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1968 United States presidential election in Colorado
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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%
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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.

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 Richard Milhous Nixon[6]
Republican 		Hubert Horatio Humphrey[6]
Democratic 		George Corley Wallace[6]
American Independent 		Henning A. Blomen[6]
Socialist Labor 		Various candidates[6]
Other parties 		Margin
% # % # % # % # % # % #
Hinsdale 66.15% 127 22.40% 43 11.46% 22 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 43.75% 84
Grand 67.53% 1,167 25.06% 433 7.35% 127 0.06% 1 0.23% 4 42.48% 734
Jackson 67.52% 474 25.21% 177 7.26% 51 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 42.31% 297
Rio Blanco 64.64% 1,294 25.07% 502 10.19% 204 0.10% 2 0.05% 1 39.56% 792
Moffat 62.11% 1,785 26.62% 765 11.20% 322 0.07% 0.03% 35.49% 1,020
Washington 60.95% 1,634 25.89% 694 13.13% 352 0.04% 1 0.04% 35.06% 940
Douglas 61.65% 1,910 27.66% 857 10.56% 327 0.13% 4 0.19% 6 33.99% 1,053
Yuma 62.68% 2,529 29.12% 1,175 8.18% 330 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 33.56% 1,354
Elbert 60.92% 1,043 28.27% 484 10.81% 185 0.00% 0 32.65% 559
Custer 60.56% 433 28.53% 204 10.77% 77 0.14% 1 0.14% 1 32.03% 229
Larimer 62.36% 18,438 30.96% 9,152 6.15% 1,819 0.53% 156 0.38% 111 31.41% 9,286
Park 58.69% 601 27.93% 286 13.09% 134 0.29% 3 0.20% 2 30.76% 315
Morgan 61.25% 4,598 30.77% 2,310 7.90% 593 0.08% 6 0.07% 5 30.48% 2,288
Kit Carson 61.09% 1,977 31.71% 1,026 7.17% 232 0.03% 1 0.03% 1 29.39% 951
Baca 57.62% 1,441 28.75% 719 13.59% 340 0.04% 0.12% 3 28.87% 722
Sedgwick 60.92% 1,007 33.03% 546 6.05% 100 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 27.89% 461
Arapahoe 59.76% 33,712 32.92% 18,569 7.01% 3,953 0.31% 175 0.20% 110 26.85% 15,143
Montezuma 56.50% 2,461 30.97% 1,349 12.51% 545 0.02% 1 0.14% 6 25.53% 1,112
Summit 57.45% 536 32.26% 301 10.18% 95 0.11% 1 0.11% 1 25.19% 235
Lincoln 57.10% 1,407 32.83% 809 10.02% 247 0.04% 1 0.04% 24.27% 598
Logan 56.97% 4,323 33.22% 2,521 9.70% 736 0.11% 8 3 23.75% 1,802
Phillips 56.93% 1,237 33.27% 723 9.71% 211 0.09% 2 0.09% 2 23.65% 514
Dolores 52.97% 392 29.32% 217 17.70% 131 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 23.65% 175
La Plata 57.18% 4,269 33.79% 2,523 9.01% 673 0.01% 1 0.13% 10 23.39% 1,746
Teller 52.39% 722 29.25% 403 18.07% 249 0.29% 4 0.00% 0 23.15% 319
Cheyenne 55.70% 664 32.89% 392 11.41% 136 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 22.82% 272
Gunnison 58.23% 1,411 35.74% 866 5.74% 139 0.29% 7 0.08% 2 22.49% 545
Weld 57.36% 17,101 34.95% 10,420 7.34% 2,189 0.34% 101 0.18% 54 22.41% 6,681
Jefferson 57.00% 50,847 35.19% 31,392 7.59% 6,767 0.22% 192 159 21.81% 19,455
Kiowa 56.29% 689 34.56% 423 9.15% 112 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 21.73% 266
Boulder 57.99% 27,671 36.51% 17,422 5.23% 2,497 0.26% 125 0.57% 273 21.48% 10,249
Rio Grande 58.32% 2,442 37.31% 1,562 4.35% 182 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 21.02% 880
Gilpin 52.96% 358 32.25% 218 14.64% 99 0.15% 0.74% 5 20.71% 140
Delta 55.60% 3,692 35.05% 2,327 9.31% 618 0.05% 3 0.18% 12 20.56% 1,365
Pitkin 56.16% 1,135 36.02% 728 6.73% 136 1.09% 22 0.00% 0 20.14% 407
Ouray 52.01% 401 32.43% 250 15.56% 120 0.00% 0 19.58% 151
El Paso 53.87% 32,066 35.67% 21,232 10.41% 6,199 0.05% 31 0.21% 127 18.20% 10,834
Routt 53.90% 1,602 36.20% 1,076 9.83% 292 0.07% 2 0.13% 4 17.70% 526
Fremont 53.51% 4,908 35.89% 3,292 10.54% 967 0.05% 5 0.12% 11 17.62% 1,616
Montrose 52.93% 3,547 35.73% 2,394 11.24% 753 0.10% 7 0.16% 17.21% 1,153
Alamosa 55.01% 2,277 38.03% 1,574 6.93% 287 0.02% 1 0.02% 1 16.98% 703
Clear Creek 52.79% 1,011 37.55% 719 9.56% 183 0.10% 2 0.16% 3 15.25% 292
Garfield 52.29% 3,157 37.64% 2,273 10.05% 607 0.02% 1 0.08% 5 14.64% 884
San Miguel 53.22% 422 39.22% 311 7.57% 60 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 14.00% 111
Crowley 50.39% 775 36.74% 565 12.74% 196 0.13% 2 0.07% 1 13.65% 210
Saguache 52.48% 824 41.27% 648 6.18% 97 0.06% 1 0.06% 11.21% 176
Chaffee 51.11% 2,121 40.17% 1,667 8.63% 358 0.10% 4 0.07% 3 10.94% 454
Mesa 49.72% 10,745 40.60% 8,775 9.61% 2,076 0.08% 17 0.27% 58 9.11% 1,970
San Juan 46.09% 165 37.43% 134 16.48% 59 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 8.66% 31
Otero 49.85% 4,690 41.36% 3,891 7.68% 723 1.11% 104 0.39% 37 8.49% 799
Archuleta 49.69% 486 41.82% 409 8.49% 83 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 7.87% 77
Prowers 49.17% 2,741 41.78% 2,329 9.02% 503 0.04% 2 0.20% 11 7.39% 412
Eagle 49.11% 1,049 43.40% 927 7.49% 160 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 5.71% 122
Bent 47.49% 1,228 43.54% 1,126 8.93% 231 0.04% 1 0.04% 1 3.94% 102
Adams 43.92% 24,343 45.31% 25,111 10.29% 5,702 0.49% 270 0.12% 67 -1.39% -768
Mineral 43.77% 116 47.55% 126 8.30% 22 0.38% 1 0.00% 0 -3.77% -10
Conejos 45.76% 1,361 50.17% 1,492 3.93% 117 0.13% 4 0.20% 6 -4.40% -131
Denver 43.66% 92,003 50.34% 106,081 5.41% 11,408 0.58% 1,221 0.29% 604 -6.68% -14,078
Lake 35.55% 1,025 53.76% 1,550 9.95% 287 0.73% 21 0.14% 4 -18.21% -525
Pueblo 34.53% 16,646 56.45% 27,215 7.93% 3,823 1.09% 525 0.17% 82 -21.92% -10,569
Huerfano 35.20% 1,133 60.08% 1,934 4.66% 150 0.06% 2 0.06% 2 -24.88% -801
Las Animas 33.35% 2,499 61.42% 4,602 5.18% 388 0.05% 4 0.15% 11 -28.07% -2,103
Costilla 32.76% 477 64.08% 933 2.20% 32 0.96% 14 1.79% 26 -31.32% -456

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. ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 05, 1968
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado