1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota explained

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The 1968 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.^[2]

North Dakota was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican Party, New York), with 55.94% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (Democratic Party, Minnesota), with 38.23% of the popular vote, a 17.71% margin of victory. Independent candidate George Wallace received 5.75% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]} North Dakota was Nixon's fourth strongest state after Nebraska, Idaho and Utah.^[5]

This is the last election in which North Dakota had four electoral college votes; it lost its 2nd district due to reapportionment based on the 1970 Census.

Results

Results by county

County[6]	Richard Nixon Republican		Hubert Humphrey Democratic-NPL		George Wallace Independent		Fred Halstead Independent		Various candidates Other parties		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"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adams		1,020		57.27%		641		35.99%		116		6.51%		1		0.06%		3		0.17%		379		21.28%		1,781
	Barnes		3,831		56.30%		2,623		38.55%		348		5.11%		1		0.01%		2		0.03%		1,208		17.75%		6,805
	Benson		1,707		46.86%		1,772		48.64%		164		4.50%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-65		-1.78%		3,643
	Billings		395		61.91%		174		27.27%		69		10.82%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		221		34.64%		638
	Bottineau		2,633		60.06%		1,520		34.67%		230		5.25%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,113		25.39%		4,384
	Bowman		927		56.46%		559		34.04%		156		9.50%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		368		22.42%		1,642
	Burke		1,239		56.83%		808		37.06%		132		6.06%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		431		19.77%		2,180
	Burleigh		10,661		64.03%		5,139		30.87%		818		4.91%		25		0.15%		6		0.04%		5,522		33.16%		16,649
	Cass		15,240		55.88%		10,819		39.67%		1,167		4.28%		33		0.12%		12		0.04%		4,421		16.21%		27,271
	Cavalier		1,953		50.85%		1,631		42.46%		257		6.69%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		322		8.39%		3,841
	Dickey		2,087		62.34%		1,098		32.80%		161		4.81%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		989		29.54%		3,348
	Divide		1,032		50.39%		914		44.63%		102		4.98%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		118		5.76%		2,048
	Dunn		1,207		56.17%		772		35.92%		169		7.86%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		435		20.25%		2,149
	Eddy		1,018		51.10%		893		44.83%		76		3.82%		3		0.15%		2		0.10%		125		6.27%		1,992
	Emmons		1,991		65.04%		756		24.70%		311		10.16%		2		0.07%		1		0.03%		1,235		40.34%		3,061
	Foster		1,119		52.31%		897		41.94%		123		5.75%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		222		10.37%		2,139
	Golden Valley		735		61.30%		348		29.02%		115		9.59%		1		0.08%		0		0.00%		387		32.28%		1,199
	Grand Forks		9,802		52.00%		7,695		40.82%		1,332		7.07%		18		0.10%		2		0.01%		2,107		11.18%		18,849
	Grant		1,648		71.78%		488		21.25%		157		6.84%		2		0.09%		1		0.04%		1,160		50.53%		2,296
	Griggs		1,110		49.84%		1,008		45.26%		109		4.89%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		102		4.58%		2,227
	Hettinger		1,424		63.97%		638		28.66%		163		7.32%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		786		35.31%		2,226
	Kidder		1,204		61.84%		548		28.15%		192		9.86%		1		0.05%		2		0.10%		656		33.69%		1,947
	LaMoure		2,008		57.90%		1,269		36.59%		189		5.45%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		739		21.31%		3,468
	Logan		1,416		70.45%		459		22.84%		135		6.72%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		957		47.61%		2,010
	McHenry		2,226		54.21%		1,595		38.85%		281		6.84%		3		0.07%		1		0.02%		631		15.36%		4,106
	McIntosh		2,258		82.65%		342		12.52%		129		4.72%		3		0.11%		0		0.00%		1,916		70.13%		2,732
	McKenzie		1,625		59.63%		935		34.31%		164		6.02%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		690		25.32%		2,725
	McLean		2,764		54.95%		2,050		40.76%		216		4.29%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		714		14.19%		5,030
	Mercer		2,039		69.38%		730		24.84%		169		5.75%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		1,309		44.54%		2,939
	Morton		4,465		55.02%		3,156		38.89%		489		6.03%		1		0.01%		4		0.05%		1,309		16.13%		8,115
	Mountrail		1,494		44.33%		1,662		49.32%		212		6.29%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		-168		-4.99%		3,370
	Nelson		1,526		48.26%		1,477		46.71%		157		4.97%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		49		1.55%		3,162
	Oliver		616		63.44%		269		27.70%		85		8.75%		1		0.10%		0		0.00%		347		35.74%		971
	Pembina		2,574		56.01%		1,686		36.68%		335		7.29%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		888		19.33%		4,596
	Pierce		1,700		57.07%		1,048		35.18%		229		7.69%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		652		21.89%		2,979
	Ramsey		3,189		54.56%		2,384		40.79%		269		4.60%		3		0.05%		0		0.00%		805		13.77%		5,845
	Ransom		1,943		57.43%		1,286		38.01%		153		4.52%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		657		19.42%		3,383
	Renville		851		46.86%		880		48.46%		84		4.63%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		-29		-1.60%		1,816
	Richland		4,224		54.38%		3,098		39.89%		443		5.70%		1		0.01%		1		0.01%		1,126		14.49%		7,767
	Rolette		1,211		37.23%		1,870		57.49%		172		5.29%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-659		-20.26%		3,253
	Sargent		1,386		48.65%		1,308		45.91%		154		5.41%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		78		2.74%		2,849
	Sheridan		1,295		74.99%		350		20.27%		79		4.57%		1		0.06%		2		0.12%		945		54.72%		1,727
	Sioux		482		45.26%		525		49.30%		58		5.45%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-43		-4.04%		1,065
	Slope		379		55.57%		238		34.90%		64		9.38%		1		0.15%		0		0.00%		141		20.67%		682
	Stark		4,365		58.64%		2,577		34.62%		500		6.72%		1		0.01%		1		0.01%		1,788		24.02%		7,444
	Steele		952		46.87%		991		48.79%		88		4.33%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-39		-1.92%		2,031
	Stutsman		5,162		56.21%		3,532		38.46%		477		5.19%		5		0.05%		8		0.09%		1,630		17.75%		9,184
	Towner		1,109		49.84%		990		44.49%		124		5.57%		2		0.09%		0		0.00%		119		5.35%		2,225
	Traill		2,692		57.55%		1,740		37.20%		243		5.19%		2		0.04%		1		0.02%		952		20.35%		4,678
	Walsh		3,410		50.06%		2,948		43.28%		453		6.65%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		462		6.78%		6,812
	Ward		9,079		53.11%		7,105		41.56%		896		5.24%		11		0.06%		4		0.02%		1,974		11.55%		17,095
	Wells		2,266		59.92%		1,265		33.45%		247		6.53%		4		0.11%		0		0.00%		1,001		26.47%		3,782
	Williams		3,980		51.51%		3,263		42.23%		483		6.25%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		717		9.28%		7,726
Totals	138,669	55.94%	94,769	38.23%	14,244	5.75%	128	0.05%	72	0.03%	43,900	17.71%	247,882

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

• United States presidential elections in North Dakota

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica. May 26, 2017.
2. Web site: 1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73). May 26, 2017.
3. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota. May 26, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968. May 26, 2017.
5. Web site: 1968 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
6. Web site: ND US President Race, November 05, 1968. Our Campigns.