1968 United States presidential election in Arizona
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The 1968 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1968. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona was won by the Republican nominees, Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and his running mate U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine.
Nixon carried the state with 54.78% of the vote to Humphrey's 35.02%, a victory margin of 19.76%.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Richard Nixon | 266,721 | 54.78% | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 170,514 | 35.02% | |
| American Independent | George Wallace | 46,573 | 9.56% | |
| New Party[b] | Eugene McCarthy | 2,751 | 0.56% | |
| Peace and Freedom | Eldridge Cleaver | 217 | 0.04% | |
| Socialist Workers | Fred Halstead | 85 | 0.02% | |
| Socialist Labor | Henning A. Blomen | 75 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 486,936 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County[1] | Richard Nixon Republican |
Hubert Humphrey Democratic |
George Wallace American Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 2,092 | 49.83% | 1,668 | 39.73% | 402 | 9.58% | 36 | 0.86% | 424 | 10.10% | 4,198 |
| Cochise | 7,619 | 45.59% | 6,597 | 39.48% | 2,393 | 14.32% | 102 | 0.61% | 1,022 | 6.11% | 16,711 |
| Coconino | 6,765 | 59.38% | 3,504 | 30.76% | 1,049 | 9.21% | 74 | 0.65% | 3,261 | 28.62% | 11,392 |
| Gila | 3,610 | 37.19% | 4,831 | 49.77% | 1,222 | 12.59% | 43 | 0.44% | -1,221 | -12.58% | 9,706 |
| Graham | 2,327 | 47.21% | 1,726 | 35.02% | 859 | 17.43% | 17 | 0.34% | 601 | 12.19% | 4,929 |
| Greenlee | 1,026 | 27.35% | 2,434 | 64.89% | 276 | 7.36% | 15 | 0.40% | -1,408 | -37.54% | 3,751 |
| Maricopa | 162,262 | 59.08% | 86,204 | 31.39% | 24,941 | 9.08% | 1,244 | 0.45% | 76,058 | 27.69% | 274,651 |
| Mohave | 3,208 | 51.64% | 2,109 | 33.95% | 883 | 14.21% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,099 | 17.69% | 6,212 |
| Navajo | 4,596 | 51.00% | 2,930 | 32.51% | 1,438 | 15.96% | 48 | 0.53% | 1,666 | 18.49% | 9,012 |
| Pima | 49,479 | 50.61% | 39,786 | 40.70% | 7,221 | 7.39% | 1,280 | 1.31% | 9,693 | 9.91% | 97,766 |
| Pinal | 6,883 | 42.37% | 7,409 | 45.61% | 1,869 | 11.50% | 85 | 0.52% | -526 | -3.24% | 16,246 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,702 | 48.17% | 1,557 | 44.07% | 242 | 6.85% | 32 | 0.91% | 145 | 4.10% | 3,533 |
| Yavapai | 8,296 | 58.44% | 3,989 | 28.10% | 1,837 | 12.94% | 74 | 0.52% | 4,307 | 30.34% | 14,196 |
| Yuma | 6,856 | 46.85% | 5,770 | 39.43% | 1,941 | 13.26% | 66 | 0.45% | 1,086 | 7.42% | 14,633 |
| Totals | 266,721 | 54.78% | 170,514 | 35.02% | 46,573 | 9.56% | 3,128 | 0.64% | 96,207 | 19.76% | 486,936 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Electors
[edit]Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 10, 1968.[2]
| Hubert Humphrey & Edmund Muskie Democratic Party |
Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew Republican Party |
George Wallace & Curtis LeMay American Independent Party |
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| Eugene McCarthy New Party |
Eldridge Cleaver & Judith Page Peace and Freedom Party |
Fred Halstead & Paul Boutelle Socialist Workers Party |
Henning A. Blomen & George Taylor Socialist Labor Party |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ This was the party name that McCarthy's supporters in Arizona used to run their slate of electors
References
[edit]- ^ a b "State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election - November 5, 1968". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass Primary Election - September 10, 1968". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
