See main article: 1968 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Country: | Montana |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| Image1: | Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Richard Nixon |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Spiro Agnew |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 138,835 |
| Percentage1: | 50.60% |
| Nominee2: | Hubert Humphrey |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Edmund Muskie |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 114,117 |
| Percentage2: | 41.59% |
| Image3: | George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee3: | George Wallace |
| Party3: | American Independent Party |
| Colour3: | ff9955 |
| Home State3: | Alabama |
| Running Mate3: | Marvin Griffin |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,015 |
| Percentage3: | 7.29% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 Montana took place on November 5, 1968, and was part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Montana voted for the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Nixon won Montana by a large margin of 9.01%. A third-party candidate, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, won 7.29% of the vote, or 20,015 raw votes, the highest percentage for a 3rd party candidate in the state since Robert M. La Follette in 1924, and would not be surpassed or equaled until Independent John B. Anderson in 1980, who went on to receive 8.05% of the vote, or 29,281 raw votes. Wallace was most successful in the mountain regions, which have a tradition of hostility to Washington D.C. interference, and also to Northeastern big business.[1] Wallace possessed little appeal in heavily German and Scandinavian Plains regions.
Nixon's victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Montana would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Bill Clinton in 1992. However, Montana would return to being a Republican leaning state afterwards.
, this remains the last occasion the Democratic presidential nominee has carried Jefferson County,[2] where Humphrey won a 22-vote plurality.
| 1968 United States presidential election in Montana[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 138,835 | 50.60% | 4 | ||
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 114,117 | 41.59% | 0 | ||
| American | George Wallace | 20,015 | 7.29% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | E. Harold Munn | 510 | 0.19% | 0 | ||
| New Reform | No Candidate | 470 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
| Militant Workers | Fred Halstead | 457 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 274,404 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| County[4] | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Beaverhead | 1,896 | 61.04% | 853 | 27.46% | 357 | 11.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,043 | 33.58% | 3,106 | ||||||||||||
| Big Horn | 1,789 | 53.87% | 1,319 | 39.72% | 209 | 6.29% | 4 | 0.12% | 470 | 14.15% | 3,321 | ||||||||||||
| Blaine | 1,291 | 48.63% | 1,198 | 45.12% | 165 | 6.21% | 1 | 0.04% | 93 | 3.51% | 2,655 | ||||||||||||
| Broadwater | 671 | 54.29% | 439 | 35.52% | 125 | 10.11% | 1 | 0.08% | 232 | 18.77% | 1,236 | ||||||||||||
| Carbon | 1,972 | 54.98% | 1,353 | 37.72% | 258 | 7.19% | 4 | 0.11% | 619 | 17.26% | 3,587 | ||||||||||||
| Carter | 624 | 62.21% | 269 | 26.82% | 110 | 10.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 355 | 35.39% | 1,003 | ||||||||||||
| Cascade | 11,588 | 43.23% | 13,507 | 50.39% | 1,539 | 5.74% | 169 | 0.63% | -1,919 | -7.16% | 26,803 | ||||||||||||
| Chouteau | 1,695 | 53.66% | 1,216 | 38.49% | 247 | 7.82% | 1 | 0.03% | 479 | 15.17% | 3,159 | ||||||||||||
| Custer | 2,831 | 58.06% | 1,760 | 36.10% | 275 | 5.64% | 10 | 0.21% | 1,071 | 21.96% | 4,876 | ||||||||||||
| Daniels | 826 | 52.15% | 688 | 43.43% | 69 | 4.36% | 1 | 0.06% | 138 | 8.72% | 1,584 | ||||||||||||
| Dawson | 2,650 | 58.01% | 1,695 | 37.11% | 220 | 4.82% | 3 | 0.07% | 955 | 20.90% | 4,568 | ||||||||||||
| Deer Lodge | 1,554 | 25.58% | 4,208 | 69.28% | 308 | 5.07% | 4 | 0.07% | -2,654 | -43.70% | 6,074 | ||||||||||||
| Fallon | 990 | 63.26% | 477 | 30.48% | 97 | 6.20% | 1 | 0.06% | 513 | 32.78% | 1,565 | ||||||||||||
| Fergus | 3,367 | 55.59% | 2,070 | 34.18% | 616 | 10.17% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,297 | 21.41% | 6,057 | ||||||||||||
| Flathead | 7,215 | 51.54% | 5,253 | 37.52% | 1,524 | 10.89% | 8 | 0.06% | 1,962 | 14.02% | 14,000 | ||||||||||||
| Gallatin | 7,433 | 62.06% | 3,818 | 31.88% | 706 | 5.89% | 21 | 0.18% | 3,615 | 30.18% | 11,978 | ||||||||||||
| Garfield | 542 | 64.22% | 190 | 22.51% | 112 | 13.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 352 | 41.71% | 844 | ||||||||||||
| Glacier | 1,643 | 44.76% | 1,723 | 46.94% | 295 | 8.04% | 10 | 0.27% | -80 | -2.18% | 3,671 | ||||||||||||
| Golden Valley | 332 | 60.04% | 194 | 35.08% | 26 | 4.70% | 1 | 0.18% | 138 | 24.96% | 553 | ||||||||||||
| Granite | 626 | 49.56% | 502 | 39.75% | 135 | 10.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 124 | 9.81% | 1,263 | ||||||||||||
| Hill | 2,970 | 44.53% | 3,386 | 50.77% | 305 | 4.57% | 8 | 0.12% | -416 | -6.24% | 6,669 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 798 | 45.06% | 820 | 46.30% | 152 | 8.58% | 1 | 0.06% | -22 | -1.24% | 1,771 | ||||||||||||
| Judith Basin | 804 | 53.03% | 606 | 39.97% | 106 | 6.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 198 | 13.06% | 1,516 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 3,358 | 55.98% | 1,956 | 32.61% | 679 | 11.32% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,402 | 23.37% | 5,999 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis and Clark | 7,979 | 56.53% | 5,379 | 38.11% | 723 | 5.12% | 34 | 0.24% | 2,600 | 18.42% | 14,115 | ||||||||||||
| Liberty | 670 | 58.57% | 390 | 34.09% | 83 | 7.26% | 1 | 0.09% | 280 | 24.48% | 1,144 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,355 | 40.55% | 2,677 | 46.10% | 765 | 13.17% | 10 | 0.17% | -322 | -5.55% | 5,807 | ||||||||||||
| McCone | 733 | 52.17% | 589 | 41.92% | 82 | 5.84% | 1 | 0.07% | 144 | 10.25% | 1,405 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 1,289 | 56.39% | 734 | 32.11% | 261 | 11.42% | 2 | 0.09% | 555 | 24.28% | 2,286 | ||||||||||||
| Meagher | 543 | 62.92% | 218 | 25.26% | 102 | 11.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 37.66% | 863 | ||||||||||||
| Mineral | 483 | 41.32% | 576 | 49.27% | 108 | 9.24% | 2 | 0.17% | -93 | -7.95% | 1,169 | ||||||||||||
| Missoula | 9,745 | 48.02% | 8,398 | 41.39% | 1,638 | 8.07% | 511 | 2.52% | 1,347 | 6.63% | 20,292 | ||||||||||||
| Musselshell | 953 | 51.15% | 795 | 42.67% | 111 | 5.96% | 4 | 0.21% | 158 | 8.48% | 1,863 | ||||||||||||
| Park | 3,063 | 57.36% | 1,815 | 33.99% | 460 | 8.61% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,248 | 23.37% | 5,340 | ||||||||||||
| Petroleum | 211 | 62.99% | 98 | 29.25% | 26 | 7.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 113 | 33.74% | 335 | ||||||||||||
| Phillips | 1,353 | 51.41% | 1,100 | 41.79% | 177 | 6.72% | 2 | 0.08% | 253 | 9.62% | 2,632 | ||||||||||||
| Pondera | 1,530 | 52.98% | 1,149 | 39.79% | 205 | 7.10% | 4 | 0.14% | 381 | 13.19% | 2,888 | ||||||||||||
| Powder River | 699 | 64.96% | 258 | 23.98% | 118 | 10.97% | 1 | 0.09% | 441 | 40.98% | 1,076 | ||||||||||||
| Powell | 1,301 | 47.50% | 1,206 | 44.03% | 231 | 8.43% | 1 | 0.04% | 95 | 3.47% | 2,739 | ||||||||||||
| Prairie | 635 | 67.77% | 270 | 28.82% | 30 | 3.20% | 2 | 0.21% | 365 | 38.95% | 937 | ||||||||||||
| Ravalli | 3,183 | 53.25% | 2,080 | 34.80% | 709 | 11.86% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,103 | 18.45% | 5,977 | ||||||||||||
| Richland | 2,381 | 59.29% | 1,399 | 34.84% | 228 | 5.68% | 8 | 0.20% | 982 | 24.45% | 4,016 | ||||||||||||
| Roosevelt | 1,947 | 50.12% | 1,771 | 45.59% | 162 | 4.17% | 5 | 0.13% | 176 | 4.53% | 3,885 | ||||||||||||
| Rosebud | 1,190 | 56.42% | 711 | 33.71% | 204 | 9.67% | 4 | 0.19% | 479 | 22.71% | 2,109 | ||||||||||||
| Sanders | 1,459 | 48.70% | 1,242 | 41.46% | 292 | 9.75% | 3 | 0.10% | 217 | 7.24% | 2,996 | ||||||||||||
| Sheridan | 1,180 | 45.81% | 1,275 | 49.50% | 115 | 4.46% | 6 | 0.23% | -95 | -3.69% | 2,576 | ||||||||||||
| Silver Bow | 5,488 | 27.98% | 12,626 | 64.36% | 1,120 | 5.71% | 383 | 1.95% | -7,138 | -36.38% | 19,617 | ||||||||||||
| Stillwater | 1,347 | 61.20% | 676 | 30.71% | 177 | 8.04% | 1 | 0.05% | 671 | 30.49% | 2,201 | ||||||||||||
| Sweet Grass | 1,043 | 70.00% | 336 | 22.55% | 110 | 7.38% | 1 | 0.07% | 707 | 47.45% | 1,490 | ||||||||||||
| Teton | 1,697 | 54.58% | 1,228 | 39.50% | 179 | 5.76% | 5 | 0.16% | 469 | 15.08% | 3,109 | ||||||||||||
| Toole | 1,407 | 51.96% | 1,048 | 38.70% | 249 | 9.19% | 4 | 0.15% | 359 | 13.26% | 2,708 | ||||||||||||
| Treasure | 298 | 56.55% | 188 | 35.67% | 41 | 7.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 110 | 20.88% | 527 | ||||||||||||
| Valley | 2,290 | 49.44% | 1,926 | 41.58% | 393 | 8.48% | 23 | 0.50% | 364 | 7.86% | 4,632 | ||||||||||||
| Wheatland | 673 | 51.77% | 525 | 40.38% | 101 | 7.77% | 1 | 0.08% | 148 | 11.39% | 1,300 | ||||||||||||
| Wibaux | 347 | 52.98% | 252 | 38.47% | 56 | 8.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 95 | 14.51% | 655 | ||||||||||||
| Yellowstone | 19,898 | 58.77% | 11,682 | 34.50% | 2,124 | 6.27% | 153 | 0.45% | 8,216 | 24.27% | 33,857 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 138,835 | 50.60% | 114,117 | 41.59% | 20,015 | 7.29% | 1,437 | 0.52% | 24,718 | 9.01% | 274,404 | ||||||||||||