1968 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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The 1968 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Richard Nixon won Kansas against both Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. Nixon carried every county except traditionally Democratic Wyandotte.^[1]

Results

Results by county

County	Richard Nixon Republican		Hubert Humphrey Democratic		George Wallace Conservative		E. Harold Munn Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		3,520		59.66%		1,875		31.78%		492		8.34%		13		0.22%		1,645		27.88%		5,900
	Anderson		2,168		56.84%		1,242		32.56%		397		10.41%		7		0.18%		926		24.28%		3,814
	Atchison		3,644		46.00%		3,379		42.65%		888		11.21%		11		0.14%		265		3.35%		7,922
	Barber		2,023		60.55%		1,027		30.74%		283		8.47%		8		0.24%		996		29.81%		3,341
	Barton		6,700		54.88%		4,464		36.57%		1,017		8.33%		27		0.22%		2,236		18.31%		12,208
	Bourbon		3,983		56.87%		2,241		32.00%		769		10.98%		11		0.16%		1,742		24.87%		7,004
	Brown		3,748		69.15%		1,199		22.12%		463		8.54%		10		0.18%		2,549		47.03%		5,420
	Butler		7,893		50.79%		5,952		38.30%		1,671		10.75%		25		0.16%		1,941		12.49%		15,541
	Chase		1,038		62.61%		462		27.86%		154		9.29%		4		0.24%		576		34.75%		1,658
	Chautauqua		1,537		65.52%		478		20.38%		329		14.02%		2		0.09%		1,059		45.14%		2,346
	Cherokee		4,211		47.46%		3,597		40.54%		1,054		11.88%		10		0.11%		614		6.92%		8,872
	Cheyenne		1,423		70.66%		412		20.46%		174		8.64%		5		0.25%		1,011		50.20%		2,014
	Clark		920		58.26%		446		28.25%		210		13.30%		3		0.19%		474		30.01%		1,579
	Clay		3,335		71.95%		926		19.98%		357		7.70%		17		0.37%		2,409		51.97%		4,635
	Cloud		3,282		56.17%		2,132		36.49%		412		7.05%		17		0.29%		1,150		19.68%		5,843
	Coffey		2,223		63.06%		933		26.47%		367		10.41%		2		0.06%		1,290		36.59%		3,525
	Comanche		906		62.66%		451		31.19%		85		5.88%		4		0.28%		455		31.47%		1,446
	Cowley		8,070		54.30%		5,014		33.74%		1,751		11.78%		26		0.17%		3,056		20.56%		14,861
	Crawford		7,344		45.30%		7,191		44.35%		1,653		10.20%		25		0.15%		153		0.95%		16,213
	Decatur		1,654		65.74%		652		25.91%		206		8.19%		4		0.16%		1,002		39.83%		2,516
	Dickinson		5,574		64.32%		2,399		27.68%		675		7.79%		18		0.21%		3,175		36.64%		8,666
	Doniphan		2,402		63.31%		958		25.25%		425		11.20%		9		0.24%		1,444		38.06%		3,794
	Douglas		10,533		53.79%		6,936		35.42%		2,080		10.62%		34		0.17%		3,597		18.37%		19,583
	Edwards		1,243		54.90%		832		36.75%		182		8.04%		7		0.31%		411		18.15%		2,264
	Elk		1,327		64.64%		503		24.50%		216		10.52%		7		0.34%		824		40.14%		2,053
	Ellis		3,944		46.72%		3,809		45.12%		671		7.95%		17		0.20%		135		1.60%		8,441
	Ellsworth		1,776		57.53%		1,060		34.34%		246		7.97%		5		0.16%		716		23.19%		3,087
	Finney		3,295		52.11%		2,521		39.87%		496		7.84%		11		0.17%		774		12.24%		6,323
	Ford		4,645		52.80%		3,191		36.27%		935		10.63%		26		0.30%		1,454		16.53%		8,797
	Franklin		4,875		59.17%		2,524		30.63%		825		10.01%		15		0.18%		2,351		28.54%		8,239
	Geary		2,954		50.70%		2,228		38.24%		625		10.73%		20		0.34%		726		12.46%		5,827
	Gove		1,018		59.05%		538		31.21%		164		9.51%		4		0.23%		480		27.84%		1,724
	Graham		1,308		60.72%		597		27.72%		243		11.28%		6		0.28%		711		33.00%		2,154
	Grant		1,121		57.16%		618		31.51%		217		11.07%		5		0.25%		503		25.65%		1,961
	Gray		952		55.25%		612		35.52%		151		8.76%		8		0.46%		340		19.73%		1,723
	Greeley		465		59.85%		227		29.21%		82		10.55%		3		0.39%		238		30.64%		777
	Greenwood		2,937		65.99%		1,122		25.21%		381		8.56%		11		0.25%		1,815		40.78%		4,451
	Hamilton		751		56.25%		410		30.71%		170		12.73%		4		0.30%		341		25.54%		1,335
	Harper		2,351		63.99%		1,015		27.63%		297		8.08%		11		0.30%		1,336		36.36%		3,674
	Harvey		6,682		61.64%		3,351		30.91%		780		7.19%		28		0.26%		3,331		30.73%		10,841
	Haskell		762		54.16%		476		33.83%		167		11.87%		2		0.14%		286		20.33%		1,407
	Hodgeman		756		59.20%		387		30.31%		130		10.18%		4		0.31%		369		28.89%		1,277
	Jackson		2,678		60.71%		1,225		27.77%		501		11.36%		7		0.16%		1,453		32.94%		4,411
	Jefferson		2,781		56.58%		1,355		27.57%		774		15.75%		5		0.10%		1,426		29.01%		4,915
	Jewell		2,172		66.18%		842		25.66%		252		7.68%		16		0.49%		1,330		40.52%		3,282
	Johnson		55,060		62.63%		26,034		29.61%		6,635		7.55%		183		0.21%		29,026		33.02%		87,912
	Kearny		721		58.00%		423		34.03%		95		7.64%		4		0.32%		298		23.97%		1,243
	Kingman		2,318		60.29%		1,201		31.24%		319		8.30%		7		0.18%		1,117		29.05%		3,845
	Kiowa		1,484		70.87%		481		22.97%		123		5.87%		6		0.29%		1,003		47.90%		2,094
	Labette		5,503		51.19%		3,974		36.97%		1,251		11.64%		22		0.20%		1,529		14.22%		10,750
	Lane		781		60.64%		385		29.89%		118		9.16%		4		0.31%		396		30.75%		1,288
	Leavenworth		7,081		48.35%		5,546		37.87%		2,000		13.66%		18		0.12%		1,535		10.48%		14,645
	Lincoln		1,721		68.16%		583		23.09%		217		8.59%		4		0.16%		1,138		45.07%		2,525
	Linn		2,250		63.11%		893		25.05%		419		11.75%		3		0.08%		1,357		38.06%		3,565
	Logan		1,120		63.78%		411		23.41%		221		12.59%		4		0.23%		709		40.37%		1,756
	Lyon		6,558		57.30%		4,020		35.12%		847		7.40%		21		0.18%		2,538		22.18%		11,446
	McPherson		6,420		64.98%		2,893		29.28%		543		5.50%		24		0.24%		3,527		35.70%		9,880
	Marion		4,287		70.37%		1,494		24.52%		304		4.99%		7		0.11%		2,793		45.85%		6,092
	Marshall		3,835		58.85%		1,949		29.91%		731		11.22%		2		0.03%		1,886		28.94%		6,517
	Meade		1,511		66.24%		572		25.08%		196		8.59%		2		0.09%		939		41.16%		2,281
	Miami		3,614		48.93%		2,739		37.08%		1,023		13.85%		10		0.14%		875		11.85%		7,386
	Mitchell		2,428		62.89%		1,144		29.63%		283		7.33%		6		0.16%		1,284		33.26%		3,861
	Montgomery		9,697		55.77%		5,210		29.97%		2,456		14.13%		23		0.13%		4,487		25.80%		17,386
	Morris		1,938		60.00%		976		30.22%		313		9.69%		3		0.09%		962		29.78%		3,230
	Morton		770		51.03%		475		31.48%		262		17.36%		2		0.13%		295		19.55%		1,509
	Nemaha		3,003		54.01%		1,925		34.62%		628		11.29%		4		0.07%		1,078		19.39%		5,560
	Neosho		3,950		52.92%		2,725		36.51%		784		10.50%		5		0.07%		1,225		16.41%		7,464
	Ness		1,352		58.23%		767		33.03%		192		8.27%		11		0.47%		585		25.20%		2,322
	Norton		2,543		70.91%		841		23.45%		193		5.38%		9		0.25%		1,702		47.46%		3,586
	Osage		3,157		56.15%		1,664		29.60%		792		14.09%		9		0.16%		1,493		26.55%		5,622
	Osborne		2,073		65.39%		793		25.02%		301		9.50%		3		0.09%		1,280		40.37%		3,170
	Ottawa		1,740		62.66%		777		27.98%		253		9.11%		7		0.25%		963		34.68%		2,777
	Pawnee		2,037		54.19%		1,416		37.67%		300		7.98%		6		0.16%		621		16.52%		3,759
	Phillips		2,567		68.29%		844		22.45%		340		9.04%		8		0.21%		1,723		45.84%		3,759
	Pottawatomie		3,267		63.68%		1,368		26.67%		490		9.55%		5		0.10%		1,899		37.01%		5,130
	Pratt		2,670		57.91%		1,490		32.31%		435		9.43%		16		0.35%		1,180		25.60%		4,611
	Rawlins		1,438		65.90%		553		25.34%		153		7.01%		38		1.74%		885		40.56%		2,182
	Reno		11,804		50.29%		9,872		42.06%		1,710		7.28%		88		0.37%		1,932		8.23%		23,474
	Republic		2,841		66.25%		1,187		27.68%		240		5.60%		20		0.47%		1,654		38.57%		4,288
	Rice		3,141		56.23%		2,049		36.68%		386		6.91%		10		0.18%		1,092		19.55%		5,586
	Riley		8,296		62.17%		4,258		31.91%		772		5.78%		19		0.14%		4,038		30.26%		13,345
	Rooks		2,252		63.01%		1,012		28.32%		307		8.59%		3		0.08%		1,240		34.69%		3,574
	Rush		1,471		57.46%		864		33.75%		217		8.48%		8		0.31%		607		23.71%		2,560
	Russell		3,177		67.04%		1,261		26.61%		290		6.12%		11		0.23%		1,916		40.43%		4,739
	Saline		9,324		55.43%		6,286		37.37%		1,169		6.95%		43		0.26%		3,038		18.06%		16,822
	Scott		1,374		66.25%		500		24.11%		193		9.31%		7		0.34%		874		42.14%		2,074
	Sedgwick		60,853		51.80%		44,041		37.49%		12,255		10.43%		320		0.27%		16,812		14.31%		117,469
	Seward		3,065		62.32%		1,291		26.25%		550		11.18%		12		0.24%		1,774		36.07%		4,918
	Shawnee		31,140		52.03%		21,735		36.32%		6,817		11.39%		158		0.26%		9,405		15.71%		59,850
	Sheridan		1,002		58.36%		563		32.79%		144		8.39%		8		0.47%		439		25.57%		1,717
	Sherman		1,803		57.53%		954		30.44%		368		11.74%		9		0.29%		849		27.09%		3,134
	Smith		2,558		67.49%		939		24.78%		279		7.36%		14		0.37%		1,619		42.71%		3,790
	Stafford		1,851		55.75%		1,205		36.30%		253		7.62%		11		0.33%		646		19.45%		3,320
	Stanton		541		59.52%		288		31.68%		78		8.58%		2		0.22%		253		27.84%		909
	Stevens		1,157		58.38%		528		26.64%		296		14.93%		1		0.05%		629		31.74%		1,982
	Sumner		5,622		54.48%		3,562		34.52%		1,116		10.81%		20		0.19%		2,060		19.96%		10,320
	Thomas		1,971		59.82%		1,074		32.59%		241		7.31%		9		0.27%		897		27.23%		3,295
	Trego		1,211		58.67%		623		30.18%		226		10.95%		4		0.19%		588		28.49%		2,064
	Wabaunsee		1,979		64.17%		695		22.54%		402		13.04%		8		0.26%		1,284		41.63%		3,084
	Wallace		608		61.54%		235		23.79%		144		14.57%		1		0.10%		373		37.75%		988
	Washington		3,177		68.29%		1,131		24.31%		332		7.14%		12		0.26%		2,046		43.98%		4,652
	Wichita		757		60.37%		364		29.03%		130		10.37%		3		0.24%		393		31.34%		1,254
	Wilson		3,340		63.35%		1,276		24.20%		640		12.14%		16		0.30%		2,064		39.15%		5,272
	Woodson		1,450		62.63%		639		27.60%		222		9.59%		4		0.17%		811		35.03%		2,315
	Wyandotte		23,091		33.38%		34,189		49.43%		11,510		16.64%		381		0.55%		-11,098		-16.05%		69,171
Totals	478,674	54.84%	302,996	34.72%	88,921	10.19%	2,192	0.25%	175,678	20.12%	872,783

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Wichita
  • • Crawford Shawnee Lyon
      • • • • • Sherman Sheridan Trego Ford Russell Ellis Rush Barton
• Barber
• Butler
  • Pawnee Ottawa
• Edwards
• Rice
  • • Reno Harvey Sumner
    • Saline Cloud Finney
• Geary
  • • Nemaha Atchison Leavenworth
      • • • Osage Franklin Miami Anderson Allen Cowley
        • Neosho Labette Cherokee Pratt Douglas
• Lane
  • • • Stafford Kingman Bourbon Clark
• Gove
• Comanche
• Grant
• Gray
• Greeley
• Hamilton
• Haskell
• Hodgeman
• Kearny
  • McPherson Montgomery
• Morton
• Ness
• Sedgwick
• Stanton
• Stevens
• Thomas

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Elections Results — Kansas. Dave Leip’s U.S Election Atlas.