1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut

Summary

The 1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon George Wallace
Party Democratic Republican George Wallace Party[b]
Home state Minnesota New York[a] Alabama
Running mate Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew Curtis LeMay
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 621,561 556,721 76,650
Percentage 49.48% 44.32% 6.10%


President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, over the Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York and American Independent candidate, referred to on the ballot as the "George Wallace Party," Southern populist Governor George Wallace of Alabama. Humphrey's running mate was Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine, while Nixon ran with Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland and Wallace's running mate was Curtis LeMay of California.

Humphrey carried Connecticut by a fair margin of 5.16%. This marked the first time since 1888 that Connecticut would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election, and remained the last such occasion until 2000. This was also the last presidential election until Bill Clinton in 1992 that a Democratic candidate would win the state. Nixon became the first Republican to ever win without Windham, Tolland, and New London counties. The first to win without Middlesex and Hartford Counties since 1888. As of 2023, this was the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic nominee carried the towns of Prospect and Watertown.

Results edit

1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Hubert H. Humphrey 621,561 49.48% 8
Republican Richard Nixon 556,721 44.32% 0
George Wallace Party George Wallace 76,650 6.10% 0
Write-ins Write-ins 1,300 0.10% 0
Totals 1,256,232 100.00% 8

By county edit

1968 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2]
County Humphrey % Humphrey # Nixon % Nixon # Others % Others # Total #
Fairfield 41.7& 139,364 51.8% 173,108 6.4% 21,477 333,949
Hartford 56.2% 190,865 38.8% 131,740 4.9% 16,779 339,384
Litchfield 45.6% 29,340 48.9% 31,429 5.5% 3,526 64,295
Middlesex 49.0% 23,727 45.4% 21,999 5.6% 2,706 48,432
New Haven 50.8% 159,653 41.5% 130,501 7.6% 23,985 314,139
New London 49.7% 41,507 44.4% 37,116 5.8% 4,879 83,502
Tolland 49.2% 18,007 45.5% 16,666 5.2% 1,918 36,591
Windham 55.1% 19,098 40.9% 14,162 4.0% 1,380 34,640

See also edit

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.
  2. ^ On the Connecticut ballot, George Wallace was listed as the candidate of the "George Wallace Party"

References edit

  1. ^ "1968 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "1968 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.