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1968 United States presidential election in Colorado

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The 1968 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1968 United States presidential election in Colorado
← 1964 November 5, 1968[1] 1972 →
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace
Party Republican Democratic American Independent
Home state New York[a] Minnesota Alabama
Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie S. Marvin Griffin
Electoral vote 6 0 0
Popular vote 409,345 335,174 60,813
Percentage 50.46% 41.32% 7.50%
County Results
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Colorado was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–New York), with 50.46% of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D–Minnesota), with 41.32% of the popular vote. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace performed quite well, finishing with 7.50% of the popular vote.[3][4] This was the last election until 2020 that Colorado voted more Democratic than its neighbor, New Mexico.[5]

Nixon's victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Colorado wouldn't vote Democratic again until Bill Clinton in 1992. After voting Republican again for the next three elections in 1996, 2000, and in 2004, it has since become a safe Democratic state.

Results edit

1968 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 409,345 50.46%
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 335,174 41.32%
American Independent George Wallace 60,813 7.50%
Socialist Labor Henning A. Blomen 3,016 0.37%
New Party Dick Gregory 1,393 0.17%
Write-ins — 948 0.12%
Prohibition E. Harold Munn 275 0.03%
Socialist Workers Fred Halstead 235 0.03%
Total votes 811,199 100%

Results by county edit

County[6] Richard Nixon
Republican 		Hubert Humphrey
Democratic 		George Wallace
American Independent 		Henning A. Blomen
Socialist Labor 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 24,343 43.87% 25,111 45.25% 5,702 10.28% 270 0.49% 67 0.12% -768 -1.38% 55,493
Alamosa 2,277 55.00% 1,574 38.02% 287 6.93% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 703 16.98% 4,140
Arapahoe 33,712 59.65% 18,569 32.85% 3,953 6.99% 175 0.31% 110 0.19% 15,143 26.80% 56,519
Archuleta 486 49.69% 409 41.82% 83 8.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 77 7.87% 978
Baca 1,441 57.55% 719 28.71% 340 13.58% 1 0.04% 3 0.12% 722 28.84% 2,504
Bent 1,228 47.47% 1,126 43.53% 231 8.93% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 102 3.94% 2,587
Boulder 27,671 57.66% 17,422 36.30% 2,497 5.20% 125 0.26% 273 0.57% 10,249 21.36% 47,988
Chaffee 2,121 51.07% 1,667 40.14% 358 8.62% 4 0.10% 3 0.07% 454 10.93% 4,153
Cheyenne 664 55.70% 392 32.89% 136 11.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 272 22.81% 1,192
Clear Creek 1,011 52.71% 719 37.49% 183 9.54% 2 0.10% 3 0.15% 292 15.22% 1,918
Conejos 1,361 45.67% 1,492 50.07% 117 3.93% 4 0.13% 6 0.20% -131 -4.40% 2,980
Costilla 477 32.19% 933 62.96% 32 2.16% 14 0.94% 26 1.75% -456 -30.77% 1,482
Crowley 775 50.36% 565 36.71% 196 12.74% 2 0.13% 1 0.06% 210 13.65% 1,539
Custer 433 60.47% 204 28.49% 77 10.75% 1 0.14% 1 0.14% 229 31.98% 716
Delta 3,692 55.50% 2,327 34.98% 618 9.29% 3 0.05% 12 0.18% 1,365 20.52% 6,652
Denver 92,003 43.54% 106,081 50.20% 11,408 5.40% 1,221 0.58% 604 0.28% -14,078 -6.66% 211,317
Dolores 392 52.97% 217 29.32% 131 17.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 175 23.65% 740
Douglas 1,910 61.53% 857 27.61% 327 10.53% 4 0.13% 6 0.19% 1,053 33.92% 3,104
Eagle 1,049 49.11% 927 43.40% 160 7.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 122 5.71% 2,136
El Paso 32,066 53.75% 21,232 35.59% 6,199 10.39% 31 0.05% 127 0.22% 10,834 18.16% 59,655
Elbert 1,043 60.92% 484 28.27% 185 10.81% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 559 32.65% 1,712
Fremont 4,908 53.45% 3,292 35.85% 967 10.53% 5 0.05% 11 0.12% 1,616 17.60% 9,183
Garfield 3,157 52.24% 2,273 37.61% 607 10.04% 1 0.02% 5 0.08% 884 14.63% 6,043
Gilpin 358 52.57% 218 32.01% 99 14.54% 1 0.15% 5 0.73% 140 20.56% 681
Grand 1,167 67.38% 433 25.00% 127 7.33% 1 0.06% 4 0.24% 734 42.38% 1,732
Gunnison 1,411 58.19% 866 35.71% 139 5.73% 7 0.29% 2 0.08% 545 22.48% 2,425
Hinsdale 127 66.15% 43 22.40% 22 11.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 84 43.75% 192
Huerfano 1,133 35.14% 1,934 59.99% 150 4.65% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% -801 -24.85% 3,224
Jackson 474 67.52% 177 25.21% 51 7.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 297 42.31% 702
Jefferson 50,847 56.90% 31,392 35.13% 6,767 7.57% 192 0.21% 159 0.18% 19,455 21.77% 89,357
Kiowa 689 56.29% 423 34.56% 112 9.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 266 21.73% 1,224
Kit Carson 1,977 61.08% 1,026 31.70% 232 7.17% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 951 29.38% 3,237
La Plata 4,269 57.10% 2,523 33.75% 673 9.00% 1 0.01% 10 0.13% 1,746 23.35% 7,476
Lake 1,025 35.50% 1,550 53.69% 287 9.94% 21 0.73% 4 0.13% -525 -18.19% 2,887
Larimer 18,438 62.13% 9,152 30.84% 1,819 6.13% 156 0.53% 111 0.37% 9,286 31.29% 29,676
Las Animas 2,499 33.30% 4,602 61.33% 388 5.17% 4 0.05% 11 0.15% -2,103 -28.03% 7,504
Lincoln 1,407 57.08% 809 32.82% 247 10.02% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 598 24.26% 2,465
Logan 4,323 56.95% 2,521 33.21% 736 9.70% 8 0.11% 3 0.04% 1,802 23.74% 7,591
Mesa 10,745 49.58% 8,775 40.49% 2,076 9.58% 17 0.08% 58 0.26% 1,970 9.09% 21,671
Mineral 116 43.77% 126 47.55% 22 8.30% 1 0.38% 0 0.00% -10 -3.78% 265
Moffat 1,785 62.09% 765 26.61% 322 11.20% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% 1,020 35.48% 2,875
Montezuma 2,461 56.42% 1,349 30.93% 545 12.49% 1 0.02% 6 0.13% 1,112 25.49% 4,362
Montrose 3,547 52.85% 2,394 35.67% 753 11.22% 7 0.10% 11 0.16% 1,153 17.18% 6,712
Morgan 4,598 61.21% 2,310 30.75% 593 7.89% 6 0.08% 5 0.07% 2,288 30.46% 7,512
Otero 4,690 49.66% 3,891 41.20% 723 7.65% 104 1.10% 37 0.39% 799 8.46% 9,445
Ouray 401 52.01% 250 32.43% 120 15.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 151 19.58% 771
Park 601 58.58% 286 27.88% 134 13.06% 3 0.29% 2 0.20% 315 30.70% 1,026
Phillips 1,237 56.87% 723 33.24% 211 9.70% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 514 23.63% 2,175
Pitkin 1,135 56.16% 728 36.02% 136 6.73% 22 1.09% 0 0.00% 598 20.14% 2,021
Prowers 2,741 49.07% 2,329 41.69% 503 9.00% 2 0.04% 11 0.20% 412 7.38% 5,586
Pueblo 16,646 34.47% 27,215 56.36% 3,823 7.92% 525 1.09% 82 0.18% -10,569 -21.89% 48,291
Rio Blanco 1,294 64.60% 502 25.06% 204 10.18% 2 0.10% 1 0.05% 792 39.54% 2,003
Rio Grande 2,442 58.32% 1,562 37.31% 182 4.35% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 880 21.01% 4,187
Routt 1,602 53.83% 1,076 36.16% 292 9.81% 2 0.07% 4 0.13% 526 17.67% 2,976
Saguache 824 52.45% 648 41.25% 97 6.17% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 176 11.20% 1,571
San Juan 165 46.09% 134 37.43% 59 16.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 31 8.66% 358
San Miguel 422 53.22% 311 39.22% 60 7.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 111 14.00% 793
Sedgwick 1,007 60.92% 546 33.03% 100 6.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 461 27.89% 1,653
Summit 536 57.39% 301 32.23% 95 10.17% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% 235 25.16% 934
Teller 722 52.39% 403 29.25% 249 18.07% 4 0.29% 0 0.00% 319 23.14% 1,378
Washington 1,634 60.92% 694 25.88% 352 13.12% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 940 35.04% 2,682
Weld 17,101 57.26% 10,420 34.89% 2,189 7.33% 101 0.34% 54 0.19% 6,681 22.37% 29,865
Yuma 2,529 62.68% 1,175 29.12% 330 8.18% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,354 33.56% 4,035
Total 409,345 50.46% 335,174 41.32% 60,813 7.50% 3,016 0.37% 2,851 0.35% 74,171 9.14% 811,199

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.

References edit

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1968 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73)". Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968". Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Election Night Reporting".
  6. ^ Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 05, 1968
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