1968 United States presidential election in Arizona

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.

1968 United States presidential election in Arizona

November 5, 1968

Nominee Richard Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace Party Republican Democratic American Independent Home state New York[lower-alpha 1] Minnesota Alabama Running mate Spiro Agnew Edmund Muskie Curtis LeMay Electoral vote 5 0 0 Popular vote 266,721 170,514 46,573 Percentage 54.8% 35.0% 9.6%

County Results Nixon   40-50%   50-60% Humphrey   40-50%   60-70%

President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

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%.

Statewide Results

General election results [1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	266,721	54.78%
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	170,514	35.02%
	American Independent	George Wallace	46,573	9.56%
	Democratic (DFL)	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%

Results by county

County	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic		George Corley Wallace American Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast[2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
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

Notes

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

1. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona
2. Arizona Secretary of State; ‘State of Arizona Official Canvass General Election – November 5, 1968’ (Phoenix, 1968)