See main article: 1968 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Country: | Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Previous Year: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1972 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1968 |
| Image1: | Hubert Humphrey in New York, 1968 (3x4 crop).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Hubert Humphrey |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Minnesota |
| Running Mate1: | Edmund Muskie |
| Electoral Vote1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,259,405 |
| Percentage1: | 47.59% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Nixon |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Spiro Agnew |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,090,017 |
| Percentage2: | 44.02% |
| 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: | 378,582 |
| Percentage3: | 7.97% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Richard Nixon |
| After Party: | Republican |
The 1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1968, and was part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 29 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon. Humphrey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 3.57%. A third-party candidate, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, played a significant role by winning 7.97% of the vote. This marked the first time since 1948 that a losing presidential candidate carried Pennsylvania, and the first time ever that the candidate was a Democrat. It would happen again only two more times, in George W. Bush's elections in 2000 and 2004, although the state voted for the popular vote winner in 2000.
| 1968 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 2,259,405 | 47.59% | 29 | ||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 2,090,017 | 44.02% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | George Wallace | 378,582 | 7.97% | 0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | Dick Gregory | 7,821 | 0.16% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Henning A. Blomen | 4,977 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Militant Workers | Fred Halstead | 4,862 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 2,264 | 0.05% | 0 | ||
| - style="background:#eee; text-align:right;" | Totals | 4,747,928 | 100.0% | 29 | ||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 65%/85% | |||||
| County | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | George Wallace American Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 5,993 | 31.70% | 11,303 | 59.78% | 1,579 | 8.35% | 32 | 0.17% | -5,310 | -28.08% | 18,907 | ||||||||||||
| Allegheny | 364,906 | 51.12% | 264,790 | 37.09% | 79,776 | 11.18% | 4,345 | 0.61% | 100,116 | 14.03% | 713,817 | ||||||||||||
| Armstrong | 13,921 | 45.86% | 14,132 | 46.56% | 2,256 | 7.43% | 44 | 0.14% | -211 | -0.70% | 30,353 | ||||||||||||
| Beaver | 45,396 | 55.34% | 28,264 | 34.46% | 7,974 | 9.72% | 394 | 0.48% | 17,132 | 20.88% | 82,028 | ||||||||||||
| Bedford | 4,725 | 28.61% | 10,482 | 63.46% | 1,301 | 7.88% | 10 | 0.06% | -5,757 | -34.85% | 16,518 | ||||||||||||
| Berks | 49,877 | 45.79% | 50,623 | 46.48% | 8,093 | 7.43% | 331 | 0.30% | -746 | -0.69% | 108,924 | ||||||||||||
| Blair | 15,803 | 32.72% | 28,780 | 59.59% | 3,644 | 7.55% | 69 | 0.14% | -12,977 | -26.87% | 48,296 | ||||||||||||
| Bradford | 6,373 | 30.26% | 13,308 | 63.20% | 1,347 | 6.40% | 30 | 0.14% | -6,935 | -32.94% | 21,058 | ||||||||||||
| Bucks | 57,634 | 40.24% | 69,646 | 48.63% | 15,211 | 10.62% | 720 | 0.50% | -12,012 | -8.39% | 143,211 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 19,415 | 42.87% | 21,618 | 47.73% | 4,139 | 9.14% | 119 | 0.26% | -2,203 | -4.86% | 45,291 | ||||||||||||
| Cambria | 41,225 | 52.08% | 33,280 | 42.05% | 4,485 | 5.67% | 160 | 0.20% | 7,945 | 10.03% | 79,150 | ||||||||||||
| Cameron | 1,104 | 35.73% | 1,822 | 58.96% | 159 | 5.15% | 5 | 0.16% | -718 | -23.23% | 3,090 | ||||||||||||
| Carbon | 10,634 | 49.28% | 9,954 | 46.13% | 952 | 4.41% | 39 | 0.18% | 680 | 3.15% | 21,579 | ||||||||||||
| Centre | 11,163 | 39.13% | 15,865 | 55.61% | 1,389 | 4.87% | 110 | 0.39% | -4,702 | -16.48% | 28,527 | ||||||||||||
| Chester | 32,606 | 33.25% | 56,073 | 57.19% | 9,142 | 9.32% | 230 | 0.23% | -23,467 | -23.94% | 98,051 | ||||||||||||
| Clarion | 5,341 | 37.03% | 8,077 | 56.00% | 981 | 6.80% | 24 | 0.17% | -2,736 | -18.97% | 14,423 | ||||||||||||
| Clearfield | 12,369 | 42.41% | 14,471 | 49.62% | 2,252 | 7.72% | 71 | 0.24% | -2,102 | -7.21% | 29,163 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 6,301 | 46.65% | 6,563 | 48.59% | 625 | 4.63% | 19 | 0.14% | -262 | -1.94% | 13,508 | ||||||||||||
| Columbia | 8,187 | 36.83% | 12,202 | 54.89% | 1,797 | 8.08% | 43 | 0.19% | -4,015 | -18.06% | 22,229 | ||||||||||||
| Crawford | 11,345 | 40.19% | 14,991 | 53.11% | 1,832 | 6.49% | 58 | 0.21% | -3,646 | -12.92% | 28,226 | ||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 15,467 | 28.93% | 32,908 | 61.54% | 4,893 | 9.15% | 204 | 0.38% | -17,441 | -32.61% | 53,472 | ||||||||||||
| Dauphin | 25,480 | 31.15% | 48,394 | 59.17% | 7,534 | 9.21% | 380 | 0.46% | -22,914 | -28.02% | 81,788 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 106,695 | 40.05% | 133,777 | 50.21% | 25,051 | 9.40% | 913 | 0.34% | -27,082 | -10.16% | 266,436 | ||||||||||||
| Elk | 6,886 | 49.02% | 6,193 | 44.09% | 945 | 6.73% | 22 | 0.16% | 693 | 4.93% | 14,046 | ||||||||||||
| Erie | 51,604 | 51.68% | 43,134 | 43.20% | 4,868 | 4.88% | 241 | 0.24% | 8,470 | 8.48% | 99,847 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 34,340 | 57.76% | 18,921 | 31.83% | 5,984 | 10.07% | 205 | 0.34% | 15,419 | 25.93% | 59,450 | ||||||||||||
| Forest | 669 | 33.91% | 1,172 | 59.40% | 129 | 6.54% | 3 | 0.15% | -503 | -25.49% | 1,973 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 11,451 | 32.54% | 19,146 | 54.40% | 4,557 | 12.95% | 41 | 0.12% | -7,695 | -21.86% | 35,195 | ||||||||||||
| Fulton | 1,174 | 29.55% | 2,200 | 55.37% | 592 | 14.90% | 7 | 0.18% | -1,026 | -25.82% | 3,973 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 8,198 | 56.93% | 5,099 | 35.41% | 1,094 | 7.60% | 10 | 0.07% | 3,099 | 21.52% | 14,401 | ||||||||||||
| Huntingdon | 4,128 | 30.83% | 8,276 | 61.82% | 962 | 7.19% | 22 | 0.16% | -4,148 | -30.99% | 13,388 | ||||||||||||
| Indiana | 12,175 | 41.70% | 14,899 | 51.03% | 2,078 | 7.12% | 44 | 0.15% | -2,724 | -9.33% | 29,196 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 6,839 | 37.28% | 10,214 | 55.67% | 1,278 | 6.97% | 16 | 0.09% | -3,375 | -18.39% | 18,347 | ||||||||||||
| Juniata | 2,321 | 33.76% | 4,039 | 58.76% | 507 | 7.38% | 7 | 0.10% | -1,718 | -25.00% | 6,874 | ||||||||||||
| Lackawanna | 66,297 | 57.96% | 44,388 | 38.80% | 3,538 | 3.09% | 168 | 0.15% | 21,909 | 19.16% | 114,391 | ||||||||||||
| Lancaster | 29,870 | 27.58% | 69,953 | 64.59% | 8,194 | 7.57% | 290 | 0.27% | -40,083 | -37.01% | 108,307 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 21,027 | 48.78% | 18,360 | 42.60% | 3,635 | 8.43% | 81 | 0.19% | 2,667 | 6.18% | 43,103 | ||||||||||||
| Lebanon | 9,529 | 28.01% | 21,832 | 64.16% | 2,584 | 7.59% | 80 | 0.24% | -12,303 | -36.15% | 34,025 | ||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 44,033 | 46.15% | 47,255 | 49.53% | 3,900 | 4.09% | 220 | 0.23% | -3,222 | -3.38% | 95,408 | ||||||||||||
| Luzerne | 79,040 | 55.13% | 57,044 | 39.79% | 6,857 | 4.78% | 439 | 0.31% | 21,996 | 15.34% | 143,380 | ||||||||||||
| Lycoming | 16,888 | 38.76% | 23,830 | 54.70% | 2,761 | 6.34% | 87 | 0.20% | -6,942 | -15.94% | 43,566 | ||||||||||||
| McKean | 6,326 | 35.93% | 10,506 | 59.67% | 745 | 4.23% | 30 | 0.17% | -4,180 | -23.74% | 17,607 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 22,814 | 46.46% | 23,131 | 47.11% | 3,033 | 6.18% | 127 | 0.26% | -317 | -0.65% | 49,105 | ||||||||||||
| Mifflin | 5,681 | 38.65% | 8,133 | 55.33% | 859 | 5.84% | 25 | 0.17% | -2,452 | -16.68% | 14,698 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 6,946 | 39.14% | 9,465 | 53.33% | 1,267 | 7.14% | 69 | 0.39% | -2,519 | -14.19% | 17,747 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 102,464 | 39.30% | 141,621 | 54.32% | 15,599 | 5.98% | 1,048 | 0.40% | -39,157 | -15.02% | 260,732 | ||||||||||||
| Montour | 2,239 | 37.47% | 3,289 | 55.04% | 438 | 7.33% | 10 | 0.17% | -1,050 | -17.57% | 5,976 | ||||||||||||
| Northampton | 42,554 | 54.47% | 32,033 | 41.00% | 3,276 | 4.19% | 267 | 0.34% | 10,521 | 13.47% | 78,130 | ||||||||||||
| Northumberland | 17,013 | 40.60% | 22,366 | 53.38% | 2,456 | 5.86% | 64 | 0.15% | -5,353 | -12.78% | 41,899 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 2,944 | 27.14% | 6,655 | 61.34% | 1,222 | 11.26% | 28 | 0.26% | -3,711 | -34.20% | 10,849 | ||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | 525,768 | 61.85% | 254,153 | 29.90% | 63,506 | 7.47% | 6,690 | 0.79% | 271,615 | 31.95% | 850,117 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 1,617 | 27.93% | 3,719 | 64.23% | 441 | 7.62% | 13 | 0.22% | -2,102 | -36.30% | 5,790 | ||||||||||||
| Potter | 1,860 | 29.34% | 4,019 | 63.40% | 451 | 7.11% | 9 | 0.14% | -2,159 | -34.06% | 6,339 | ||||||||||||
| Schuylkill | 34,982 | 45.64% | 37,194 | 48.53% | 4,381 | 5.72% | 88 | 0.11% | -2,212 | -2.89% | 76,645 | ||||||||||||
| Snyder | 1,993 | 21.05% | 6,784 | 71.64% | 676 | 7.14% | 16 | 0.17% | -4,791 | -50.59% | 9,469 | ||||||||||||
| Somerset | 11,515 | 37.24% | 17,511 | 56.63% | 1,845 | 5.97% | 50 | 0.16% | -5,996 | -19.39% | 30,921 | ||||||||||||
| Sullivan | 1,035 | 36.06% | 1,629 | 56.76% | 200 | 6.97% | 6 | 0.21% | -594 | -20.70% | 2,870 | ||||||||||||
| Susquehanna | 4,364 | 31.10% | 8,705 | 62.04% | 929 | 6.62% | 34 | 0.24% | -4,341 | -30.94% | 14,032 | ||||||||||||
| Tioga | 3,488 | 25.16% | 9,298 | 67.07% | 1,065 | 7.68% | 12 | 0.09% | -5,810 | -41.91% | 13,863 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 2,178 | 23.64% | 6,422 | 69.69% | 581 | 6.30% | 34 | 0.37% | -4,244 | -46.05% | 9,215 | ||||||||||||
| Venango | 8,319 | 37.90% | 12,323 | 56.14% | 1,262 | 5.75% | 45 | 0.21% | -4,004 | -18.24% | 21,949 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 6,368 | 39.88% | 8,889 | 55.67% | 676 | 4.23% | 35 | 0.22% | -2,521 | -15.79% | 15,968 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 47,805 | 56.26% | 28,023 | 32.98% | 9,016 | 10.61% | 124 | 0.15% | 19,782 | 23.28% | 84,968 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 3,176 | 26.94% | 7,827 | 66.39% | 754 | 6.40% | 33 | 0.28% | -4,651 | -39.45% | 11,790 | ||||||||||||
| Westmoreland | 81,833 | 54.98% | 52,206 | 35.08% | 14,436 | 9.70% | 364 | 0.24% | 29,627 | 19.90% | 148,839 | ||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2,366 | 29.12% | 5,207 | 64.09% | 539 | 6.63% | 12 | 0.15% | -2,841 | -34.97% | 8,124 | ||||||||||||
| York | 33,328 | 35.69% | 51,631 | 55.30% | 8,054 | 8.63% | 358 | 0.38% | -18,303 | -19.61% | 93,371 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 2,259,405 | 47.59% | 2,090,017 | 44.02% | 378,582 | 7.97% | 19,924 | 0.42% | 169,388 | 3.57% | 4,747,928 | ||||||||||||