1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas explained

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Election Name:	1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Country:	Arkansas
Flag Year:	1924
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1964 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Previous Year:	1964
Next Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Next Year:	1972
Election Date:	November 5, 1968
Image1:	George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
Nominee1:	George Wallace
Party1:	American Independent Party
Color1:	ff7f00
Home State1:	Alabama
Running Mate1:	Curtis LeMay
Electoral Vote1:	6
Popular Vote1:	240,982
Percentage1:	38.87%
Nominee2:	Richard Nixon
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Spiro Agnew
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	190,759
Percentage2:	30.77%
Image3:	Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg
Nominee3:	Hubert Humphrey
Party3:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State3:	Minnesota
Running Mate3:	Edmund Muskie
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	188,228
Percentage3:	30.36%
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Richard Nixon
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)
Map Size:	250px

The 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. American Independent candidate George Wallace won the state of Arkansas with 235,627 votes, with Republican Richard Nixon winning 189,062 and Democrat Hubert Humphrey winning 184,901.^[1]

With 38.87% of the popular vote, Arkansas would prove to be Wallace's weakest state that he carried in the 1968 election after Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia.^[2] This was the first time since 1872 that Arkansas did not vote for the Democratic candidate, and would be the last time until 2008 that Arkansas did not back the winner of the presidential election. As of 2020, this remains the last time that a Republican has won the presidency without carrying Arkansas.^[3]

46% of white voters supported Wallace, 36% supported Nixon, and 19% supported Humphrey.

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	American Independent	George Wallace	240,982	38.87%	6
	Republican	Richard Nixon	190,759	30.77%	0
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	188,228	30.36%	0
Totals			619,969	100.00%	6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)					54%/73%

Results by county

County	George Wallace American Independent		Richard Nixon Republican		Hubert Humphrey Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Arkansas		3,775		49.67%		1,806		23.76%		2,019		26.57%		1,756		23.10%		7,600
	Ashley		4,401		55.67%		1,470		18.59%		2,035		25.74%		2,366		29.93%		7,906
	Baxter		1,513		22.04%		3,401		49.53%		1,952		28.43%		-1,449		-21.10%		6,866
	Benton		4,036		24.87%		8,104		49.94%		4,088		25.19%		-4,016		-24.75%		16,228
	Boone		2,169		29.21%		3,349		45.10%		1,907		25.68%		-1,180		-15.89%		7,425
	Bradley		2,546		52.99%		802		16.69%		1,457		30.32%		1,089		22.67%		4,805
	Calhoun		1,215		55.48%		287		13.11%		688		31.42%		527		24.06%		2,190
	Carroll		1,174		23.16%		2,596		51.22%		1,298		25.61%		-1,298		-25.61%		5,068
	Chicot		2,187		38.73%		865		15.32%		2,595		45.95%		-408		-7.22%		5,647
	Clark		2,776		38.82%		1,642		22.96%		2,733		38.22%		43		0.60%		7,151
	Clay		2,285		35.94%		2,410		37.91%		1,663		26.16%		-125		-1.97%		6,358
	Cleburne		1,657		39.83%		1,301		31.27%		1,202		28.89%		356		8.56%		4,160
	Cleveland		1,751		70.89%		312		12.63%		407		16.48%		1,344		54.41%		2,470
	Columbia		3,843		46.60%		1,916		23.24%		2,487		30.16%		1,356		16.44%		8,246
	Conway		1,958		30.16%		1,973		30.40%		2,560		39.44%		-587		-9.04%		6,491
	Craighead		6,742		43.42%		5,047		32.50%		3,738		24.07%		1,695		10.92%		15,527
	Crawford		2,917		40.41%		2,723		37.73%		1,578		21.86%		194		2.68%		7,218
	Crittenden		4,657		43.99%		2,454		23.18%		3,475		32.83%		1,182		11.16%		10,586
	Cross		3,056		53.58%		1,093		19.16%		1,555		27.26%		1,501		26.32%		5,704
	Dallas		1,722		47.22%		672		18.43%		1,253		34.36%		469		12.86%		3,647
	Desha		2,474		43.28%		972		17.00%		2,270		39.71%		204		3.57%		5,716
	Drew		2,307		49.39%		1,040		22.27%		1,324		28.35%		983		21.04%		4,671
	Faulkner		4,375		40.06%		2,791		25.55%		3,756		34.39%		619		5.67%		10,922
	Franklin		2,111		45.96%		1,333		29.02%		1,149		25.02%		778		16.94%		4,593
	Fulton		1,080		32.76%		1,198		36.34%		1,019		30.91%		-118		-3.58%		3,297
	Garland		6,955		34.29%		7,674		37.83%		5,655		27.88%		-719		-3.54%		20,284
	Grant		2,194		59.73%		627		17.07%		852		23.20%		1,342		36.53%		3,673
	Greene		3,021		37.40%		2,859		35.40%		2,197		27.20%		162		2.00%		8,077
	Hempstead		3,136		43.31%		1,783		24.62%		2,322		32.07%		814		11.24%		7,241
	Hot Spring		4,139		51.38%		1,780		22.10%		2,137		26.53%		2,002		24.85%		8,056
	Howard		1,660		41.43%		1,286		32.09%		1,061		26.48%		374		9.34%		4,007
	Independence		2,770		35.33%		2,782		35.48%		2,289		29.19%		-12		-0.15%		7,841
	Izard		1,109		37.12%		931		31.16%		948		31.73%		161		5.39%		2,988
	Jackson		3,525		50.85%		1,356		19.56%		2,051		29.59%		1,474		21.26%		6,932
	Jefferson		10,053		41.82%		4,860		20.22%		9,125		37.96%		928		3.86%		24,038
	Johnson		1,693		33.15%		1,667		32.64%		1,747		34.21%		-54		-1.06%		5,107
	Lafayette		1,704		47.54%		672		18.75%		1,208		33.71%		496		13.83%		3,584
	Lawrence		2,813		45.27%		1,788		28.77%		1,613		25.96%		1,025		16.50%		6,214
	Lee		1,907		39.11%		834		17.10%		2,135		43.79%		-228		-4.68%		4,876
	Lincoln		2,084		55.12%		488		12.91%		1,209		31.98%		875		23.14%		3,781
	Little River		1,473		44.50%		745		22.51%		1,092		32.99%		381		11.51%		3,310
	Logan		2,160		33.24%		2,341		36.02%		1,998		30.74%		-181		-2.78%		6,499
	Lonoke		4,002		52.02%		1,677		21.80%		2,014		26.18%		1,988		25.84%		7,693
	Madison		1,028		20.89%		2,320		47.14%		1,574		31.98%		-746		-15.16%		4,922
	Marion		877		26.97%		1,385		42.59%		990		30.44%		-395		-12.15%		3,252
	Miller		5,062		47.52%		2,662		24.99%		2,929		27.49%		2,133		20.03%		10,653
	Mississippi		6,147		39.64%		4,369		28.17%		4,993		32.19%		1,154		7.45%		15,509
	Monroe		2,406		48.19%		804		16.10%		1,783		35.71%		623		12.48%		4,993
	Montgomery		992		39.27%		885		35.04%		649		25.69%		107		4.23%		2,526
	Nevada		1,773		45.22%		840		21.42%		1,308		33.36%		465		11.86%		3,921
	Newton		567		19.65%		1,467		50.83%		852		29.52%		-615		-21.31%		2,886
	Ouachita		5,031		42.48%		2,209		18.65%		4,603		38.87%		428		3.61%		11,843
	Perry		916		40.00%		740		32.31%		634		27.69%		176		7.69%		2,290
	Phillips		4,279		37.30%		2,154		18.78%		5,039		43.92%		-760		-6.62%		11,472
	Pike		1,535		46.59%		1,104		33.51%		656		19.91%		431		13.08%		3,295
	Poinsett		4,074		51.66%		2,140		27.14%		1,672		21.20%		1,934		24.52%		7,886
	Polk		1,812		34.87%		2,094		40.30%		1,290		24.83%		-282		-5.43%		5,196
	Pope		2,769		31.95%		3,319		38.30%		2,578		29.75%		-550		-6.35%		8,666
	Prairie		2,014		56.23%		693		19.35%		875		24.43%		1,139		31.80%		3,582
	Pulaski		25,844		32.24%		26,709		33.32%		27,597		34.43%		-888		-1.11%		80,150
	Randolph		1,610		38.21%		1,237		29.35%		1,367		32.44%		243		5.77%		4,214
	St. Francis		4,254		46.51%		1,608		17.58%		3,284		35.91%		970		10.60%		9,146
	Saline		5,569		49.31%		2,614		23.15%		3,111		27.55%		2,458		21.76%		11,294
	Scott		1,238		36.41%		1,162		34.18%		1,000		29.41%		76		2.23%		3,400
	Searcy		726		21.61%		1,909		56.83%		724		21.55%		-1,183		-35.22%		3,359
	Sebastian		8,649		31.98%		12,073		44.65%		6,320		23.37%		-3,424		-12.67%		27,042
	Sevier		1,501		39.02%		1,217		31.64%		1,129		29.35%		284		7.38%		3,847
	Sharp		1,299		37.54%		1,136		32.83%		1,025		29.62%		163		4.71%		3,460
	Stone		979		36.75%		987		37.05%		698		26.20%		-8		-0.30%		2,664
	Union		7,853		45.66%		4,919		28.60%		4,426		25.74%		2,934		17.06%		17,198
	Van Buren		1,224		33.10%		1,325		35.83%		1,149		31.07%		-101		-2.73%		3,698
	Washington		5,092		23.29%		10,640		48.67%		6,131		28.04%		-4,509		-20.63%		21,863
	White		5,054		41.63%		3,887		32.02%		3,198		26.34%		1,167		9.61%		12,139
	Woodruff		1,734		47.78%		625		17.22%		1,270		35.00%		464		12.78%		3,629
	Yell		1,949		36.91%		1,819		34.44%		1,513		28.65%		130		2.47%		5,281
Totals	235,627	38.65%	189,062	31.01%	184,901	30.33%	46,565	7.64%	609,590

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• • • Baxter Boone Clay
• Fulton
• Garland
• Independence
• Logan
• Madison
• Marion
• Newton
• Polk
• Pope
• Stone
• Van Buren
• Washington

Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

• • • Bradley Calhoun Clark
• Cleburne
  • Cleveland Craighead
• Crawford
• Cross
• Crittenden
• Dallas
• Desha
• Faulkner
• Franklin
  • Grant Greene
  • Hempstead Hot Spring
• Izard
• Jackson
• Jefferson
• Lafayette
  • Lawrence Lincoln
• Little River
• Lonoke
  • Mississippi Monroe
• Miller
  • • • • Montgomery Nevada Ouachita Perry Pike
      • Poinsett Prairie Randolph St. Francis
      • Saline Scott Sevier Sharp
• White
• Yell
• Woodruff

Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent

• • • Arkansas Ashley Columbia
• Howard
• Union
• Drew

See also

• United States presidential elections in Arkansas

Works cited

• Book: Black . Earl . Earl Black (political scientist) . Black . Merle . Merle Black . The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected . . 1992 . 0674941306.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas . Leip. David. uselectionatlas.org. 2017-04-24.
2. Web site: 1968 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
3. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2023-11-23 . uselectionatlas.org.
4. Book: Gans, Curtis . Curtis_Gans . 2011 . Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009 . Washington, DC . CQPress . 579 . 9781604265958.