See main article: 1968 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| 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: | 26 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,791,014 |
| Percentage1: | 45.23% |
| Nominee2: | Hubert Humphrey |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate2: | Edmund Muskie |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,700,586 |
| Percentage2: | 42.95% |
| Image3: | George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee3: | George Wallace |
| Party3: | American Independent Party |
| Colour3: | ff9955 |
| Home State3: | Alabama |
| Running Mate3: | S. Marvin Griffin |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 467,495 |
| Percentage3: | 11.81% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Map Alt: | Map of election results by county |
| 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 Ohio took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Ohio voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by the Republican Party candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon by a narrow margin of 2.28%. Nixon won the vast majority of Ohio's counties, including the major cities of Columbus, Cincinnati, Canton and Hamilton. The Democratic Party candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, kept the race close by winning the major cities of Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, Dayton, Youngstown, Lorain, and Springfield.
The American Independent Party candidate, former Alabama governor George Wallace, had his best performance in the Midwestern United States, taking 11.81% of the popular vote, despite being far from his base of support in the Deep South. This was due to Ohio's presence along the borders of Kentucky and West Virginia, which are considered part of the southern United States. In the north, Wallace appealed to blue-collar workers and union members who usually voted Democratic, but who had become disgruntled with the racial violence and anti-Vietnam War protests. As a result, this split in the Democratic vote between Humphrey and Wallace was enough for Nixon to narrowly carry Ohio.
, this is the last election in which Mercer County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] Nixon became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Clark, Cuyahoga, Harrison, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, or Portage Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Montgomery or Tuscarawas Counties since William Howard Taft in 1908.
| 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 1,791,014 | 45.23% | 26 | ||
| Democrat | Hubert Humphrey | 1,700,586 | 42.95% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | George Wallace | 467,495 | 11.81% | 0 | ||
| No party | Dick Gregory (write-in) | 372 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| No party | Henning A. Blomen (write-in) | 120 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| No party | Fred Halstead (write-in) | 69 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| No party | Charlene Mitchell (write-in) | 23 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| No party | E. Harold Munn (write-in) | 19 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,959,698 | 100.00% | 26 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age) | 63% | |||||
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | George Wallace American Independent | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 3,973 | 51.54% | 2,685 | 34.83% | 1,049 | 13.61% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,288 | 16.71% | 7,708 | ||||||||||||
| Allen | 23,124 | 60.30% | 10,994 | 28.67% | 4,231 | 11.03% | 12,130 | 31.63% | 38,349 | ||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 9,745 | 62.49% | 4,526 | 29.02% | 1,323 | 8.48% | 5,219 | 33.47% | 15,594 | ||||||||||||||
| Ashtabula | 17,058 | 46.66% | 16,738 | 45.79% | 2,753 | 7.53% | 6 | 0.02% | 320 | 0.87% | 36,555 | ||||||||||||
| Athens | 7,837 | 47.79% | 7,351 | 44.82% | 1,207 | 7.36% | 5 | 0.03% | 486 | 2.97% | 16,400 | ||||||||||||
| Auglaize | 9,368 | 56.96% | 5,550 | 33.74% | 1,528 | 9.29% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,818 | 23.22% | 16,447 | ||||||||||||
| Belmont | 11,512 | 31.94% | 22,056 | 61.19% | 2,478 | 6.87% | -10,544 | -29.25% | 36,046 | ||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4,700 | 44.27% | 3,610 | 34.00% | 2,307 | 21.73% | 1,090 | 10.27% | 10,617 | ||||||||||||||
| Butler | 35,962 | 48.73% | 23,649 | 32.04% | 14,188 | 19.22% | 3 | 0.00% | 12,313 | 16.69% | 73,802 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 4,634 | 52.39% | 3,119 | 35.26% | 1,092 | 12.34% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,515 | 17.13% | 8,846 | ||||||||||||
| Champaign | 6,863 | 53.83% | 4,264 | 33.44% | 1,621 | 12.71% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,599 | 20.39% | 12,750 | ||||||||||||
| Clark | 23,748 | 43.58% | 24,029 | 44.10% | 6,710 | 12.31% | 4 | 0.01% | -281 | -0.52% | 54,491 | ||||||||||||
| Clermont | 15,299 | 48.04% | 8,859 | 27.82% | 7,690 | 24.15% | 1 | 0.00% | 6,440 | 20.22% | 31,849 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 6,265 | 56.56% | 2,982 | 26.92% | 1,830 | 16.52% | 3,283 | 29.64% | 11,077 | ||||||||||||||
| Columbiana | 19,947 | 46.21% | 19,382 | 44.90% | 3,832 | 8.88% | 9 | 0.02% | 565 | 1.31% | 43,170 | ||||||||||||
| Coshocton | 7,256 | 53.59% | 5,013 | 37.03% | 1,270 | 9.38% | 2,243 | 16.56% | 13,539 | ||||||||||||||
| Crawford | 11,898 | 56.64% | 6,737 | 32.07% | 2,373 | 11.30% | 5,161 | 24.57% | 21,008 | ||||||||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 238,791 | 35.44% | 363,540 | 53.95% | 71,360 | 10.59% | 148 | 0.02% | -124,749 | -18.51% | 673,839 | ||||||||||||
| Darke | 10,926 | 53.78% | 7,371 | 36.28% | 2,015 | 9.92% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,555 | 17.50% | 20,315 | ||||||||||||
| Defiance | 7,348 | 52.64% | 5,686 | 40.73% | 925 | 6.63% | 1,662 | 11.91% | 13,959 | ||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 9,029 | 57.72% | 4,056 | 25.93% | 2,557 | 16.34% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,973 | 31.79% | 15,644 | ||||||||||||
| Erie | 13,023 | 48.50% | 11,388 | 42.41% | 2,437 | 9.08% | 1 | 0.00% | 1,635 | 6.09% | 26,849 | ||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 14,810 | 52.03% | 9,533 | 33.49% | 4,124 | 14.49% | 5,277 | 18.54% | 28,467 | ||||||||||||||
| Fayette | 5,339 | 51.99% | 2,966 | 28.88% | 1,962 | 19.11% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,373 | 23.11% | 10,269 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 148,933 | 51.78% | 101,240 | 35.20% | 37,390 | 13.00% | 61 | 0.02% | 47,693 | 16.58% | 287,624 | ||||||||||||
| Fulton | 7,817 | 64.14% | 3,338 | 27.39% | 1,033 | 8.48% | 4,479 | 36.75% | 12,188 | ||||||||||||||
| Gallia | 5,134 | 58.10% | 2,660 | 30.10% | 1,039 | 11.76% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,474 | 28.00% | 8,836 | ||||||||||||
| Geauga | 11,857 | 51.76% | 7,825 | 34.16% | 3,226 | 14.08% | 4,032 | 17.60% | 22,908 | ||||||||||||||
| Greene | 17,589 | 45.36% | 15,178 | 39.14% | 5,999 | 15.47% | 9 | 0.02% | 2,411 | 6.22% | 38,775 | ||||||||||||
| Guernsey | 7,336 | 49.44% | 5,815 | 39.19% | 1,685 | 11.36% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,521 | 10.25% | 14,837 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 183,611 | 50.24% | 135,057 | 36.95% | 46,742 | 12.79% | 73 | 0.02% | 48,554 | 13.29% | 365,483 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 15,032 | 61.08% | 6,918 | 28.11% | 2,659 | 10.80% | 8,114 | 32.97% | 24,609 | ||||||||||||||
| Hardin | 6,963 | 53.82% | 4,180 | 32.31% | 1,794 | 13.87% | 2,783 | 21.51% | 12,937 | ||||||||||||||
| Harrison | 3,532 | 45.87% | 3,594 | 46.68% | 574 | 7.45% | -62 | -0.81% | 7,700 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry | 6,970 | 63.21% | 3,256 | 29.53% | 799 | 7.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,714 | 33.68% | 11,026 | ||||||||||||
| Highland | 6,489 | 51.81% | 3,828 | 30.56% | 2,208 | 17.63% | 2,661 | 21.25% | 12,525 | ||||||||||||||
| Hocking | 3,998 | 45.94% | 3,701 | 42.53% | 1,003 | 11.53% | 297 | 3.41% | 8,702 | ||||||||||||||
| Holmes | 3,350 | 58.47% | 1,898 | 33.13% | 479 | 8.36% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,452 | 25.34% | 5,729 | ||||||||||||
| Huron | 9,456 | 53.38% | 6,515 | 36.78% | 1,741 | 9.83% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,941 | 16.60% | 17,714 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 5,870 | 53.52% | 4,021 | 36.66% | 1,077 | 9.82% | 1,849 | 16.86% | 10,968 | ||||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 12,949 | 33.53% | 21,917 | 56.76% | 3,740 | 9.69% | 9 | 0.02% | -8,968 | -23.23% | 38,615 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 9,072 | 55.01% | 5,725 | 34.71% | 1,695 | 10.28% | 3,347 | 20.30% | 16,492 | ||||||||||||||
| Lake | 28,450 | 43.40% | 27,932 | 42.61% | 9,160 | 13.97% | 17 | 0.03% | 518 | 0.79% | 65,559 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 9,782 | 46.75% | 8,671 | 41.44% | 2,470 | 11.81% | 1,111 | 5.31% | 20,923 | ||||||||||||||
| Licking | 19,542 | 48.89% | 15,021 | 37.58% | 5,405 | 13.52% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,521 | 11.31% | 39,970 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 8,362 | 56.12% | 4,889 | 32.81% | 1,647 | 11.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,473 | 23.31% | 14,899 | ||||||||||||
| Lorain | 34,252 | 39.95% | 42,642 | 49.74% | 8,825 | 10.29% | 8 | 0.01% | -8,390 | -9.79% | 85,727 | ||||||||||||
| Lucas | 69,403 | 38.98% | 91,346 | 51.31% | 17,260 | 9.69% | 28 | 0.02% | -21,943 | -12.33% | 178,037 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 5,882 | 57.15% | 2,780 | 27.01% | 1,631 | 15.85% | 3,102 | 30.14% | 10,293 | ||||||||||||||
| Mahoning | 42,948 | 34.75% | 68,433 | 55.38% | 12,189 | 9.86% | 8 | 0.01% | -25,485 | -20.63% | 123,578 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 12,887 | 53.10% | 8,611 | 35.48% | 2,772 | 11.42% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,276 | 17.62% | 24,271 | ||||||||||||
| Medina | 14,089 | 52.31% | 9,194 | 34.14% | 3,632 | 13.49% | 18 | 0.07% | 4,895 | 18.17% | 26,933 | ||||||||||||
| Meigs | 4,759 | 56.29% | 2,921 | 34.55% | 774 | 9.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,838 | 21.74% | 8,455 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 6,313 | 44.43% | 6,801 | 47.86% | 1,095 | 7.71% | -488 | -3.43% | 14,209 | ||||||||||||||
| Miami | 16,997 | 50.62% | 13,228 | 39.40% | 3,348 | 9.97% | 4 | 0.01% | 3,769 | 11.22% | 33,577 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 2,686 | 42.27% | 3,105 | 48.87% | 562 | 8.84% | 1 | 0.02% | -419 | -6.60% | 6,354 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 84,766 | 40.93% | 96,082 | 46.39% | 26,232 | 12.67% | 40 | 0.02% | -11,316 | -5.46% | 207,120 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 3,030 | 57.51% | 1,789 | 33.95% | 450 | 8.54% | 1,241 | 23.56% | 5,269 | ||||||||||||||
| Morrow | 4,898 | 55.58% | 2,405 | 27.29% | 1,509 | 17.12% | 2,493 | 28.29% | 8,812 | ||||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 15,260 | 48.13% | 13,089 | 41.28% | 3,356 | 10.59% | 2,171 | 6.85% | 31,705 | ||||||||||||||
| Noble | 2,615 | 53.06% | 1,726 | 35.02% | 587 | 11.91% | 889 | 18.04% | 4,928 | ||||||||||||||
| Ottawa | 7,149 | 47.30% | 6,319 | 41.81% | 1,647 | 10.90% | 830 | 5.49% | 15,115 | ||||||||||||||
| Paulding | 4,074 | 53.01% | 2,703 | 35.17% | 908 | 11.82% | 1,371 | 17.84% | 7,685 | ||||||||||||||
| Perry | 4,815 | 44.96% | 4,811 | 44.92% | 1,084 | 10.12% | 4 | 0.04% | 10,710 | ||||||||||||||
| Pickaway | 6,690 | 53.25% | 3,536 | 28.14% | 2,335 | 18.58% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,154 | 25.11% | 12,564 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 3,247 | 40.01% | 3,445 | 42.45% | 1,423 | 17.54% | -198 | -2.44% | 8,115 | ||||||||||||||
| Portage | 15,064 | 41.27% | 16,348 | 44.78% | 5,093 | 13.95% | -1,284 | -3.51% | 36,505 | ||||||||||||||
| Preble | 6,544 | 52.63% | 3,817 | 30.70% | 2,073 | 16.67% | 2,727 | 21.93% | 12,434 | ||||||||||||||
| Putnam | 7,188 | 59.38% | 3,530 | 29.16% | 1,387 | 11.46% | 3,658 | 30.22% | 12,105 | ||||||||||||||
| Richland | 23,484 | 53.63% | 14,988 | 34.23% | 5,311 | 12.13% | 4 | 0.01% | 8,496 | 19.40% | 43,787 | ||||||||||||
| Ross | 11,284 | 50.72% | 6,873 | 30.90% | 4,087 | 18.37% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,411 | 19.82% | 22,246 | ||||||||||||
| Sandusky | 11,696 | 53.10% | 8,581 | 38.96% | 1,745 | 7.92% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,115 | 14.14% | 22,025 | ||||||||||||
| Scioto | 15,310 | 47.37% | 13,836 | 42.81% | 3,171 | 9.81% | 1,474 | 4.56% | 32,317 | ||||||||||||||
| Seneca | 12,040 | 52.30% | 8,970 | 38.97% | 2,010 | 8.73% | 3,070 | 13.33% | 23,020 | ||||||||||||||
| Shelby | 7,248 | 47.60% | 6,479 | 42.55% | 1,499 | 9.85% | 769 | 5.05% | 15,226 | ||||||||||||||
| Stark | 68,414 | 47.88% | 57,675 | 40.36% | 16,775 | 11.74% | 24 | 0.02% | 10,739 | 7.52% | 142,888 | ||||||||||||
| Summit | 82,649 | 39.56% | 100,068 | 47.89% | 26,157 | 12.52% | 67 | 0.03% | -17,419 | -8.33% | 208,941 | ||||||||||||
| Trumbull | 33,076 | 39.97% | 40,365 | 48.77% | 9,314 | 11.25% | 5 | 0.01% | -7,289 | -8.80% | 82,760 | ||||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 14,102 | 43.44% | 15,617 | 48.11% | 2,741 | 8.44% | 1 | 0.00% | -1,515 | -4.67% | 32,461 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 6,415 | 62.66% | 2,431 | 23.74% | 1,392 | 13.60% | 3,984 | 38.92% | 10,238 | ||||||||||||||
| Van Wert | 7,835 | 57.92% | 4,360 | 32.23% | 1,332 | 9.85% | 3,475 | 25.69% | 13,527 | ||||||||||||||
| Vinton | 2,219 | 52.31% | 1,608 | 37.91% | 414 | 9.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 611 | 14.40% | 4,242 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 12,663 | 48.68% | 6,756 | 25.97% | 6,595 | 25.35% | 5,907 | 22.71% | 26,014 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 11,888 | 58.25% | 6,922 | 33.92% | 1,597 | 7.83% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,966 | 24.33% | 20,408 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 15,151 | 58.34% | 8,891 | 34.24% | 1,924 | 7.41% | 4 | 0.02% | 6,260 | 24.10% | 25,970 | ||||||||||||
| Williams | 8,059 | 59.76% | 4,456 | 33.04% | 970 | 7.19% | 3,603 | 26.72% | 13,485 | ||||||||||||||
| Wood | 16,111 | 53.81% | 10,867 | 36.30% | 2,952 | 9.86% | 9 | 0.03% | 5,244 | 17.51% | 29,939 | ||||||||||||
| Wyandot | 5,265 | 57.90% | 2,919 | 32.10% | 910 | 10.01% | 2,346 | 25.80% | 9,094 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1,791,014 | 45.23% | 1,700,586 | 42.95% | 467,495 | 11.81% | 603 | 0.02% | 90,428 | 2.28% | 3,959,698 | ||||||||||||