1968 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1968 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 5, 1968. American Independent Party candidate George Wallace received the most votes, and won all twelve of the state’s electoral college votes.^[2]

Wallace, who ran a campaign based upon support for segregation, won all but seventeen of the state’s 159 counties. Nixon won ten, all either suburban Atlanta counties or historically pro-Union counties of North Georgia. Despite Wallace’s sweep of most of the state south of Atlanta, Cobb and DeKalb counties were two of only three amongst 210 southern counties carried by Goldwater for the Republicans for the first time ever or since Reconstruction to vote for Nixon.^[3] The Voting Rights Act and consequent enfranchisement of African-Americans allowed Humphrey to carry seven majority-black counties.

With 42.83% of the popular vote, Georgia would prove to be Wallace's fourth strongest state after Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana^[4].

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1968^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	American Independent	George Wallace	535,550	42.83%	12
	Republican	Richard Nixon	380,111	30.40%	0
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	334,440	26.75%	0
	Write-ins	Eugene McCarthy	56	0.00%	0
	Write-ins	Dick Gregory	9	0.00%	0
	Write-ins	Fred Halstead	7	0.00%	0
	Write-ins	Eldridge Cleaver	2	0.00%	0
	Write-ins	Charlene Mitchell	2	0.00%	0
	Write-ins	Henning A. Blomen	1	0.00%	0
Totals			1,250,266	100.00%	12
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Nixon#	Nixon%	Humphrey#	Humphrey%	Wallace#	Wallace%	Write-ins#	Write-ins%	Total votes cast
Appling	795	18.78%	760	17.95%	2,678	63.26%			4,233
Atkinson	288	11.39%	686	27.14%	1,554	61.47%			2,528
Bacon	586	20.93%	279	9.96%	1,935	69.11%			2,800
Baker	99	5.78%	548	31.97%	1,067	62.25%			1,714
Baldwin	2,318	32.60%	2,109	29.66%	2,678	37.66%	6	0.10%	7,111
Banks	398	18.70%	296	13.91%	1,434	67.39%			2,128
Barrow	1,372	26.52%	1,070	20.68%	2,731	52.79%			5,173
Bartow	2,045	24.78%	2,149	26.05%	4,052	49.11%	5	0.10%	8,251
Ben Hill	661	19.61%	876	25.99%	1,833	54.38%	1	0.00%	3,371
Berrien	566	14.79%	451	11.78%	2,810	73.41%	1	0.00%	3,828
Bibb	13,490	32.59%	10,579	25.55%	17,328	41.86%			41,397
Bleckley	756	20.94%	396	10.97%	2,458	68.07%	1	0.00%	3,611
Brantley	237	10.47%	317	14.01%	1,709	75.52%			2,263
Brooks	589	15.58%	787	20.82%	2,404	63.60%			3,780
Bryan	381	16.08%	560	23.64%	1,428	60.28%			2,369
Bulloch	2,113	26.90%	1,788	22.77%	3,953	50.33%			7,854
Burke	1,416	28.93%	1,676	34.25%	1,802	36.82%			4,894
Butts	584	19.25%	959	31.62%	1,490	49.13%			3,033
Calhoun	234	12.25%	697	36.49%	979	51.26%			1,910
Camden	751	19.33%	1,146	29.50%	1,988	51.17%			3,885
Candler	552	19.98%	587	21.25%	1,624	58.78%			2,763
Carroll	3,135	26.19%	2,326	19.43%	6,509	54.38%			11,970
Catoosa	2,043	21.75%	901	9.59%	6,449	68.66%			9,393
Charlton	332	17.08%	455	23.41%	1,157	59.52%			1,944
Chatham	18,106	33.81%	18,201	33.99%	17,238	32.19%			53,545
Chattahoochee	70	13.44%	148	28.41%	303	58.16%			521
Chattooga	1,087	20.26%	1,255	23.39%	3,024	56.35%			5,366
Cherokee	2,675	35.85%	1,434	19.22%	3,351	44.91%	2	0.00%	7,462
Clarke	5,800	39.17%	5,543	37.43%	3,452	23.31%	13	0.10%	14,808
Clay	133	10.57%	516	41.02%	608	48.33%	1	0.10%	1,258
Clayton	8,256	35.22%	3,510	14.98%	11,665	49.77%	7	0.00%	23,438
Clinch	304	17.08%	334	18.76%	1,142	64.16%			1,780
Cobb	18,649	41.25%	8,755	19.37%	17,805	39.38%			45,209
Coffee	1,241	19.52%	1,331	20.94%	3,785	59.54%			6,357
Colquitt	1,882	20.18%	1,119	12.00%	6,325	67.82%			9,326
Columbia	1,636	34.46%	905	19.06%	2,207	46.48%			4,748
Cook	521	14.62%	603	16.92%	2,438	68.41%	2	0.10%	3,564
Coweta	2,442	32.84%	1,204	16.19%	3,791	50.97%			7,437
Crawford	246	15.18%	489	30.17%	886	54.66%			1,621
Crisp	935	17.90%	1,017	19.47%	3,271	62.63%			5,223
Dade	613	18.27%	282	8.41%	2,460	73.32%			3,355
Dawson	509	31.81%	246	15.38%	845	52.81%			1,600
Decatur	749	10.62%	1,729	24.51%	4,576	64.87%			7,054
DeKalb	52,485	50.35%	27,796	26.67%	23,954	22.98%	2	0.00%	104,237
Dodge	1,055	18.54%	1,230	21.61%	3,406	59.85%			5,691
Dooly	454	14.48%	879	28.03%	1,803	57.49%			3,136
Dougherty	5,611	29.91%	3,831	20.42%	9,317	49.66%	3	0.00%	18,762
Douglas	1,848	25.49%	1,242	17.13%	4,159	57.37%			7,249
Early	327	8.37%	785	20.08%	2,797	71.55%			3,909
Echols	53	8.26%	56	8.72%	533	83.02%			642
Effingham	769	19.39%	635	16.02%	2,561	64.59%			3,965
Elbert	914	16.98%	1,216	22.59%	3,252	60.42%			5,382
Emanuel	1,297	21.22%	1,508	24.67%	3,307	54.11%			6,112
Evans	543	21.63%	492	19.60%	1,475	58.76%			2,510
Fannin	3,475	58.98%	1,229	20.86%	1,188	20.16%			5,892
Fayette	867	26.22%	551	16.66%	1,888	57.09%	1	0.00%	3,307
Floyd	7,470	34.72%	4,036	18.76%	10,001	46.49%	5	0.00%	21,512
Forsyth	1,389	31.33%	647	14.60%	2,397	54.07%			4,433
Franklin	716	17.16%	766	18.36%	2,691	64.49%			4,173
Fulton	64,153	35.83%	77,847	43.47%	36,995	20.66%	73	0.00%	179,068
Gilmer	2,074	51.55%	690	17.15%	1,259	31.30%			4,023
Glascock	185	19.17%	47	4.87%	733	75.96%			965
Glynn	3,725	30.24%	3,247	26.36%	5,341	43.36%	4	0.00%	12,317
Gordon	1,815	29.99%	1,161	19.18%	3,077	50.83%			6,053
Grady	561	9.67%	1,425	24.56%	3,817	65.78%			5,803
Greene	652	18.58%	1,635	46.58%	1,223	34.84%			3,510
Gwinnett	5,350	30.59%	3,226	18.45%	8,909	50.94%	4	0.00%	17,489
Habersham	1,611	28.32%	1,070	18.81%	3,008	52.87%			5,689
Hall	4,923	36.08%	3,174	23.26%	5,546	40.65%			13,643
Hancock	381	10.44%	2,165	59.32%	1,104	30.25%			3,650
Haralson	1,451	26.51%	771	14.09%	3,251	59.40%			5,473
Harris	1,021	25.89%	1,072	27.18%	1,851	46.93%			3,944
Hart	586	12.27%	979	20.51%	3,208	67.20%	1	0.00%	4,774
Heard	303	16.72%	356	19.65%	1,153	63.63%			1,812
Henry	2,017	25.41%	2,317	29.19%	3,604	45.40%			7,938
Houston	4,285	29.64%	2,831	19.58%	7,339	50.76%	2	0.00%	14,457
Irwin	430	15.03%	474	16.57%	1,955	68.36%	1	0.00%	2,860
Jackson	1,139	18.52%	1,537	25.00%	3,473	56.48%			6,149
Jasper	456	20.57%	835	37.66%	926	41.77%			2,217
Jeff Davis	577	19.82%	376	12.92%	1,958	67.26%			2,911
Jefferson	1,227	23.51%	1,899	36.39%	2,090	40.05%	2	0.00%	5,218
Jenkins	574	22.71%	704	27.86%	1,249	49.43%			2,527
Johnson	381	13.28%	446	15.55%	2,041	71.16%			2,868
Jones	693	19.42%	1,105	30.97%	1,770	49.61%			3,568
Lamar	575	20.50%	790	28.16%	1,440	51.34%			2,805
Lanier	241	15.63%	277	17.96%	1,024	66.41%			1,542
Laurens	2,738	21.33%	3,451	26.88%	6,649	51.79%			12,838
Lee	389	17.18%	673	29.73%	1,201	53.05%	1	0.00%	2,264
Liberty	592	16.78%	1,572	44.55%	1,365	38.68%			3,529
Lincoln	408	18.64%	491	22.43%	1,290	58.93%			2,189
Long	156	8.83%	574	32.48%	1,037	58.69%			1,767
Lowndes	3,073	27.55%	2,402	21.53%	5,679	50.91%			11,154
Lumpkin	687	32.24%	396	18.58%	1,048	49.18%			2,131
McDuffie	1,324	32.89%	991	24.62%	1,709	42.46%	1	0.00%	4,025
McIntosh	315	15.01%	943	44.93%	841	40.07%			2,099
Macon	598	19.22%	954	30.67%	1,559	50.11%			3,111
Madison	600	16.00%	621	16.56%	2,529	67.42%	1	0.00%	3,751
Marion	186	14.51%	247	19.27%	849	66.22%			1,282
Meriwether	1,120	20.55%	1,760	32.29%	2,571	47.17%			5,451
Miller	249	10.91%	171	7.49%	1,862	81.60%			2,282
Mitchell	731	12.97%	1,255	22.28%	3,647	64.73%	1	0.00%	5,634
Monroe	770	23.91%	1,028	31.93%	1,422	44.16%			3,220
Montgomery	352	15.38%	503	21.98%	1,433	62.63%			2,288
Morgan	616	20.67%	973	32.65%	1,391	46.68%			2,980
Murray	1,278	33.23%	818	21.27%	1,750	45.50%			3,846
Muscogee	11,193	32.36%	7,591	21.95%	15,804	45.69%	2	0.00%	34,590
Newton	1,660	24.87%	1,996	29.90%	3,017	45.20%	2	0.00%	6,675
Oconee	713	28.16%	414	16.35%	1,405	55.49%			2,532
Oglethorpe	383	14.71%	483	18.56%	1,737	66.73%			2,603
Paulding	977	19.33%	1,023	20.24%	3,054	60.43%			5,054
Peach	904	23.16%	1,362	34.89%	1,638	41.96%			3,904
Pickens	1,659	44.50%	677	18.16%	1,392	37.34%			3,728
Pierce	579	17.93%	507	15.70%	2,144	66.38%			3,230
Pike	345	14.26%	632	26.13%	1,442	59.61%			2,419
Polk	1,729	21.68%	2,007	25.16%	4,240	53.16%			7,976
Pulaski	595	22.22%	514	19.19%	1,569	58.59%			2,678
Putnam	594	21.66%	972	35.44%	1,177	42.91%			2,743
Quitman	90	12.05%	198	26.51%	459	61.45%			747
Rabun	680	25.38%	590	22.02%	1,407	52.52%	2	0.10%	2,679
Randolph	502	16.91%	1,028	34.64%	1,438	48.45%			2,968
Richmond	14,993	41.30%	11,770	32.42%	9,532	26.26%	7	0.00%	36,302
Rockdale	1,195	25.85%	1,213	26.24%	2,215	47.91%			4,623
Schley	164	15.02%	309	28.30%	619	56.68%			1,092
Screven	916	22.04%	1,411	33.94%	1,830	44.02%			4,157
Seminole	201	8.06%	369	14.80%	1,922	77.10%	1	0.00%	2,493
Spalding	3,077	28.03%	2,949	26.86%	4,953	45.11%			10,979
Stephens	1,295	25.23%	1,035	20.17%	2,802	54.60%			5,132
Stewart	233	14.09%	489	29.56%	932	56.35%			1,654
Sumter	1,383	21.04%	1,701	25.88%	3,489	53.08%			6,573
Talbot	317	20.92%	510	33.66%	688	45.41%			1,515
Taliaferro	232	16.36%	678	47.81%	508	35.83%			1,418
Tattnall	852	16.34%	957	18.35%	3,405	65.30%			5,214
Taylor	393	14.50%	691	25.50%	1,626	60.00%			2,710
Telfair	720	16.90%	1,038	24.37%	2,502	58.73%			4,260
Terrell	545	15.06%	1,275	35.23%	1,798	49.68%	1	0.00%	3,619
Thomas	2,261	22.87%	2,583	26.13%	5,039	50.98%	2	0.00%	9,885
Tift	1,692	24.81%	1,187	17.40%	3,942	57.79%			6,821
Toombs	1,397	24.52%	896	15.72%	3,405	59.76%			5,698
Towns	1,492	52.33%	770	27.01%	589	20.66%			2,851
Treutlen	474	25.00%	341	17.99%	1,081	57.01%			1,896
Troup	3,239	26.19%	2,896	23.42%	6,232	50.39%			12,367
Turner	419	15.66%	412	15.40%	1,845	68.95%			2,676
Twiggs	336	14.51%	812	35.08%	1,167	50.41%			2,315
Union	1,221	39.37%	974	31.41%	906	29.22%			3,101
Upson	1,494	22.73%	1,480	22.52%	3,599	54.75%			6,573
Walker	3,664	25.58%	1,930	13.48%	8,725	60.92%	2	0.00%	14,321
Walton	1,399	19.99%	1,552	22.18%	4,047	57.83%			6,998
Ware	2,047	20.07%	2,255	22.11%	5,895	57.81%			10,197
Warren	406	23.13%	582	33.16%	767	43.70%			1,755
Washington	1,247	26.43%	1,443	30.58%	2,029	43.00%			4,719
Wayne	1,313	22.97%	980	17.15%	3,422	59.88%			5,715
Webster	72	10.10%	147	20.62%	494	69.28%			713
Wheeler	251	15.00%	488	29.17%	934	55.83%			1,673
White	762	32.36%	435	18.47%	1,157	49.13%	1	0.00%	2,355
Whitfield	4,828	41.95%	2,723	23.66%	3,954	34.36%	3	0.00%	11,508
Wilcox	381	14.28%	465	17.43%	1,822	68.29%			2,668
Wilkes	873	24.70%	953	26.96%	1,709	48.35%			3,535
Wilkinson	685	20.24%	829	24.50%	1,870	55.26%			3,384
Worth	603	13.79%	719	16.45%	3,049	69.74%	1	0.00%	4,372
Totals	380,111	30.40%	334,440	26.75%	535,550	42.83%	165	0.01%	1,250,266

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 1968 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia US Election Atlas
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 94-95 ISBN 0786422173
^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

Notes

[California_1960-1] 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.

[Presidential-2] 1968 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia US Election Atlas

[3] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 94-95 ISBN 0786422173

[4] "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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