. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona was won by the Republican nominees, Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and his running mate U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine.
Nixon carried the state with 54.78% of the vote to Humphrey's 35.02%, a victory margin of 19.76%.
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Apache | 2,092 | 49.83% | 1,668 | 39.73% | 402 | 9.58% | 36 | 0.86% | 424 | 10.10% | 4,198 | ||||||||||||
| Cochise | 7,619 | 45.59% | 6,597 | 39.48% | 2,393 | 14.32% | 102 | 0.61% | 1,022 | 6.11% | 16,711 | ||||||||||||
| Coconino | 6,765 | 59.38% | 3,504 | 30.76% | 1,049 | 9.21% | 74 | 0.65% | 3,261 | 28.62% | 11,392 | ||||||||||||
| Gila | 3,610 | 37.19% | 4,831 | 49.77% | 1,222 | 12.59% | 43 | 0.44% | -1,221 | -12.58% | 9,706 | ||||||||||||
| Graham | 2,327 | 47.21% | 1,726 | 35.02% | 859 | 17.43% | 17 | 0.34% | 601 | 12.19% | 4,929 | ||||||||||||
| Greenlee | 1,026 | 27.35% | 2,434 | 64.89% | 276 | 7.36% | 15 | 0.40% | -1,408 | -37.54% | 3,751 | ||||||||||||
| Maricopa | 162,262 | 59.08% | 86,204 | 31.39% | 24,941 | 9.08% | 1,244 | 0.45% | 76,058 | 27.69% | 274,651 | ||||||||||||
| Mohave | 3,208 | 51.64% | 2,109 | 33.95% | 883 | 14.21% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,099 | 17.69% | 6,212 | ||||||||||||
| Navajo | 4,596 | 51.00% | 2,930 | 32.51% | 1,438 | 15.96% | 48 | 0.53% | 1,666 | 18.49% | 9,012 | ||||||||||||
| Pima | 49,479 | 50.61% | 39,786 | 40.70% | 7,221 | 7.39% | 1,280 | 1.31% | 9,693 | 9.91% | 97,766 | ||||||||||||
| Pinal | 6,883 | 42.37% | 7,409 | 45.61% | 1,869 | 11.50% | 85 | 0.52% | -526 | -3.24% | 16,246 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Cruz | 1,702 | 48.17% | 1,557 | 44.07% | 242 | 6.85% | 32 | 0.91% | 145 | 4.10% | 3,533 | ||||||||||||
| Yavapai | 8,296 | 58.44% | 3,989 | 28.10% | 1,837 | 12.94% | 74 | 0.52% | 4,307 | 30.34% | 14,196 | ||||||||||||
| Yuma | 6,856 | 46.85% | 5,770 | 39.43% | 1,941 | 13.26% | 66 | 0.45% | 1,086 | 7.42% | 14,633 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 266,721 | 54.78% | 170,514 | 35.02% | 46,573 | 9.56% | 3,128 | 0.64% | 96,207 | 19.76% | 486,936 | ||||||||||||
Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 10, 1968.[1]