1968 United States presidential election in Colorado explained

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Election Name:	1968 United States presidential election in Colorado
Country:	Colorado
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1964 United States presidential election in Colorado
Previous Year:	1964
Next Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Colorado
Next Year:	1972
Election Date:	November 5, 1968^[1]
Image1:	Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Richard Nixon
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Spiro Agnew
Electoral Vote1:	6
Popular Vote1:	409,345
Percentage1:	50.46%
Nominee2:	Hubert Humphrey
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Minnesota
Running Mate2:	Edmund Muskie
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	335,174
Percentage2:	41.32%
Image3:	George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
Nominee3:	George Wallace
Party3:	American Independent Party
Color3:	ff9955
Home State3:	Alabama
Running Mate3:	S. Marvin Griffin
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	60,813
Percentage3:	7.50%
Map Size:	300px
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 Colorado took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose six^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–New York), with 50.46% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D–Minnesota), with 41.32% of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed quite well, finishing with 7.50% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]} This was the last election until 2020 that Colorado voted more Democratic than its neighbor, New Mexico.^[5]

Nixon's victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Colorado wouldn't vote Democratic again until Bill Clinton in 1992. After voting Republican again for the next three elections in 1996, 2000, and in 2004, it has since become a safe Democratic state.

Results

Results by county

County^[6]	Richard Nixon Republican		Hubert Humphrey Democratic		George Wallace American Independent		Henning A. Blomen Socialist Labor		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		24,343		43.87%		25,111		45.25%		5,702		10.28%		270		0.49%		67		0.12%		-768		-1.38%		55,493
	Alamosa		2,277		55.00%		1,574		38.02%		287		6.93%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		703		16.98%		4,140
	Arapahoe		33,712		59.65%		18,569		32.85%		3,953		6.99%		175		0.31%		110		0.19%		15,143		26.80%		56,519
	Archuleta		486		49.69%		409		41.82%		83		8.49%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		77		7.87%		978
	Baca		1,441		57.55%		719		28.71%		340		13.58%		1		0.04%		3		0.12%		722		28.84%		2,504
	Bent		1,228		47.47%		1,126		43.53%		231		8.93%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		102		3.94%		2,587
	Boulder		27,671		57.66%		17,422		36.30%		2,497		5.20%		125		0.26%		273		0.57%		10,249		21.36%		47,988
	Chaffee		2,121		51.07%		1,667		40.14%		358		8.62%		4		0.10%		3		0.07%		454		10.93%		4,153
	Cheyenne		664		55.70%		392		32.89%		136		11.41%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		272		22.81%		1,192
	Clear Creek		1,011		52.71%		719		37.49%		183		9.54%		2		0.10%		3		0.15%		292		15.22%		1,918
	Conejos		1,361		45.67%		1,492		50.07%		117		3.93%		4		0.13%		6		0.20%		-131		-4.40%		2,980
	Costilla		477		32.19%		933		62.96%		32		2.16%		14		0.94%		26		1.75%		-456		-30.77%		1,482
	Crowley		775		50.36%		565		36.71%		196		12.74%		2		0.13%		1		0.06%		210		13.65%		1,539
	Custer		433		60.47%		204		28.49%		77		10.75%		1		0.14%		1		0.14%		229		31.98%		716
	Delta		3,692		55.50%		2,327		34.98%		618		9.29%		3		0.05%		12		0.18%		1,365		20.52%		6,652
	Denver		92,003		43.54%		106,081		50.20%		11,408		5.40%		1,221		0.58%		604		0.28%		-14,078		-6.66%		211,317
	Dolores		392		52.97%		217		29.32%		131		17.71%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		175		23.65%		740
	Douglas		1,910		61.53%		857		27.61%		327		10.53%		4		0.13%		6		0.19%		1,053		33.92%		3,104
	Eagle		1,049		49.11%		927		43.40%		160		7.49%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		122		5.71%		2,136
	El Paso		32,066		53.75%		21,232		35.59%		6,199		10.39%		31		0.05%		127		0.22%		10,834		18.16%		59,655
	Elbert		1,043		60.92%		484		28.27%		185		10.81%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		559		32.65%		1,712
	Fremont		4,908		53.45%		3,292		35.85%		967		10.53%		5		0.05%		11		0.12%		1,616		17.60%		9,183
	Garfield		3,157		52.24%		2,273		37.61%		607		10.04%		1		0.02%		5		0.08%		884		14.63%		6,043
	Gilpin		358		52.57%		218		32.01%		99		14.54%		1		0.15%		5		0.73%		140		20.56%		681
	Grand		1,167		67.38%		433		25.00%		127		7.33%		1		0.06%		4		0.24%		734		42.38%		1,732
	Gunnison		1,411		58.19%		866		35.71%		139		5.73%		7		0.29%		2		0.08%		545		22.48%		2,425
	Hinsdale		127		66.15%		43		22.40%		22		11.45%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		84		43.75%		192
	Huerfano		1,133		35.14%		1,934		59.99%		150		4.65%		5		0.16%		2		0.06%		-801		-24.85%		3,224
	Jackson		474		67.52%		177		25.21%		51		7.27%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		297		42.31%		702
	Jefferson		50,847		56.90%		31,392		35.13%		6,767		7.57%		192		0.21%		159		0.18%		19,455		21.77%		89,357
	Kiowa		689		56.29%		423		34.56%		112		9.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		266		21.73%		1,224
	Kit Carson		1,977		61.08%		1,026		31.70%		232		7.17%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		951		29.38%		3,237
	La Plata		4,269		57.10%		2,523		33.75%		673		9.00%		1		0.01%		10		0.13%		1,746		23.35%		7,476
	Lake		1,025		35.50%		1,550		53.69%		287		9.94%		21		0.73%		4		0.13%		-525		-18.19%		2,887
	Larimer		18,438		62.13%		9,152		30.84%		1,819		6.13%		156		0.53%		111		0.37%		9,286		31.29%		29,676
	Las Animas		2,499		33.30%		4,602		61.33%		388		5.17%		4		0.05%		11		0.15%		-2,103		-28.03%		7,504
	Lincoln		1,407		57.08%		809		32.82%		247		10.02%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		598		24.26%		2,465
	Logan		4,323		56.95%		2,521		33.21%		736		9.70%		8		0.11%		3		0.04%		1,802		23.74%		7,591
	Mesa		10,745		49.58%		8,775		40.49%		2,076		9.58%		17		0.08%		58		0.26%		1,970		9.09%		21,671
	Mineral		116		43.77%		126		47.55%		22		8.30%		1		0.38%		0		0.00%		-10		-3.78%		265
	Moffat		1,785		62.09%		765		26.61%		322		11.20%		2		0.07%		1		0.03%		1,020		35.48%		2,875
	Montezuma		2,461		56.42%		1,349		30.93%		545		12.49%		1		0.02%		6		0.13%		1,112		25.49%		4,362
	Montrose		3,547		52.85%		2,394		35.67%		753		11.22%		7		0.10%		11		0.16%		1,153		17.18%		6,712
	Morgan		4,598		61.21%		2,310		30.75%		593		7.89%		6		0.08%		5		0.07%		2,288		30.46%		7,512
	Otero		4,690		49.66%		3,891		41.20%		723		7.65%		104		1.10%		37		0.39%		799		8.46%		9,445
	Ouray		401		52.01%		250		32.43%		120		15.56%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		151		19.58%		771
	Park		601		58.58%		286		27.88%		134		13.06%		3		0.29%		2		0.20%		315		30.70%		1,026
	Phillips		1,237		56.87%		723		33.24%		211		9.70%		2		0.09%		2		0.09%		514		23.63%		2,175
	Pitkin		1,135		56.16%		728		36.02%		136		6.73%		22		1.09%		0		0.00%		598		20.14%		2,021
	Prowers		2,741		49.07%		2,329		41.69%		503		9.00%		2		0.04%		11		0.20%		412		7.38%		5,586
	Pueblo		16,646		34.47%		27,215		56.36%		3,823		7.92%		525		1.09%		82		0.18%		-10,569		-21.89%		48,291
	Rio Blanco		1,294		64.60%		502		25.06%		204		10.18%		2		0.10%		1		0.05%		792		39.54%		2,003
	Rio Grande		2,442		58.32%		1,562		37.31%		182		4.35%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		880		21.01%		4,187
	Routt		1,602		53.83%		1,076		36.16%		292		9.81%		2		0.07%		4		0.13%		526		17.67%		2,976
	Saguache		824		52.45%		648		41.25%		97		6.17%		1		0.06%		1		0.06%		176		11.20%		1,571
	San Juan		165		46.09%		134		37.43%		59		16.48%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		31		8.66%		358
	San Miguel		422		53.22%		311		39.22%		60		7.56%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		111		14.00%		793
	Sedgwick		1,007		60.92%		546		33.03%		100		6.05%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		461		27.89%		1,653
	Summit		536		57.39%		301		32.23%		95		10.17%		1		0.11%		1		0.11%		235		25.16%		934
	Teller		722		52.39%		403		29.25%		249		18.07%		4		0.29%		0		0.00%		319		23.14%		1,378
	Washington		1,634		60.92%		694		25.88%		352		13.12%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		940		35.04%		2,682
	Weld		17,101		57.26%		10,420		34.89%		2,189		7.33%		101		0.34%		54		0.19%		6,681		22.37%		29,865
	Yuma		2,529		62.68%		1,175		29.12%		330		8.18%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,354		33.56%		4,035
Total	409,345	50.46%	335,174	41.32%	60,813	7.50%	3,016	0.37%	2,851	0.35%	74,171	9.14%	811,199

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• • • • • • • Grand Rio Blanco Jackson Moffat Douglas Yuma Montezuma
• Boulder
• Weld
  • • Sedgwick Larimer Routt
      • • • • • • • Garfield Eagle Summit Jefferson Clear Creek Gilpin Arapahoe Chaffee Gunnison Pitkin
    • Dolores Ouray La Plata
  • San Juan Rio Grande
    • Archuleta Huerfano Alamosa
  • Saguache Bent
• Otero
  • Baca San Miguel
• Cheyenne
  • Mesa Delta
    • • Montrose Park Fremont Custer
        • El Paso Teller Morgan Logan Crowley
    • Phillips Lincoln Prowers
  • Kit Carson Kiowa

Results by congressional district

Nixon won 3 of 4 congressional districts while Humphrey won a single district.^[7]

District	Nixon	Humphrey	Wallace
	1st		43.9%		50.6%		6.7%
	2nd		51.1%		37.3%		7.7%
	3rd		47.5%		43.3%		9.2%
	4th		56.3%		35.4%		8.3%

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1968 – Encyclopædia Britannica. May 22, 2017.
2. Web site: 1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73). May 22, 2017.
3. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado. May 22, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968. May 22, 2017.
5. Web site: Election Night Reporting.
6. Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 05, 1968
7. Web site: 1968 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District . July 31, 2024 . Western Washington University.