1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee explained

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Election Name:	1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Country:	Tennessee
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Previous Year:	1964
Next Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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:	11
Popular Vote1:	472,592
Percentage1:	37.85%
Nominee2:	George Wallace
Party2:	American Party (1969)
Color2:	ff7f00
Home State2:	Alabama
Running Mate2:	Curtis LeMay
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	424,792
Percentage2:	34.02%
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:	351,233
Percentage3:	28.13%
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Richard Nixon
After Party:	Republican
Map Size:	350px

The 1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Tennessee voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting in Republican candidate Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland receiving a plurality of the votes as opposed to a majority. Tennessee had the smallest percentage of the Nixon vote that delivered him the state.

Nixon carried Tennessee with 37.85% of the vote to American Independence Party candidate George Wallace’s 34.02% and Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's 28.13%, a victory margin of 3.87%. Nixon's victory was due to his large margins in traditionally Republican East Tennessee, while Wallace and Humphrey split Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee.^{[1] [2]}, this is the last election in which Hamilton County did not support the Republican presidential candidate.^[3]

43% of white voters supported Nixon, 39% supported Wallace, and 19% supported Humphrey.

Results

1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Richard Nixon	472,592	37.85%	11
	American	George Wallace	424,792	34.02%	0
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	351,233	28.13%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	10	0.00%	0
Totals			1,248,617	100.00%	11
Voter turnout					-

Results by county

County	Richard Nixon Republican		George Wallace American Independent		Hubert Humphrey Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Anderson		10,233		47.04%		4,323		19.87%		7,198		33.09%		3,035		13.95%		21,754
	Bedford		1,870		22.30%		4,099		48.88%		2,416		28.81%		-1,683		-20.07%		8,385
	Benton		1,468		30.70%		2,255		47.16%		1,059		22.15%		-787		-16.46%		4,782
	Bledsoe		1,477		46.65%		732		23.12%		957		30.23%		520		16.42%		3,166
	Blount		12,753		57.10%		4,407		19.73%		5,176		23.17%		7,577		33.93%		22,336
	Bradley		6,924		50.01%		4,159		30.04%		2,762		19.95%		2,765		19.97%		13,845
	Campbell		4,024		52.54%		1,367		17.85%		2,268		29.61%		1,756		22.93%		7,659
	Cannon		780		25.55%		1,464		47.95%		809		26.50%		-655		-21.45%		3,053
	Carroll		3,757		41.80%		3,298		36.70%		1,932		21.50%		459		5.10%		8,987
	Carter		9,467		64.68%		3,009		20.56%		2,160		14.76%		6,458		44.12%		14,636
	Cheatham		669		16.96%		2,497		63.31%		778		19.73%		-1,719		-43.58%		3,944
	Chester		1,408		32.79%		2,037		47.44%		849		19.77%		-629		-14.65%		4,294
	Claiborne		3,101		59.75%		775		14.93%		1,314		25.32%		1,787		34.43%		5,190
	Clay		814		42.13%		451		23.34%		667		34.52%		147		7.61%		1,932
	Cocke		5,645		72.80%		1,159		14.95%		950		12.25%		4,486		57.85%		7,754
	Coffee		3,337		29.87%		4,794		42.91%		3,040		27.21%		-1,457		-13.04%		11,171
	Crockett		932		20.71%		2,865		63.67%		703		15.62%		-1,933		-42.96%		4,500
	Cumberland		3,115		51.81%		1,469		24.43%		1,428		23.75%		1,646		27.38%		6,012
	Davidson		44,175		32.34%		47,889		35.06%		44,543		32.61%		-3,346		-2.45%		136,607
	Decatur		1,409		36.79%		1,544		40.31%		877		22.90%		-135		-3.52%		3,830
	DeKalb		1,532		39.33%		1,516		38.92%		847		21.75%		16		0.41%		3,895
	Dickson		1,291		18.99%		3,475		51.10%		2,034		29.91%		-1,441		-21.19%		6,800
	Dyer		2,826		26.41%		5,842		54.59%		2,033		19.00%		-3,016		-28.18%		10,701
	Fayette		740		13.34%		2,570		46.34%		2,236		40.32%		-334		-6.02%		5,546
	Fentress		2,026		57.80%		808		23.05%		671		19.14%		1,218		34.75%		3,505
	Franklin		1,700		18.62%		4,939		54.11%		2,489		27.27%		-2,450		-26.84%		9,128
	Gibson		4,093		26.77%		7,233		47.31%		3,962		25.92%		-3,140		-20.54%		15,288
	Giles		1,264		17.01%		3,966		53.36%		2,203		29.64%		-1,763		-23.72%		7,433
	Grainger		2,788		67.26%		596		14.38%		761		18.36%		2,027		48.90%		4,145
	Greene		7,957		58.26%		2,753		20.16%		2,947		21.58%		5,010		36.68%		13,657
	Grundy		618		17.33%		1,642		46.03%		1,307		36.64%		-335		-9.39%		3,567
	Hamblen		6,382		57.86%		2,259		20.48%		2,390		21.67%		3,992		36.19%		11,031
	Hamilton		29,302		34.54%		32,080		37.82%		23,441		27.64%		-2,778		-3.28%		84,823
	Hancock		1,489		72.88%		236		11.55%		318		15.57%		1,171		57.31%		2,043
	Hardeman		1,171		20.18%		2,924		50.38%		1,709		29.45%		-1,215		-20.93%		5,804
	Hardin		2,910		45.55%		2,325		36.40%		1,153		18.05%		585		9.15%		6,388
	Hawkins		6,217		60.78%		1,798		17.58%		2,213		21.64%		4,004		39.14%		10,228
	Haywood		1,152		20.51%		2,757		49.07%		1,709		30.42%		-1,048		-18.65%		5,618
	Henderson		3,591		51.99%		2,086		30.20%		1,230		17.81%		1,505		21.79%		6,907
	Henry		2,068		23.89%		3,439		39.73%		3,149		36.38%		-290		-3.35%		8,656
	Hickman		760		17.33%		2,473		56.40%		1,152		26.27%		-1,321		-30.13%		4,385
	Houston		232		12.82%		941		52.02%		636		35.16%		-305		-16.86%		1,809
	Humphreys		866		19.90%		2,095		48.14%		1,391		31.96%		-704		-16.18%		4,352
	Jackson		673		24.90%		908		33.59%		1,122		41.51%		214		7.92%		2,703
	Jefferson		5,494		67.11%		1,199		14.65%		1,494		18.25%		4,000		48.86%		8,187
	Johnson		3,107		79.02%		375		9.54%		450		11.44%		2,657		67.58%		3,932
	Knox		47,202		52.44%		18,277		20.31%		24,528		27.25%		22,674		25.19%		90,007
	Lake		409		16.99%		1,262		52.41%		737		30.61%		-525		-21.80%		2,408
	Lauderdale		1,080		15.99%		3,566		52.80%		2,108		31.21%		-1,458		-21.59%		6,754
	Lawrence		4,343		41.26%		3,993		37.93%		2,191		20.81%		350		3.33%		10,527
	Lewis		455		17.91%		997		39.25%		1,088		42.83%		91		3.58%		2,540
	Lincoln		1,167		16.14%		4,214		58.29%		1,848		25.56%		-2,366		-32.73%		7,229
	Loudon		4,299		54.58%		1,996		25.34%		1,581		20.07%		2,303		29.24%		7,876
	Macon		2,173		58.04%		1,041		27.80%		530		14.16%		1,132		30.24%		3,744
	Madison		6,143		29.14%		9,420		44.69%		5,517		26.17%		-3,277		-15.55%		21,080
	Marion		1,959		30.59%		2,784		43.47%		1,661		25.94%		-825		-12.88%		6,404
	Marshall		1,202		19.68%		3,379		55.32%		1,527		25.00%		-1,852		-30.32%		6,108
	Maury		3,048		20.88%		8,148		55.82%		3,401		23.30%		-4,747		-32.52%		14,597
	McMinn		6,098		52.92%		2,535		22.00%		2,889		25.07%		3,209		27.85%		11,522
	McNairy		2,979		41.21%		2,872		39.73%		1,377		19.05%		107		1.48%		7,228
	Meigs		729		43.81%		442		26.56%		493		29.63%		236		14.18%		1,664
	Monroe		4,749		53.38%		1,222		13.73%		2,926		32.89%		1,823		20.49%		8,897
	Montgomery		3,248		22.52%		5,638		39.09%		5,538		38.39%		-100		-0.70%		14,424
	Moore		224		15.71%		856		60.03%		346		24.26%		-510		-35.77%		1,426
	Morgan		1,803		47.46%		1,028		27.06%		968		25.48%		775		20.40%		3,799
	Obion		2,420		25.92%		4,680		50.13%		2,235		23.94%		-2,260		-24.21%		9,335
	Overton		1,258		31.25%		1,176		29.21%		1,592		39.54%		-334		-8.29%		4,026
	Perry		519		25.58%		784		38.64%		726		35.78%		-58		-2.86%		2,029
	Pickett		884		59.41%		199		13.37%		405		27.22%		479		32.19%		1,488
	Polk		1,808		45.02%		754		18.77%		1,454		36.21%		354		8.81%		4,016
	Putnam		3,693		35.83%		3,073		29.81%		3,541		34.36%		152		1.47%		10,307
	Rhea		2,428		40.70%		2,237		37.50%		1,301		21.81%		191		3.20%		5,966
	Roane		6,033		45.74%		3,898		29.55%		3,258		24.70%		2,135		16.19%		13,189
	Robertson		1,802		22.47%		3,904		48.67%		2,315		28.86%		-1,589		-19.81%		8,021
	Rutherford		4,168		24.72%		7,773		46.10%		4,921		29.18%		-2,852		-16.92%		16,862
	Scott		2,406		58.24%		734		17.77%		991		23.99%		1,415		34.25%		4,131
	Sequatchie		663		29.82%		1,011		45.48%		549		24.70%		-348		-15.66%		2,223
	Sevier		7,629		74.67%		1,476		14.45%		1,112		10.88%		6,153		60.22%		10,217
	Shelby		73,416		31.66%		76,996		33.20%		81,486		35.14%		4,490		1.94%		231,898
	Smith		1,089		24.96%		1,831		41.97%		1,443		33.07%		-388		-8.90%		4,363
	Stewart		443		17.43%		1,057		41.60%		1,041		40.97%		-16		-0.63%		2,541
	Sullivan		20,251		50.60%		9,991		24.96%		9,783		24.44%		10,260		25.64%		40,025
	Sumner		4,519		27.41%		7,592		46.05%		4,376		26.54%		-3,073		-18.64%		16,487
	Tipton		1,422		16.86%		4,943		58.59%		2,071		24.55%		-2,872		-34.04%		8,436
	Trousdale		252		15.80%		649		40.69%		694		43.51%		45		2.82%		1,595
	Unicoi		3,327		65.49%		843		16.59%		910		17.91%		2,417		47.58%		5,080
	Union		1,956		66.71%		449		15.31%		527		17.97%		1,429		48.74%		2,932
	Van Buren		327		29.30%		507		45.43%		282		25.27%		-180		-16.13%		1,116
	Warren		1,858		24.07%		3,814		49.42%		2,046		26.51%		-1,768		-22.91%		7,718
	Washington		12,882		56.66%		4,925		21.66%		4,930		21.68%		7,952		34.98%		22,737
	Wayne		2,417		58.51%		1,208		29.24%		506		12.25%		1,209		29.27%		4,131
	Weakley		2,858		30.50%		4,525		48.29%		1,988		21.21%		-1,667		-17.79%		9,371
	White		1,423		29.91%		1,750		36.79%		1,584		33.30%		-166		-3.49%		4,757
	Williamson		2,788		28.69%		4,867		50.08%		2,063		21.23%		-2,079		-21.39%		9,718
	Wilson		2,736		24.21%		5,648		49.98%		2,916		25.81%		-2,732		-24.17%		11,300
Totals	472,592	37.85%	424,792	34.02%	351,233	28.13%	47,800	3.83%	1,248,617

Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

• Bedford
• Benton
• Cannon
• Cheatham
• Coffee
• Davidson
• Decatur
• Dickson
• Dyer
• Franklin
• Gibson
• Giles
• Grundy
• Hardeman
• Henry
• Hickman
• Humphreys
• Lake
• Lauderdale
• Lincoln
• Marion
• Marshall
• Maury
• Montgomery
• Moore
• Obion
• Robertson
• Rutherford
• Sequatchie
• Smith
• Sumner
• Tipton
• Van Buren
• Warren
• Weakley
• Wilson
• Williamson
• White
• Houston
• Perry
• Stewart

Counties that flipped from Republican to American Independent

• Chester
• Crockett
• Fayette
• Hamilton
• Haywood
• Madison

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Anderson
• Campbell
• Carroll
• Clay
• Cumberland
• DeKalb
• Lawrence
• Morgan
• Polk
• Putnam
• Roane
• Sullivan

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 - Tennessee. 2016-08-25. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. Web site: Woolley. John. Peters. Gehard. 1968 Presidential Election. The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. 26 August 2016.
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016