1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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The 1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 9 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Former Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, won the state with 462,411 votes and 43.79 percent of the vote, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic nominee, taking 397,541 votes and 37.65 percent of the vote, followed by American Party candidate George Wallace, who took 193,098 votes and 18.29 percent of the vote.^[1]

With his victory in the state, Nixon became the first Republican presidential candidate to carry Kentucky more than once, as he also carried the state in his unsuccessful bid in 1960.

Results

Results by county

County	Richard Nixon[2] Republican		Hubert Humphrey Democratic		George Wallace American		Fred Halstead Socialist Workers		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		3,239		59.43%		1,362		24.99%		844		15.49%		5		0.09%		1,877		34.44%		5,450
	Allen		2,952		61.63%		927		19.35%		905		18.89%		6		0.13%		2,025		42.28%		4,790
	Anderson		1,594		44.33%		1,334		37.10%		657		18.27%		11		0.31%		260		7.23%		3,596
	Ballard		564		16.38%		1,632		47.39%		1,197		34.76%		51		1.48%		435		12.63%		3,444
	Barren		4,209		42.84%		3,464		35.25%		2,140		21.78%		13		0.13%		745		7.59%		9,826
	Bath		1,277		38.34%		1,394		41.85%		658		19.75%		2		0.06%		-117		-3.51%		3,331
	Bell		4,905		47.74%		4,138		40.27%		1,204		11.72%		28		0.27%		767		7.47%		10,275
	Boone		4,081		45.09%		2,725		30.11%		2,240		24.75%		5		0.06%		1,356		14.98%		9,051
	Bourbon		1,848		33.85%		2,566		47.00%		1,023		18.74%		23		0.42%		-718		-13.15%		5,460
	Boyd		8,632		45.43%		7,914		41.65%		2,443		12.86%		12		0.06%		718		3.78%		19,001
	Boyle		2,715		40.29%		2,663		39.52%		1,356		20.12%		4		0.06%		52		0.77%		6,738
	Bracken		1,115		40.81%		1,067		39.06%		548		20.06%		2		0.07%		48		1.75%		2,732
	Breathitt		1,361		29.09%		2,954		63.15%		361		7.72%		2		0.04%		-1,593		-34.06%		4,678
	Breckinridge		2,779		47.32%		2,024		34.46%		1,067		18.17%		3		0.05%		755		12.86%		5,873
	Bullitt		1,965		31.14%		2,135		33.84%		2,180		34.55%		30		0.48%		-45		-0.71%		6,310
	Butler		2,637		66.47%		691		17.42%		634		15.98%		5		0.13%		1,946		49.05%		3,967
	Caldwell		2,139		42.23%		1,439		28.41%		1,426		28.15%		61		1.20%		700		13.82%		5,065
	Calloway		2,672		30.78%		3,854		44.39%		2,150		24.76%		6		0.07%		-1,182		-13.61%		8,682
	Campbell		13,681		48.51%		9,747		34.56%		4,750		16.84%		25		0.09%		3,934		13.95%		28,203
	Carlisle		479		19.65%		1,144		46.92%		807		33.10%		8		0.33%		337		13.82%		2,438
	Carroll		868		27.54%		1,765		56.00%		514		16.31%		5		0.16%		-897		-28.46%		3,152
	Carter		3,234		49.67%		2,344		36.00%		926		14.22%		7		0.11%		890		13.67%		6,511
	Casey		3,698		70.64%		879		16.79%		649		12.40%		9		0.17%		2,819		53.85%		5,235
	Christian		3,788		30.03%		4,281		33.94%		4,527		35.89%		18		0.14%		-246		-1.95%		12,614
	Clark		2,698		39.63%		2,385		35.03%		1,722		25.29%		3		0.04%		313		4.60%		6,808
	Clay		4,663		75.16%		1,213		19.55%		327		5.27%		1		0.02%		3,450		55.61%		6,204
	Clinton		2,572		75.09%		568		16.58%		280		8.18%		5		0.15%		2,004		58.51%		3,425
	Crittenden		1,942		54.97%		838		23.72%		748		21.17%		5		0.14%		1,104		31.25%		3,533
	Cumberland		2,116		67.82%		646		20.71%		355		11.38%		3		0.10%		1,470		47.11%		3,120
	Daviess		10,111		40.22%		9,947		39.56%		5,015		19.95%		69		0.27%		164		0.66%		25,142
	Edmonson		2,280		65.44%		679		19.49%		516		14.81%		9		0.26%		1,601		45.95%		3,484
	Elliott		515		23.56%		1,387		63.45%		280		12.81%		4		0.18%		-872		-39.89%		2,186
	Estill		2,236		53.57%		1,261		30.21%		675		16.17%		2		0.05%		975		23.36%		4,174
	Fayette		24,948		49.53%		16,902		33.55%		8,354		16.58%		169		0.34%		8,046		15.98%		50,373
	Fleming		2,220		53.28%		1,406		33.74%		535		12.84%		6		0.14%		814		19.54%		4,167
	Floyd		3,550		27.22%		8,333		63.89%		1,150		8.82%		10		0.08%		-4,783		-36.67%		13,043
	Franklin		4,057		30.82%		6,396		48.58%		2,655		20.17%		57		0.43%		-2,339		-17.76%		13,165
	Fulton		1,079		28.26%		1,204		31.53%		1,526		39.97%		9		0.24%		-322		-8.44%		3,818
	Gallatin		413		29.35%		685		48.69%		304		21.61%		5		0.36%		-272		-19.34%		1,407
	Garrard		2,205		56.15%		1,000		25.46%		675		17.19%		47		1.20%		1,205		30.69%		3,927
	Grant		1,386		39.35%		1,169		33.19%		941		26.72%		26		0.74%		217		6.16%		3,522
	Graves		3,239		26.52%		5,103		41.78%		3,829		31.35%		42		0.34%		1,274		10.43%		12,213
	Grayson		3,598		61.14%		1,595		27.10%		657		11.16%		35		0.59%		2,003		34.04%		5,885
	Green		2,448		58.71%		1,003		24.05%		712		17.07%		7		0.17%		1,445		34.66%		4,170
	Greenup		4,698		43.68%		4,689		43.60%		1,365		12.69%		3		0.03%		9		0.08%		10,755
	Hancock		1,049		44.70%		867		36.94%		419		17.85%		12		0.51%		182		7.76%		2,347
	Hardin		5,329		41.84%		4,470		35.09%		2,845		22.34%		93		0.73%		859		6.75%		12,737
	Harlan		4,572		34.96%		6,389		48.86%		2,099		16.05%		17		0.13%		-1,817		-13.90%		13,077
	Harrison		1,637		33.75%		2,373		48.93%		839		17.30%		1		0.02%		-736		-15.18%		4,850
	Hart		2,817		51.37%		1,658		30.23%		1,002		18.27%		7		0.13%		1,159		21.14%		5,484
	Henderson		3,512		32.74%		5,062		47.19%		2,132		19.88%		20		0.19%		-1,550		-14.45%		10,726
	Henry		1,271		32.04%		1,978		49.86%		711		17.92%		7		0.18%		-707		-17.82%		3,967
	Hickman		623		23.19%		880		32.76%		1,154		42.96%		29		1.08%		-274		-10.20%		2,686
	Hopkins		3,791		31.94%		4,391		37.00%		3,668		30.90%		19		0.16%		-600		-5.06%		11,869
	Jackson		3,098		84.09%		304		8.25%		279		7.57%		3		0.08%		2,794		75.84%		3,684
	Jefferson		95,942		43.09%		90,242		40.53%		35,561		15.97%		912		0.41%		5,700		2.56%		222,657
	Jessamine		2,338		45.46%		1,334		25.94%		1,440		28.00%		31		0.60%		898		17.46%		5,143
	Johnson		4,046		61.90%		2,142		32.77%		344		5.26%		4		0.06%		1,904		29.13%		6,536
	Kenton		17,263		43.64%		14,656		37.05%		7,612		19.24%		26		0.07%		2,607		6.59%		39,557
	Knott		1,098		22.56%		3,335		68.52%		428		8.79%		6		0.12%		-2,237		-45.96%		4,867
	Knox		4,388		57.77%		2,244		29.55%		944		12.43%		19		0.25%		2,144		28.22%		7,595
	LaRue		1,862		47.78%		1,251		32.10%		776		19.91%		8		0.21%		611		15.68%		3,897
	Laurel		6,251		67.57%		1,756		18.98%		1,236		13.36%		8		0.09%		4,495		48.59%		9,251
	Lawrence		1,946		45.80%		1,825		42.95%		476		11.20%		2		0.05%		121		2.85%		4,249
	Lee		1,339		58.27%		674		29.33%		285		12.40%		0		0.00%		665		28.94%		2,298
	Leslie		2,615		71.08%		828		22.51%		236		6.41%		0		0.00%		1,787		48.57%		3,679
	Letcher		3,243		42.30%		3,499		45.64%		920		12.00%		5		0.07%		-256		-3.34%		7,667
	Lewis		2,760		64.83%		1,017		23.89%		472		11.09%		8		0.19%		1,743		40.94%		4,257
	Lincoln		2,591		47.45%		1,736		31.79%		1,129		20.67%		5		0.09%		855		15.66%		5,461
	Livingston		1,079		32.63%		1,272		38.46%		953		28.82%		3		0.09%		-193		-5.83%		3,307
	Logan		3,402		39.16%		3,339		38.44%		1,881		21.65%		65		0.75%		63		0.72%		8,687
	Lyon		579		29.88%		719		37.10%		619		31.94%		21		1.08%		100		5.16%		1,938
	Madison		5,325		44.83%		3,884		32.70%		2,558		21.54%		111		0.93%		1,441		12.13%		11,878
	Magoffin		1,967		47.71%		1,927		46.74%		229		5.55%		0		0.00%		40		0.97%		4,123
	Marion		1,620		33.02%		2,436		49.65%		849		17.31%		1		0.02%		-816		-16.63%		4,906
	Marshall		2,432		30.70%		3,301		41.67%		2,183		27.56%		5		0.06%		-869		-10.97%		7,921
	Martin		1,943		68.42%		759		26.73%		136		4.79%		2		0.07%		1,184		41.69%		2,840
	Mason		2,661		40.50%		2,772		42.19%		1,131		17.21%		6		0.09%		-111		-1.69%		6,570
	McCracken		5,887		27.33%		9,741		45.21%		5,810		26.97%		106		0.49%		-3,854		-17.88%		21,544
	McCreary		2,670		67.61%		759		19.22%		479		12.13%		41		1.04%		1,911		48.39%		3,949
	McLean		1,372		35.73%		1,373		35.76%		1,084		28.23%		11		0.29%		-1		-0.03%		3,840
	Meade		1,385		32.98%		1,926		45.86%		886		21.10%		3		0.07%		-541		-12.88%		4,200
	Menifee		509		38.65%		554		42.07%		247		18.75%		7		0.53%		-45		-3.42%		1,317
	Mercer		2,432		43.07%		1,950		34.54%		1,227		21.73%		37		0.66%		482		8.53%		5,646
	Metcalfe		1,566		51.41%		1,001		32.86%		469		15.40%		10		0.33%		565		18.55%		3,046
	Monroe		4,086		76.06%		693		12.90%		590		10.98%		3		0.06%		3,393		63.16%		5,372
	Montgomery		2,113		46.87%		1,408		31.23%		980		21.74%		7		0.16%		705		15.64%		4,508
	Morgan		1,341		33.86%		2,222		56.10%		398		10.05%		0		0.00%		-881		-22.24%		3,961
	Muhlenberg		3,853		39.52%		3,688		37.83%		2,198		22.54%		11		0.11%		165		1.69%		9,750
	Nelson		2,373		34.31%		3,420		49.45%		1,104		15.96%		19		0.27%		-1,047		-15.14%		6,916
	Nicholas		725		35.16%		911		44.18%		413		20.03%		13		0.63%		-186		-9.02%		2,062
	Ohio		3,504		54.16%		1,695		26.20%		1,263		19.52%		8		0.12%		1,809		27.96%		6,470
	Oldham		1,655		41.45%		1,399		35.04%		937		23.47%		2		0.05%		256		6.41%		3,993
	Owen		827		26.39%		1,608		51.31%		697		22.24%		2		0.06%		-781		-24.92%		3,134
	Owsley		1,417		75.49%		303		16.14%		157		8.36%		0		0.00%		1,114		59.35%		1,877
	Pendleton		1,614		45.68%		1,156		32.72%		760		21.51%		3		0.08%		458		12.96%		3,533
	Perry		3,993		41.85%		4,562		47.81%		983		10.30%		3		0.03%		-569		-5.96%		9,541
	Pike		8,911		39.56%		11,663		51.78%		1,933		8.58%		19		0.08%		-2,752		-12.22%		22,526
	Powell		1,157		42.57%		934		34.36%		625		22.99%		2		0.07%		223		8.21%		2,718
	Pulaski		8,290		64.26%		2,823		21.88%		1,780		13.80%		8		0.06%		5,467		42.38%		12,901
	Robertson		416		41.15%		406		40.16%		186		18.40%		3		0.30%		10		0.99%		1,011
	Rockcastle		3,072		66.96%		868		18.92%		644		14.04%		4		0.09%		2,204		48.04%		4,588
	Rowan		2,017		45.23%		1,898		42.57%		541		12.13%		3		0.07%		119		2.66%		4,459
	Russell		3,035		64.29%		961		20.36%		718		15.21%		7		0.15%		2,074		43.93%		4,721
	Scott		1,748		35.07%		1,961		39.35%		1,242		24.92%		33		0.66%		-213		-4.28%		4,984
	Shelby		2,287		37.78%		2,579		42.60%		1,185		19.57%		3		0.05%		-292		-4.82%		6,054
	Simpson		1,435		33.07%		1,505		34.69%		1,390		32.04%		9		0.21%		-70		-1.62%		4,339
	Spencer		733		41.89%		564		32.23%		448		25.60%		5		0.29%		169		9.66%		1,750
	Taylor		3,032		50.88%		1,367		22.94%		1,554		26.08%		6		0.10%		1,478		24.80%		5,959
	Todd		1,433		31.99%		1,082		24.16%		1,932		43.13%		32		0.71%		-499		-11.14%		4,479
	Trigg		1,100		30.38%		1,330		36.73%		1,180		32.59%		11		0.30%		150		4.14%		3,621
	Trimble		511		25.98%		1,045		53.13%		406		20.64%		5		0.25%		-534		-27.15%		1,967
	Union		1,371		23.66%		2,616		45.15%		1,804		31.14%		3		0.05%		812		14.01%		5,794
	Warren		8,084		45.76%		5,200		29.44%		4,365		24.71%		16		0.09%		2,884		16.32%		17,665
	Washington		1,863		46.35%		1,675		41.68%		472		11.74%		9		0.22%		188		4.67%		4,019
	Wayne		3,055		61.08%		1,467		29.33%		475		9.50%		5		0.10%		1,588		31.75%		5,002
	Webster		1,446		29.48%		2,114		43.10%		1,337		27.26%		8		0.16%		-668		-13.62%		4,905
	Whitley		5,639		59.74%		2,134		22.61%		1,650		17.48%		16		0.17%		3,505		37.13%		9,439
	Wolfe		758		34.35%		1,162		52.65%		282		12.78%		5		0.23%		-404		-18.30%		2,207
	Woodford		1,901		42.51%		1,646		36.81%		894		19.99%		31		0.69%		255		5.70%		4,472
Totals	462,411	43.79%	397,541	37.65%	193,098	18.29%	2,843	0.27%	64,870	6.14%	1,055,893

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Anderson
• Barren
• Boone
• Bell
• Boyd
• Boyle
• Bracken
• Breckinridge
• Carter
• Caldwell
• Campbell
• Clark
• Daviess
• Estill
• Fayette
• Fleming
• Garrard
• Grant
• Green
• Greenup
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Hart
• Jefferson
• Jessamine
• Kenton
• Knox
• LaRue
• Lawrence
• Lee
• Lincoln
• Logan
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Martin
• Metcalfe
• Mercer
• Montgomery
• Muhlenberg
• Ohio
• Oldham
• Pendleton
• Powell
• Robertson
• Rowan
• Spencer
• Taylor
• Warren
• Washington
• Woodford
• Wayne
• Whitley

Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

• Bullitt
• Christian
• Fulton
• Hickman
• Todd

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
2. Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 05, 1968