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The 1968 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election . Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Nebraska was won by the Republican candidate former Vice President Richard Nixon , with 59.82% of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate former Senator and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey , with 31.81% of the popular vote. American candidate George Wallace performed decently, finishing with 8.36% of the popular vote.[3] [4]
With 59.82% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's best state in the election,[5] just as it had been eight years earlier .
Results
Results by county
County[6]
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic
George Corley Wallace American
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
7,191
63.29%
3,524
31.02%
647
5.69%
3,667
32.27%
11,362
Antelope
2,805
68.13%
952
23.12%
360
8.74%
1,853
45.01%
4,117
Arthur
218
77.86%
47
16.79%
15
5.36%
171
61.07%
280
Banner
350
71.28%
72
14.66%
69
14.05%
278
56.62%
491
Blaine
344
79.45%
64
14.78%
25
5.77%
280
64.67%
433
Boone
2,179
64.01%
934
27.44%
291
8.55%
1,245
36.57%
3,404
Box Butte
2,728
67.47%
1,052
26.02%
263
6.51%
1,676
41.45%
4,043
Boyd
1,250
64.63%
437
22.60%
247
12.77%
813
42.04%
1,934
Brown
1,340
71.62%
369
19.72%
162
8.66%
971
51.90%
1,871
Buffalo
6,786
65.29%
2,875
27.66%
733
7.05%
3,911
37.63%
10,394
Burt
2,615
68.55%
937
24.56%
263
6.89%
1,678
43.98%
3,815
Butler
1,646
46.84%
1,544
43.94%
324
9.22%
102
2.90%
3,514
Cass
3,185
57.61%
1,739
31.45%
605
10.94%
1,446
26.15%
5,529
Cedar
2,853
61.53%
1,444
31.14%
340
7.33%
1,409
30.39%
4,637
Chase
1,171
67.81%
363
21.02%
193
11.18%
808
46.79%
1,727
Cherry
2,199
73.23%
582
19.38%
222
7.39%
1,617
53.85%
3,003
Cheyenne
2,725
65.95%
993
24.03%
414
10.02%
1,732
41.92%
4,132
Clay
2,273
66.58%
935
27.39%
206
6.03%
1,338
39.19%
3,414
Colfax
2,264
64.48%
932
26.55%
315
8.97%
1,332
37.94%
3,511
Cuming
3,254
72.55%
935
20.85%
296
6.60%
2,319
51.71%
4,485
Custer
4,325
70.52%
1,407
22.94%
401
6.54%
2,918
47.58%
6,133
Dakota
2,383
56.60%
1,541
36.60%
286
6.79%
842
20.00%
4,210
Dawes
2,600
71.94%
741
20.50%
273
7.55%
1,859
51.44%
3,614
Dawson
5,221
71.97%
1,614
22.25%
419
5.78%
3,607
49.72%
7,254
Deuel
997
75.25%
250
18.87%
78
5.89%
747
56.38%
1,325
Dixon
2,051
65.65%
890
28.49%
183
5.86%
1,161
37.16%
3,124
Dodge
8,059
63.78%
3,755
29.72%
822
6.51%
4,304
34.06%
12,636
Douglas
69,808
50.89%
51,617
37.63%
15,739
11.47%
18,191
13.26%
137,164
Dundy
1,001
72.01%
261
18.78%
128
9.21%
740
53.24%
1,390
Fillmore
2,213
59.60%
1,297
34.93%
203
5.47%
916
24.67%
3,713
Franklin
1,447
65.03%
626
28.13%
152
6.83%
821
36.90%
2,225
Frontier
1,183
70.21%
345
20.47%
157
9.32%
838
49.73%
1,685
Furnas
2,137
69.81%
701
22.90%
223
7.29%
1,436
46.91%
3,061
Gage
5,465
55.73%
3,704
37.77%
637
6.50%
1,761
17.96%
9,806
Garden
1,120
78.60%
206
14.46%
99
6.95%
914
64.14%
1,425
Garfield
797
76.41%
183
17.55%
63
6.04%
614
58.87%
1,043
Gosper
701
71.02%
229
23.20%
57
5.78%
472
47.82%
987
Grant
311
74.94%
84
20.24%
20
4.82%
227
54.70%
415
Greeley
882
50.03%
739
41.92%
142
8.05%
143
8.11%
1,763
Hall
8,457
61.01%
4,571
32.98%
833
6.01%
3,886
28.04%
13,861
Hamilton
2,592
70.94%
918
25.12%
144
3.94%
1,674
45.81%
3,654
Harlan
1,392
64.03%
579
26.63%
203
9.34%
813
37.40%
2,174
Hayes
496
71.26%
127
18.25%
73
10.49%
369
53.02%
696
Hitchcock
1,173
66.91%
387
22.08%
193
11.01%
786
44.84%
1,753
Holt
3,319
66.02%
1,278
25.42%
430
8.55%
2,041
40.60%
5,027
Hooker
350
87.94%
36
9.05%
12
3.02%
314
78.89%
398
Howard
1,256
51.37%
1,003
41.02%
186
7.61%
253
10.35%
2,445
Jefferson
2,793
60.23%
1,572
33.90%
272
5.87%
1,221
26.33%
4,637
Johnson
1,508
60.76%
759
30.58%
215
8.66%
749
30.18%
2,482
Kearney
1,806
64.00%
825
29.23%
191
6.77%
981
34.76%
2,822
Keith
2,126
70.91%
694
23.15%
178
5.94%
1,432
47.77%
2,998
Keya Paha
531
76.96%
109
15.80%
50
7.25%
422
61.16%
690
Kimball
1,423
68.61%
414
19.96%
237
11.43%
1,009
48.65%
2,074
Knox
3,129
68.20%
1,131
24.65%
328
7.15%
1,998
43.55%
4,588
Lancaster
33,051
55.52%
23,539
39.54%
2,940
4.94%
9,512
15.98%
59,530
Lincoln
5,996
58.39%
3,491
34.00%
782
7.62%
2,505
24.39%
10,269
Logan
363
66.36%
130
23.77%
54
9.87%
233
42.60%
547
Loup
331
76.44%
64
14.78%
38
8.78%
267
61.66%
433
Madison
7,066
70.35%
2,364
23.54%
614
6.11%
4,702
46.81%
10,044
McPherson
236
76.13%
40
12.90%
34
10.97%
196
63.23%
310
Merrick
2,031
65.88%
840
27.25%
212
6.88%
1,191
38.63%
3,083
Morrill
1,516
68.66%
480
21.74%
212
9.60%
1,036
46.92%
2,208
Nance
1,316
60.79%
677
31.27%
172
7.94%
639
29.52%
2,165
Nemaha
2,290
63.47%
1,023
28.35%
295
8.18%
1,267
35.12%
3,608
Nuckolls
1,894
59.32%
1,127
35.30%
172
5.39%
767
24.02%
3,193
Otoe
3,840
65.96%
1,508
25.90%
474
8.14%
2,332
40.05%
5,822
Pawnee
1,209
60.30%
583
29.08%
213
10.62%
626
31.22%
2,005
Perkins
1,165
70.52%
360
21.79%
127
7.69%
805
48.73%
1,652
Phelps
2,976
73.39%
825
20.35%
254
6.26%
2,151
53.05%
4,055
Pierce
2,408
73.44%
674
20.56%
197
6.01%
1,734
52.88%
3,279
Platte
5,817
60.69%
2,999
31.29%
768
8.01%
2,818
29.40%
9,584
Polk
1,795
66.83%
690
25.69%
201
7.48%
1,105
41.14%
2,686
Red Willow
3,066
67.02%
1,145
25.03%
364
7.96%
1,921
41.99%
4,575
Richardson
3,133
59.66%
1,591
30.30%
527
10.04%
1,542
29.37%
5,251
Rock
791
76.72%
146
14.16%
94
9.12%
645
62.56%
1,031
Saline
2,341
44.73%
2,543
48.59%
350
6.69%
-202
-3.86%
5,234
Sarpy
6,019
52.48%
3,506
30.57%
1,945
16.96%
2,513
21.91%
11,470
Saunders
3,429
57.39%
1,990
33.31%
556
9.31%
1,439
24.08%
5,975
Scotts Bluff
7,356
67.17%
2,649
24.19%
946
8.64%
4,707
42.98%
10,951
Seward
2,939
60.59%
1,658
34.18%
254
5.24%
1,281
26.41%
4,851
Sheridan
2,236
76.29%
454
15.49%
241
8.22%
1,782
60.80%
2,931
Sherman
955
48.09%
851
42.85%
180
9.06%
104
5.24%
1,986
Sioux
565
71.43%
157
19.85%
69
8.72%
408
51.58%
791
Stanton
1,408
71.36%
411
20.83%
154
7.81%
997
50.53%
1,973
Thayer
2,331
65.31%
1,061
29.73%
177
4.96%
1,270
35.58%
3,569
Thomas
354
76.79%
76
16.49%
31
6.72%
278
60.30%
461
Thurston
1,341
56.99%
802
34.08%
210
8.92%
539
22.91%
2,353
Valley
1,759
64.41%
793
29.04%
179
6.55%
966
35.37%
2,731
Washington
3,063
63.36%
1,279
26.46%
492
10.18%
1,784
36.91%
4,834
Wayne
2,582
72.53%
786
22.08%
192
5.39%
1,796
50.45%
3,560
Webster
1,521
61.13%
781
31.39%
186
7.48%
740
29.74%
2,488
Wheeler
323
64.21%
131
26.04%
49
9.74%
192
38.17%
503
York
3,923
72.39%
1,237
22.83%
259
4.78%
2,686
49.57%
5,419
Totals
321,163
59.82%
170,784
31.81%
44,904
8.36%
150,379
28.01%
536,851
Notes
^ 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.
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